Anita Marie De Francesco, M.A., RSMT, RYT, AFAA, born and raised in the “city of brotherly love”, Philadelphia, resides in Los Angeles, has devoted her life to the study and mastery of the human condition, emotional awareness and relationships. She is the founder of Kinepathics and Tantra Wisdom and has a diverse background with more than 20 years experience in the fields of medicine (x-ray technology, mammography) athletic swimming, Pilates, yoga, theatre, comedy, voice, mime, massage, structural integration, Reichian-bioenergetics therapy, choreography, dance movement arts, contact improv, tantra and broadcast journalism. An ordained minister, She holds a bachelors and a masters degree in somatic psychology . She has worked as a jazz radio DJ and public affairs reporter for the past ten years. A two time nationwide award winning medical journalist. She produced for CBS, NPR and published work in “Women on Top”, “Advance”, “Century View” and Blind Date television series. She started a drug rehab group “RAP” and received grants for this effort. She also formed her own cable television shows from 1993 to 2000.

When I was just 9 years of age I came down with rheumatic heart disease which put me in a hospital bed for over 6 months. I was confined to this crib like bed with high bars on both sides without any life privileges. With fevers of 105, there were numerous nights when they soaked me in ice tubs. I lived in between reality and hallucinatory states of mind. Going in-between the hot and cold was a beginning step into cultivating my inner wisdom. I healed myself because I became consciously aware of my body, mind and emotions. With this consciousness anyone can heal themselves from anything. I wanted so much to get out of the bed but I wasn’t allowed to, not even to go to the bathroom. I became so frustrated at times, wanting to let go of control from the confined bed that I began to move my body from its own innate intelligence, in ways I never moved before. I was in so much physical and emotional pain that I began to undulate my joints and spine because the state of awareness that I cultivated encouraged me to. This wave motion kept me in contact with who I was thus giving me the “gift of life”. It was here that Kinepathics was born.

Kinepathics is infuenced by the experience and wisdom of other traditions such as: Kundalini Yoga, Traditional Yoga, Continuum Movement, Dance Therapy, Tantra Wisdom, Dr. Lowen's Bioenergetics and Pilates.