Douglas D. Harmon, D.C. QME

Dr. Doug Harmon has joined the staff at Natural Graces Health Therapies & Day Spa.

His healing hands, positive attitude, and nutritional education have helped many wonderful people in Santa Barbara, Laguna Woods, Carlsbad and San Diego. His friendly disposition and listening ear provide a comfortable atmosphere for healing.

His background in physical performance and biomechanics led him in 1991 to pursue a Doctorate in Chiropractic from the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic. In 1996 he successfully completed a program for musculoskeletal evaluation and rehabilitation through the University of California, San Diego’s Department of Orthopedics School of Medicine.  As a Qualified Medical Examiner, Dr. Harmon has evaluated and treated numerous work comp and personal injury cases under California State law. 

Prior to a becoming a chiropractor, Dr. Harmon worked in the Utah ski industry as the executive V.P. and general manager of a major ski resort.  He also served as the national certification vice-president for the Professional Ski Instructors of America and co-author of The American Teaching Method manual. He was a consultant to the U.S. Ski Coaches Association and part of the initial feasibility study and organizing committee for the 2002 Utah Winter Olympics.

Dr. Harmon enjoys people!  He also loves surfing, cycling, coaching, traveling, hiking, and having fun with friends and family. Married to Linda (a flight attendant) for 37 years, they have 4 grown children and 6 grandkids.

His qualifications and training include:

• California State licensed QME
• MUA (manipulation under anesthesia)
• Diversied adjustor
• Applied Kinesiology
• Activator
• VibraCurssor/ ArthroStim
• Bio-stim technique
• Nutritional counseling

Gloria Clarke, RN/Esth/CEO

Gloria was born and raised in New York during the ‘Baby Boom’. In her formative years she was equally drawn to arts and sciences as she expressed creative abilities as well as talented care-taking for family members.  Although torn by two scholarships (art and science), her first higher education at Saint Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing put her on the early medical path. She spent many years nursing in a range of specialties including medicine, surgery, gynecology, labor/delivery, and acute care until finally getting back to art over a decade later.  At Mass. College of Art she learned Fine Arts Medical Illustration and also pursued Chinese brush painting.  In a short time, during the Harmonic Convergence of energy in the 1980’s, she turned to holistic/herbal interests and began courses in reflexology, mind/body therapies, and guided visualization.  A tough experience as a head nurse for a coma facility created a need for a break from nursing.  She got her training as an esthetician (Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics in Mass.), becoming the science teacher at the same school after a short time in the field and had some part-time experience at salons and cosmetic companies such as Lancome.  She taught for two years at the CEH school and founded the science program as well as sat on the State Board for skin care.  Feeling the health knowledge limitations of her skin-care peers, she took a trip back into nursing.  This time was different however as she stayed out of health care facilities by going into home care (Boston V.N.A.).   While continuing her studies in holistics, she took a journey to the Caribbean to experience native herbal healing therapies, eventually bringing this knowledge to the creation of natural skin-care products.  After working as a visiting nurse for several years in Boston, she returned to N.Y. to care for her ailing mother and began home care at a Long Island agency (V.N.S. of Suffolk).  She nursed her mother through to hospice, fulfilled her promise to prevent nursing facility care, and supported her in her own home to her final rest.  She tried to remain strong as she bid blessings to her hometown and traveled to be with her extended family across the country in California.  She worked for two years in visiting nursing again (TriCity home care), but decided to take a leap of faith to open a naturopathic medical spa. She’s currently finishing her PHD in Naturopathy while performing R.N.-Esthetician therapies, as well as some nursing.

Tami Reeves, DA/Esth/Manager

Tami (aka Tamara) was born in New York with a family background mixed in health-care, music and art. She spent most of her childhood in Massachusetts and enjoyed many creative activities such as participating in art contests, book entries, and mural-painting, but eventually turned to a musical direction.  After competing high school she trained in esthetics (Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics) and relocated to Europe on a music tour.  Between recording and playing live shows in Switzerland, she used her skin-care training in management of cosmetic companies such as Yves Saint Laurent and Lancome.  She came back to the States after three years overseas and settled again in Boston.  While recording a new demo with an all-girl group, she decided to go back to school to obtain reliable health-care skills. She got her certificate in Dental Assisting at National Education Center and worked in that industry for more than a decade.  Meanwhile, she also invented a unique hair-extension process by experimenting with image-makeovers on her bandmates and turned this skill into a mini-business while she worked in the dental field.  Music made many promises, even a short-lived deal with a major recording company, but a devastating earthquake while negotiating in California brought all plans to a major halt. After taking off to Japan on a ‘personal journey’ and getting married, she came back to Southern California to settle down, making a go of ‘holistic dental’ this time.  She found that the holistic health field attracted many creative and artsy people, which felt like a comfortable network in which to belong. After over a decade in dental assisting, management, and insurance she decided to get back to skin-care by sharing a venture of co-owning a spa.  With a supportive husband and three beautiful young daughters, she aspires to run the spa with creative management, while continuing hair, makeup artistry, writing, skin-care development, publishing, and producing more art and music.

Additional Staff:  

• Mandy Whitbeck (Nurse Manicurist)
• Maile Macon (Esth, Novalash Expert, Waxer)
• Marcia Mervich (Detox Specialist)

All Natural Graces staff are nurse therapists, holistic health practitioners and estheticians. Their info is available upon request.

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