About Me

I was a Certified Massage Therapist, Holistic Health Expert, Holistic Fertility Empowerment Expert, Certified Practitioner and Educator in the Abdominal Therapy, as created by Dr. Rosita Arvigo. 

Now, I am a Holistic Health Empowerment Diva and still am an Educator for the Abdominal Therapy Collective.

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I am a first-generation Dutch-Indonesian born in the U.S. and second-generation body-worker. A graduate of the School of Healing Arts in Pacific Beach, I have more than 1000 class hours in holistic health and am a nationally certified massage practitioner. I thoroughly enjoy facilitating the healing of others and believe in the importance of balancing the mind, body and spirit.

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My journey to becoming a massage and holistic health practitioner began in 1996 when I was diagnosed with endometriosis and had a large cyst on my right ovary. After laparoscopy and years of taking a variety of hormones, from the pill to Lupron Depot, then Clomid to try to conceive, nothing was working. The side-effects of so many medications had become debilitating. Frustrated with the whole process, I stopped taking all medications. Just when I thought life would be back on track, I started contending with severe panic attacks.

After being prescribed and reluctantly taking various medications, this time for anxiety, once again, I decided to make a life change. Taking a break from my 13-year career in the corporate accounting industry, I began taking holistic healing classes. While seeking my own healing, I found my new passion and a new profession!

After psychotherapy, massage, spiritual practices, bioenergetics counseling, acupuncture, and a complete change in my diet, I was panic attack free, medication free and anxiety/depression free, with significantly reduce asthma symptoms and no noticeable signs of cysts. However, still painful menses and severe PMS persisted and fertility issues were a concern. I soon discovered that Arvigo Technique of Maya Abdominal Therapy® (ATMAT) was the piece that was missing in my healing. I began taking Personal Care and Professional Training courses where I experienced huge emotional releases, spiritual transformations and physical healing.

I trained directly under Dr. Rosita Arvigo in 2005, and was one of the first ATMAT apprentices in southern California. 

In 2006, after performing 50 case studies, I again trained with Rosita and was certified by her as an Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy® Practitioner. I also studied under Rosita in Belize, where I learned Spiritual Healing techniques. When I returned from my studies, I was recruited by one of the top reproductive wellness clinics in San Diego and began my Holistic Fertility phase of my career.

In 2009 I became one of the first Certified Community Educators for the Arvigo Institute, and taught an introductory course called Hands-on Health the Maya Way. 

I am passionate about passing on the knowledge and traditions of the beautiful, sacred and powerful Maya Abdominal Therapy. That’s why, in 2016, I became a Certified Arvigo® Self Care Teacher. I feel so blessed that I gets to not only disseminate this traditional healing modality, but also that I is able to help my students learn how to deepen their connection with Self. And in 2019, I started interning to become a Certified Arvigo Advanced teacher, so I could pass this tradition onto professionals as well.

However, in my years of Holistic Healing studies, I realized that I was very good helping people transform mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. However, I started to notice that if a client had deep- seated traumas, fears, or beliefs that he or she felt stuck in, the client's healing and transformations sometimes took longer. So, I started studying Neuro-Linguistics Programming. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) looks at the way in which we think, store and process our thoughts (Neuro), the language patterns we use (Linguistic) and our behaviors (Programming) and how these interact to have a positive (or negative) effect on us as individuals. After being becoming a Certified NLP Practitioner I spent a year honing in on this technique and helping people heal much deeper and more quickly. Then I started incorporating it into my practice, and saw some incredible results. After just after one session of NLP with hypnotherapy, some people healed from traumatic experiences that had happened 40 years before but were still affecting them today.

I, thoroughly, enjoy facilitating the growth and healing of others, and believe in the holistic approach to healing. I treat each client as a whole person by addressing their mind, body, spirit and emotions, and I treat all of my clients with the utmost care.

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I specialized in women’s health and well-being during all phases of a woman’s life. Approximately two-thirds of my clientele are for pre-conception (fertility) through post-partum care, while the remainder are women who come in for various other holistic health reasons. Occasionally male clients also come to see my, and I have assisted them with various digestive and abdominal issues as well.

Through my own life experiences, I have realized that women can benefit from a holistic approach to health and well-being. Over the years, I have helped many women with various health issues, from painful menses to menopausal issues, pre-conception fertility issues through post-partum recovery, or any hormonal imbalances, as well as digestion issues. I have also helped women with symptoms which may be caused by a prolapsed or tipped uterus, such as frequent urination, chronic constipation, low libido, or painful intercourse. I have also helped clients who are feeling emotionally stuck or just “feeling off” or “completely stressed-out.” 

​I was the owner of Gen-Touch Massage and Holistic Therapy for 18 years, and was one of San Diego’s leading Holistic Fertility Empowerment Experts in Women’s Health and Fertility Issues.

In 2021, I received a clear message that this phase of my life was complete. I manifested a heart centered real estate agent. Within 3 months, my house was sold to a heart-centered couple, who would enjoy the house and property as much as I did and take care of the neighborhood cat that adopted us. I also, closed my massage part of my business after 18 glorious years.

I am currently on the road adventuring, while coming up with my new holistic program, “Own Your Merde™” – A Holistic Health Program to honor all your sides, The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Beautiful and renamed my company Gen-Touch Holistics™.