"Nothing is more effective than self-care. It is both the beginning and the end of all learning about energy medicine healing. Self-care is life-saving and life-transforming. It is also pain-relieving and comforting. It relaxes the primitive brain, allowing higher intelligence to engage naturally." - Stephanie Mines
The following is a list of certified TARA teachers and practitioners. Each is a gifted, compassionate and skilled embodiment of the power of the TARA Approach. Contact them directly and bring the blessing of the TARA Approach to your community, organization or agency.
TARA Teachers
Certified TARA Approach Self-Care Teacher & Advanced Practitioner- Mexico
AnaElizabeth Pagola is certified to represent that TARA Approach in Spanish speaking countries. AnaElizabeth is a licensed Physical Therapist in Mexico and a TARA Approach Foundations Certified teacher and practitioner. Elizabeth integrates the TARA Approach with physical therapy treatment for her practice with children, adolescents and adults, including geriatric patients. Elizabeth organized the first TARA Approach programs in Chiapas, Mexico in 2008 and has become our current active representative throughout Mexico. She is bilingual and provides crucial help with translation during classes in Mexico, thereby demonstrating her deep understanding of the TARA Approach paradigm of sustainable healthcare. Aside from her excellent therapeutic skills, Elizabeth is a concert singer, a triathlete and the mother of two grown children. Elizabeth’s honoring and respect for the TARA Approach and its representatives has endeared her to everyone. She has welcomed many TARA students into her home. She is a model of loving care.
Contact Information: elipagolatri@yahoo.com.mx
Certified TARA Approach Foundations Teacher & Advanced Practitioner - Seattle, Washington
It was my own healing journey that initially led me to the TARA Approach. As my health improved through using the TARA Approach I began to understand how the nervous system overload I had experienced early in my life impacted my capacity for health. As my nervous system healed, my overall health improved exponentially. After experiencing the results of the TARA Approach first hand, I immersed myself in the study and self-care practice of the TARA Approach. The TARA Approach has been a core piece of my personal and professional practice ever since and is integral to Tensegrity Center for Integrative Health and Counseling.
Tensegrity Center for Integrative Health and Counseling is a safe place for individuals, children, infants, and families to come to resolve the impacts of shock and trauma. In addition to resolving the lasting impacts of shock and trauma, Deborah is passionate about her work with families who are considering getting pregnant, are pregnant, or have a newborn preventing early shock and trauma from occurring. Deborah works with all aspects of emotional trauma, physical trauma, PTSD, neurodevelopmental disorders, autism, chronic illness and disease, relationship, and transition issues.
Contact Information: debjbloom@gmail.com | 206-547-9854
Certified TARA Approach Self-Care Teacher & Practitioner - Kona (Big Island), Hawaii | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Eloise Manley Schafer is a dancer who holds a degree in Movement Studies, a Certified Authentic Movement Facilitator and Certified TARA Approach Self-Care Teacher and Practitioner. She began studying with TARA Approach founder Stephanie Mines in Boulder, CO in 1994 and has maintained her love, study and daily practice of this healing system ever since. Eloise lives, practices and teaches in Oklahoma and on the Big Island of Hawaii. Early childhood traumas, personal injuries and lifestyle changes led her to pursue movement awareness practices as a means to self-discovery and healing. She believes that to live is to move. We all vibrate with electromagnetic energy and if the flow of that energy is disrupted disharmony results and can manifest physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Eloise is eager to guide you toward awareness of your natural inner rhythms and help you re-connect with your inherent body wisdom to self-heal.
Contact Information: emskona@gmail.com | 405-850-5532
Certified TARA Approach Self-Care Teacher & Advanced Practitioner - Louisville, Kentucky
Actively engaged in learning and practicing the TARA Approach since 2014, Michele has known deep and ongoing healing by it and is passionate about sharing this uplifting art. Her commitment to health and humanity has led her to develop and share a variety of skills for holistic service as parent and educator. She brings to her Self-Care teaching and practice the previous experience of having taught and served in preschool classrooms, yoga studios, faith communities, and treatment rooms. She’s also had a small business providing solutions for indoor environmental pollution since 2002; has planted trees and gardens; and has practiced subtle energy medicine such as Reiki and Tibetan Acupressure. Michele is now deepening her appreciation of natural wisdom with the TARA Approach in Louisville, KY and beyond. She enjoys introducing people to the innate map of their own bioelectric being, which is the start of a transformative and uplifting relationship with one’s own nature toward greater health, awareness, and service. Michele will visit your site to teach TARA’s Self-Care, and may be contacted at jemswilcox@aol.com 502-751-3719, www.ReSourceforHealth.us.
