Fred and Cheryl Mitouer are teachers of massage and the movement of healing arts. They blend East-West traditions into a mature and eclectic exploration of the relationship between the inner human being and the physical body. They are California Life Credentialed teachers with 20 years of private and public school experience from pre-school to university settings.

Cheryl and Fred currently reside on the Mendocino Coast in their self-built home with their son Seth, nurturing careers in Transformational Bodywork, organizational consulting, movement disciplines, holistic health counseling and massage.

Both are graduates of UCLA; Fred has a Masters degree in Political Science from Sonata State University; and a Ph.D. in Philosophy, through Summit University of Louisiana.

Fred is the founder of Dragon's Breath Theatre--a forum for cultural experiments in consciousness and irreverent play. He founded Pacific School of Massage & Healing Arts in 1978 and Transformational Bodywork Seminars in 1989. Fred has been a featured presenter at many International Conferences, including the International Somatics Congresses, which he co-sponsored with The Association of Humanistic Psychology, The State of The World Forum and The 9th International Conference on Conflict Resolution, in St. Petersburg Russia. He has presented his work in Paris, Hong Kong and throughout the United States and has maintained a private practice in Northern California for nearly 30 years. His writings have appeared in Perspective, Massage Magazine, Common Ground and Yoga Journal.

Cheryl is co-founder and Director of the Pacific School of Massage and Healing Arts and Transformational Bodywork Seminars. She has been a health and healing arts practitioner and counselor for over twenty-five years. She is an honored teacher whose experience spans the human adventure from infant massage to Middle School teens to Hospice care, both in the public and private sector. She has shared her teachings in Europe, Asia and the USA. Cheryl is currently pioneering breakthrough work in Self Transformation creating a unique blend of somatic therapies and self inquiry protocols to enable the swift clearing of identities that block healing and creativity.

Together they created Pacific School of Massage and Healing Arts. Since 1978, this course has been pivotal in the personal development of its participants by integrating economic “right livelihood” with healing and the path of service.

Cheryl and Fred’s personal experiences with body-mind discipline, nutritional cleansing and relationships combine in on objective and down-to-earth manner with their formal training in massage therapy, holistic health counseling, hospice care for the dying, and various touch and movement modalities including Jin Shin Jyutsu, Applied Kinesiology, Polarity, Sports Massage, Non-impact Aerobics, Hatha Yoga, Tai Chi, Craniosacral Therapy and SHEN.

Fred and Cheryl are students of various forms of meditation. The lessons of making peace with oneself and living harmoniously in this world are at the heart of their teachings and private practices.