Brenda Fullick Wise, LMT, is a massage therapist and herbalist who combines bodywork with therapeutic herbs to help people release their pain and create a sense of balance and flow in their lives.

She graduated from Body Wisdom Massage School in Urbandale. She is currently enrolled in long-term craniosacral therapy coursework through the Upledger Institute. She has also studied trauma-informed care practices through Upledger Institute as well as Dr. Mark Olson (a bodyworker and neuropsychologist).

Brenda received her Reiki I and II attunements from Reiki Master Cindy Chicoine in Urbandale (http://www.healingpartners.biz). She completed flower essence practitioner training through Spirit-In-Nature Essences before studying with other flower essence companies. Her primary influence is Dr. Edward Bach, who introduced the concept of energetic herbalism to contemporary Western society.

Brenda is a gardener who attended local herbalism classes for years before attending regional workshops with internationally respected herbalists. Particularly influential herb teachers include plant whisperer Matthew Wood (www.woodherbs.com), fourth-generation Appalachian herbalist Phyllis Light (www.phyllisdlight.com), clinical herbalist and researcher Dr. Christopher Hobbs (www.christopherhobbs.com), Native American herbalist Karyn Sanders (www.blueotterschool.com) and aromatherapist Kathi Keville (www.ahaherb.com).

Brenda planted a small prairie and harvests many of its herbs for use in her bodywork.

Brenda has experience working with medically fragile people as a former CNA in assisted living and in-patient hospice settings.

She has completed essential oil safety training through the Tisserand Institute.

She is a member of the Associated Massage & Bodywork Professionals, United Plant Savers and the International Alliance of Healthcare Practitioners.

She holds a bachelor's of science in journalism degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and attended the graduate program in literary nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.