Kate Flore, MPH, OTR, CMP, is a somatic and bodywork practitioner, educator, and Gestalt facilitator. She began her profession researching population health disparities at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. An epigenetic perfect storm caused her to lose the function of her left arm and hand, shifting her focus toward the pursuit of modalities more holistic than what the medical model offered. As part of that process, she came to Esalen 12 years ago to study bodywork. While she was a resident, a blend of water therapy, the advanced Rolfing series, the Feldenkrais Method, CFR, and therapeutic touch began to re-integrate her limb and inform her clinical training. It was her potent experience with Esalen’s foundational Gestalt process and the “Open Seat” technique that led her to integrate relational process as an integral component of her bodywork education programs and clinical practice. 

Kate is co-founder of TensegrityU, an education program teaching Ida Rolf’s 10-series recipe, subtle body anatomy, and weaving foundational practices of the Esalen Institute — the Feldenkrais Method and Gestalt Relational Practice — into contemporary practitioner trainings.

Kate has dedicated her clinical practice to helping others find ease in body, movement, and spirit, which includes working with people incarcerated in our correctional system and children with special needs and integrating psychedelic-assisted therapy for people in spiritual transition. Kate believes “when we all do better, we all do better."