Certified Foundations and Self-Care Teacher, Certified TARA Approach Advanced Practitioner - Certified TARA Pediatrics Practitioner – Cranial Practitioner- New Plymouth, Auckland ~ Aotearoa New Zealand
Peter Heard is an Advanced Practitioner offering The TARA Approach in New Zealand. He has a home studio and travels to offer treatment in clients’ homes, at festivals, and in cities across New Zealand. Peter especially loves working with pregnant women and their babies both in-utero and when they are newly born, and with families, as well as serving people of all ages and backgrounds. He is a natural teacher, bringing many years of facilitation to his teaching of the Self-Care and Foundations courses both in person and online. Peter also hosts practical workshops for large groups at festivals and public events. Beyond standard treatments, Peter offers the 5-Day Intensive, a format for exponential trauma resolution. Peter has contributed significantly to the presence and awareness of the TARA Approach in Aotearoa, and supports the global transmission of this transformative system.
Contact Info: 027 431 3544 | tara.in.taranaki@gmail.com | Facebook Page
Certified TARA Approach Self-Care Teacher & Practitioner - South Carolina | Tennessee
Renee Sutton, LPC is a Licensed Counselor and Interfaith Minister with an integrative approach to mental health. She is trained in Holistic Stress Management, Trauma-Focused CBT, mindfulness meditation, and Christian Counseling. In addition to being a TARA Approach Certified Self-Care Teacher and Foundations Level Practitioner, Renee is also certified in Healing Touch and Yoga. Renee is trained and qualified to provide pastoral care. Her Integrative Health Coaching and Counseling services are offered through Ministries for Synergetic Wellness™, a non-profit that she founded in South Carolina for those in crisis who cannot afford these options. Her current mission is educating her community about integrative healthcare. Renee teaches TARA Self-Care classes in South Carolina and Tennessee.
Contact Information:
reneesutton@healthierhealing.com | Visit www.HealthierHealing.com or call 843-770-9947 to schedule training at these or your own location.
Certified TARA Approach Self-Care Teacher & Practitioner
As a women’s health practitioner based in Scotland, UK, Clare empowers individuals to reclaim their vitality and wellbeing and take their health into their hands. Her particular interests lie with pre and perinatal shock and trauma, menopause, and how carers care for themselves. She is also trained in several other healing modalities which she weaves into her holistic practice.You can contact Clare through by email clare@nurtureyourenergies.com or through her website, www.nurtureyourenergies.com
Book a clarity call - www.nurtureyourenergies.com
Certified TARA Approach Self-Care Teacher & Practitioner - County Clare, Ireland
Suzie McGreevy graduated from the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland in 1993 where she studied Occupational Therapy. She practiced in a wide range of settings including Elder Care, Psychiatry, Oncology and Palliative Care, Burns and Plastics, Community Rehabilitation and Complex Seating. Suzie began her practice of natural health when as a teen-ager she studied yoga, metamorphic technique, quantum touch and later trained in kinesiology, massage therapy, vibrational medicine and Emmett Technique. Suzie is particularly interested in prenatal life and birth trauma. Born in Belfast and growing up in Northern Ireland during the “Troubles,” she believes that the environment we live in makes a huge contribution to how our nervous system develops and adapts to survive. From this point of view the TARA Approach has shed a guiding light on her own journey towards a peaceful and healthy nervous system. In addition, it has given her tools for her integrative and holistic practice and teaching. Suzie is an Integrative Therapist in Ireland , focusing on individual empowerment through body, soul and empowering self-care.
