Mundo Lifework
Professional History
INTRODUCTION
Chronic headaches, migraines, and pain are typically treated with medications, without addressing the Self that contains them. What are the somatic structures that hold pain in place, and how can they be shifted? Discover and experience a mind-body approach to relief and prevention through body-centered awareness, touch, and somatic self-care.
Jan Mundo is a certified Master Somatic Coach, Massage Therapist, and Body-Centered Therapist with 35 years experience in transforming headaches, stress, and pain. An intuitive hands-on healer, author, and teacher, her work focuses on empowering clients to embody optimal health, and live their purpose, through somatic self-care and awareness practices.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PRIVATE PRACTICE AND CONSULTING
Integrative Medicine Specialist, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine (2002-03)
Bodywork Practitioner, Pain Specialist, Integrative Center for Culture and Healing, San Francisco, CA (2001)
Somatic Coach, Associate, Strozzi Institute, Petaluma, CA (1998-ongoing)
Founder and Director, Mundo Lifework, The Headache Healing Center, and Centered Living, Berkeley, CA — (1992-ongoing)
WELLNESS PROGRAMS INSTRUCTOR
I design and teach mind-body programs for headache and migraine self-care, somatic awareness, stress reduction, self-massage, massage for couples, meditation, qi gong - for kids through seniors.
UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine (2002-2003)
Hill Physicians Medical Group, Inc., San Ramon, CA (1996-2001)
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland and Walnut Creek, CA (1995-1997)
Institute for Health & Healing, California Pacific Medical Center (1996-1997)
Stanford University, Health Improvement Program (1996)
Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley, CA (1996)
University of California, Berkeley, Health*Matters (1995)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Strozzi Institute, Associate
Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals, Professional Member
American Headache Society, Member of Behavioral Medicine Group
Health and Healing Card (HHC), Provider
CREDENTIALS, TRAINING AND EDUCATION
SOMATICS AND BODY-MIND
Certified Master Somatic Coach (2001)
Somatic Education at Strozzi Institute with Richard Strozzi-Heckler, PhD
Somatics and Action/Professional Mastery, Leadership and Mastery, Somatic Bodywork Seminar; post-graduate: Somatic Coaching Intensives, Women's Leadership Challenge, Graduate Forum
Certified Body-Centered Therapist (1993)
Certified Conscious Relationship Transformation Practitioner (1994)
Body-Centered work at Hendricks Institute with Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks, PhDs
Body-Centered Therapy, Conscious Relationship Transformation
Certified Massage Therapist (1992)
Massage Therapy Training/Advanced Courses, Massage School of Santa Monica, CA
Somatics and Trauma Intensive Training Course with Staci Haines
Healing Touch Level I with Kathleen Rosemary, Healing Touch International
Core Shamanism training with Michael Harner and Sandra Ingerman
Energywork and Intuitive Development with Kate McGovern and Terry Pryor
Breathwork and healing workshops with Mitchell May, PhD
Qi gong with Joe Lopez
Meditation Practitioner — vipassana and zazen
HEADACHES AND HEALTH
Professional Biofeedback Training with Stens Corp. & Biofeedback Training Institute
Professional Biofeedback Certificate Program
Behavioral Medicine, Biofeedback & Headaches Workshop
Annual Scientific Meetings of the American Headache Society, membership in AHS Behavioral Medicine Interest Group
"Stress and Disease," with Robert Sapolsky, PhD, CE Course sponsored by CoreText
Annual Conference of the Office of Alternative Medicine at the NIH (1993)
Research Training for CAM Practitioners & Researchers with Office of Alternative Medicine/NIH (1993)
"The Practicing Physician's Approach to the Difficult Headache Patient" sponsored by The University of Chicago School of Medicine in Cooperation with Diamond Headache Clinic Research and Educational Foundation, Postgraduate Course for Physicians and Allied Health Care Professionals
The Mundo Method: Hands-on Your Headache, inventor of headache relief method (1970 ongoing)
The Mundo Program: Mind-Body Self-Care Relief and Prevention for Headaches and Migraines, creator and teacher (1992 ongoing)
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley — Major in English, Art
California State University, Northridge — Major in Theater Arts, English
University of California Extension, Los Angeles and Berkeley — Continuing Education Extension Courses in Writing, Documentary Production and Developmental Psychology