Instructor
Shoshanna DiBetta, Certified Massage Therapist & Educator
NCBTMB Approved Provider 38817400
BA Anthropology, University of New Mexico
Shoshanna's bodywork training began in 1989 with a comprehensive 1000-hour holistic program at The New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics Albuquerque, New Mexico. This included the study of Therapeutic Massage, Polarity, Reflexology, Shiatsu, Hydrotherapy, Colon Therapy, Herbal Medicine, Flower Remedies, Nutrition, and Body/Mind counseling skills. A large part of her work experience took place in a dynamic spa environment at Ten Thousand Waves Mountain Spa in Santa Fe, NM, where she became a Spa and Watsu therapist for many years.
Over the years her advanced continuing education trainings have included Neuromuscular and Connective Tissue work, as well as, the study of Homeopathy, Ayurveda, and Ayurvedic Bodywork.
In 2001, Shoshanna made a natural transition into her teaching career as a Deep Tissue Instructor at The Potomac Massage Training Institute (PMTI), Washington, DC. She developed an "Introduction to Spa and Hydrotherapy" class for PMTI, which she continues to teach each semester. During this time she was introduced to Hot Stone Massage Therapy. Her love of doing bodywork was rekindled with the discovery of working with the stones, which is now one of her specialties.
Presently she teaches Introduction to Ayurvedic Bodywork and Hot Stone Therapy workshops at several massage schools on the east coast each year and her private practice has an emphasis on doing bodywork that is deeply influenced by the ancient holistic principles of Ayurveda.
Shoshanna's love of exotic lands, cultures, and esoteric teachings has taken her throughout North and Central America, Asia, Indonesia, Polynesia, and Europe. Currently she lives in Chapel Hill, NC with her husband and son. All of this diverse and extensive "hands-on" and teaching experience along with her passion for Ayurveda, Stone, and Hydrotherapy work is brought to these classes which are practical and enjoyable.
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