Denise has been teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction classes since 2003. She is a credentialed practitioner with Sutter Center for Integrative Holistic Health in Davis and Sacramento and a co-founder of the Davis Holistic Health Center. Denise studied under the direction of Jon Kabat-Zinn, creator of the nationally acclaimed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program and has received advanced teacher training through the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts. She has a degree from UC Davis in Human Development, a background in experiential education and completed a two year training in the Hakomi Method of Body-Oriented Psychotherapy. She is also a Certified Massage Therapist and Reiki practitioner and has a private practice.  Studying meditation and yoga since she was 10 years old, Denise completed yoga teacher training through the Ashtanga Yoga Fellowship in 1994 and has studied vipassana and zen meditation with various teachers.