About Us

Meet Susan Oates, BA, HTCP, EYT-200, YACEP

Susan is a career communications professional and an award-winning freelance journalist. Her personal passion is learning about and sharing holistic and spiritual practices. She uses this passion and knowledge to help facilitate healing through yoga, meditation, and energy work. She has a particular interest in working with people in recovery, women and children dealing with the effects of trauma, and individuals in assisted living or hospice care.

Susan is certified, registered, and insured for practicing Healing Touch and teaching yoga, and is trained in Basic Life Support. She lives and works in the North Wilmington area of Delaware.

Healing Touch

Healing Touch Certified Practitioner (HTCP)

Susan became interested in Healing Touch when she learned how it is used successfully to help patients at the children's hospital where she worked. She completed her multi-level training through the international Healing Touch Program - including a one-year apprenticeship with a mentor, more than 100 documented client sessions, and a case study. She then went on to earn the board certified credential of Healing Touch Certified Practitioner (HTCP), accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies.

Susan has been practicing Healing Touch with private clients and through volunteer service since 2017. She completed advanced training in Anatomy for Healers and is currently pursuing education in Polyvagal Theory and applying it to her energy practice.

Yoga

Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 200) and

Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP)

Susan is an E-RYT 200 and a Continuing Education Provider through Yoga Alliance, a national governing agency for certified yoga instructors. She completed her 200+ hours of training at Yoga Life Institute with Robert Butera, PhD. She has been teaching group and private classes since 2014 with more than 1,000 hours of teaching experience, earning her advance credentials of E-RYT 200 and YACEP. Find her profile in the Yoga Alliance directory.

In 2021, Susan completed evidence-based yoga and mindfulness training with the Yoga Ed. Learning Academy to earn three additional certifications to teach children from pre-K through age 18:

Teaching Children's Yoga
Teaching Teen's Yoga
Trauma-Informed Yoga for Youth

In 2025, she completed a certification program with Yoga Renew:

Yin Yoga

She is currently working toward a certification in:

Mindfulness

Prior to her yoga training, Susan and her son trained together for nine years at Gentle Palm Martial Arts, each earning their black belt in Tang Soo Do.