Meet the KMI Faculty

HEAD TEACHERS

Thomas Myers studied with Drs. Ida Rolf, Moshe Feldenkrais, and Buckminster Fuller, and has practiced integrative bodywork for over 30 years in Europe, the UK, and the USA. He incorporates many movement and manual disciplines. Tom is the author of the best-selling book, Anatomy Trains (Elsevier 2001), as well as over 60 articles for trade magazines and journals, and a dozen video  programs on fascial technique and dissection. He directs Kinesis and lives with his wife, Quan, on the coast of Maine.

Larry Phipps has over 30 years of service with human potential in behavioral health and in the massage and bodywork profession. He is a 1990 graduate of the Guild for Structural Integration and became an Advanced Practitioner in 1994. He completed his training in Kinesis Myofascial Integration in 2003 and became a certified KMI instructor, in 2004. He is a member of the International Association of Structural Integ­­rators, and Board Certified Structural Integratorr (2007).

James Earls (BA Hons, KMI) is an Advanced Practitioner of KMI and has been running a private practice in structural integration in Belfast, Northern Ireland since 2001. As co-director of Kinesis UK with Tom, he has arranged a number of trainings around Europe and led workshops in many places. James has authored many articles on anatomy and bodywork which have been published in a range of journals. He has also brought a number of leading edge trainers to the UK. James has a wealth of experience in the organization and running of workshops.

  FACULTY

Lauren Christman, a registered bodyworker since 1994, maintains a thriving practice centered on KMI structural integration (KMI certified in 2003), craniosacral therapy and visceral manipulation. She has a special interest in working with children and infants. Lauren was a core faculty member and Dean of Students at the Brian Utting School of Massage in Seattle for over 8 years. Teaching with passion, curiosity and humor, she leads advanced classes in myofascial release, craniosacral, postural assessment and professional ethics.

Carrie Gaynor teaches Anatomy Trains and KMI courses using a unique teaching philosophy learned during her nursing education at the University of Rochester (1993). Carrie synthesizes years of direct study with Tom Myers (1999), her KMI clinical practice (2003), Kinesis faculty appointment (2006), and research interests into her teaching. Carrie, who additionally co-directs ABSOLUTE Yoga & Wellness, integrates movement into the classroom, linking form and function, inspired by nearly two decades of Yoga practice, teaching and therapeutics.

Carrie is currently investing her volunteer time serving the Structural Integration community.  She is working for the Certification Board for Structural Integration as an Executive Board Member, Chair of the Finance Committee, and Co-Chair of the Exam Communications Committee.  Carrie is also a new board member (September 2009) of the International Association of Structural Integrators.

Layna Cirelli (KMI 2002) received her Certificate in Therapeutic Massage in 1995 from the Massage Institute of New England in Cambridge, MA. Since then, Layna has undertaken additional trainings, including neuromuscular technique with the St. John Neuromuscular Institute; cranial sacral therapy with The Upledger Institute; visceral manipulation with Christoph Sommers and structural integration with Tom Myers.

Peter Ehlers practices in Santa Fe and has been the Connective Tissue Bodywork instructor for the Scherer Institute since 1997. Peter has studied numerous forms of related arts including Rockwell Myofascial Dynamics, Neuromuscular Therapy, Hakomi, Trauma Work, and Process work. Peter completed the KMI Structural Integration training in 2003, and has assisted with Tom Myers in several classes. Peter has a passion for teaching this work, as well as a deep compassion for the human spirit.
 

denotes this practitioner has passed the certification exam offered by the Certification Board for Structural Integration.