I have been working in the professional field of massage therapy/bodywork & energy therapies since1989. Coming from a dance and theater arts background, I eventually moved into the healing and meditative arts. These modalities and studies have been a deepening expression of my personal practice of "experiencing" body, mind, and heart. My intention for this ongoing work is to continue self inquiry and healing, to share life experience and knowledge while assisting clients, students and others on their journeys into health and well being.

My Accreditation & Trainings include:

Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, CHTP

St. John Neuromuscular Pain Relief Therapies®

JinShinDo® Acupressure, Berkeley Acupressure Institute, Berkeley, CA

Massage Therapist & Health Educator, National Holistic Institute, Emeryville, CA

Former Massage Therapy & Health Eduction Instructor - NHI, Emeryville, CA

YAMUNA® Body Rolling-Certified Instructor

iRest®Yoga Nidra Advanced Level 1 

Certified Yoga Teacher  -  Divine Motion Yoga Teacher Training - 200 Hr Certification

Bay Zen Center, Oakland, CA - Zen Meditation Practitioner since 1986

University of San Francisco--Dance & Dance History

Gayle Nelson B.A. Ed., MSW, RCSWI, CHTP is an educator, registered clinical social work intern and Certified Healing Touch Practitioner. Gayle specializes in supporting others in their own self-healing journey. She draws on her clinical training and psycho-spiritual/energy-based modalities to facilitate mental, physical, emotional and spiritual integration. Gayle conducts workshops introducing Healing Touch and demonstrating the use of mandala, archetypes, guided imagery and energy-based techniques as tools for personal healing and wholeness. Her Healing Touch practice is in Wilton Manors, FL.