Who we are

Jerome I. Chroman, LMP, CTP, CHT
Corinne Dee Kelly, LMP
Healing Ourselves and Healing the Community
Maps and Directions

Abintra Wellness Center founded in 1982 and located for 25 years at 5th Ave NE and NE 72nd, a couple of blocks east of Greenlake.

The original founders included the current owners, Jerome Chroman and Corinne Kelly as well as Kenedy Powell and Gwen Crowell.  In 1976 Jerome Chroman and Kenedy Powell had originally founded The Feel Good Space on Greenlake Drive and NE 72nd.

Our intention originally was to establish a massage therapy center with a sauna and provide education both to massage practitioners as well as the general public on the budding field of the time, alternative health, what is now called complimentary medicine. Originally Jerome, Ken and Gwen taught classes and later Corinne did as well. We had cutting edge leaders of many of the alternative healing arts teach at our center over the years. Abintra provided space to practitioners offering a variety of alternative forms of healing beyond the field of massage.

For years Abintra was honored to offer to the alternative health care community;patients, teachers, students and practitioners...access to a healing peaceful and supportive environment.  We provided affordable treatment rooms and classroom space. 

In 2007 we downsized and after having interim temporary housing for our center, we now have come full circle returning across the street from our prior location, fulfilling a dream we have had of living and working in the same building near Greenlake.  We moved Abintra Wellness Center's clinic into a separate apartment below where our administrative office and residence are located. We trust that we will be here for a long time.   Abintra's current owners and practitioners are Jerome Chroman and Corinne Dee Kelly. 

  Our primary committment is to providing individuals with healing therapy in either the form of massage or hypnotherapy though we may still hold a few small classes in our new location. 

Introducing Abintra Original Founder:
Jerome I. Chroman, LMP, CTP, CHT

Jerome Chroman has been a professional massage practitioner since 1977 and has been teaching Autogenic Training since 1980. He is co-founder of Abintra Wellness Center. A native of Chicago, Jerome received a B.A. from the University of Illinois in 1961. Jerome explored a variety of fields; journalism and teaching English in Chicago; publishing in New York; advertising and then managing editor of an anti-war newspaper in San Francisco. After living a year in France, he moved to Seattle in 1971 where he worked for the University of Washington, then opened a bookstore at Greenlake.

He began his career in massage therapy in 1976 and incorporates various modalities in his work, including Swedish Massage, Trager® Psychohysical Integration, Myo-fascial Releasing and Deep Tissue Massage, Shiatsu, Reflexology, Touch for Health, Reiki and hot stone therapy. He is a Certified Trager® Practitioner and Hypnotherapist. Besides his work in massage, hypnotherapy and as a teacher of Autogenics(a form of self-hypnosis which combines focused meditation and auto suggestion), Jerome is also involved in peace and justice advocacy. For relaxation, he likes to take nature walks/ hikes, play tennis, practice qigong, meditate, read and write poetry.  He is a proud father and grandfather; a funny and wise old uncle to several nieces and nephews and long-time-loving life partner to Corinne. Jerome believes that touch can play a powerful role in our journey toward healing, wholeness and well being and can be a wonderful, relaxing respite from the stresses and traumas of modern life. Click here for description of different types of massage offered at Abintra.

PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE EDUCATION

1975 Graduated from Heide Brenneke School of Massage, Seattle
1976 Received license from State of Washington to practice massage
1977 Studied Autogenic Training with Heide Brenneke
1978 Certified as Touch for Health Instructor by Touch for Health Foundation,
Pasadena, CA
1977-78 Studied Massage and Movement to Music with Kay Ortmans, Wellsprings director, Santa Cruz, CA
1977-80 Studied Trigger Point Therapy with Dr. Kasler;
Shiatsu with Yasuo Mori and Vern Varona, North American Institute of Shiatsu
1982 Co-founded of Abintra Wellness Center in Seattle
1984 Certified as Trager® practitioner by Milton Trager, M.D., Trager® Institute,
Mill Valley, CA
1984 Reiki 1st & 2nd Degree Training, The Reiki Center(AWC)
1985 Trager(R) IV-Practitioner II
1986 Studied Body Mobilization Techniques with Robert King, former president of American Massage Therapy Association, Trager(R) Level V-Practitioner III
1987-88 Studied Myofascial Releasing with Donna Bajellis, R.P.T., and Joseph Heller, founder and director of Hellerwork Institute, Trager Practitioner Practicum
1989 Trager Level V-Practitioner IV
1993 Trager(R) Level V-Advanced Practitioner Review
1993 Listening to the Body, Cortext Research and Training
1996 Foot Reflexology with Robin Shorelberg
1997 SOAP Charting with Diana Thompson
1997 Trager Reflex Response
2000 Yi Ren Qi Gong, Levels I-IV( Qi Development,Flow via Meridians/Acu-points, Organs and Tissues) Institute of Qi Gong and Internal Medicine with Dr. Guan-Cheng Sun
2001 Yi Ren Qi Gong, Levels V-VI, Institute of Qi Gong and Internal Medicine with Dr. Guan-Cheng Sun
2001 External Qi Healing with Ken Cohen
2001 3 Jewels for External Qi Healing, Master Hou Sheng Lin, Institute of Qi Gong and Internal Medicine with Dr. Guan-Cheng Sun
2000 Foot Reflexology and Meridian Therapy, Inge Dougans, Interntl. School of Reflexology and Meridian Therapy
2004-5 Structural Release Therapy with Taya Countryman

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Introducing Abintra Co-Founder:
Corinne Dee Kelly, LMP

Corinne is a Seattle native who graduated with a B.A. from Evergreen State College in 1977. She lived a few years in the Vancouver/Portland area and went to Clark Community College. She traveled in Europe seven months and studied art at Atlier d’Corlin in Paris three of those months. In her twenties, she worked in a variety of service related jobs, including hair salons, hotels, hospitals, restaurants and libraries. She graduated from The Heide Brenneke School of Massage in 1980 and was state licensed professionally as a massage therapist in ‘81. In ‘82 she co-founded Abintra Wellness Center and has since been a massage practitioner and one of the administrators of Abintra.

Corinne’s massage is influenced by her training in various forms of deep tissue, lymphatic drainage, passive and active forms of positional releasing and energetic work, the latter including applied kinesiology, acupressure, and qi gong. She has been certified in pregnancy massage to serve those of her clients who become pregnant. In ‘96 when Kenedy Powell left Abintra, she took over teaching his Foot Reflexiology class, something she has incorporated in her work since she first began massage. She also taught Swedish Massage. In ‘96, she began studying Chi Nei Tsang, which incorporates abdominal massage, energizations, breathwork and meditations in a form of Qi Gong from the Taoist tradition. She periodically teaches different aspects of Chi Nei Tsang in classes and integrates this in her sessions. In her classes, Corinne values individuals learning self-care techniques for themselves and to share with family and friends. Recently she began providing hot stone massage. She extends healing to our society at large and the world through volunteering as a advocate for peace and justice. She loves to spend time near the water and in forests, practice qi gong, meditate and read. Click here for description of types of massage.

PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE EDUCATION

(See key to the abreviations at end of the list)

