Salt Lake City Campus

School Faculty
(Our faculty consists of contract working professionals unless otherwise stated)

Kami Carillo, LMT, NCTMB Reiki Master teaches Reiki Level I at both school campuses. She is a graduate of Healing Mountain. Kami also is a part time admissions assistant at the SLC campus.

Wendé Barton, graduated Healing Mountain Massage School in 2000.
She has also had extensive career experience in accountancy where she
maintains a successful practice assisting the needs of small businesses and
the self-employed. Wendé is on the School Board of Directors of both school campuses and is our Financial Aid Director. She teaches our accounting class
at the SLC campus.

PJ Hair, LMT graduated UCMT & received advanced training in craniosacral
from both Milne & Upledger Institutes. She served on staff at the Milne
Institute as the Director Assistant coordinating and teach assisting advanced
level workshops. She has received advanced training in oriental medical theory, ayurvedic theory and has studied Chi Nei Tsang with the Healing Tao Institute.
PJ is the Director of Education at our main SLC campus where she teaches
Cranial, Refexology, Shiatsu and NCE Review. She has a successful private
practice in addition to her full time duties with the school.

Margie Leystra, LMT graduated Awakening Spirit Massage School, is
certfied in Craniosacral Therapy, Shiatsu, Oriental Medicine, Therapeutic
Touch, and is a Reiki Master. She teaches Lymph Massage, Prenatal Massage,
and Crystal Healing at the SLC campus.

Pauline Cormier, AS, LMT, NMT, PFT is a graduate of UCMT, has an associate
degree in Health, and is a NSCA & ISSA certified Personal Fitness Trainer.
She is also St. John NMT certified for chronic pain relief. She has taught at both UCMT and Healing Mtn over the years as well as taught seminars, developed
chronic pain relief videos, and has been guest speaker for various hospitals and chronic pain support groups. She has been a sports massage therapist for the National Volleyball Association’s Utah Golden Spikers & other noted athletes. Pauline is a former bodybuilder and nationally ranked athlete bringing greater experiences to her courses. Pauline teaches sports & rehabilitative massage at
our SLC campus.

Jesse Nikola, LMT graduated from Healing Mountain as well as the Salt
Lake Community College with an Associate in Art & Graphic Design. He is the
fulltime SLC campus Spa Director, manages & instructs in the Learning Resource
Center at the SLC campus too. He is currently completing his BA from UVU.

RJ Nikola, LMT, BA is founder and Director of both campuses of Healing
Mountain Massage School as well as Director of Education for the Cedar
campus.He graduated from UCMT, has a Junior College Degree in Education
from BYU Idaho as well as a BA in Theory & Comp at BYU’s main Provo
campus. He is author of Japanese Full-Body Shiatsu and Creatures of Water
being used at +230 massage schools in the US & Canada. He teaches Massage I, II, Shiatsu, and Hydrotherapy & Spa Training, at the SLC campus. He is an adjunct faculty member at Healing Touch School of Massage in Mississippi. Randy is
also anaccreditation evaluator with ABHES helping others in the accreditation process, and is currently serving on the ABHES commission.

Cali Wightman, BS, RN graduated from in Nursing from the University of Utah.
She was trained there by Mark Nielsen to teach human anatomy, and assist in the medical cadaver labs there. She teach A&P at our SLC campus when she is not
being a nurse.

Lars Hansen, LMT, NCTMB is a graduate of Healing Mountain in private
practice. He has spent years as a volunteer with the Utah AIDS Foundation,
and on the Board of Directors for People with AIDS Coalition. He teaches our
HIV Awarenesscourse in SLC.

Tina Stauss, LMT, NCTMB, CMH graduated from Healing Mountain and the
Global Institute of Alternative Healing. She is a master herbalist, and has had extensive continuing education in Ayurvedic Massage and Marma Therapy
from India. She teaches Ayurvedic Massage at both campuses.

Heather Natter, LMT is a graduate of the Myotherapy College of Utah and has advanced training specific to addressing soft tissue injuries, rehab, chronic pain
and headaches. She has worked in a pain management clinic as a rehab therapist
& has a private practice doing the same. She teaches Kinesiology at SL campus.

Misty Stewart, LMT, NCTMB graduated from the Utah College of Massage
Therapy and has advanced training in various modalities including intensive
inThai massage (northern style) from Chongkol Setthekorn in Chiang Mai,
Thailandat the International Training Massage School. She has owned her
own massage business in New Mexico as well as worked at high-end spas all
over the US. She currently has a private practice, and teaches Thai massage
at the SLC campus.