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Bert Q.

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Alberta identifies as Black, Indigenous/Seminole, Queer & Androgynous. She was originally raised in the midwest in a musical household rooted in Jazz, and many African instruments. These experiences led her to maintain an ancestral relationship with sound and meditative healing. Challenging life experiences led her to bodywork, and the power it can have in releasing trauma in the system.

Bert graduated with an A.O.S. in massage therapy from the Swedish Institute in NYC in 2016. She was licensed in New York State and is now licensed in Oregon and Certified in California. She has worked in Portland, NYC, Colorado, and Costa Rica in a range of settings including spas, integrative wellness centers, yoga retreat spaces, home spaces, and in the outdoors. Bert started offering BIPOC sound baths in 2020 and developing shiatsu based community massage classes in 2022.

In Oakland Bert has collaborated with other local event coordinators, non profits and Individuals by offering massage and Sound baths and also teaches massage both in community and on an institutional level while working to spread consent safe practices and inclusive language throughout their field. She is always looking to collaborate with other healing practitioners, musicians, artists and spaces to mobilize opportunities for collective rest on a deeper level.