Growing up on a horse farm in Northern New Jersey, Jeanette has always been close, or drawn, to the natural world. The love of Sustainable Living was the initial doorway through which she explored Herbalism, Homeopathy, Yoga, and "Alternative Medicine". After spending some time pursuing a Pre-Medical curriculum at Boston University, the Universe conspired to instead lead Jeanette along a different path.
A Graduate of the State University of New York with a degree in Nursing, Jeanette has been a practicing Registered Nurse specializing in Acute/Critical Care since 1996. Her lifelong interest in Alternative Medicine, first kindled by time spent in the Philippine Islands as a young child, led her to explore various Touch Therapy and Energy Techniques including Reiki which she trained and apprenticed in through the third level. In 2005, Jeanette earned her 900 hour certification in Massage Therapy through the Myotherapy Institute of Massage. She opened a private practice focused on somatic therapies based in both Eastern and Western methodologies while also consulting at top spas in the NJ area. Constantly striving to expand her scope of practice, Jeanette also carries certifications in Yoga and Pilates, and recently received Thai Yoga Massage Training in Boston MA with Lotus Palm.
An avid Musician and Percussionist, Jeanette has researched the effects of music and drumming on the body, and has studied different forms of Sound Therapy, Yoga and Martial Arts since 1992. In 2006 she moved to Austin Texas to follow her passion for Music, where she ran a successful private practice catering to special needs clientele as well as renewed her martial arts training in a form of Philippine Martial Arts called Pekiti Tirsia Kali. In the fall of 2010, Jeanette closed her Austin office and moved back to North New Jersey to live a more authentic and sustainable lifestyle at Sycamore Grove Farms and become more involved in Community.
