Dr. Martha Libster's Story:

​Healing Arts:  Grounded in Movement (Flow) as the Law of Being and Health. 
Dr. Martha began her career as a Professional Dancer at age 7 trained in the American Denishawn tradition. She was trained and performed Classical Modern dance in NYC where she was invited to join the first company of Sachiyo Ito Dance Company and Musicians. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Dance and Movement Education/Dance Therapy from New York University.  Dr. Martha started Choreographing and performing dance with her sister and friends on her porch. Her acute abilities in pattern recognition and space harmony in working with people are informed by her training in Rudolf Laban's Effort-Shape Movement Analysis. She specializes in the Science of Energy Flow while leading the transformation of healthcare - one person, family, community, corporation, and system at a time. 

Practical Spirituality - Realizing Life Purpose
Dr. Martha is a religious historian and student of the ancient wisdom traditions and teachings. Her focus is the practical demonstration of these ancient philosophies in service to humanity. For 20 years, she has specialized in practicing and teaching integrative holistic nursing as a spiritual path with the power to address the change needed in a healthcare system plagued by over-prescription, over-emphasis on pathology, and the de-humanization of care by integrating new technologies with ancient healing wisdom traditions to restore balance in body and peace of mind for all. She invites people to find new ways to partner with plants in their communities and engage the Elements of Care to advance salutogenic - oriented- solutions (S.O.S.) to tough problems rather than focusing on the problems first (pathology). Dr. Martha leads three Institutes that emphasize Practical Spirituality and Change in Perception: Choreosophy Institute, Self-care Institute, Nurse-Herbalist Institute. Her approaches are designed to help teachers, nurses, caregivers, and all people realize their life purpose with greater balance in body and peace of mind.

Science: Specializing in Pattern Science and "Plant Partnership"​

Dr. Martha is a Nurse Scientist (Caring Science) and Nurse-Herbalist who has Translated hundreds of botanical research studies to nursing practice. Her preparation for leading the formation of Integrative Nursing began with her mastery of the Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Nursing Science now referred to as the Tao of Integrative Nursing Assessment (TINA). ​ She has taught her International Nursing Practice Models on five continents - Elements of Care, Healing Relationships, and Health Culture Diplomacy. She is the Editor of the Journal of Integrative Nursing. 

Dr. Martha is a Board-Certified Holistic Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist with subspecialties in Infant Mental Health and Existentialist Nurse-Psychotherapist Promoting Health through Discovery of Life Purpose and Meaning. Her lifelong focus on pattern recognition is recognized by native American chiefs and wisdom keepers as a storyteller. She is an Award-winning Historian specializing in cultural and religious history, oral history, and history of 19th century women, nursing, and botanical medicine.