
Christina L. Nelson, MA, RYT (Maui)
Christina is an integrative wellness consultant, Yoga teacher, and intuitive bodyworker with an extensive background in environmental ethics, medical anthropology, and global health research. She has worked collaboratively to reduce tropical disease mortality and participated in outreach programs in underserved rural and urban settings throughout the U.S., India, Mexico, Central, and South America.
While studying Naturopathy at the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, Christina also learned classical Chinese medicine systems of healing, including the 5 Elements, QiGong, DaoYin, and a four-year Shiatsu massage apprenticeship. Following internships at Yale's Interdisciplinary Bioethics Center and the Tropical Medicine Institute at Johns Hopkins' School of Public Health, she graciously served numerous community clinics, medical spas, and event medicine teams.
In addition to teaching at the collegiate level, Christina offers workshops on balancing nutrition, wellness restoration, stress reduction, cleansing, aromatherapy, Nature Cure, compassionate self-care, travel illness prevention, and "Food as Medicine."