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Brief Bio: Gina Tricamo holds a Degree from the

University of San Diego in Psychology and Cultural

Counseling and an AA in Child Development, the Creator

of Positive Choices through Yoga/Meditation (PCYM)

Program for At-Risk Populations, former Juvenile Deputy

Probation (Specialty Units) Officer with over 300 hours inPsycho-Therapy, Criminology, Combat Training and

Substance Abuse Education. She holds a Masters in Holy

Yoga Therapy, a certification in Warriors at Ease Trauma

Sensitive Body/Mind/Meditation Techniques for working in

military settings and certification in Prison Yoga Project

for working with incarcerated population.

After years of working in law enforcement she resigned her position to begin the process ofinner healing and a desire to serve all communities from a more integrated holistic andspiritual prevention/intervention best practice. Reinventing towards a less punitiveperspective and growing new hand was a slow, mindful process that led her to redesign her

gifts into the arena of healing arts. Gina incorporated her previous professional knowledgeto develop a combination of psycho-therapy; kinesthetic educations, art therapy,visualization therapy, breathe work, yoga and meditation for inclusive groups, espcially at-risk populations.

Gina develops and implements Beyond Belief Holistic Wellness Education via webinarthroughout the U.S. and Canada and facilitates private retreats. She has written severaltherapeutic writings; including teachings dealing with yoga therapy for Addictions, HealthOpportunities (including HIV/AIDS), End of Life Journey and Grief Process, Brain Injury,Chronic Pain, Special Needs and Women with Issues. She continues to write extensively inareas regarding holistic and therapeutic approaches in order for all to live fully present inbody/mind/spirit.

Ms. Tricamo has a private practice as a Holistic and Spiritual Life Coach and Yoga Therapist.

She presently teaches Yoga at the Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ. and the ArizonaDepartment of Health.

WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAYABOUT MS. TRICAMO:

Gina Tricamo is one of the most gifted presenters I have ever heard. She speaks from herheart with a great deal of sensitivity to the participants while imparting her practicalknowledge in therapeutic ways that each person can experience and remember. It is myopinion that Gina's PCYM model has a great deal of potential to heal in real and lastingways. Dr. Teeya Scholten, R. Psych., Calgary, Alberta

Again, we see the pattern of deep ethical commitment to social justice and to the spirit ofthe traditions whether Christian or Hindu or Buddhistmany of us claim. Gina is not onlysincere but charismatic, and many have been helped by her expertise in healing arts and byher positive spirit. Dr. Gail Prez, University of San Diego San Diego, California

Ms. Tricamo brings to her role as a yoga therapist and teacher her many years of

experience working as a Probation Officer in San Diego, California, developing innovative

and highly-successful programs that brought hope and the possibility of self-renewal to

countless incarcerated youth and their families. Ricardo D. Stanton-Salazar, Ph. D.,

Sociologist of Education