Flagstaff AZ Massage School
ASIS instructors engage with their students because they believe in the importance of this work. We offer a diverse group of qualified practitioners, who believe in high standards, kindness, and generosity. With excitement for their respective fields and commitment to a collaborative educational process, our teachers choose to teach because they believe in the possibilities of their students, and massage therapy jobs as a profession.
“A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination.
An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.”
– James B. Stockdale
ASIS Founders
Joseph and Jamie Rongo
Joseph and Jamie are co-founders, curriculum directors, and directors of teacher training for the Arizona School of Integrative Studies (now ASIS ). Their energetic and creative style of living is reflected throughout their work in both the classroom and the business world. Together, and in partnership with all the ASIS staff, they envision massage therapy education and practice to be concrete steps toward self-empowerment and world peace. Joseph and Jamie are parents to three wonderful, individual children, and as a family they live in their hand-built home overlooking the Verde River in Clarkdale, Arizona.
Campus Directors
Sara Freeman, BA, CM 
Sara is the administrator and director of ASIS in Prescott. She is a graduate of Southwestern University with a BA in Biology and holds advance certifications in NMT, Teacher Training, and Sports Massage. Ten years of a massage practice in Texas and Arizona helped her discover a way of seeing through her fingertips. Her love for the human form and feel has influenced her as an artist. Currently, she creates figurative and abstract sculpture, with an emphasis on human form, as well as functional pottery commissions. With enthusiastic energy, good-will, active outdoor pursuits, and great quality of life, Sara brings an exciting learning experience to NMT and Therapeutic Processes.
John Morris, M.div.
John has a multifaceted career in educational and therapeutic settings. His compassionate approach is reflected in his personal commitment to take responsibility for his own life and learning. John is committed to his work in promoting positive change in his role as Drug Court Coordinator, working with a team of professionals to offer hope and healing. He is also an instructor at the Probation Officer’s Academy of the Arizona Supreme Court and a certified instructor for Yavapai College. John is married to Greta Stromberg and has two daughters and two grandchildren, all of whom he is exceedingly proud. He also enjoys hiking, reading, writing, laughter, and the preparation and taste of good food.
Greta Stromberg, MS, LISAC, LMT
Greta holds a Masters of Science in Health and Human Services, is a Licensed Independent Substance Abuse Counselor (LISAC), a Licensed Massage Therapist and a certified holotropic breathwork practitioner. Greta owns and operates a private practice in Prescott, where she utilizes a holistic approach to healing. She conducts counseling sessions, bodywork, breathwork and lectures at local treatment centers. On the Prescott campus of ASIS , Greta teaches personal growth, communications, problem-solving and overall being human courses. Her passions are her family, friends, and her dog Bailey. She loves the outdoors, hiking, biking and swimming.
Instructors
Geoffrey Bishop, LMT, NCTMB
Instructor Geoffrey Bishop LMT, NCBMT, graduated from East West College of Healing Arts, in Portland, OR, in 1997. In 1999 he moved to Flagstaff, Arizona, where he owns and operates Stay Tuned Therapeutics and Flagstaff Sports Massage with his wife Michelle. Mr. Bishop works with local and international Olympic level athletes who visit Flagstaff to train at altitude, is the Sports Massage Coordinator for Hypo2 Sports Management and is a team member in many local corporate wellness programs. As a Certified Advanced Myoskeletal Alignment therapist he spent six years teaching continuing education classes with Erik Dalton at the Freedom From Pain Institute. He has completed internship with Aaron Mattes, the creator of Active Isolated Stretching and has studied the works of Tom Myers’ Anatomy Trains and the Hesch method of Manual Therapy. Geoffrey is always seeking out new ways to incorporate advanced studies into his practice and teachings. He currently teaches Kinesiology, Sports Massage and Injury Rehabilitation at ASIS in Flagstaff.
When I see that I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see that I am everything, that is love.
My life is a river between these two.
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Layna Cirelli, BA, LMT
Layna is a Certified KMI Structural Integrator, Myofascial Therapist and Movement Educator. She has been in private practice since receiving her Certificate in Therapeutic Massage from the Massage Institute of New England, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1995, specializing in Structural Integration and Deep Tissue Myofascial Techniques. Layna received her Certificate in Kinesis Myofascial Integration from Tom Myers, The Kinesis Institute. Layna has also undertaken additional training through The St. John Neuromuscular Institute, The Upledger Institute and Judith Aston Therapeutics. In addition, Layna has 30+ years of professional training in ballet, modern and contemporary dance, as well as a lifetime study of yoga, pilates and martial arts.
John Conway, LMT, NCTMB
John is a graduate of the Arizona School of Integrative Studies. John also has a digital recording studio where he does voice-overs, narrating commercials and videos. Prior to going into business for himself, John spent twenty years with the Sedona Fire District (SFD). As a part of that career, he wrote a textbook, taught in the fire service and was responsible for the district’s public education efforts. John retired in 1999 as the Assistant Fire Chief. John’s connection to healing and helping goes back farther than his involvement with Emergency Medical Services through SFD, however. His father was an osteopathic surgeon and his mother’s motto was “Whom can we help today?”. Massage has become a natural path for John, who continues to practice the beliefs instilled in him by his parents.
