Teachers

Our founder and principle teacher, Barbara Mader, is a wise woman skilled in the healing arts. Her techniques include, and often are a blend of, Healing Touch; SRT (Spiritual Response Therapy); EMF (Electromagnetic Field Balancing); Crystal Therapy; Flower Remedies; Sound Healing; and Shamanic Healing & Journeying. With these wonderful skills, Barbara’s work leads to both inner & outer healing. Successful pain management and stress relief are only two of the benefits of a session with her. Others include Chakra clearing, increased energy, greater inner peace and the release of subconscious blocks. Our Healing Therapies page will give you a brief overview of these modalities and outline more of the benefits.

Jim Blackburn - Village Wellness, co-owner has been a student of Tai Chi for many years and began his training to teach in 1992. He has studied with several masters and grandmasters, the most influential being Sifu Carol Mancuso and Grandmaster W.C.C. Chen and Ken Cohen. Jim is also a Certified Rolfer* and Rolf Movement Instructor, graduating from the highly acclaimed Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colorado in 1995. He applies his varied athletic experience and strong knowledge of anatomy to deepen his instruction concerning breathwork, body awareness and structural alignment during each Tai Chi Chuan and/or Rolfing session. Join him for relaxing, meditative classes that will improve your flexibility, strengthen your legs, increase your cardiovascular conditioning and fine tune your balance. Jim also teaches Eastern philosphy, meditation and is a frequent instructor of wellness workshops in the community and at High Mesa Healing Center. 575-258-2258 villagewellness@yahoo.com

Vanessa Armstrong - Village Wellness, co-owner has a Master's degree in exercise physiology and is a nationally certified, licensed massage therapist with over 25 years of experience teaching fitness and training individuals to enhance their physical well-being. Vanessa has trained in Pilates for 8 years and holds a Foundation Certfification from All-American Pilates Institute at the prestigious PGA National Resort in West Palm Beach, Florida. She has also trained and taught at Rancho La Puerta Fitness Resort and Spa in Tecate, Mexico.

She is currently teaching personal Pilates equipment training at their Village Wellness studio and also providing personal training at Alto Lakes Country Club Fitness Center. Vanessa utilizes her varied background to customize training programs for clients based on their needs, interests and level of fitness. Her deep knowledge of body awareness provides a safe and challenging workout in all of her programs including the unique "Pilates for Golf" program,"Poolates" water fitness at Alto Lakes, and Beginner and Intermediate/Advanced Pilates Mat classes held at High Mesa Healing Center.
575-258-2258 wellnesspartner@yahoo.com

Linda Schreiber, LMsT, comes to us from the Baltimore/Washington DC area, where she was a 1993 graduate of the Baltimore School of Massage, took many hours of continuing education in the field, and operated a full time massage practice. Healing Touch, Therapeutic Touch, Pranic Healing, Reflexology, Craniosacral, and Lomi Lomi are just some of the techniques she has integrated into what she likes to call her “bodywork dance”.

A massage under Linda’s skilled hands is an accumulation of her education and experience that brings relief from stress or pain, relaxation, and a sense of over-all well being. Her intuitive approach along with extensive study, has allowed her to be helpful to clients dealing with the symptoms of stress, migraines, depression, knee surgeries, and even more serious dis-ease.

Massage has become a complementary therapy to medical conditions including arthritis, chronic and temporary pain, circulatory problems, headaches, tmj, and as rehabilitation for sports injuries.

Contact Linda at nina1559@hotmail.com or by calling 575-336-2841, or HMHC at 575-336-7777.

Shiva Reinhardt, LMT is a Yoga Teacher and Massage Therapist living in Alto. She has been practicing yoga for 8 years and teaching for 4. While her influences in yoga are far reaching, she draws mostly from the style of Forrest Yoga, the pillars of which are Breath, Strength, Integrity, and Spirit. She completed a month long, full-time training with Ana Forrest in October 2005 in New York City.

Shiva brings detailed knowledge of the body to her yoga classes, through her extensive massage education, and a focus on awareness in the body. A yoga class with her is peaceful, challenging and rejuvenating all at the same time, leaving you with a sparkling clarity that is the fruit of your yoga practice. "Through presence in breath and body and heart we evoke awareness, and Awareness Heals."
View Shiva's beautiful website here.

Beginning in September, of 2008, Shiva will open the doors to Mountain Meadow Massage School, located at HMHC. MMMS is a fully accredited massage school and will qualify students to apply for licensure in New Mexico, Texas, and many other states.

Boyd Sibley offers your own unique Soul Song experience at his HOPE Universal Recording Studio in Ruidoso.
He also teaches and certifies The Healer Method,
a transformational and powerful method for healing body,
mind and emotions. Boyd will host several workshops
throughout the year at High Mesa which will include:
Essential Oils and how they can work for you,
Introduction to The Healer Method,
Intuitive Drumming
Boyd and his wife Kelly are also the founders of
the Ultimate Gift foundation with the current
project, The 7 Rays Ranch, offering Equine Therapy
for children and rescued horses.
connect with Boyd at: inthenameofhope@msn.com
Web sites: www.sedonasoulsongs.com
www.thehealermethod.com
www.7raysranch.com

Sonnie Licona, after many years of searching for a Spiritual path, was invited to attend her first Sweat Lodge (or Inipi). She entered into a tobacco committment with her first and current teacher, Lynne Valentine. Lynne was the Sundance Mother at the Chipps Dance in Wanblee, South Dakota where Sonnie began her Dance. Sonnie began her Vision Quest committment, completed her four day quest, and her Sundance committment, and became a cedar women and then a helper at the Sundance. After being given authority to pour lodges, Sonnie began to facilitate a lodge in Bryan, Texas around the corner from where Memo was pouring lodges. They supported each other at these ceremonies and soon began their life together as partners. After moving to Cloudcroft 4 years ago, Sonnie & Memo began to pour lodges at the High Mesa Healing Center. Enough thanks and gratitude can never be given to George and Barbara Mader for allowing them to use their facility and their land for this way to pray.