Karen Clay, LMP

Karen Clay, LMP, holds a BA in Dance and has been a movement artist and performer for 30 years. Licensed as a massage practitioner in 1985, she maintains an active private practice. In 1996 she was certified by the Zentherapy® school of Structural Integration, and in 2007 she earned certification from the KMI school of Structural Integration.Karen has studied somatics continually for the past 28 years. Her studies have included Skinner Releasing, Biokinetics/Hanna Somatics, Aston Patterning® and Continuum.

In 1993 she developed Somatic Unwinding, and in 2000 started teaching Essential Breathwork. Her passion for language, movement, and sensation enable her to create heightened sensory awareness and receptivity to the message of our senses through movement.

Karen is a frequent workshop instructor at the Brenneke School of Massage and has presented at the AMTA convention. Her classes have been NCBTMB approved since 2006 under Northwest Coalition of Massage Educators and Advanced Educators.