**Due to the COVID-19 viral outbreak and the close proximity that massage requires for me to be to my clients I will be temporarily closing my practice in order to comply with the strong suggestion of social distancing. Once it is safe for my children to return to school and we are all able to resume normal activities I will be *so* happy to see all of my lovely clients! Take good care, y'all, and be safe!**
Meet Anna Marie:
I've been a
massage therapist since 2008 and hail from Seattle, WA. My family and I moved
across the country to Richmond, VA back in 2013 when our youngest son was a
mere 6 months old and I reopened my practice in RVA in 2014. My clients are a
lively combination of desk jockeys, athletes, busy parents, and folks of all
ages, shapes, and abilities. I believe in the bod...
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**Due to the COVID-19 viral outbreak and the close proximity that massage requires for me to be to my clients I will be temporarily closing my practice in order to comply with the strong suggestion of social distancing. Once it is safe for my children to return to school and we are all able to resume normal activities I will be *so* happy to see all of my lovely clients! Take good care, y'all, and be safe!**
Meet Anna Marie:
I've been a
massage therapist since 2008 and hail from Seattle, WA. My family and I moved
across the country to Richmond, VA back in 2013 when our youngest son was a
mere 6 months old and I reopened my practice in RVA in 2014. My clients are a
lively combination of desk jockeys, athletes, busy parents, and folks of all
ages, shapes, and abilities. I believe in the body's innate ability to heal
itself--so it's my job to help ease stress, un-kink tight muscles, and unwind frayed
nerves to help make that healing possible.
I graduated
college (Go Huskies!--I'm a University of Washington alumna) with a degree in
Women Studies and a focus in social services. I noticed that the people I
worked with in the homeless youth services community were over-worked and chronically
stressed out. I wanted to work in a profession where I could thrive both
physically and mentally while also
promoting that for the people I was serving. I took a break from more schooling
and managed a Birkenstock store and it was there that I developed an interest
in movement and alignment. After seeing how people's health conditions and
activity levels affected them clear down to their feet I learned that:
- Wellness
care is a heck of a lot better than illness care.
- I wanted to
help people on a deeper level while also doing something I loved.
So off I
went to Brian Utting School of Massage for the best massage training you could
get in the Pacific Northwest. I am also a student studying under Damion Bond in the Shivagokomarpaj Old Medicine Hospital lineage of Thai Folk Medicine.
But what I really want you to know is
this:
I used to be
an overstressed person that rarely listened to the cues my body was trying to
tell me. I slept less, had digestive issues, and grappled with anxiety--and
that was before I became a mom of two small boys! After 10 years of experience
providing massage and even longer receiving massage (I was a teen when I got my
first massage), I'm way more chill and light years happier.
I am more calm.
And calm doesn't have to mean still, or boring, or unproductive. In fact, I am more productive, patient, and
present for my family, clients, and colleagues.
Calm doesn't
have to be all about dimly lit massage rooms and the stereotypical sounds of a
fireside piano. Calm is a feeling you can create to help you be composed,
collected, and capable.
My Modalities include: Swedish, Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular Technique, Sports, rehabilitative, therapeutic, and prenatal and postnatal massage. Heated Thai herbal compresses are used in each massage session (with the exception of prenatal). These steaming herbal compresses help treat ailing joints and muscles and enhance the benefits of the bodywork session. The heat and aromas of the compresses allow the client to drift into a place of true healing--while tension and aches and pains easily exit from the body.
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