RESUME:
NANCY MAURER
Certified
Personal Fitness Trainer; WI Certified Massage Therapist; Certified Yoga &
Pilates Teacher
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Volunteer
Work –
AMTA
Newsletter Editor, Author & Columnist,
Presentations
given
– March 2000 – Stress Relief Through Yoga, Massage & Fitness at Somers
Elementary School for Staff; May 20, 1996 – Nutrition & Digestive System
at Stocker Elementary School, Fourth Grade, and Nutrition & Fats at the
Waybridge Homeless Youth Program; August 27, 1995 – Instructor Training
Presentation & meeting on Safe Exercise at NuWoman Health & Fitness.
WORK
EXPERIENCE: Personal
Training since 1991, Fitness Instruction since 1991,
Quality
Life Fitness & Wellness
- Independent Contractor
as Personal
Trainer
& Instructor, Massage
Therapist; RUSD
- Yoga Teacher; YMCA
- Personal
Trainer & Instructor;
Design
Line Hair Salon, Tanning, & Fitness Spa -
Fitness Manager, Personal Trainer, Yoga
& Aerobic
Instructor; Southport
Fitness
- Fitness Floor Instructor;
NuWoman
Health & Fitness
- Personal Trainer & Aerobic Instructor.
CERTIFICATIONS:
Wellness/Fitness
Certificate –
University WI Parkside 12/2002; Diploma
-
EDUCATION:
University
Wisconsin Parkside
– Kenosha, WI
Wellness
International
Correspondence Schools,
Scranton, PA Diploma
granted January 16, 1990
Major: Fitness & Nutrition
GPA: 4.00
Course
Emphasis: Anatomy; Exercise
Physiology;
Course emphasis: Techniques;
Teaching Methodology; Anatomy
Philosophy, Ethics,
Sutras
& Lifestyle; Practicum;
Contact
hours.
Total Hatha Yoga Teacher Training - 500 hours.
Wisconsin
Institute of Natural Wellness
– Racine, WI Sept. 1997 –
June 1998
Massage Therapy – course emphasis: Human
Anatomy & Physiology; Chinese Medicine and Herbs; Hands-on Massage Therapy
& Oriental Bodywork; Tai Chi Chah; Meditation; Business; & Medical
Intake.
Major: Health Unit Coordinator – GPA: Deans List, Spring 1997
Attended Medical Terminology; Customer Service, Health Unit Coordinator
Functions;
Keyboarding for Office; Leadership Development; Speech & Communication;
Blood
Pressure Measurement; Principles of Nutrition; and Psychology.
OTHER
EDUCATION: Resist-a-ball
(Stability
Ball) Training;
Personal
Training/Coaching
by Telephone;
Intuitive Eating Program; Beyond
Diet & Exercise Program; IDEA
Specialty
in
Weight Management; IDEA Specialty Recognition in Strength
(Resistance) Training;
Phoenix
Rising Yoga Therapy - level 1; Orthopedic
Massage levels 1, 2, & 3 + certification;
Sports
Massage –
52
hours; Neuromuscular Therapy – 98 hours; Positional Release
Therapy
– 26 hours; Medical/Clinical Massage;
Fibromyalgia & Cancer Recovery Massage;
other
college courses; and many fitness, massage, and yoga seminars, conventions,
& workshops since 1989.
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS: IDEA
-
Health & Fitness Association; AMTA
- American
Massage Therapists Association;
Yoga Alliance.
AREAS
OF SPECIALIZATION / INTEREST: Cardiovascular
training, 5 Zone Training; Getting the most out of your strength training
through proper movement, safety & correct posture;
Deconditioned
- Getting started on the right track & sticking with it; Women with weight
issues; Women’s Fitness ages 35 - 55; Active seniors; Walking programs &
Nordic Walking; Yoga; Yoga for Special Needs (MS, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis,
Chair);
Pilates
- matwork & reformer.
PERSONAL
ATHLETIC HISTORY:
Softball,
county leagues 9 years; Softball city leagues
17
years; Softball Coaching 3 years; (Total Softball - 29 years);
Volleyball, Basketball, Flag Football, Walleyball, Racquetball, Tennis,
Handball, and Bowling.
PUBLICATIONS:
(Partial
List)
“Attack
the fat in your diet”, Gateway Gazette, November 1994
“Become
a better student through exercise”, Gateway Gazette, November 1994
“Weight
Training” Action Magazine, August 1995
“In
a Couch Coma?” Action Magazine, September 1995
“Attack
the Holiday Bulge” Action
Magazine January 1996
“Envisioning
The Future of Fitness” Essay contest - one of the top 10 Finalist - appeared
in
IDEA
Health & Fitness Source, July - August 2000
“Helping
Your Massage Career Through Fitness” Two
articles appearing in Connecting
Hands,
July 2005 and October 2005