FAQs
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
New customers fill out an intake form to list their needs and focus for the massage. A short consultation of the intake form and any other questions and concerns will be answered and taken care of prior to beginning of the treatment.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Hello, I have been practicing massage since 2001 and teaching massage since 2004. I graduated with a 1000/hr degree in massage therapy from the Phoenix therapeutic Massage College in 2001. In 2005 I went to Thailand and completed a 240/hr Thai massage teacher training program from the Institute of Thai Massage in Chiang Mai Thailand. I have taught massage classes for years at the Phoenix Therapeutic Massage College, Cortiva Institute, and the Southwest Institute of Healing arts at both Tempe & Flagstaff campuses. The classes I have taught range from Sports Massage, Sports Injury, Thai Massage, TMJ Syndrome, Low Back Pain, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome & Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Kinesiology, Shiatsu, Trigger Point Therapy, Neck Release, Deep Tissue Sculpting, Chair Massage, Prenatal, Thai Foot Massage to Reiki. Other healing art modalities I practice and teach are meditation, qigong, yoga and I love playing music and gardening.
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
I became interested in massage from a background in yoga and meditation. I found experiencing massage therapy and practicing yoga poses similarly show you what is subjectively going on in your body. Both massage and yoga let you know what areas that are tight, sore, weak, flexible, strong, and healthy. As for meditation and massage go, the states of relaxation found in a massage treatment also have a similarity with that of meditation. They both can take you to that restful place where you fall awake not asleep.