Meet Our FacultyWorld School Faculty Members

PATRICIA CRAMER
HHC, MS, CMT

School for Health and Life Coaching

Patricia Cramer, founded the World School with her love and unwavering commitment to people’s health and vitality. She brings deep, empathic awareness of bodies, while teaching and guiding students in how to transform their own and others’ health to new levels. Patricia is acclaimed for her contributions to the field of bodywork including Vibrational Healing Massage Therapy®, The Language of Healing®, Babies in Motion®, Fluid Body Mechanics®, and Structural Foot Balancing®. She is also known for the healing work she has done on herself and others in the areas of shock and trauma resolution, especially with babies. Patricia is passionate about teaching and teaching excellence. After thirty years of practice and teaching, Patricia remains one of our school’s most active instructors, teaching in the Professional Massage Therapy Program, the Energy and Somatic Massage Program, Family Services, the Master Life Coach Program and the Teaching, Training and Coaching Program. Patricia leads the way for clearing our nervous systems of pain and dis-ease.

School for Health and Life Coaching

Ame Guzeman has studied alternative medicine for over 10 years.  She is committed to personal freedom and communication.   In her private practice she encourages others through bodywork, coaching and the use of flower essences to use their intuition and listen to what their body is communicating.  Her passion for Vibrational medicine, woman’s health and the power of communication is felt by all in her presence.  After one conversation with her, you will begin to see all that is possible for you.   She brings this passion, along with her wide range of study and life experience to her classes in a way that makes all material easy and fun to understand.

VENUS MARIE ELYSE
NCTMB, L.Ac.

School for Health and Life Coaching

Venus Elyse is a licensed acupuncturist and nationally certified massage therapist.  She has been teaching for over twelve wonderful years.  Venus’ gift is bringing heart and compassion to whatever she teaches.  She brings with her a vast knowledge base including western anatomy and physiology, eastern medicine, nutrition, breath work, abundant massage techniques, compassionate communication, somatics and spirituality.  However, by far her favorite thing to impart in every class is love, joy, laughter and a sense of wonder about life.

LUCAS FOX

Lucas started studying Acupressure at the age of sixteen. Lucas brings a special sense of adventure and discovery to all of his classes. Lucas was certified as an acupressure practitioner and as an Acu-Yoga teacher in 1996, and as a teacher of Ashiatsu bodywork in 1998. Lucas has been in private practice for more than 10 years with much experience in working with seniors and athletes. He has extensive experience with corporate chair massage and working in partnership with Chiropractors.

DIANA MAXWELL
CMT, JS.D.F.

Diana Maxwell has been devoted to personal and global transformation for over 25 years. She is deeply committed to assisting and facilitating the process of personal growth and awareness in others who choose this journey. Diana is a faculty member of the Swedish Massage team at the World School. She also includes her advanced skills in Acupressure, Reflexology and Energy training to enhance her classes.

LEAH MERCADO
HMT, HHC

School for Health and Life Coaching

LEAH embodies compassion in her transformative and healing bodywork. Her passion in being with people is rooted in her commitment to support others in discovering their true nature. She teaches Philosophy, Communication, Ethics and Business in the Professional Massage Therapy Program. She lives and practices the principles of Vibrational Healing Massage Therapy® and shares these life experiences with her clients and students. As a teacher she believes that we learn after we step out into the world and embody the material for ourselves.

GLORIA NG
CMT, HHC, MB, TTP, DVC

School for Health and Life Coaching

Gloria brings her creative arts background in poetry, love, and joy to the healing arts classroom. Her intimate understanding of healing arises as compassion. She is a practitioner of Tai Chi, Qigong, and Cantonese language advocacy at the Asian Womens Shelter. A multilingual enthusiast, she continues to support various historically under-served communities through holistic healing inner-reach and health education.

DAVID ROSS

School for Health and Life Coaching

David helps us better understand our innate capacity to create success in every area of our lives. “We create to connect and we connect for joy,” says David. He brings to the World School 30 years of professional experience in the fields of clinical psychology, theology, education and business. The business backgrounds that he contributes to students in the advance massage and coaching entrepreneurial training includes: operations management, marketing and web development, quality improvement, strategic planning and entrepreneurship. David teaches The Great Weekend, The Great Weekend…Advances, The Great Celebrational Life, and courses in life and health coaching and teacher training. He is also a writer, lecturer, management consultant and founder of You4iA! a social network for conscious creators.

LISA SCHWABER
LCMT

Lisa is highly trained in several massage and bodywork modalities including Vibrational Healing Massage Therapy® Levels I and II. In her private practice, Lisa is also a respected teacher of hightech, contemporary meditation. She is passionate about sharing how we can assist our clients through bodywork to address the physical, mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual elements of being. Lisa is committed to supporting both your quest for health and well-being as well as your desire to effectively contribute that to others.

ARTHUR SMITH
CMT, TBW

Arthur began his formal studies in holistic health more than 20 years ago. He is a master bodyworker with an international practice in Transformational Bodywork. He is inspired to bring people fully into their bodies and experience the wisdom inherent within. His training is diverse. Yoga, modern dance, theatre, Tai Chi, Chi Gung, Authentic Movement and Improvisation are included in his body studies. Transactional Analysis, Shamanism, Group Processing and Vipassana make up pieces of his mindfulness work. He also is versed in Eastern philosophies and meditation. His university degree is in Religious Studies. His path is to bring heart and depth to each person he is blessed to work with and encourage freedom in all aspects of being.