Over 25 years of surf instruction and ocean safety
Insured Licensed Permitted
Camps, Private’s, Groups🏄🏼♂️
Surfrider Beach, Malibu California 📍
I was born and raised in Southern California and enjoy surfing, snowboarding, and baseball! I graduated from the California State University of Long Beach with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and a Master in Counseling Psychology. I have completed internships at Didi Hirsch and The Beacon house where I learned strategic interventions to help men and women who struggle with a variety of mental health diagnoses.
My approach is existential, humanistic, and gestalt. I offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each client. I hold a supportive, nonjudgmental, caring space so you can fully be yourself.
You already have the capacity within to heal. And yet, healing cannot occur in isolation. Therapy can uncouple this aloneness to make way for deep transformation. If you struggle to feel seen, feel alone, want to work through old belief patterns, or are curious about exploring how you relate to the world and why I encourage you to reach out today.
The STOP THE BLEED® Project was founded to develop programs that engage people and organizations so they get involved, take action and help the campaign grow. The Project is a public/private collaboration involving a wide range of non-profit organizations, government agencies, companies and individuals who all believe in the importance of the STOP THE BLEED® campaign. There are currently active STOP THE BLEED® training programs in every U.S. state and territory and in 114 countries.
STOP THE BLEED® is an official program of the U.S. Department of Defense. The program is designed to train and equip the public to be able to treat traumatic injuries involving severe bleeding until the first responders arrive. It is based on lessons learned by the DoD during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on how best to control severe bleeding.
The Coalition is a proud supporter of the STOP THE BLEED® project, providing financial and other resources to the programs described below.
Since launching in 2012, A Walk On Water (AWOW) has served thousands of children with unique needs, and their families through transformative Surf Therapy. AWOW Surf Therapy is uniquely built on the concept of including the entire family in a connection to the healing powers of the ocean and our natural world. By creating positive, uplifting, and empowering experiences, we are rewriting the expectation of what “therapy” can be.
Surf Therapy is generally defined as the act of guided surf instruction provided by highly-trained Surf Instructors, in concert with a carefully constructed and supportive team of volunteers and staff. While Surf Therapy is the core offering of AWOW and the driving force of our efforts, our events offer additional elements that add to the ability to feel fulfilled and rejuvenated. Some of the offerings include: yoga, massage therapy, art therapy, music therapy, food and drink, and many different variations of sport and play on the beach.
We consider ourselves–our volunteers, partners, and participants–one big family; Our AWOW Family. By maintaining a high ratio of volunteers to athletes, AWOW has built a platform that allows each and every participant the chance to bond with fellow athletes and volunteers; forming meaningful, lasting relationships. These lifelong bonds are vital to developing the confidence necessary for each child to succeed not only in the highly difficult skill of surfing; but more importantly, in navigating the waters of life.
Diligently, we work to enable our amazing athletes to realize confidence in themselves. We’re equipping our participants to defy expectations, rewrite their futures, and emerge from the ocean with one belief; we are all ATHLETES.
If you're not a Friend of the Ocean, what are you supporting?
The ocean is under attack like never before. From Drilling. Fracking. Plastics. Pollution. Indifference. That’s why the ocean needs more friends. Friends who show up. Clean up. Speak out and protect.
Our mission is to lead through dry land education. By educating children at a young age, we can reach and empower parents, caregivers, individuals and communities with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to prevent drowning incidents. By understanding the layers of protection needed we can make being in, on, or near water SAFER for everyone.
Welcome to the Oak Park Unified School District virtual Wellness Center! In this virtual Wellness Center you will find a space where you can take a break, find resources, gain mental health education and promote overall well-being. Our in-person center is located at Oak Park High School in H-16.
Sound Bath - Joy Funkhouser
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At Uthrive Wellness, we strive to create a mindful and compassionate community through meditation and the healing arts. Founded by Alison Ungaro, inspired by her inner healing journey, Uthrive’s mission is to share mindfulness and healing arts modalities with individuals of all ages, empowering them to achieve inner peace, self-regulation, and full self-expression. Through accessible programs and workshops, we inspire individuals to embrace mindfulness as a tool for mind, body, and spirit well-being.