Wanda Swenson has been a physical therapist for over 30 years. A San Francisco State University graduate, she received her Physical Therapy degree from the University of California at San Francisco in 1986. A member of the American Physical Therapy Association, she is also a clinical instructor who has worked at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland and Santa Rosa, California. She continues to practice physical therapy in Sonoma County, where she and her wife Gayle produce olive oil. In her first book, she brings together her life long interest in eastern philosophies and mind body awareness.