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A native of DeLand, Summer has lived throughout the US, studying and practicing massage, nutrition, and yoga through a variety of disciplines.  She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Virginia Tech and is a graduate of the Oregon School of Massage.  She has practiced as a licensed Massage Therapist for 23 years in Oregon, Montana, New Mexico, and Florida, in clinics, spas, sports settings, and private practice. Summer is certified by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork and has advanced training in Deep Tissue, Sports Massage, and Advanced Sports Stone Therapy.  Her practice integrates massage with the use of hot and cold applications for relaxation, deep muscle tension release, athletic enhancement, stretching and joint mobility, and injury management.  Summer has taught Massage Technique, Hot Stone Therapy, and Hydrotherapy classes in the US and in Costa Rica.

Since 1987, Summer has developed her own personal yoga practice, experiencing first-hand, the body's ability to heal itself through movement and intention.  She has studied several styles of Yoga intensely in the US, including Bikram Choudhury's Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, and Classical Hatha Yoga in Nepal.  In 1994 she received International Teacher Certification and Yoga Therapy Training at Patanjali Yoga Center in Kathmandu, Nepal.  Her teaching style offers a Down-To-Earth practicality learned through ongoing intensive study, experience from years in the classroom, and through working individually with hundreds of students. Her Yoga practice and lifestyle emphasize simplicity, devotion, the reduction of stress, appropriate exercise and diet, all adapted to serve the varying needs of maintaining balance.