PRESIDENT

Bonnie Muller, a clinical social worker, Certified Rubenfeld Synergist, and past president of the International Association of Rubenfeld Synergists resides in Hamden, CT. She describes herself as coming from a musical household, a strong faith community, and parents who were healing professionals. At the age of 10, her family attended a Quaker gathering where Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. taught nonviolence and unconditional love. She began a lifelong process of recognizing the effects of her privileges and committing to equity as well as empathic listening. When first experiencing Rubenfeld Synergy, she resonated with Ilana’s musicality and use of empathetic listening touch. She applied Ilana Rubenfeld’s insights to her work in schools, community mental health and early childhood education. She believes those insights will continue to enliven the field of somatic therapies, softening/strengthening the tenderest and the hardest/hurtest of hearts.

Contact her at: bonnie@rubenfeldfoundation.org

SECRETARY/TREASURER

Georgena Grace, CRS, RScP, MAM.A. is a trauma specialist and Certified Rubenfeld Synergist practicing in Portland, Oregon with 20 years experience supporting those touched by sudden loss, suicide and deep grief. Georgena is the author of A New Mourning: Discovering the Gifts in Grief and is the creator of “Reasons to Live” circles for those who’ve survived suicide attempts. She provides community service by running support groups for mothers who have lost teens to suicide. Georgena helps clients in need to listen to their body to navigate the ocean of emotions and to recover a deep sense of integrated wellbeing. She brings a strong communication skillset as a Speech-Language Pathologist to her holistic practice.

Contact her at: georgena@rubenfeldfoundation.org or IntegratedWellbeingInstitute.com

MEDIA OUTREACH

Camilla Griggers PhD is a holistic health consultant, educator and writer in Los Angeles. She graduated from Rubenfeld Synergy Training in 2002 and later trained with Dr. Deepak Chopra in meditation instruction. A university professor before pivoting to holistic health consulting and wellness education, she is the author of Fast Therapy and Becoming-Woman, and coauthor with Ilana Rubenfeld of articles on bodymind integration methods in Somatics Journal and The Handbook of Body Psychotherapy and Somatic Psychology. The core principle guiding her practice is self-regulation, and the central goal is better mindbody integration for early prevention of chronic illness and distress. She provides client services in all aspects of self-care practices—including home nutrition and detoxification, gutbrain and mouthbody care, and somatic-emotional release and integration.

Contact her at: camilla@rubenfeldfoundaton.org or camillagriggers.com

TRAINING CO-DIRECTOR

Melba Amos is a Certified Rubenfeld Synergist and the owner of WholeBeing Synergy—a wellness initiative in Goderich, ON, Canada on the banks of lovely Lake Huron where she enjoys an international practice. Melba has been actively engaged in the synergy community since she graduated from the Rubenfeld Synergy Training Program in 2002. She served as past president of the International Association of Rubenfeld Synergists before joining TIRF’s board. She is Co-Director of the current Rubenfeld Synergy Training class in Goderich, and enjoys teaching and mentoring the next generation of Rubenfeld Synergists. You can read more about her teaching philosophy on the Training page.

Contact her at: melba@rubenfeldfoundation.org or WholeBeingSynergy.com

INTERNATIONAL COORDINATOR

Catriona Moore is an Integrative Health Consultant in Dublin, Ireland combining a holistic skillset as a kinesiologist, nutritional and stress management coach, nurse, psychologist, somatic bodymind therapist and energy medicine practitioner. But more importantly, she is a mystic gardener of the soul, a relaxation reverere and a nature and animal lover. She has spent her life co-creating with Nature, including natural essences from fungi, trees and plants, to use in her practice and share. Having traveled the world as a citizen of everywhere and nowhere, she has lived her life studying, becoming and being in places as diverse as Europe, North America, the Far East, Middle East and Africa—enough to experience the transpersonal connection among all people and to understand the human experience of self, the bodymind and spirit. She has discovered the deeper we go within…into our stillness…the more we realize how interconnected we all are. Because while interconnection depends on your relationship between self and others, intraconnection is at the core of any relationship without yourself.

Contact her at: catriona@rubenfeldfoundation.org