Contact Information: Suziemcgreevy@hotmail.com | +353 85 142 8403
TARA Approach Certified Advanced Practitioner and Self-Care Teacher— Pacific Northwest
Living and practicing in the beautiful Pacific Northwest near Mt. Baker, Sheryl is a certified trauma psychotherapist specializing in supporting the nervous system to integrate shock and trauma so that we can each live our Original Brilliance into the world. Sheryl found her way to the TARA approach 15 years ago through her own healing journey. "Six months after the near death of my son at birth (born with Down Syndrome), my body was showing signs of distress and overload in every major system in my body. I had excruciating back pain, strep throat that wouldn't clear, severe insomnia and I could barely digest food. I went to numerous body workers, naturopaths, shamans, and chiropractors and no one was able to help my body begin healing. Then I found Deb Bloom, a TARA practitioner. From our first session, I could feel things shifting in a positive direction and I was empowered to begin treating my own body. Within a few weeks I was sleeping better, nearly out of pain and feeling nourished again. The TARA system was there for me at the worst point in my life, and I have felt dedicated to treating myself daily since then, as well as bringing this essential energy medicine system to those I work with so that they might have the same tools!" Sheryl has been actively studying with Dr. Mines for the past 7 years and is both a TARA Approach Certified Advanced Practitioner and Self-Care Teacher.
Contact Info: wildwoman88@hotmail.com/206-300-7738
Certified TARA Approach Self-Care Teacher and Practitioner
Kate was first introduced to the TARA Approach as a form of self-care after sustaining her fourth concussion in an accident. She was immediately drawn to the exploration of trauma repetition in her life. Since then her enthusiasm for the paradigm has spilled over, leading her to becoming a TARA Practitioner and Self-Care Teacher.
Kate appreciates the Tara Approach for being the conduit that opened her to the discovery of her somatic wisdom. She is now fully immersed in understanding mind-body communication and the nervous system reorganization leading to self-regulation. Kate sees the TARA Approach as a core piece of self-care, playing in unison with her connection to yoga, dance, and traditional tribal medicine ceremonies.
Kate is a musician and fashion designer and uses her creativity as a part of her practice, understanding that somatic treatment is an improvisational dance where one is simultaneously leading and following.
Kate is honored and excited to carry on this lineage. As a practitioner she hopes to assist others in finding healing and alignment, and is impassioned to be a guide for the rediscovery of original brilliance. As a teacher, Kate hopes to empower her clients to answer the call and heal themselves through the implementation of the Tara Approach as self-care.
Kate is based in Brooklyn, New York and is available for in person or remote treatments.
Contact: dkateconnelly@gmail.com
Certified TARA Self-Care and Foundations Teacher & Advanced Practitioner -- Seattle-Tacoma, Washington
Trystin has been a devoted student of the TARA Approach since 2010 when she first met its founder, Dr. Stephanie Mines, in Hilo Hawai’i. The TARA Approach fits seamlessly with Trystin’s existing massage practice, which focuses on neuromuscular and myofascial techniques.
Trystin was drawn by the unique capacity of the TARA Approach to stabilize the nervous system and support its integration, while clearing somatic trauma deeply held within the body.
As an experienced practitioner and naturally gifted teacher, Trystin has witnessed countless transformations for her clients in their physical, spiritual, and emotional bodies with the TARA Approach. Coupled with Trystin’s deep attunement and sensitivity, the healing that this work embodies is nothing short of miraculous.
Trystin is available for individual sessions, and three- and five-day intensives using the TARA Approach. She also is available for TARA Approach Self-Care and Foundations programs, offered at her studio on beautiful Whidbey Island in the state of Washington in the US.
Contact -- trystinlmt@gmail.com, www.dragonstarhealing.com
TARA Practitioners
Certified TARA Approach Practitioner - New Plymouth and Waikato | New Zealand
Andrea Rowe has worked in women’s health, addiction and mental health fields as a qualified counselor, leader and supervisor for over 20 years. She encountered the TARA approach through Dr. Stephanie Mines and her self-care practice and consequently made profound changes in her life, culminating in the joyous opening of her own healing practice. Andrea finds that the TARA approach adds a deeper dimension to her work with those affected by addiction and trauma including neglect and abandonment. Sessions including supervision for counselors/practitioners/healers within a TARA framework can be arranged with Andrea in both Waikato and New Plymouth in New Zealand.
Contact Information: www.healingworks.co.nz | supervisionworksnz@gmail.com. Andrea is available for individual sessions, supervision and consultation in person and online.
Certified TARA Approach Practitioner - New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand
Corryn Pryce-Baxter was born in Wales and started her journey at a young age with plants and Spirit learning from her Grandmother and nature. Since coming to Aotearoa in 2001 she has been working with a range of Rongoā ( traditional Maori medicine) Mirimiri and Romiromi (traditional massage) and herbal medicine. For the past 14 years Corryn has been working with traditional Māori Rongoā which she learnt from her daughter’s Kuias (Grandmother and Great Aunt).
