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I visited the very few health food stores in the San Francisco Bay area.  After all, it was the early 1970's and health food stores were far and few between.  I read books on nutrition and colon health and found a very alternative medical doctor in Mill Valley.  I changed my diet dramatically and went to the Antioch University Holistic Studies program in San Francisco.

Since I was an elementary school teacher at that time, I had enough free time to pursue my developing interest.  As I practiced more cleansing and detoxification techniques, I began to feel my energies being renewed; my mind became much clearer and my intuition became much sharper. My spirituality awakened and I felt more and more connected to universal energies.

I utilized my renewed energy and received a grant from the California Department of Education to develop a nutrition education training program for the state's public school system.  After working with teachers, parents and food service personnel for several years, it became important for me to work with people who were seeking out the information I had to share rather than working from within the system.

I founded the Inner Beauty Institute in 1979.  Since that time, my goal has been to reach as many people as possible with information about  cleansing, detoxification and rejuvenation.  I believed then and I believe now that it is the missing link in the alternative health field.

Using techniques adapted from many experts such as Edgar Cayce, Ann Wigmore, Dr. Norman Walker, Dr. Bernard Jensen, Dr. Randolph Stone and Magana and Walk Baptiste, I have been developing individualized wellness programs for literally thousands of clients over the last 25 years and have written several books over the years based on my  experiences and knowledge.

My clinical work has been very "hands on" and intimate, and I have discovered that my gifts include being able to "hear" and feel the emotional and spiritual issues that may be underlying a particular physical challenge.  It has taken me a number of years to trust my intuitive guidance;  this, in fact, has been a great "growing edge" for me.  I now know that the intuitive healing work is a big piece of what I am here to do.

We've come a long way since the 1970's, but there's still a long way to go. I hope that my work will reach those people who suffer needlessly from constipation and indigestion, those who take antibiotics to control skin problems, those who diet endlessly without understanding how their bodies really work, those who forget to breathe deeply to bring oxygen into their organs and to release stress, those who haven't realized just yet that they don't have to age and deteriorate so quickly, those who haven't yet been able to clear past emotions and feelings from their cellular bodies even with years of therapy, and those who haven't learned that they CAN take control of their health and well being at every level.

As we evolve, so will the medical profession, and I intend that my books and my work in general will contribute to expanding public awareness.