SoM Wellness Retreat at Hanging Rock State Park

Omega Blackburn, NCTMB, CMT, ABMP

303 Main Street #212 Danbury, NC 27016 phone: (336) 593-2755

“Professionally kneading people like you since 1995”

Massage Hot Stone Therapist, Trained as and former Advanced Practitioner of Ortho-Bionomy

Omega has been certified in Virginia since 1995. She is NC LMBT #6331 since 2006.

Omega Blackburn graduated from the Richmond Academy of Massage as a Certified Massage Therapist in 1995.

She is a Nationally Certified Therapeutic Massage and Bodyworker (NCTMB).

She was the second Registered Practitioner of Ortho-Bionomy® residing in the Commonwealth of Virginia at the time of her confirmation.

Omega was a professional member of the Society of Ortho-Bionomy International ®, having completed SOBI's 1000+ hour Registered Advanced Practitioner program in 2005, and she was enrolled in their Associate Basic SOBI Instructor program and completed their BITS training classes

She has coordinated Ortho-bionomy classes in the Mid-Atlantic Area since 2001.

She is a professional member of the Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP); is a Certified Massage Therapist by the nursing board of the Commonwealth of Virginia; she has a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and a former member of the American Massage Therapist Association (AMTA). She is NC LMBT #6331.

Omega has several years of experience in administering Hot Stone Therapy, Ortho-Bionomy®, Deep-Tissue Therapeutic massage, Swedish massage and energetic techniques on-site as well as in chiropractic, clinic and salon settings.

Omega volunteered with Hospice of Stokes County until its termination and now volunteers with Hospice and Pallative Care; Stokes Reynolds Memorial Hospital and Stokes County Arts Council/ Dan River Art Market.

Omega maintained a small 10 year+ private practice in Virgina Beach, VA until 2009

She has been working with vibrational healing techniques utilizing trance drumming as well as Crystal Singing Bowls and has had two Reiki Attunements

Professionally kneading people like you since 1995!

Omega Blackburn, NCTMB NC#6331

CMT, LMBT, LMT, ABMP, BFA

Work Experience:

Date Employer/Contractor Position

08/06-present 6^th Sense Health & Wellness Bodyworker/ massage therapist

08/05-08/07 Self AHA BLS CPR Instructor

6/05- 8/06 Virginia Career Institute Substitute MT Instructor

03-present Terri Lee/ self Ortho-Bionomy® Class co-coordinator

2001- present Self Ortho-Bionomist/ Somatic Reeducator

12/95- present Self / Private Practice Certified Massage Therapist

1/98-11/98 Ghent Chiropractic CMT& Chiropractic Assistant

5/97-12/97 Annie’s R & R Va. Certified Massage Therapist

12/98- present Virginia Beach Public Schools P/T Substitute Teacher

2/97-1/98 Chesapeake Public Schools Substitute Teacher

1/97-2004 City of Virginia Beach P/T Pavilion Stagehand

8/95-11/96 bouquets by Sylvia Shop Manager/Floral Designer

10/94-2/95 CTG INC. Secretary

6/91-4/94 bouquets by Sylvia Shop Manager/Floral Designer

9/90-6/91 VA Dept. Visually Handicapped Driver

8/89-6/90 Richmond Public Schools Artist in Residence/ Bellevue School

Education:

2006- present Various CEU classes

2005-6 SOBI Basic Instructor Training (approximately 300+ hour program)

2004 Registered SOBI Advanced Practitioner 520 hour program completed

1999 VBEMS Training Center, EMT-B, and VA Certified First Responder (expired)

1998-2002 SOBI Basic Registered Practitioner Program 500 hour program completed

1998 Advanced Anatomy, Fuller School of Massage Virginia Beach, VA

1995 Richmond Academy of Massage, Graduate CMT

1990-91 J. Sergeant Reynolds Community College (Floral Design)

1978 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, BFA in Technical Theatre and Stage

Management Graduated on Dean’s List

Awards, Honors & Affiliations:

2007 Site coordinator for SOBI National Convention

2002 Nationally Certified Therapeutic Massage and Bodyworker

2000 Member of Davis Corners Volunteer Rescue Service, VA BCH, VA

1997 Event Staff Massage Therapist for Four Quarters Farm ATC, Artemis, PA

1990 Miriam Justa Memorial Service Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service

Professional Member of the Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals since 1995

General Member of the Society of Ortho-Bionomy ® International from 1999 until 2003

Professional Member of the Society of Ortho-Bionomy ® from 11/2003 until grievance

Former Professional Member of AMTA

Charter Member of Lewisville-Clemmons Chamber of Commerce
2009 Member of KIng Chamber of Commerce

Ortho-Bionomy Instructors at the Oasis Cafe- Terri Lee

Terri Lee has been actively practicing and teaching Ortho-Bionomy since 1982. She is an artist of this extremely effective, gentle bodywork. Her nonjudgmental, affirming approach has helped thousands of students and clients facilitate their own self-healing and awareness of the integration of the body as a whole.

