Terése A. Wunderlich, LMT, CAT is a New York State licensed massage therapist, certified AMMA therapist, yoga, t’ai chi and female self-defense instructor. With over 27 years experience in the health and fitness field, Terése enjoys helping her clients maintain healthy, positive lifestyles. In her clinical practice she combines oriental medicine, massage, herbs, nutrition, fitness, yoga and t’ai chi as natural means to promote health and well-being. She is also a certified children's yoga instructor, Mindful Schools Paws b Instructor (MiSP), Mission BE and Mind BE Mindfulness teacher bringing age appropriate yoga and mindfulness into the classroom.
Terése is a former faculty member of the New York College for Health Professions. As a member of the American Women’s Self Defense Association (AWSDA), she also enjoys teaching women how to stay safe and to have the mindset that they can defend themselves against someone who is bigger, stronger and faster than they are.
Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Terése was a first responder who managed the Ground Zero respite center responsible for providing therapeutic massages to thousands of rescue workers. In recognition of her volunteer efforts, she subsequently received an American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) National Humanitarian Award and was featured in a 10-year commemorative television special produced by CBS News’ 60 Minutes.
Terése also participates in humanitarian medical missions, providing free treatments to medically-underserved communities around the world. She has provided outreach services internationally in Indonesia, Nepal and Guatemala.
Terése is a marital arts enthusiast and offers female self-defense workshops. On a recent outreach mission to Guatemala, where the statistics for abuse and violence against women is staggeringly in excess of 90%, she pioneered a special self-defense workshop to a large group of local indigenous women to empower them with useful martial arts moves.
Terése shares her range of talents to better the lives of others. In addition to working directly with women Terése also practices and teaches various forms of fitness including yoga and t’ai chi both domestically and internationally. She developed a special set of movement exercises that help the health conditions of the indigenous people of Guatemala. The movement classes were designed as a useful activity before treatments, as a way to start patients’ healing process.