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In the beginning... 

I was just a kid who observed that changes to diet, spiritual practice, meditation and yoga  changed the life of my parent  so her  hospitalizations and mental health challenges  decreased.

Then I trained in nutrition to learn how to accomplish feeding myself and others well. I became a registered dietitian/nutritionist (RDN).

Then I learned from my patients and some further study that there are stages of illness and recovery, including for maintaining optimal blood sugar/glucose metabolism. I better understood how food, movement, cardiovascular health, stress resilience  and mindset coordinate to help use glucose effectively. I became a certified diabetes care and education specialist (CDCES).

I trained as a yoga teacher (RYT) in the Integral Yoga tradition and became even more convinced that yoga is a complete science of wellbeing that can help heal mind, body and spirit. By working with clients at a Joslin Diabetes Center affiliate (University of Maryland), I saw and then tested the benefits of mind body skills including yoga in people with difficult to manage diabetes.

I was ripe for The Solution Method by Laurel Mellin RD, PhD, and her integration of stress science, attachment theory and neauroplasticity when I found  the book and Laurel's methods. I trained to become a provider of the Solution Method and Emotional Brain Training. 

Then I learned of the new field of health coaching. Enrolling in the Duke Integrative Health Coaching program gave me added language, understanding & skills for making change easily and effectively. I took the board certification to become a Health and Wellness coach (NBC-HWC).

When the field of yoga therapy was new, I became a yoga therapist      (c-IAYT). I've found breathing practices, yoga nidra, yoga philosophy, mindset and postures to be personally and professionally useful.

                            Integration of these areas of science and wisdom is a wonderful, personally exciting and a continuing journey for me. 

In the past I explained that I may draw from yoga or health coaching  when partnering with an individual on nutrition.

 Today, I trust that clients  welcome that we may draw on varied wisdom traditions and skill repositories.

 Just as psychotherapists tell me they are eclectic re: their skills, I too am learning I can trust the way I partner/guide or support clients can be a decision we make together based on the health and wellbeing area or need that arises.

Background:

Cynthia is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) with a masters of science in nutrition, University of California at Davis, and Duke trained integrative health coach. She's a diabetes care and  education specialist (CDE/CDCES), board certified Health & Wellness Coach, (NBC-HWC), yoga teacher and yoga therapist (c-IAYT).

Cynthia has worked with many people to accomplish weight wellness and improved metabolic status, better blood sugar control, improved blood fats. 

She was the first nutritionist/RD at the Greenbrier Hotel, Resort & Spa and Greenbrier Clinic in WV, and the Joslin Diabetes Center affiliate at the University of Maryland Medicine. She's taught nutrition to medical students and undergrads. She was the outpatient clinical nutrition manager at the University of Virginia prior to opening this integrative  practice in 2019.

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