Brian Johnson - Clinic Director, Rolfing® Practitioner, Sports Injury Specialist
Brian has a degree in Linguistics from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He began his massage studies in 2000. He spent two years working in Palo Alto with SMI (Sports Medicine Institute) focusing on running, swimming and endurance athlete injuries. He then worked in Santa Cruz for two years at Novacare/Flemming Physical Therapy working with post-surgical and trauma injuries. He finished his Rolfing® training in April 2004. He opened Midline Deep Tissue and Bodywork Clinic in the Spring of 2005 and is the clinic director and Rolfer on staff.
Trevor Getsla, Advanced Manual Therapist
Trevor Completed his massage training from DeAnza College in 2005. He has been working and training at Midline ever since. He has followed a path of advanced injury rehabilitation and movement therapy that complements his expertise in Aikido and Jujitsu. As a teacher he first apprenticed under Mark Donohue (Advanced Rolfer) who co-founded the school. Under Mark's direction, Trevor has worked closely with Brian to establish our Integrated Massage Program curriculum. Students often comment on Trevor's unique ability to inform student's hands and touch as well as challenge them on their knowledge of anatomy and movement.
Jennifer Galvin, Certified Massage Practitioner
Jennifer came to the world of massage and bodywork out of a long standing interest in the field of holistic health coupled with a desire to make her life’s work meaningful both for herself and others.
She began her formal training in holistic health studies at Body Mind College in San Diego in 2000 and completed my massage certification in 2003 at Monterey Institute of Touch. She has been studying deep tissue and orthopedic massage for the last year under Brian Johnson, Certified Rolfer® and co-founder of Midline Massage and Bodywork Clinic here in Santa Cruz, where she is also an instructor of Swedish and beginning Deep Tissue massage.
“My greatest hope for a person receiving a massage from me is that my touch will bring a heightened awareness to the infinite healing potential that already exists within their bodies. And of course, that they will leave feeling great! “
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