At 18 Allen worked as a Physical Therapy Tech and Orthopedic tech for one year at the Athens Regional Medical Center. He worked in orthopedics, burn, psychiatric and pediatric wards sometimes substituting for a five man crew. In 1980 he attended the British School of Osteopathy in London. His two years with his main Chinese boxing teacher in Taiwan included his assisting him in “Bone Setting” or physical therapy related techniques of the Chinese. In 1991 Allen was licensed in the U.S. under the Florida Board of Examiners as a Massage Therapist. For ten years he was a Massage Therapist on-call for the Buckhead Athletic Club and their in-house Hatha Yoga teacher. During this time he also developed an exercise protocol for St. Joseph’s Hospital Wellness Center oriented toward rehabilitation of stroke and head injury patients.
Allen is also a certified Red Cross rescuer and has certifications in both Unani Herbal Medicine (Greek-Arabic Tradition) and Aromatherapy and has studied with the Tibetan Physician-Herbalists Dr. Pema Dorjee (Physician to the Dalai Lama) and Dr. Barry Clark. At present Allen is working on protocols specifically for Post Traumatic Stress disorder
involving both physical movement (Wisdom of the Body format) and mental “Journeying” protocol.