Deborah has over 24 years of experience in nursing and is currently the Lead Nurse in a Hospital Prep Center.  She has a strong background in Critical Care, Interventional Radiology, and Pre and Post-Surgical Care.  She has conpleted her Healing Touch Practitioner training, is nationally Certified, and is a member of Healing Beyond Borders.  Deborah recognizes Healing Touch as a Holistic Energy Therapy to be used complimentary to modern medical care and aknowledges its capacity to faciilitate self-healing within the body.  She has learned the skill of creating safe space and healing presence while interacting with her clients on multiple levels, focusing on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.  Deborah is passionate about Healing Touch and has opened her own private practice and truly feels it is "a care that touches the world".

Denise DeForest Pastoor lives her passion to teach Integrative Health practices of yoga, mindfulness, and meditation.  With 35 years experience as a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist and holistic wellness educator, she teaches powerful skills in self-healing and personal growth.  Through her holistic psychotherapy and integrative health consulting practice, SunStone Wellness, LLC, she is a featured presenter and workshop facilitator at national healthcare conferences, community programs, and business organizations. Denise has published numerous articles on integrative health, created a YouTube video on Healing Touch, and has recorded a 5-star reviewed guided meditation CD, Creating Calm Within.. As a Board-certified Healing Touch practitioner, past secretary on the Board of Directors for Healing Beyond Borders, founder of Ebb & Flow ™ and founder and facilitator of the integrative Health Academy of the National Wellness Institute, Denise blends heart-centered leadership with the neuroscience of contemplative wisdom practices, biofield energy therapies, and sensory movement to promote healing and wholeness in the world.