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Professional Path & Trainings

I’m Aaron, and for over three decades, my path has been devoted to healing, embodiment, and transformation. What began as a deep curiosity about the healing arts and human potential has grown into an integrative, trauma-informed approach rooted in mindfulness, movement, and relational presence. Drawing from extensive training in massage therapy, yoga, meditation, and somatic psychotherapy—including certifications in Hakomi, Somatic Experiencing, and EMDR—my work blends Eastern and Western traditions, shaped by time in monasteries, retreat centers, and years of direct client experience. This page offers a glimpse into the teachings that inform my practice—and an open invitation to connect more deeply, in presence and in practice.

Professional Training & Experience Overview

Professional Credentials

  • Certified Somatic EMDR Practitioner — (2025)

  • Certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner — (2024)

  • Certified Hakomi Therapist — (2018)

  • Registered Psychotherapist — State of Colorado (2018)

  • Licensed Massage Therapist — State of Colorado (1996)

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  • EMDR Training — (2025)

  • Somatic Experiencing Training — (2021-2024)

  • IFS Training — (2021)

  • Comprehensive Hakomi Training, Teacher Assistant — (2018–2020)

  • Hakomi Advanced Training — (2018)

  • Hakomi Method of Psychotherapy Practitioner Training — (2015-2018)

 

Coaching & Facilitation Training

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  • Life Coach Certification Training — Nancy Leving Coaching Academy (2021)

  • Right Use of Power Teacher Training — Right Use of Power Institute (2017)

  • Group Dynamics Comprehensive Training — Matrix Leadership Institute, Boulder, CO (2014)

  • Group Dynamics Basic Training — Matrix Leadership Institute, Boulder, CO (2013)

  • Cultural Communications & Diversity Intensives — (2013-2015)

  • T-Group Founding & Facilitation — (2012-2014)

 

Meditation & Mindfulness Training

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  • Meditation Teacher — Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado & Durango, Colorado (2016–Present)

  • 10-Day Vipassana Training — Wat Chom Tong, Chom Tong, Thailand (2015)

  • Goenka 10-Day Vipassana Retreats — Multiple years: 2005, 2006, 2011, 2021

  • 35-Day Vipassana Training — Wat Ram Poeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2003)

  • 10-Day Vipassana Course — Wat Ram Poeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand (Spring 2002)

  • Various Meditation Retreats — (2003)

  • **There’s Nothing Wrong With You Retreat — Zen Monastery and Practice Center, Murphys, CA (2003)

  • **Two-Month Stay — Zen Monastery and Practice Center, Murphys, CA (2005)

  • 10-Day Retreat — Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA (2006)

  • Adyashanti Retreats — Asilomar Retreat (2007), Garrison Retreat Center (2009)

  • Loch Kelly Retreat — Park City, Utah (2007)

  • 30-Day Stay — Hollyhock Retreat Center, Cortes Island, British Columbia (2007)

  • 5-Day Meditation Retreat — Mooji (2009)

  • 3-Day Meditation Retreat — Loch Kelly (2009)

 

Yoga Teacher Training & Intensives

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  • Yoga Teacher — Snowmass Athletic Club, O2 Aspen, Aspen Club, Aspen Athletic Club, Ritz Carlton Club, Viceroy Snowmass, Maroon Creek Club. Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado (1998-2018)

  • 200-Hour Iyengar Training — Swati and Rajiv Chanchani, Dehradun, India (2010)

  • 3-Day Yoga Intensives — Patricia Walden, Kofi Busia, Manuso Manos (2009)

  • 1 Year in Residence — Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Stockbridge, MA (2008-2009)

  • Yoga Teacher Trainings — Aadil Palkhivala, Bellevue, WA (2005-2007)

  • 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training — Academy of Yoga, Grand Junction, Colorado (2001)

  • 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training — Krishnamacharia Yoga Mandirim, Madras, India (2000)

  • 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training — Expanding Light Yoga Center, Ananda Village, Nevada City, California (1999)

 

Massage Therapy Training

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  • Massage Therapist (Specializing in Sports Recovery & Traditional Thai Massage) — Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado (1996–2018)

  • 100-Hour Chi Nei Tsang Training — Blue Lotus School of Traditional Thai Massage (2015)

  • 100-Hour Traditional Thai Massage Course — Old Medicine Hospital, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2004)

  • 100-Hour Traditional Thai Massage Course — Old Medicine Hospital, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2000)

  • Massage Certification — JLS Massage Institute (1996)

Somatic Psychotherapy & Trauma Training

Contact

I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.

info@mysite.com

123-456-7890 

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