I fell in love with the school and the people there. Nancy wears many hats at the school, including teaching APPK anatomy, physiology, pathology, kinesiology , ethics and deep tissue in the Bodywork Therapy Program. At VSOHA, she also holds the position of Senior Educational Administrator, where she oversees the curriculum of all programs and supports faculty members to meet their teaching goals.
So I try to incorporate all three of those into teaching a subject. Nancy brings her passion for teaching into the classroom where her goal is to make difficult topics accessible for students who might be struggling. So I try to present anatomy in a way that is fun, interactive and applicable to what they are going to use in their bodywork practice.
Generally when we are receiving new and difficult information, we tend to prefer it coming in auditorily, visually, or we have to touch or do. Many bodywork students like to learn by touching or doing. So movement is very important to the learning process. Nancy also supervises student clinic for the Bodywork Therapy program, a part of the program where students provide bodywork treatments to members of the public. After the initial client intake interview, students share their plan with Nancy for the session, including how they are going to address any issues or pathologies.
Sometimes students have a plan, sometimes we work it out together. I encourage them to make it a platform where they feel comfortable practicing and making mistakes.
Nancy has taught in four intakes of the Bodywork Therapy program so far and says the students at VSOHA are some of the best students she has taught. It fits with not only my love of teaching, but the subject matter and the culture fits with who I am and what I believe. Read more bodywork therapy stories.
