Gabriella Valsecchi - Elite Master B.E.S.T. Practitioner
"Have Energy Will Travel"
Gabriella is a Santa Barbara native and has been a resident of the Santa Ynez Valley since 1990. Gabriella has been practicing complimentary therapies with animals and people since 1985 and here rich history includes:
- Creating and managing rehabilitation facilities and programs since 1990. Programs include: Feldencris for animals...
Gary Foresman, M.D.
Integrative Medicine Specialist.
Dr. Gary Foresman, a Board Certified Internal Medicine physician, is not your average MD. Trained extensively in traditional Western Medicine (drugs and surgery), Dr. Foresman felt called to find different and better ways to help his patients.
At present, Dr. Foresman is versed in numerous modalities of healing, from meditation, Ayurveda, and...
Announcing Gary Foresman, MD, and Middle Path Medicine at Nirvana Hyperbaric Institute
We are very proud and extremely excited to announce the arrival of Gary Foresman, MD, and Middle Path Medicine at Nirvana Hyperbaric Institute. Founder and director of Middle Path Medicine, Dr. Foresman, has over 20 years experience in the clinical practice of Internal/Integrative Medicine.
Dr. Foresman will play a critical role at...
We had a very enjoyable gathering of our practitioners on Tuesday evening at Nirvana. Thank you to Heidi Gore, Diane Curriden, Dawn Wafer, Debbie Hart, David Spindler, Reese Stanlake, Rise Oschner, Joli Foster and Roger Hunter for making the potluck so delicious. We had not gotten together as team in a long while and we wanted to take the opportunity to welcome our newest practitioners, Rise Oschner, MD, and Debbie Hart, on...
Dawn Wafer, L.Ac. - Acupuncturist
Dawn is a long time Santa Ynez Valley resident. She graduated from Santa Ynez High in 1979 and has lived here in the Santa Ynez Valley for the past 26 years.
After 10 years of coaching gymnastics and training horses, Dawn seriously injured her back. This forced her to stop coaching gymnastics. Her doctors recommended surgery, but she wanted...
Debbie Hart: SCENAR Therapist and Cranial Sacral Therapist.
Debbie has been working in the holistic health field for approximately 5 years as a professional manual therapist, SCENAR and cranio-sacral therapist. With her 18 year background in education, she wanted to pursue her passions for holistic healing and energy medicine and combine them with her talents in education. Debbie earned her 1200 hour, CMT-P, professional...
David Spindler: Massage Therapist.
David is a holistically minded massage therapist. He has 1,650 certified hours of classroom training and over 5,000 hours of actual practice. Over the last eight years he has worked in hospital settings and with numerous doctors and physical therapists in the San Francisco Bay Area, South Lake Tahoe and here in the Santa Ynez Valley where he now practices.
David uses his skill...
Mederise "Reese" Stanlake: Massage Therapist.
Originally from Central Minnesota, Reese has been a licensed massage therapist since 2007. Since beginning with Nirvana in summer 2010, Reese has attained legendary status with her patients. Reese pursued a career in massage because of her own experience with cervical disk damage and periodic pelvis displacement. Reese enjoys working with patients of all ages and has...
Heidi Gore, LMT. Chi Nei Tsang Therapist.
Heidi became a Chi Nei Tsang practitioner because of the personal growth and healing she has enjoyed since she began receiving Chi Nei Tsang treatments herself. Heidi received her training from Gilles Marin at The Chi Nei Tsang Institute in Berkeley, California, and continues to participate in advanced study programs there. Heidi has studied Medical Qigong at the China Academy of...
Joli Foster: Front Desk Manager.
After working for DHL Express for ten years, in customer service, Joli thoroughly enjoys the one on one interaction that she gets from working up close and in person with patients as Nirvana front desk manager. Joli loves making people feel comfortable, welcome, and cared for when they are at Nirvana and it is guaranteed that her sunny warm personality will put a...
Diane Curriden, CPT. Heart Centered Therapist & Lymphatic Drainage Therapist.
Diane has lived in the Santa Ynez Valley for 25 years where she raised her 3 wonderful children with her husband, Jim. Diane’s background is in engineering, graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a BS in electronics, and working at Delco Electronics as a manufacturing engineer.
Diane became interested in learning...
Roger Hunter, DVM
CFO and Co-Founder, Nirvana Hyperbaric Institute
Roger graduated in 1969 from University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and went to work as an equine veterinarian at the race tracks in Northern California. In 1976, Roger founded Equine Veterinary Services (EVS), a very busy and successful practice that he owned and managed until he sold it in early...
Kelly Schreiner: President and co-founder, Nirvana Hyperbaric Institute.
At 45 years of age, Kelly is in the best shape of her life. Kelly attributes her boundless energy, her physical fitness level, her overwhelming sense of joy, and her positive attitude to the benefits of oxygen therapy; in particular hyperbaric oxygen therapy and exercise with oxygen...