Radha Crawley, LMT, CAE
Radha has been committed to living sustainably and holistically for over a decade. She began her journey into holistic heath in 1999 when she and her husband became pregnant with their first daughter. Radha went on to deliver two babies naturally at home. She continued her quest for health through earth-centered practices with an apprenticeship with a herbalist and certifications in Reiki level two, Massage Therapy, Reflexology, Spa Services, Aromatherapy, Prenatal Massage, Ayurvedic Bodywork and Ayurvedic Education. Radha will completing her Bachelor of Arts degree from Prescott College in Holistic Health and Eco and Transpersonal Psychology. She is also honored to be currently studying with an Ayurvedic health practitioner, Vaidya Mishra whose practice, Shankya Vansya Ayurveda, and its lineage never strayed from Carak Samhita’s ancient text of Ayurveda. She currently spends her time between Sedona and Flagstaff where her daughters attend a Waldorf charter school. Her free time is spent hiking in the red rocks, camping, walking her dog, doing yoga, meditation and joyfully with her family.
Tanya Downey, CMT, B.S.
Tanya is a graduate of ASIS, where she teaches Swedish Massage and Herbal Hydrotherapy classes. She is an herbalist, a lover of animals and children, music, dance, and diversity. A long-time facilitator of dance, martial arts, and movement therapies, she brings a strongly kinesthetic approach to her engagement with the learning process. As a bodywork practitioner, she incorporates therapeutic herbal remedies with deep tissue and connective tissue therapy, craniosacral therapy, and energy work. In the classroom, she brings poetry and movement to integrate a deeper awareness of our selves, our environment and community, with an unconditionally loving approach to relations with all life. It is by far her favorite job.
Kelly Grey, LMT
Kelly (Kirati) has been teaching and studying Yoga and Ayurveda for over 15 years. She is a Master Teacher of Wise Earth Ayurveda, carefully trained by Sri Swamini Mayatitananda. She is an advanced teacher in Sivananda Vedanta, a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist and a Reiki Master. She is a certified Ayurvedic Massage practitioner through Dr. Negundi in Kerala, India and just recently finished her massage training at the Arizona School of Integrative Studies. Kirati’s main focus is in Wise Earth Ayurveda, with its grassroots origin in Sadhana. These profound teachings focus on our relationship to nature and to the cultivation of inner awareness and harmonious lifestyle practices.
Aileen Judson, LMT, BA
Aileen unknowingly started her career in healthcare as a young child when her mother would pay her a quarter to scrunch her neck. She went on to earn a BA in Human Relations/Social Services and worked as a Medical Social Worker for several years. Her love for the body, its structure and function, drew her back to massage. Her fascination with the mind, body and spirit has not only driven her as a practitioner and instructor, but is the guiding force in her own life. Aileen has been a Licensed Massage Therapist since 1995, a Meditation Teacher since 1999, a Yoga Instructor since 2004, and has taught massage since 2005. Her work reflects her love of the human form, the spirit that resides within and the heart which is the driving force of our lives. She specializes in mind/body therapeutics, energetics, restoration of function, relaxation, pain management, and teaching self care. Aileen’s goal in working with others is to help them live their lives with more truth, peace and balance and strives to create the same for her self.
Chad Lambert, DC, FIAMA
Chad received his Bachelor’s degree in Biology. He then received his Doctor of Chiropractic from Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, OR. Dr Lambert is also a fellow of the International Academy of Medical Acupuncture. He has been in full-time practice, mostly in multidisciplinary settings, since graduation. He has focused on pain and joint and muscle injuries with a special interest in chronic conditions. Being trained in Asian Meridian Therapies, he brings a complementary approach to his chiropractic work as well as acupuncture.
Christina Lambert, L.A.c
Christina received her bachelors degree in Communications from Central Washington University in 1999. In 2005 she graduated from Oregon College of Oriental Medicine where she received her Master’s degree in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine. Christina has been licensed with the state of Arizona since 2006. She is board certified by the NCCAOM in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. She also studied and practices Tuina Massage. She worked in Maricopa, AZ in a clinical practice with a Chiropractor, Naturopath and Massage Therapist for 4 years before moving to the Flagstaff area. She and her husband co-own Alpine Community Acupuncture and Chiropractic in East Flagstaff. In addition to being an acupuncturist, Christina is a wife and mother, who loves spending time with family and friends and enjoying the outdoors.
