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Hi Everyone!

I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself, as I believe that one of the most important elements of a good massage is a vibe match between the LMT and the client.

As far as my massage style goes, I place a lot of emphasis on getting the client to relax as a primary focus. It seems silly to mention, but not every LMT actually makes this a priority. I tend to prefer conversation-free sessions for this reason. This also allows me to focus and be more in tune with your body, what I am feeling, and how you are responding. One of the hardest things for people to do with all of the stress from work, general responsibilities, and the constant online bombardment of negative or scary content is to actually shut your mind off. Once we get your brain powered down the magic happens - your muscles relax and allow for deeper work without pain and without excessive force, both of which can be detrimental to an effective massage. I tend to use slow controlled techniques, and will also incorporate standard massage tools or other impliments as needed such as cupping with red light therapy to help get trigger ponts to release or muscle scrapers (sounds scary but I promise it is not) to help break down myofascial adhesions. I am not a fan of usning my elbows, favoring my hands, as I like to actually feel what is happening. I do perform deep work, but like to get there slowly, this is why all of my sessions are 90+ minutes of hands-on time. I believe anything less is not able to address the full body therapeutically.

Outside of massage therapy, I also have a business degree and did almost a decade in corporate America (yuck). The stress of that role, and having to perfom, deal with imposter syndrome, work unpaid overtime, and a myriad of other not-so-fun experineces gave me a deep understnding of stress, burnout, and the inability to shift out of fight-or-flight. This experince helped to shape my current massage style, as I want to help professionals (and everyone else) to unwind, at least while they are in my hands :).

I am also a wife to a super chill and loving husband, a mom to my fabulous 18-year-old daughter, and a lover of animals, especially cats!