Elke Savala Resume


Psychotherapy & Art Therapy

Psychotherapist after German Heilpraktiker law- State-certified

Art Therapist Certificate: Paracelsus Heilpraktikerschule Munich
Advanced Training in Art & Expressive Therapy, Faber Castell Academy


Holistic Psychology & Coaching

Psychological Ayurveda Consultant – Certificate: Ayurveda Campus
Clinical Hypnotherapy – Certificate: WNC Counseling Center, Asheville, NC
Inner Change Coach – Certificate: Human Essence
Aromaveda Trauma Therapy – Certificate: Doris Hefti
Brainspotting Trauma Integration, Dr. David Grand
Somatic Integration, Manuela Mischke-Reeds


Applied Psycho-Neurobiology

Mental Field Technique (MFT), Amelie Schmeer, Courses I, II, III (after Dr. med. Klinghardt)
Autonomic Response Testing (ART), Course I, Dr. med. Alfons Schwanner (after Dr. med. Klinghardt)
Psychokinesiology (PK), Course I, Dr. med. Alfons Schwanner (after Dr. med. Klinghardt)


Ayurvedic Medicine

Ayurveda Therapist – Certificate: Medicine Buddha Healing Center, Berkeley, CA (Dr. Vasant Lad lineage)
Over 1,500 hours of training and continuing education

Continuing studies with: Dr. Vasant Lad, Michale Kreuzer, Michael Dick, Jaisri Lambert, DeAnna Batdorff, Partap Chauhan

Panchakarma specialization with: Corina Gardner, Rajesh Kotecha, Dr. Arun Sharma
Research Project on Panchakarma, Kerala, India


Tibetan Medicine

Intensive Program at the Sorig Institute – over 500 hours with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Berkeley, CA


Somatic Bodywork Therapy

Yoga Therapist – Certificate – over 500 training hours, Niroga Institute, Berkeley, CA

Massage Therapist – Certificate – over 600 training hours, TTM Massage & Chinese Medicine – Acupressure Institute, Berkeley, CA

TRE– Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (Dr. David Berceli) – Certificate: Brooke Deputy, Berkeley, CA


Energy Medicine

BioSonic Repatterning – Certificate: Sound Healing with John Beaulieu
Sonic Science of Cymatics, John Stuart Reid
Quantum Touch, Richard Gordon
Access Consciousness, Access Bars – Certificate: Julie Tuton
Australian Aboriginal Healing, Gerry Bostock
Energetic Earth Harmonization, Eric Dowsett
Esogetic Colorpuncture, Rosemary Bourne, Claudia Meining
QuanTens, Courses I & II – Certificate: Dr. Alfons Schwanner, Christa Scheumaier


Shamanic Training

Pachakuti Mesa Tradition – Certificate
Two-year training with Don Oscar Miro-Quesada, Jnana Gowan, Judy Hoaglund, Berkeley, CA

Additional courses with: Roel Crabbé (a two-year Shamanic deepening practices), Sandra Ingerman, Puma Fredy Quispe Singona, Itzhak Beery, Robert Moss, Evelyn Rysdyk, Alberto Villoldo (Four Winds Society)


Education & Design Background

Fashion Design – Certificate
Three-year program, Meisterschule für Mode, Munich

Advanced studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and Parsons School of Design, New York City


 Art & Interior Design

Feng Shui (School of Intention, Dana Claudat)
Vastu Shastra (Sherri Silverman, California)
Color Design (International Association of Color Consultants), California
Digital Photography & Multimedia Art, BCC Berkeley, California