Rev.Dr. Anita M. DeFrancesco, M.A., RSMT, E-RYT-500, AIWP,CMT

Intimacy and Relationship Educator
Life Coach, Psychotherapist

Intimacy and Relationship Educator, Author, Life Coach, Journalist, Psychotherapist and Speaker, Anita DeFrancesco (d fran chess ko) is a self-realized liberated soul. Her focus and vision have been the evolution of spirituality, sexuality, and teaching others to awaken from separation and suffering and to embrace the modern world with oneness and love. She has devoted her life to the study and mastery of the human condition, emotional awareness, sexuality and relationships for the last 30 years.

A master of liberating feelings and an expert in the mind/body connection, Anita is gifted with intuitive clarity and a unique healing presence obtained from her own rich life experiences.

 Her wisdom and love is pure and she teaches from a place beyond boundaries. She teaches the power of love and truth and how loving her self healed her from sickness, prejudice, politics and sexual abuse.

Anita was educated at Antioch, Ryokan, Baylor and Temple Universities. She got her start as an allied medical health professional; a registered radiology technologist (x-ray, mammography) and later earned a bachelors of art and masters of art degree’s in Somatic Psychology. Anita is also a registered somatic dance movement therapist (ISMETA) registered yoga teacher, certified massage therapist, ordained reverend minister with AIWP, certified Reichian/Bioenergetics therapist, and renowned master of Tantra spiritual studies (Taoist, Hinduism, Buddhism). She studied dance movement with the legendary Mary Anthony of HB studios in NY, Manfred Fischbeck of group motion in Phila, Emily Conrad of continuum in Los Angeles, Gabrielle Roth of 5 rhythms, Marianne Karou of dance alive/movement expression in Los Angeles, Anna Halprin of Talmalpa Institute in San Francisco, Simone Forti, mime with Samuel Avital and Camille Maurine theatre movement in Los Angeles. She studied Tantra with The Muirs, The Carters, Swami Virato, and San Diego community of teachers and more. She studied pelvic healing with Jack Painter. She studied yoga at White Lotus yoga in Santa Barbara with Ganga White who also taught Sting, goldenbridge kundalini yoga with Gurmukh, yoga works, exhale yoga with Shiva Rea, Ana Forest, BKS Iyengar with Manuso Manos and Max Strom. She studied Reichian therapy and bioenergetics with Bond Wright and Alexander Lowen himself. She studied re-birthing with and was motivated by Sondra Ray early in her career. She studied theatre at the Beverly Hills Playhouse with Milton Katsalis and the actor’s studio with Joe Palese in Los Angeles and second city improv class and drama with Sandra Caruso at UCLA and Walnut and Wilam theatre schools in Phila. She s She studied contact improvisation with the west coast contact improv group in Berkeley Ca.

A two time national award- winning medical journalist (adult leukemia and infertility), Anita produced her own cable television shows in Los Angeles and Philadelphia titled Anita’s Point of View, Dr. Dr. Give me the News, The Breathless Series, Makin Da Moves (a dating show). She interviewed Marianne Williamson which also inspired her career moves. She worked as a jazz radio music DJ and public affairs reporter for ten years. She was a producer for CBS and NPR and also wrote for “Women on Top” and “Advance” magazines and “Blind Date” television series. She judged for the emmy awards in 1990. She has a background in theatre arts and has worked in both movies, commercials, and television and has performed in several stage plays including her own performance art theatre. She also was a regular performer in murder mystery theatre in Hollywood Ca. restaurants.  

She presently writes a regular column titled “Love Buzz” for Century City News in Los Angeles.

Anita is also the founder of the  Center for Authentic Love,  Kinepathics®, Tantra Wisdom™, Feminine Evolution™, Kineyoga™  WildDance Fitness™ Dance Energize™ and MobileMassageYoga.com, and has been lecturing, presenting workshops and working with couples and individuals around the country for 20 years.

Anita  had her first awakening when she was hospitalized for six months with rheumatic fever which affects the heart at the age of nine. She learned, when she opened her heart to her feelings and began loving her hospital mates is when the healing began. She learned that love goes beyond race and this was her first Tantra lesson. She accomplished this heart opening through wave undulations of the pelvis which she created on her own while laying there in the bed. She also became attracted to the popular fitness work known as Pilates created by its founder Joseph; she later found out he also suffered from rheumatic fever. She cultivated an inner wisdom that became part of the foundation of her being and her teachings. From then she experienced many other awakenings that led her to develop the Kinepathics approach to life solutions where Tantra Wisdom has developed.

In high school she developed a drug prevention group called RAP where she received grants from the state to support this group; this was very innovative at the time. Part of the path developed when she witnessed her parents being addicted to arguing; if tantra was introduced to them they would have stay married because the love was there but they didn’t know how to keep it present.

Born under the sex sun sign Scorpio, she met Swami Virato in Philly (founder of New Frontier Magazine) at age 20 and began to explore Tantra Yoga and then later was given a book called Sexual Secrets from a boyfriend. Then later she had the opportunity to meet rock star “Sting” while dating a musician friend of his. She had an evening long conversation about Tantra and how it helped his marriage. This was enlightening for her. She then began working for a gynecologist who taught her about sex education. The path was being carved out. She knew her mission was to teach people love, sex, intimacy spirituality and how to love oneself.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, she has been a full time resident of Los Angeles for the last 20 years and presently splits her time in both Philly/NY and Los Angeles. She lectures and teaches on both the east and west coasts and throughout the country.

ACCREDITATIONS
AIWP: Ordained Minister, Reverand Dr. Anita, Association of the Integration of the Whole Person
MA: Master of Arts Degree in Somatic Psychology
BA: Bachelor of Arts Degree in  Psychology (Minor: Dance Therapy)
RSMT: Registered Somatic Movement Therapist (ISMETA)
E-RYT: Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance 500 HR
RT: Registered Radiologic Technologist (X-Ray, Mammographer, Ultrasound). (Associate Degree)
CMT: Certified Massage Therapist
CRT: Certified Reichian Therapist (Bioenergetics-Gestalt)
CSI: Certified Structural Integration Therapist
AFAA: Certified Personal Trainer
Pilates: Certified
SAG: Screen Actors Guild Member and Actress

AWARDS AND HONORS
2 Time National Award Winning Medical Journalist
Drugs and Addictions Story Award
School Spirit Award

JOURNALISM
Century City News Column “Love Buzz” (present)
Women on Top “On the Move” (past)
Advance “X-Ray Visions” (past)