Instructors

Our instructors bring together over 80 years of combined experience in massage therapy and the healing arts. Each teaches from their own specialty, and students learn it directly in class and at clinic.

Eric Howell

The program’s anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology instructor; certified in Colorado, teaching since 2000.

Kimberly Thompson

Massage Director and a licensed massage therapist, clinical herbalist, and esthetician; teaching at DIMS since 2014.

Richie Plaisance

Licensed massage therapist and DIMS graduate; teaches an integrated approach to bodywork.

Andrés Luzardo

Licensed massage therapist and DIMS alum with over a decade as a sport performance coach and personal trainer.

Becky Myers

Licensed massage therapist, DIMS alum; a former middle school science teacher with a yoga background.

Hillary Olsen Hilliard

Founder, owner, and program director; created DIMS in 2010 and trained in Thai Yoga Massage in Thailand in 2004.