SEP (Somatic Experiencing Practitioner)
Integrative Pilates Educator
OIX (Organic Intelligence Expert)
LSP (Labor Support Professional)
CIMI (Certified Infant Massage Instructor)
ACSM Health and Fitness Instructor
A mindfulness based, Integrative Pilates and embodied movement educator for over 15 years, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Organic Intelligence Practitioner, birth doula, Visionary Cranial Sacral Practitioner, infant massage educator and integrative dance mentor; Cristal brings over 26 years of meditation and embodied movement practice as foundational into her work with clients. She integrates mindfulness, movement and embodiment, experience and training in gentle and compassionate birth support, work with babies and children, as well as SE and Visionary Cranial Sacral touch into her work with clients. She is passionate about bringing all aspects of her broad background and wealth of experience together to support each client’s own unique evolutionary process into greater joy, vitality, empowerment and newfound purpose.
Cristal is an assistant for both the Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Training Program and the Organic Intelligence HEARTraining Program and is an approved session provider. She has a background as both a Suicide and Crisis Outreach Worker and Emergency First Responder. She has developed mindfulness based somatic programs in the school system, teaching children skills to support development of their natural qualities of resilience, empowerment and compassionate self awareness. Some of her volunteer projects have included teaching Vipassana meditation in the prison system and supporting the wives of deployed soldiers during childbirth.
Cristal has been in private practice in Honolulu since 2001. She is available for sessions and consultation in person and via Skype. She is an avid surfer, dancer and rescue dog owner.
Cristal Mortensen
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Organic Intelligence Expert, Integrative Pilates Educator, Visionary Cranial Sacral Practitioner, Birth Doula, ACSM Health and Fitness Instructor, Loving Touch International Infant Massage Instructor