Gina DeBernardo
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Hello, my name is Gina DeBernardo.

I am a woman devoted to helping all beings return to love and harmony in their bodies and lives.  I have danced through my life as a lover of Earth and its people, practicing the embodiment of ecstasy in a pure and grounded form.

I am a skilled bodywork practitioner with over 20 years experience. My work combines a unique blend of Biodynamic Cranial Touch, Massage, Sacred Anointment, Embodiment Practices and Shamanic Modalities.

I have worked in many arenas, from offering craniosacral therapy to differently-abled adults and children, to providing healing touch to end-of-life patients within Hospice.  I have had the privilege of teaching various modalities of bodywork and spent 6 years in San Francisco working with all gender individuals and couples. For fun and to fulfill my love of speed, I travel internationally as a therapist for Porsche Motorsports and received my racing license in 2012.

I have spent years studying in England, learning from ancient pathways that draw on animism, deep spirit and ancestral work. Within these ways, I use traditional practices which hold the honey bee and the serpent as its central living symbols and healing medicine. I have assisted with many of the advanced programs offered within this body of work, including more recent work with men.  Integrating shamanic methods with my own bodywork practices, I help to awaken us to our divine Eros: our love, life force, creativity, will and the power we have to ignite our dreams into reality.  

Whether I am working with those who identify as man or woman, couples, babies or children, hospice patients, trans, non-binary or race car drivers, my work does not discriminate. It is my intention to be a conduit for pure love and healing for my clients and for this planet.

If it is your wish, please join me in a deep dive into discovering your authentic, fully expressed, sacred self.

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“She chose to become one with nature again, simplifying her life, living by the ocean, mountains and woods, so that natural forces could flow through her and connect her to the world of true power”.
-unknown source

 
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GINA’S ACADEMIC HISTORY

 
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2019 - 2013:  Shamanic Healing training, The Sacred Trust, Dorset, UK.

Completed classes:

The Way of the Melissae

Arte Triptych Melissae

Lyceum of the Lower Mouth

Melissae Lyceum Lectorum

Return of the Pythoness

2019:  Assistant, The Performing Shaman; The Sacred Trust, Dorset, UK

2018- 2019:  Assistant, Return of the Pythoness; The Sacred Trust, Dorset, UK

2017- 2018:  Assistant, The Serpent Fool; The Sacred Trust, Dorset, UK

2016:  Assistant, The Way of the Melissa; The Path of Pollen, Joshua Tree, CA

2012:  Sacred Body Rites Training and Certification, Charles Ridley, Marin CA

2010:  Biodynamic Cranial Touch Certification, Dynamic Stillness,  Marin, CA

2008:  Home Health Aid Certification, Extended Family, Port Orange, FL

2007:  Hospice Massage Therapy Training and Certification, Port Orange, FL

2006:  Certification Reiki 1 & 2, Orlando, FL

2004:  Pediatric Craniosacral Therapy: Children Ages 2-14, Benjamin Shield, PhD

2003:  Pediatric Craniosacral Therapy: Newborn through 2yrs, Benjamin Shield, PhD

2002 - 2004 : Instructor, Florida School of Massage, Gainesville, FL

2002:  Massage Therapy Teacher Training program, Florida School of Massage, Gainesville, FL

2001:  Certification, Palliative Care for cancer patients, Halifax Hospital, Daytona Beach, FL

2000 - 2006:  Certification, Visionary Craniosacral Therapy. The Milne Institute, Big Sur, CA. 2000 + hours of study

Assistant teacher for various levels of instruction with Hugh Milne  

1999:  Certification, Massage Therapy, Central Florida School of Health Sciences, Orlando, FL

1996- 1998:  Art History Major, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

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Florida License, MA #97068
California Certificate # 24448



 
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