Dave Thomason
About the Teacher
Why study with them?
For over thirty years, Dave Thomason has had the profound privilege to serve various communities as a healer, mentor, ceremonialist and leader. Through his mother’s lineage of Cajun/Creole/Afro-Catholic spiritual heritage, he was spurred to gather more knowledge and experience of both traditional and modern global therapeutic practices. Cultural Anthropology led him to study and participate in rituals and techniques from indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America as well as Africa. Living in Texas at the time necessitated that he find viable (and legal) ways to arrive at similar outcomes with his clients. This began a continuous search for, and accumulation of, education, training and implementation of more than fifteen modalities of body and energy work that range from Physical Therapy and Deep Tissue Massage, to Reiki, Qi Systems and Meridian Work. The integration of all these experiences and practices result in his multi-modality holistic approach to intuitive guidance and healing.
Dave’s purpose is assisting individuals in escaping the bounds of perceived limitations of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual constraint, so that they may engage in a fully awakened and realized life of their own creation. He is devoted to the process of recovery from wounding, injury, and trauma toward ultimate individual potential. It has been his honor to work with veterans, former child soldiers, incest and rape survivors, the terminally ill and dying, as well as athletes, celebrities, political leaders, business pioneers, fellow healers…basically PEOPLE.
In a joint collaboration with his wife, Laura Schmalzl, Dave also hosts retreats at their home in Santa Barbara, California. Their offering, Coming Home, is an immersive experience for individuals and couples that includes body and energy work, personalized yoga and integration practices, mentoring and life coaching. In their work together, Dave and Laura combine their respective areas of expertise and interests in a venture of service that assists individuals navigating major life transitions and creating the life they want to experience.
Dave will be providing instruction and guidance during our Dying to Live retreat.
Dave’s purpose is assisting individuals in escaping the bounds of perceived limitations of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual constraint, so that they may engage in a fully awakened and realized life of their own creation. He is devoted to the process of recovery from wounding, injury, and trauma toward ultimate individual potential. It has been his honor to work with veterans, former child soldiers, incest and rape survivors, the terminally ill and dying, as well as athletes, celebrities, political leaders, business pioneers, fellow healers…basically PEOPLE.
In a joint collaboration with his wife, Laura Schmalzl, Dave also hosts retreats at their home in Santa Barbara, California. Their offering, Coming Home, is an immersive experience for individuals and couples that includes body and energy work, personalized yoga and integration practices, mentoring and life coaching. In their work together, Dave and Laura combine their respective areas of expertise and interests in a venture of service that assists individuals navigating major life transitions and creating the life they want to experience.
Dave will be providing instruction and guidance during our Dying to Live retreat.
