She has a Masters in Expressive Arts Therapy (1991) and a Masters in Social Work (1997). She has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching meditation groups for 7 years. Her meditation practice includes Vipassana or Insight Meditation, and meditation from the yogic traditions. She is certified as a LifeForce yoga therapist and teaches people who struggle with anxiety and/or depression how to manage their anxiety or mood through breath, sound and movement. She has studied shamanism for eight years and presently teaches people how to "Journey" in order to access their inner guidance and wisdom. As an integrative healer Denise draws upon these forms in her individual and group work. For more information go to her web site www.centerforwholenessofbeing.com MANDY LUBAS