My Practice is due to my practice.

With time on my hands and to continue on my journey of massage during the COVID-19 pandemic, I used a few case studies throughout the lockdown to take time and really feel the applications I was taught. What do I mean by that?

I wanted to understand the feeling of applications, techniques and releases, as well as trigger points, knots, and all the other terminology involved with massage. I wanted a full understanding of feeling from the inside AND out when modalities were applied. I did this by honing in on my 8th sense; Interoception. I did this with the help of my mentor (the Late) Sarah Y Cunningham, LMT, and OMT. 

I'd love to share this understanding with you so that you may better develop a relationship with yourself, geared towards better self-care massage practices that you can use whenever you are dealing with tension, pain or soreness!

Awareness 

Insight 

Application

• Become aware of your body, its systems, and the various aspects of anatomy that are vital before any self massage, and feel with your hands, while also feeling the response of your muscles, with your muscles. This process is to gain awareness of your personal touch from your fingertips to the muscle being affected. 

• Gain insight into what your body is telling you (pain, tension, headaches etc) and where it may be stemming from, to deduce potential causes and remedies.

• Apply light movement with stretches with the information given.

Massage, Body Mechanics, Holistic Self-Care Practices, and Awareness of Alternative Health Modalities are the foundation of my practice. I was educated to have an understanding of the holistic self regarding how the body works relative to the various systems of the body, up to and including the various layers of soft tissue, organs & the anatomy of a cell. The holistic approach to Massage Therapy is assessing the whole self in congruence with all the basic anatomy, daily activities, signs, symptoms, and other qualities of the body during a Massage Session and using that information to reduce problem areas of discomfort or pain.

Through my Associates Degree In Science: Holistic Massage Therapy, 

I've come to acknowledge the importance of understanding the various modalities for wellness, simply because there are so many practices and they all seem to be rather connected! Some practices are still in existence today that have been practiced for centuries! Such modalities include Ayurveda, Tradition Chinese Medicine, Natural Herbal Preparations, Alternative Holistic Healing Modalities such as QiGong, Yoga, Massage and Tap Therapy, and as we evolve, we discover more healing modalities! Such ideas and concepts like Homeopathic Remedies, amongst other practices are all modalities aimed to restore the body to a natural state of balance and enhance the connection between the mind & body. These practices all promote a way to balance, from within, and throughout life. As a massage therapist, that is my goal! To assist you in this one facet of healing to help loosen muscles, soft tissue and realign muscle fibers!

 These modalities were introduced to me in an educational setting in 2017, and even before that in less formal settings.  These healing modalities fuel the core of my soul's desires, while the never-ending knowledge potential continues to drive me to learn as much as possible! 

My goal in life is to connect people to people, and people with certified practitioners that can assist with each of the aforementioned alternative avenues, and share those resources with my clients when asked 🙏

Your journey to health & well-being with self-care is unique to you. If increasing your range of motion, improving balance and reducing restrictions all while relaxing sounds great to you, then consider a massage to assist in getting you back into balance! Let the energies of massage take you to a mental space where you can embrace the calm and encourage a relaxing state.  

The environment is sacred, and I promise to provide a safe space for you, so that you may receive the maximum benefit of Massage Therapy. Your self-care choices, and life choices, will be respected. With integrity, this company will provide equal care to all people without discrimination, bias, or misrepresentation. We are of the same beginning, together, under one sun. We are all human, and compassion for our states of being is essential to heal, grow, and move forward with ease..

Let my hands, help you ease into a relaxed state of mind, assist in relaxing soft tissue restrictions, and forget about the worries and stresses of life during your massage...

I would love to get to know more about you, your massage goals, what's troubling you, and how I can help you with massage therapy. 

My Personal Self- Massage Journey:

As a Mother of 4, you can imagine the trauma my body has endured. 

I worked diligently honing in on my feelings of varying applications, pressures, and releases. With the knowledge of muscle attachment sites, and their kinesthetic capacity, I worked overtime at balancing my hips, shoulders, and abdominals to break up the scarring and adhesions from my abdominal surgeries. The effects for me were astounding. 

I could breathe better after Trigger Point Releases in my ribcage!  My serratus anterior, and intercostal muscles were restricting my breathing capacity, but not for long! I had a chest tube procedure in 2013, so you can imagine there was alot of work to be done after 7 years unmanaged! 

With regular movement through massage, my back aches became less frequent and aggressive. I started balancing my hips with lighter work, then deeper work into the deeper hip flexors, internal rotators and external rotators of the hip with massage techniques, yoga, and breath work!

My experience allowed me to re-align my musculature back to having a full range of motion in my shoulders, neck, and lower back, which in turn alleviated my back pain by rebalancing and stabilizing the major abdominal muscles after multiple surgeries associated with my personal experiences with 2 C-section childbirths in 2018 & 2021, and a chest tube procedure from 2013! Let's just say I had a lot of catching up to do when I realized the waterfall of issues I just ignored for so long!

I repositioned my gait in stance position to be more parallel and balanced my hip stabilizers with Touch Therapy Techniques, breath work, yoga, strength training, and stretching.  

I boosted my immune system with consistent manual lymphatic drainage techniques to keep my neck, shoulders, and upper back loose from carrying twins around, amidst the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic! And let's not forget the self-massage on the legs! Whole muscle belly movement, to release holds in varying positions with breath work and stretching did WONDERS for my aching lower back! 

All of my issues may not be your issues, and finding the right way to work the muscles will be unique to your body, as everyone moves differently, with different stresses, motions, and gaits. Movement from within, in conjunction with movement from outside the body is imperative to a good massage if its goal is to restore function and mobility.

 Awareness of systems within the body plays a huge role in knowing where and where not to avoid manual pressure application, and I would love to be a positive resource for you to trust in knowing that your wellness is just as important to me as it is to you!

 My goal in our sessions is to assist you in getting your muscles, circulation, and the overall function, movement, and pliability of your muscles back into their natural, balanced state with general massage practices and some mild breathing techniques.