Working with the client to facilitate the best treatment plan for individualized care
Melanie Kai Phoenix is a nationally board certified (006579-00), licensed massage therapist and certified cupping therapist. She has been a member of the American Massage Therapy Association since 1999 when she was in massage school at The CORE institute in Tallahassee, Florida. She has been licensed in the state of Florida (MA32615) and nationally board certified since January 2001. Since her licensure she operated her own massage business in North Florida until she relocated to Colorado in July of 2017, where she was then officially licensed in the state of Colorado (MT0020743) in September 2017. She has experience in advanced cupping therapy, deep tissue, reflexology, gua sha (scraping), Reiki (level 2), swedish/relaxation, hot stones, supplemental sound healing with tuning forks, aromatherapy, and pregnancy/mother massage. She also has worked and volunteered with Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee, Florida. In October 2019 she finished an intensive cupping certification process, including offering facial rejuvenation cupping, after which she was certified by and became a member of the International Cupping Therapy Association (ICTA). Her passions include deep inner work, movement practices, meditation, writing, art, being outdoors, hiking, and being a mom to her beautiful young son who attends Crestone Charter School.
Other credentials: BS in Sociology (2010); yoga teacher training at RootEd in Colorado Springs (June 2018); Holotropic Breathwork® Certified Facilitator (August 2019)
Melanie currently operates her massage business at her office in The Professional Center at 46 Camino Baca Grande Crestone, Colorado 81131. She also has an office space in Creede at The Blue Yak Boutique 107 N. Main Street Creede, CO 81130. On a regular basis she is now working in South Fork at Tiny Timbers Spa.