Barbara Matayoshi was born in Hawaii and grew up in Kailua. She graduated from Hawaii Loa College, with a B.A. in Communicative Arts.  For 15 years she was an art instructor for children ages 5-14 at Le Jardin Academy, a private school in Kailua and at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. In 1991, while experiencing the benefits of massage, Barbara decided to enroll in the Aloha Institute of Massage and Healing Arts.  In 1992 she became licensed as a massage therapist. Over the years she has become certified in sports massage, hypnotherapy, and Healing Touch. She has taken advanced class work in Lomilomi, Polarity Therapy, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Hot Rock therapy, Neurolinguistic Programming, and Clinical Aromatherapy.

In 1998 she participated in her first Healing Touch for Animals and Komitor Method of Healing Class. She began volunteering at a ranch where she worked with horses and practiced her skills. In April, 2001, she became a instructor of Healing Touch for Animals and Komitor Method of Healing. Currently Barbara co-directs the Aloha Institute of Massage and Healing Arts with Elizabeth Reveley. She is an instructor in the program and maintains a small practice for humans and animals. For two years Barbara and two of her colleagues have participated in a very special program at the Honolulu Zoo. There they use Healing Touch and other energy modalities in a distant healing format. In May, 2003, she completed her certification in Animal Communication.

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