Terri trained with Arthur Lincoln Pauls DO, the founder of Ortho-Bionomy and is a past president of the Society of Ortho-Bionomy Intl, Inc., Terri has been instrumental in developing and refining the curriculum and methodology of the Ortho-Bionomy Practitioner and Instructor Training Programs. She teaches workshops throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Honed by years of study and practice, Terri embodies the principles and concepts of Ortho-Bionomy in her life and teaching, providing a living demonstration. Her personal integrity, honesty and commitment to living these principles have provided impetus for spiritual and personal growth for those she teaches.

For those seeking continuing education, a career change, or self-help, Terri facilitates this experiential learning with ease, offering each participant the opportunity to learn in their own way. Terri holds the space which invites each person to experience, develop and expand their own awareness of their learning process of learning to integrate body, mind and spirit. She skillfully bridges the gap between quantum concepts of healing and ordinary reality.

Ortho-Bionomy Instructors at the Oasis Cafe, Norfolk, VA - Darlene Smith

Darlene Smith is a Registered Advanced Instructor of Ortho-Bionomy, a Licensed Massage Therapist and is recognized by the NCBTMB as a continuing education Approved Provider. Darlene has studied and practiced Ortho-Bionomy for16 years. She has been teaching the work for 13 years, throughout the US and Canada. Darlene’s natural curiosity and her own life experiences have lead her in the ongoing pursuit of a clearer and deeper understanding of the dance that evolves within the physical and energetic body. Darlene’s teaching embodies the principles of Ortho-Bionomy. She shares with her students, a clear and gentle approach to body work, which allows her students to learn in a relaxed, safe and comfortable atmosphere

Ortho-Bionomy Instructors at the Oasis Cafe, Norfolk, VA - Ann Shinall MD

Ann Brooks Shinall, M.D., Our newest NCBTMB approved provider and Registered Instructor has been immersed in Ortho-Bionomy since 1989. She introduced the modality as a Mid-Atlantic class coordinator by bringing the first Instructors to VA. She was an instrumental cofounder of the Mid-Atlantic Friends of O-B. She is also a SOBI volunteer currently serving her first term on the SOBI Board of Directors. Her personal experiences both as a doctor and a patient bring profound insight into the wonders of Ortho-Bionomy. Her love of Ortho-Bionomy and her superb wit help to facilitate the learning process for participants, inviting playful exploration.

“Professionally kneading people like you since 1995”

Omega Blackburn

Nationally Certified Therapeutic Massage & Body worker

Certified Massage Therapist VA# 138

Licensed Massage & Bodywork Therapist NC#6331

Somatic re educator (aka Ortho-Bionomy®)

Vibrational Healing Facilitator

Sundays- Wednesdays by appointment only Thursdays- Saturdays

SoM Wellness Retreat next to Hanging Rock State Park 6^th Sense Health and Wellness Center

P O Box 212 Danbury NC 27016 1012 Brookstown Ave. W-S, NC 27101

(336) 593-2755 (757) 200-2125 (336) 723-4400

www.omegablackburn.com www.6ths.com

Hot Stone, Therapeutic, Deep Tissue, Swedish Massage NC#6331

Personal Profile

When my “cheese” in Virginia was disappearing I moved to W-S to start anew. I have been with 6^th Sense since August of 2006 and am just starting at my Hanging Rock mountain home/spa location. My 27 yr daughter is a onw year survivor of stage 3 ovarian cancer while my VTmiracle son graduated from VCU’s mechanical engineering departmentin 2008.

Purpose

To assist clients in finding homeostasis: the ability to heal one’s self

Myths

Massage can metastasize cancer

Massage is decadence for the rich -choosing inappropriate healthcare because your health insurance covers it.

Types of Referrals

Any one enjoying Hanging Rock Sate Park

People who miss human touch in their lives

Athletes concerned with muscular micro and macro traumas and tone specifically Hanging Rock climbers, hikers, and Dan River kayakers, canoeists, tubeists

Migraine sufferers

People suffering from stress and emotional anxiety

Chronic pain sufferers i.e.: fibromyalgia; MS; chronic fatigue, bursitis, arthritics

Bad referrals

Anyone who cannot discern sensual from sexual

Bad check writers

Goals

20 hours of paid table time a week

Weekly bodywork & wellness classes and workshops in my 850 sq. ft. “shop” with full service steam, sauna & hydro spa facilities at my Hanging Rock home wellness retreat with landscaping

“Truth needs no practice, Suffering needs to be practiced” Gandhi

“Professionally kneading people like you since 1995”