1980 Cert. of Completion in preparation for state licensing (BSM)
1981 Advanced Anatomy & Physiology, Evaluation & Palpation Hydrotherapy (SMS)
Orthobionomy level 1
Pfrimmer Cross Fiber Deep Tissue Therapy, Barbara Conner
Deep Tissue Receptor Tonus & Cellulome Therapy, Dr. John H.Kasler D.C.
Basham Technique, Daisy Kallop (AHC)
Aromatherapy, Daisy Kallop, LMP(AHC)
1982 Connective Tissue Massage (BSM)
Ben Benjamin- Assesment & Treatment of Shoulder Injuries (USM)
1982 Cadaver Anatomy & Physiology-Gwen Kleeman, RPT
Anatomy & Physiology, Don Weed, D.C.
Aromatherapy, Aveda
1983 Shiatsu Internship 1 & 11(SSI)
1983 Shiatsu, The Michio Kuchi Macrobiotic Society ,Instr:Verne Varona (AWC)
Polarity Therapy (14 hrs)-Christine Self,LMP
1984 Touch For Health I & II, Instructor Training (AWC)
1984 Reiki 1st & 2nd Degree Training, The Reiki Center(AWC)
1985-6 Introduction to Oriental Medicine and Tui Na (NWIOM)
1986 SOAP Charting, G.D. Maitland, RPT(AWC)
1988 Myofascial Releasing- Level I &II, Movement Analysis, Fascial Anatomy,Donna Bajellis/Joseph Heller,RPT (USM) (AWC)
1989 Muscle Energy Technique -Pelvis, Thoracic, Palpation((UI)
1993 Record Keeping & Report Writing (BSM)
Pregnancy Massage (BSM)
1994 Pregnancy Massage with Osborn & Sheets (SMS)
1994 Basic Manual Lymphatic Drainage (BMS)
2000 Foot Reflexology-Robin Shorelberg
1996-2000 Chi Nei Tsang with Gilles Marin ,Levels I,II, For Health Care Practitioners, Emotional Processing, Six Conditions of Healing (CNTI)
1997 SOAP charting (BSM)
2002 3 Jewels for External Qi Healing, Master Hou Sheng Lin (IQIAM)
2003 Stone Massage video Training
2004 Evaluation & Manual Treatment of Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome, Hips, Ribs, Shoulders Dr. Rex, DO
2004-5 Structural Release Therapy with Taya Countryman
2006 Jin Shin Do Intro with Mary Gales
2007 Strain Counter Strain for the Spine with Ed Goerning, the Jones Inst
2008 Awareness Through Movement, Bridget Thompson, m'illumino movement art
2009 New Paradigm in the Treatment of Upper Extremity Disorders, Center and Institute for Structural Medicine. Donna Bajellis.
2009 Awakening Light, Professor Chen Hui Xian
2009 First Aid & CPR (prior courses atteneded but not recorded here)
2010 Stroke Rehab: Impairment-Based Interventions for all Stages of Recovery, Jean Staudt, Cross Country Education

Abintra Wellness Center (AWC), Acadia Health Center (AHC), Bellevue Massage School (BMS), Brenneke School of Massage (BSM), Chi Nei Tsang institute, Berkely, Ca(CNTI), Inst of Qigong & Internal and Altenative Medicine(IQIAM), NW Institute of Oriental Medicine (NWIOM), Seattle Massage School (SMS presently Ashemeade School of Massage), Seattle Shiatsu Inst./Body,Mind Academy (SSI), Ursa Institute, Dr Loren Rex,D.O. (UI), Utting School of Massage (USM)

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Healing Ourselves and Healing the Community

Our healing work on an individual level is informed by and profoundly influenced by our commitment to our own spiritual growth and- as activists-to healing our relationship to the planet and between peoples and nations. It is an ongoing life commitment. Our commitment is motivated by the our beliefs that all people deserve:

· Sustainable, healthy environments
· Fresh air, water, unpolluted soil, shelter
· Jobs with liveable wages
· Health care

· To live in an equitable and sustainable participatory economic community

You will enter Abintra from street level off of Fifth Ave NE.  There is a reception area that you may wait should either Jerome or Corinne still be in session.  If this is your first time, there will probably be some paperwork set out for you either on one of the chairs or tables. Please fill it out. Otherwise make yourself comfortable until either Jerome or Corinne complete their last session and can be with you. There is a restroom just off of the reception area that you might want to use before your session. 

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