In 1979 Pamela withdrew from a 13 year career in molecular biology because she needed to dance. Specifically, she began to explore ballet, a lovely inspiration but a structurally challenging physical discipline. Fortunately for her, she also discovered Ida Rolfe's Structural Integration around the same time. A nearly immediate change began to emerge in her ballet performance – a deepening connection between mind and body - what she envisioned in her mind translated naturally into her body. A focused exploration of the body and its structural mechanisms ensued, leading to a life commitment to true healthcare, both as practitioner and researcher.

Remaining dedicated to the the work of Ida Rolfe, “...understanding lies in the feet”, Pamela's curiosity centered on how the practice of integration related to other treatment systems, as evidenced by other practitioner's view of reality. As a founding member of the Circle Health Center in 1987, she experienced the value of practitioner collaboration in treating the whole patient. When Mark Graycar suggested linking the three disciplines, enabling the patient's discovery of an accelerated healing freedom, all roads were cleared, seas opened, and Upward Spiral emerged; This partnership represents a career's culminating moment to advance true healthcare forward.