With her teachings from both Wales and Aotearoa, Corryn fuses Welsh and Maori medicine to facilitate healing. The TARA approach has deepened her knowledge of healing systems that encompasses an original healing art form that is embodied within our physical memory, potentizing opportunity for health and wellbeing. Corryn utilises the TARA approach to inform her of the trauma that all aspects of the self has undergone. Bringing her indigenous knowledge and lineage of Spirt, alongside physical healing with compassion allows transformation, peace and healing to occur from within the recipient.
Corryn studied as an anthropologist specialising in the empowerment of indigenous rights and women through economic development, She was also a rehabilitation facilitator in the justice sector and currently works in Taranaki with community organisations helping them to flourish. Corryn lives in Oakura, Taranaki with her daughter, Raehina, their dog, cat, chickens and a paradise of trees and plants. She is a graduate of the first TARA Approach program for women’s empowerment inspired by Project Drawdown.
Contact Information:
Website: https://www.lumengallery.co.nz/wellbeing | Email: cozyroses@yahoo.com | PHONE in Taranaki/Aotearoa: : 0064 (0)21 135 1975
Certified TARA Approach Advanced Practitioner & Pediatrics Practitioner - Durango, Colorado
The TARA Approach fell into Jamie's life at the exact time that she needed it. Immediately after her first TARA Foundations course she made the commitment to practice Self-Care morning and night and experienced profound physical, spiritual and emotional changes. This encouraged her to continue studying with Stephanie through the Essence and Empowerment Series at Findhorn in Scotland in 2016 where she became certified. The more she learns about The TARA Approach and feels the benefits the more she is eager to share with the world. Jamie went on to study Massage Therapy and finds it gratifying to incorporate different modalities to facilitate healing in clients. In 2017 she was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer and found the tools of the TARA Approach to help her immensely on her healing journey.
Contact Information: www.reconnect2self.com | reconnect2self@gmail.com | 720-556-8794
Certified TARA Approach Practitioner - Scotland
Joany lives in the wild North West Highlands of Scotland. Finding TARA at a Self Care workshop on the Black Isle, she says: “I felt so energized and free, like I was able to do anything! That made me question why I wasn’t doing what I really wanted to do in life. It was like life was trying to burst out of me but I wouldn’t let it go! TARA has helped remove the blockages that were holding me back. Major shifts have taken place in my life in a gentle and loving way through practicing TARA”. Seeing nature as a great healer, Joany is training as a Forest School Practitioner. She is also a Shamanic Practitioner and Yoga Instructor. Making the most of our existence and working together in our unique and personal ways is a great passion for Joany.
Contact Information: joanymurchus@hotmail.co.uk
Certified TARA Approach Advanced Practitioner – Indianapolis, Indiana
Martine feels honored to enthusiastically add the TARA Approach to her decades of experience as an art therapist and clinical social worker. In private practice she offers compassionate presence and skilled guidance while helping others access their innate creative tools of awareness, imagination and intention. The energetic interplay of body, mind and spirit is the foundation upon which she helps others explore and “find their flow”. Her therapeutic approach is a gentle combination of attuned dialogue, Art Therapy, mindful self-inquiry and guided self-care techniques. The TARA Approach is now a powerful specialty she passionately shares to ease symptoms, resolve trauma and empower others toward greater well-being while uncovering their essential selves.
Contact Info: 3dmarti@gmail.com 317/771-5861
Certified TARA Approach Advanced Practitioner – Georgia
Nalini earned a Bachelor of Art in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, as well as a Master of Science in Biotechnology from Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley, Georgia. She has recently completed her PhD in Pharmaceutical Science from the University of Hawai’i at Hilo. Her PhD project involved examining the relationship between obesity and breast cancer. She utilized the TARA Approach to assist her in her academic endeavors as she found her Self Care practice indispensable for such a rigorous task. She wishes to combine her academic knowledge of the human body with the power of the TARA Approach to help others navigate their own shock and trauma. Nalini truly appreciates the value and wisdom of the system Dr. Mines has bestowed upon the world and looks forward to continuing her practice and furthering her education of the system.
