Birgit works with Private Clients, Non Profits and Corporate Employees. She participates in Community Wellness, and served as a director at the ICR (International Council of Reflexologists) from 2017-2021. Her work as integrative practitioner is all about slowing down, possibly restoring, possibly being present with one's body, where we can rest and digest (not just food), and maybe integrate experiences.Corporate Health Fairs (mostly through third parties). She assisted at the LV Chair Yoga Teacher Training at the Open Center and was Faculty Assistant at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health for years. She has worked with non-profits like IWD (Hospital for Joint Diseases), YCT (supporting women during and after cancer treatments), as well as moms of children with cancer (RMH). She has worked on and off with Wendy Henry's CRREW (9/11, Sandy) and has done legislative work in NY State. In 2011 Birgit was essential in materializing a series of fundraisers for STWS benefiting 9/11 First Responders in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11.Birgit's integrative care work is trauma-informed. She obtained a TCTSY certification with Center for Trauma and Embodiment in March of 2019. TCTSY stands for Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga. TCTSY is science and evidence-based (VA). Birgit has been leaning on this approach when offering reflexology in service settings and other settings and has addressed this in her final paper. Birgit has created simple introductions to reflexology to make reflexology more accessible. - 4ER (4 Essential Hand Reflexes/Self Touch created for two LVCY teacher training manuals.)- 6ER4Dogs/One Minute Reflexology for Animals/ICRPaws (trauma-informed Reflexology (based on Western trauma studies) to empower animals and those who love and care for them.)Recognition:NYSRA Member of the Year 2012 (Superstorm Sandy)ICR Humanitarian Award 2017 for her work with international communities including displaced people in Vienna, Austria, and an ashram community in Rajasthan with RVP (Gina Stewart) Grant: Yoga Activist 2017 (for her work with people with refugee experience and volunteers in Vienna, Austria)Certificate of Appreciation 2015 - Acupuncturists Without Borders (for her collaboration with Acupuncturist Wendy Henry/CRREW for "trauma healing services people in the wake of major disasters and human conflict."Certificate for Outstanding Service 2019 - You Can Thrive (care for breast cancer patients)For additional info, please inquire via email and/or follow Birgit on IG @glimpses.