Sylvia Muiznieks, Advanced Senior BodyTalk Instructor
BSc, RMT, AdvCBP, AdvSrCBI

Sylvia has had extensive experience in the complementary health field as a practitioner, educator and administrator. She learned BodyTalk from founder Dr. John Veltheim in 2000 and was among the first Certified BodyTalk Practitioners in Canada. She became a Certified BodyTalk Instructor in January 2002 and a Certified Mindscape Instructor in September 2003. In 2003, she was also appointed a Senior BodyTalk Instructor and was elected by her peers to the position of Junior Vice-President of the International BodyTalk Association; at the 2005 IBA Conference, she was re-elected to another two year term. At the 2007 Conference, she switched roles to become the Vice President for Academic Studies and she became an Advanced Senior CBI.

Sylvia’s passion for teaching, and ability to clearly explain concepts and demonstrate physical techniques, have been appreciated by many students over the years – ranging from the ballet and modern dance students she taught in her late teens to her present day BodyTalk and Mindscape students. In the past, she also taught advanced anatomy and physiology and massage technique courses in the Massage Therapy Certificate program at Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta.

Sylvia has taught BodyTalk and MindScape courses throughout Canada and internationally in eight countries. Students have consistently praised Sylvia's ability to take complex concepts and break them down into easily understood units, to facilitate learning, retention and application. They also value her clinical expertise and experience, open teaching style and the sense of fun she brings to her trainings. Visit Sylvia's personal website at www.innatehealing.net to see what students have said about her trainings (click on the Courses button and then on Testimonials).

Sylvia was the Program Administrator of the Centre for Complementary Health Education at Mount Royal College for nine years. In early 2003, she resigned her position at the College so she could focus full-time on BodyTalk, to make herself more available to her clients and students. She enjoys the balance between teaching and practicing BodyTalk, and finds the two activities complementary. About 70% of Sylvia's busy clinical practice in Calgary is now comprised of remote/distance treatments utilizing Mindscape techniques.

"I have been involved with many natural therapies and nothing compares to the profound results of BodyTalk," says Sylvia. "I've seen many people experience dramatic improvements in health and well-being—sometimes as soon as they get off the table."

Sylvia offers through distance education, three anatomy and physiology courses she developed specifically for BodyTalk Practitioners. Her Journey to the Magical Healing Place CD has proven to be beneficial to both clients and BodyTalk Practitioners. She also developed a Consciousness/BodyTalk Module 3 CD (available through the IBA), wrote The BodyTalk System Module 5 Textbook and co-authored, with John Veltheim, The BodyTalk Access Training Manual. Having seen hundreds of her adult students benefit from employing Mindscape techniques, Sylvia recently designed a one-day Mindscape for Children course for children aged 9 to 12, and has taught it in Canada, South Africa, Singapore, and Australia.

As an Advanced Senior Instructor, Sylvia has trained and certified many new BodyTalk Modules 1 & 2 and BodyTalk Access Instructors, and is presently training instructors of the advanced BodyTalk modules as well. Striving for excellence in her clinical work as well as her teaching, Sylvia has completed the requirements to become a PaRama BodyTalk Practitioner.

Sylvia and Rosilyn Kinnersley (a certified BodyTalk Instructor from Melbourne) were interviewed on Pathways TV in Australia in 2006. You can find the interview online on the Pathways TV website at  www.pathways33.com/you_tube_now.php  Scroll down to find the interview.

For details about Sylvia's clinical work, the courses she teaches (including her training schedule, local coordinator contact information, and registration), her A&P course, or her CDs, please go to her personal website at www.innatehealing.net

Testimonials www.innatehealing.net/amitest.shtml for Advanced Modules Integration course and more testimonials on her instructors bio page http://www.bodytalkcentral.com/instructors__and_trainorsview.php?id=7