Contact Information: nvsyTARA@gmail.com - 404-245-9130
Certified TARA Approach Advanced Practitioner - County Roscommon, Ireland
Philomena works as a Body-Centred Therapist having trained in Person Centred Counselling, Gestalt Psychotherapy & Sensorimotor Therapy. She aims to be a facilitator of assisted self-discovery for the Client. When Client and Therapist are in resonant contact a felt sense of their connection creates the atmosphere within which healing takes place. Philomena is passionate about finding safe non-invasive interventions for renegotiating shock and trauma and excited to integrate the use of energetic interventions into her practice. She works with individuals, couples and groups and has a particular interest in the connection between trauma and addictions.
Philomena lives and works in the West of Ireland where she has a deep affinity with the people, landscape, music and the Ancestors. She expresses her gratitude to Dr. Mines and Suzie Mc Greevy for bringing the Tara Approach to Ireland.
Contact information: figgih@gmail.com +353 86 1973569
Certified TARA Approach Practitioner — Queenstown, Aotearoa-New Zealand
Glaucia met The TARA Approach during her own healing journey, finding in the practice self empowerment through the innate wisdom of the body and its ability to self heal. Her studies of TARA progressed organically and she became enthusiastic about sharing this powerful medicine to support others in their awakening, remembrance and empowerment.
Glaucia is a Womb Guardian passionate about ancestral healing and is in service of raising awareness and connection with the Divine Feminine through Mother Earth. She offers Womb Healing and Natural Gynaecology Therapy, originated from Indigenous and ancestral knowledge that harmonises feminine imbalances through Phytotherapy and Phyto-Energy, supported by ancestral rituals, practices and ceremonies. Inspired by the mentorships of both Stephanie Mines and Peter Heard, she feels honoured to be part of the TARA family, and a representative of the TARA Approach in both her country of origin, Brazil, and New Zealand where she’s currently based. Her TARA are not limited to women.
contact: glauciaarize@hotmail.com
Facebook & Instagram: @wombofthemoon
Certified TARA Approach Practitioner — Raglan, New Zealand
Born with a deep sensitivity and care for the world, Chloe spent many years working as a designer and climate activist before the rite of passage into motherhood put her on the healers path. As a TARA practitioner and trauma therapist, she supports individuals and families to regenerate their nervous systems (the foundation of all health), free themselves from the past and embody their deepest essence. She loves the TARA Approach’s ability to empower people to become their own deepest listener and healer. Chloe is especially passionate about working with mothers and children, gifted and neurodiverse individuals towards their greatest thriving. She is available for in-person and online consultations.
Contact: chloe.waretini@gmail.com
Certified TARA Approach Practitioner
Rosaria first encountered the TARA Approach in 2022. She was captivated by the links between Western and Eastern medicine. She was taken with how embryological development provides a template to support wellness for the rest of our lives. She quickly immersed herself in the study of the system, practising self-care daily, which led to her becoming a TARA Practitioner.
Rosaria is a dance artist, GYROTONIC (R)/GYROKINESIS (R) trainer, university lecturer and researcher who brings her creativity, curiosity and pursuit of knowledge to the understanding of the mind-body connection. She is particularly interested in nervous system regulation and the opportunities that the TARA Approach offers for everyone to be able to adopt this preventative and curative self-care practice.
As a teacher, she is pragmatic and visionary in equal measure. She observes, listens and responds to participants, tuning into their needs and abilities. Her motivation is to work with the principle of differentiation through which we learn about our interactions with the collective. Rosaria explores this with individuals and groups in an embodied and connected way, so that a sense of wellness is kept and resilience is cultivated.
Rosaria is based in Brighton, UK and is available for in-person or remote consultations. She is on the path to becoming a TARA Approach Self-Care Teacher.
Contact: rosaria.gracia@googlemail.com/ https://rosaria-gracia.com/
The practitioners listed here have studied at various levels. The training level they have completed is indicated. These entries will be revised as practitioners continue to complete higher levels of study. The TARA Approach encourages each potential recipient to discuss with his/her practitioner the interventions to be applied. Interviewing your prospective practitioner is highly recommended. The decision to apply the TARA Approach, and the manner of its application, is a decision made exclusively by the practitioner based on his/her best professional judgment after consultation with the client. The TARA Approach and the Dom Project are not responsible for the decisions made or actions taken by the practitioner.