Dawn McKay, CZB, LMT, MS-SLP
As long as I can remember I have wanted to assist others to help themselves. My journey began in college where I studied to be a Speech-Language Pathologist. I finished my Masters Degree in 1983 and then worked in schools, hospitals and private practice. This career allowed me to have a great start as a therapist crossing over many populations and settings.
My second career as a wife and stay-at-home Mom catapulted my journey into healthcare. I quickly learned that life happens while you are making plans.
My husband, Michael, had a long health battle with back pain and debilitating nerve pain which eventually culminated in back surgery. After the surgery, we weaved our way through a myriad of Western medical and alternative therapies as he tried to alleviate the serious ongoing nerve pain he lived with every day. Our family mission to assist him to gain optimal health became our full time project. You might say we became "First Person Experts" and, at very least, full time students of the healing arts.
We discovered Zero Balancing and found that it amplified the positive benefits Michael was obtaining from other modalities. For myself, I was very impressed that ZB created improvements in my own health more quickly and gently than any other modality I had done before.
Initially Michael and I decided to seek the ZB training so we could give ZB sessions to each other. After starting that process we quickly found that regularly giving each other sessions of ZB dramatically enhanced not only the effects of ZB but also the effects of all the other modalities that we found valuable.
As we have deepened our skill set studying with other professionals in this field, we experienced a desire to share this knowledge with others - professionally. We went to massage school, became licensed therapists and became certified Zero Balancing practitioners. Creating a practice together became our next natural step and The McKay Center for Health and Healing was born.
Life-long health is a life-long journey, one step at a time.
I look forward to being of service to you on your own journey to greater health.
Education:
* Master of Science, Speech-Language Pathology, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
* Licensed Massage Therapist, State of Iowa # 073640
* Certified in Zero Balancing by Dr. Fritz Smith, founder of Zero Balancing
* Advanced Training:
* Freely Moveable Joints
* Secrets of the Skull
* Myofascial Release Therapy training received while attending Guiding Light Massage School from our excellent instructor, Ms. Joy Mellum, LMT.
* All of our professional training is an ongoing process.
As long as I can remember I have wanted to assist others to help themselves. My journey began in college where I studied to be a Speech-Language Pathologist. I finished my Masters Degree in 1983 and then worked in schools, hospitals and private practice. This career allowed me to have a great start as a therapist crossing over many populations and settings.
My second career as a wife and stay-at-home Mom catapulted my journey into healthcare. I quickly learned that life happens while you are making plans.
My husband, Michael, had a long health battle with back pain and debilitating nerve pain which eventually culminated in back surgery. After the surgery, we weaved our way through a myriad of Western medical and alternative therapies as he tried to alleviate the serious ongoing nerve pain he lived with every day. Our family mission to assist him to gain optimal health became our full time project. You might say we became "First Person Experts" and, at very least, full time students of the healing arts.
We discovered Zero Balancing and found that it amplified the positive benefits Michael was obtaining from other modalities. For myself, I was very impressed that ZB created improvements in my own health more quickly and gently than any other modality I had done before.
Initially Michael and I decided to seek the ZB training so we could give ZB sessions to each other. After starting that process we quickly found that regularly giving each other sessions of ZB dramatically enhanced not only the effects of ZB but also the effects of all the other modalities that we found valuable.
As we have deepened our skill set studying with other professionals in this field, we experienced a desire to share this knowledge with others - professionally. We went to massage school, became licensed therapists and became certified Zero Balancing practitioners. Creating a practice together became our next natural step and The McKay Center for Health and Healing was born.
Life-long health is a life-long journey, one step at a time.
I look forward to being of service to you on your own journey to greater health.
Education:
* Master of Science, Speech-Language Pathology, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
* Licensed Massage Therapist, State of Iowa # 073640
* Certified in Zero Balancing by Dr. Fritz Smith, founder of Zero Balancing
* Advanced Training:
* Freely Moveable Joints
* Secrets of the Skull
* Myofascial Release Therapy training received while attending Guiding Light Massage School from our excellent instructor, Ms. Joy Mellum, LMT.
* All of our professional training is an ongoing process.