Sybil Larney, B.A.,M.A 
www.zenshiatsu.biz
Sybil’s 15 years of study in the Ancient Chinese Five Element Theory facilitates communication and understanding of the bridge between Western and Eastern thought on energy work and self healing. Her experience as both student and teacher coupled with her keen sensitivity and perception supports her skills in sharing the philosophy and techniques of Shiatsu with others. Sybil has studied with Sensei Waturo Ohashi, founder of the Ohashi Institute, and Diane Connelly, author of “The Law of the Five Elements” and Matthew Sweigart author of “Touching Chi”. Sybil is a graduate of the Ohashi Institute. Sybil’s rich variety of life experience in Education, Fine Arts, Reiki, Jin Shin Jytsu and meditation enhances her work on the creative level. She believes understanding the concept that “the giver is the first receiver” is a corner stone to effective bodywork. Her Shiatsu classes are taught on a futon on the floor and increase the giver’s strength and personal movement, opening and stretching all the pathways (meridians) of energy. The receiver experiences a rejuvenating sense of balance and a restorative experience thus supporting self-healing. Using the Five Element Theory as a guide to self awareness and personal growth is of glorious benefit when working with another human being. Originally from Evanston IL, she now lives in Sedona AZ with her husband.
Macy Mouritsen
A graduate of ASIS, Macy spends her time helping things run smoothly at the Flagstaff campus and teaching Communications classes. She is grateful to be a part of the massage therapy community that is ASIS and enjoys few things more than supporting students as they venture into the world of bodywork. When not working or plugging away at her Liberal Arts degree at Northern Arizona University, you can find her loving her family, cooking up a storm, knitting something lovely, reading a great book, or taking notes on flock dynamics with her chickens, duck and beloved dog.
Olga M. Morris, RN, FNP, NCTMB 
www.healingartscenteraz.com
Olga is a Family Nurse Practitioner and Certified Massage Therapist in a family practice office. She integrates massage modalities in a nurturing and supportive manner and has introduced Infant Massage through the local hospital services. Olga brings over twenty years of clinical medical practice and application, as well as an enthusiasm and honor for the process of relating the structure and function of the human body to the practice of massage. She is currently facilitating the Pregnancy, Infant and Elder experiences at ASIS. She is an instructor through Infant Massage USA. www.infantmassageusa.org
Katie Norton, LMT. NCTMB
Katie’s path in the healing arts began wholeheartedly in 1981 while studying healing herbs & nutrition with a Mohawk medicine woman residing in Canada. She has had a practice in bodywork since 1984 when she graduated from The Chicago School of Massage Therapy.
At home, Katie is blessed with three children and a husband who personally understands the path of a body worker thru his work of many years in Physical Therapy.
In 1999, her work led her to present to the Integrative Medicine board at Flagstaff Medical Center. At FMC she helped to start an in hospital infant massage program. In work, she draws from a palette of modalities including Myofascial Release, Lymphatic Drainage, Cranio-Sacral, Visceral Manipulation, Deep Tissue and sound energy work she refers to as “Toning”.
Katie regards the ability to beneficially support and affect the bodies’ own ability to regulate, release and heal as sacred.
Robert Perry, DC, MUA-C
Originally from Oregon, Dr. Perry, a board certified chiropractic physician, has been in clinical practice in Northern Arizona for the past 16 years. Robert received his doctorate from Palmer College of Chiropractic – West. he has earned his Manipulation Under Anesthesia Certification. He lived in Hawaii for over 15 years, we attended the University of Hawaii. In addition to his practice, Dr Perry teaches Anatomy & Physiology and Chiropractic Assistant. He is a musician, and an artist, who is published in medical text books. He currently plays drums and percussion at the church he attends.
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Suellen Trumbour-Cheney RN, MPS, RPP, RPE
Suellen is a registered polarity practitioner, and a holistic nurse counselor in private practice for over 27 years. She founded Polarity Wellness, East/West in 1991. As a certified polarity educator (APTA & Masterworks Internationally), she delights in passing on her learning and experience to new students, and explorers. Suellen earned her BS from Cornell University in Ithaca NY, and her MPS from Loyola University in Chicago Illinois.
Aaron Wilson, BA, LMT
Aaron left his home in the southern Appalachian Mountains to follow his path in the healing arts profession at ASIS. Studying yoga in ashrams, living in eco villages learning about plant medicine and permaculture for the past 6 years; Aaron embodies the essence of experiential learning! Aaron believes he can best facilitate his passion to help support people in their path to wellbeing, through education, compassion, and awareness. It is his great honor and joy to shine his light in the classroom teaching Swedish Massage and serve as an administrator of the new Flagstaff school. Aaron has his own private massage practice, in Flagstaff, where he drawls upon many massage modalities, integrating them to fit the individual client needs.
“Getting things done is not always what is most important. There is value in allowing others to learn, even if the task is not accomplished as quickly, or efficiently.”
– R.D. Clyde
We explore human anatomy and physiology, personal awareness and communications skills, along with a wide variety of massage modalities, all while heightening our sensitivity to the human soul.
In a safe, supportive, yet evocative setting, we wish to prepare students to meet the challenges they will face as contributing members of the health care system.
