My name is Charli Hamilton, and I am the owner of Chidori Massage. In Japanese, Chidori refers to a flock of plover birds, an image that makes me think of both peace and strength. In my massage practice I aim to bring calm and relief while restoring suffering bodies to their natural strengths and abilities.
I grew up on Bainbridge Island, just across the water from Seattle. I’ve always been active and enjoy the outdoors, and in high school I ran cross country and also pole-vaulted (I still hold the state record for shortest Asian to be launched across the atmosphere). I studied art at the University of Washington and later graduated from the Discovery Point School of Massage in Seattle. I keep a pretty active schedule, enjoy traveling whenever I can, and am always trying to learn more about the world around me.
One of my earliest jobs was at a small restaurant in my hometown. Since that beginning as a hostess, I bounced around and up the restaurant ladder, spending time as a dishwasher, chef, server, bartender, bookkeeper, and GM. After two decades of watching friends and coworkers pile aches upon injuries (and sustaining several myself), it occured to me that someone needed to serve the servers. I went back to school for massage, and as a result focus my work largely on my restaurant family—chefs, bartenders, and servers—and by extension all those who enjoy pushing their bodies to the limits — runners, rock climbers, gym gurus, yogis. My work is aimed at getting you back to form to enjoy all that you do, whether that’s standing behind a bar for 10 hours or running trails on Cougar Mountain.
Operating Hours
- MondayClosed
- TuesdayClosed
- WednesdayClosed
- ThursdayClosed
- FridayBy appointment only
- SaturdayBy appointment only
- SundayBy appointment only
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