Kathleen Harper
Professional Experience
Kathleen Harper is a Certified Life Coach with Martha Beck Life International, an organization led by Martha Beck, author, columnist for Oprah Magazine, and the country's most well-known and talented life coach. Kathleen is also a massage therapist with 14 years of experience and a Certified Massage Therapist (CMT) with the California Massage Therapy Council. She has deepened her massage practice with Ortho-Bionomy training with Jim Berns, Ortho-Bionomy Advanced Instructor and Senior Practitioner. She has also completed Oncology Massage courses at the Massage Therapy Institute in Davis, California. She holds a specialized pregnancy massage therapy certification from Kate Jordan Seminars and has completed CranioSacral Therapy training with The Upledger Institute including CranioSacral Therapy for Pediatrics Levels I and II. Kathleen is an infant massage instructor and a certified newborn massage instructor through Baby's First Massage. Kathleen has also completed a massage therapy workshop for children with special needs at California Pacific Medical Center's Institute for Health and Healing.
Kathleen holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Integrative Healing from San Francisco State University. Her education focused on psychology, kinesiology, and Eastern and Western philosophy, religion, and holistic health approaches. She is a member of Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP).
Prior to Touch Blue Sky, Kathleen worked in human resources and office management, including work for Meyer Sound in Berkeley; as a store manager and trainer for Starbucks; in marketing, sales, and a little bit of everything else for an East Bay metalsmith; a waitress, hostess, and barista; in accounts receivables for a wholesale bakery; and in public relations, including a stint as Public Relations Director for the San Francisco Zoo. Although it seemed like a winding, disconnected path at the time, she can now look back and see how each part of her journey supports her life coaching and massage therapy practice.
Kathleen holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Integrative Healing from San Francisco State University. Her education focused on psychology, kinesiology, and Eastern and Western philosophy, religion, and holistic health approaches. She is a member of Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP).
Prior to Touch Blue Sky, Kathleen worked in human resources and office management, including work for Meyer Sound in Berkeley; as a store manager and trainer for Starbucks; in marketing, sales, and a little bit of everything else for an East Bay metalsmith; a waitress, hostess, and barista; in accounts receivables for a wholesale bakery; and in public relations, including a stint as Public Relations Director for the San Francisco Zoo. Although it seemed like a winding, disconnected path at the time, she can now look back and see how each part of her journey supports her life coaching and massage therapy practice.