It’s nice to meet you.

My pronouns are she/her.  I’ve been a massage therapist since 2016.

You could say I have always been a comfort seeker.  When I was little, as the youngest of three children, it was a challenge to get my mother to be still with me.  I would stand in the kitchen while my mother worked, hugging her legs or waist.  The sweetest moments were when my mom would finally sit down to watch I Love Lucy reruns with me, rubbing my hair with her long, fancy nails.  

I’m in tune with my nervous system and have many methods to ease toward balance.  When I was a child, I would snuggle a beloved blankie (that my child has adorably commandeered).  As I grew up, it was listening and singing to music, and playing team sports. 

My background in education fulfilled this calling to offer students a safe and comfortable space to be heard and learn about themselves. It’s no shock that my current work as a massage therapist continues to empower folks to be still in a safe and comforting space as they gift themselves a chance to feel their feelings and calm their nervous system.  

The biggest surprise to me during massage therapy school at The Massage School in Easthampton, MA was how helping folks feel better in their bodies helped me discover a new depth of calm and clarity that I had never experienced. The practice of massage hushed my kinetic energy by allowing me to focus on what another person needed. It rooted me in the present moment. 

It truly feels like magic to see a client’s entire disposition brighten after a simple massage session. Stringing a few or many of those moments teaches the body and mind that that depth of calm is even possible! Eventually accessing that calm state becomes easier and easier to attain and maintain.

My overarching goal in this work is to help people learn how to listen to themselves and what their bodies are telling them. I believe people can discover so much if they learn to be still, calm, and to listen. The body is honest. 

During my free time, I still love singing and dancing to music with friends, creating time every day to move in ways that feel good, and noticing the joyously wild moments of living with my three awesome kids, partner, and dog.

Credentials

• The Massage School, Massage Therapy Certification, 2015

• Westfield State College, Bachelors of Arts in English and Education, 2007

  Professional Member of Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals since 2015

  Massage License # 14303

  Massage Continuing Education

• Cupping Massage, Ganesha Institute, 2016

• Hot Stone Massage, Ganesha Institute, 2017

• Rotisserie Massage™, Karla Lenker 2017

• Pre- and Perinatal Massage, Carole Osborne 2018

• Myofascial Swedish, Ian Harvey 2023