Lena is a graduate of East West College of the Healing Arts, holds a BS in Exercise Science and A BFA in dance. While as a massage therapist, she strives to work with her clients to reduce pain, unravel bound areas of the body, ease compensation patterns, and aid the physical self to relearn how to feel whole and healthy. Using a variety of techniques including trigger point work, deep tissue massage, sports massage and Swedish massage, Lena offers an individualized approach based on your needs and comfort. Combining her educational background, years of working in Physical Therapy clinics, and insights gleaned from her ongoing career as a professional dancer, Lena creates a structurally based treatment that relieves pain and dysfunction, integrates and helps the body to move with greater efficiency. Finally when not here at the clinic you can find Lena hiking through the gorge, dancing in a local performance, finding some live music and enjoying everything Portland has to offer!

Carson is a graduate from the Ashland Institute of Massage and is certified through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. She struggled for many years with discomfort within her body, but with the education she was provided with, she learned to overcome this through changing her diet and adding massage into her daily life. She began studying massage in high hopes of helping those with chronic to severe pain. Carson, originally from Virginia, was raised in Medford, Oregon and now finds her home in Portland.

Laura received her training in massage at East West College and graduated in 2012. While at East West she was educated in Deep Tissue Massage, Craniosacral Therapy, Tui Na and Swedish massage. Since her time at East West, she has continued education in Craniosacral Therapy (CST) and Medical massage. She values a scientific approach to her work as a therapist, while also incorporating the deep sense of listening that comes from extended training in CST. She acknowledges that every person’s body has different tissue density, different patterns of tightness, and different paths to unwinding tension. She then works to actively construct her technique to where her client is at that day. Finding a particular fascination with many of the common postural issues faced by our modern lifestyles, lead her to spending much of her time studying exercises and techniques to improve the lives of my clients.

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Christine graduated from East West College of the Healing Arts where she learned Swedish and Deep Tissue massage, Myofascial Release, Structural Bodywork, and Craniosacral Therapy. Through her education and life experience she has developed a passion for balance through personal nutrition, alternative health care & complimentary medicines, and the importance of stress reduction through breath work, exercise, and self-care. She understands that personal health is a lifetime commitment, and that our bodies are always in a flux of change and repair. She strives to bring each client in to a place of relaxation and pain reduction so that the body can focus on healing. Through working with other practitioners of the Chiropractic Arts she adds to each clients’ experience by supporting the somatic mind-body connection through positive healing touch. She is also learning the Eastern modality of Reiki and incorporates this practice in to her work upon request. When Christine is not practicing massage, you can find her working in her garden, listening & playing music, riding her bike, camping, hiking, or busying herself with arts of many crafts.

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Richard graduated from the Nevada School of Massage Therapy in Las Vegas, Nevada and later went on to teach at two massage therapy schools.  He has combined his diverse massage therapy education along with insights gained through his Tai Chi, Chi Kung, and Yoga trainings and years working in physical therapy and chiropractic clinics. This all has led him to have a diverse approach to bodywork, with an emphasis on Tuina Chinese medical massage and other orthopedic approaches to bodywork. His sessions are goal-oriented and he loves working with a wide range of people, from those undergoing recovery from an accident all the way to professional athletes and anyone who could use some good bodywork in order to keep healthy and pain free lifestyles.

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Sarah was born in Eastern Oregon where she attended the Blue Mt. Academy for the Healing Arts directly after graduating high school. This is where she began to formally develop her philosophy of health & healing. After successfully  developing & maintaining a private practice for several years, Sarah enrolled at the University & began working towards her Bachelors of Science in Nursing. She relocated to Portland in the summer of 2017 to attend the Linfield School of Nursing & has been working in chiropractic settings since. Sarah’s philosophy & intention is to consistently emulate a truly holistic approach to health; integrating knowledge & experience to create a diverse practice customized to each patient’s condition & personal experience. Sarah believes that her true calling in life is to be of service to others. Her sincere hope is to utilize her acquired knowledge & experience to help patients find relief from pain & begin to fall in love with strengthening the connection between the body & mind.