650.274.8370 36 4th Ave San Mateo Professionally I have attended 3 colleges and always came back to Massage Therapy that I began when I was 21. I have many years experience in several top spa's like Ihilani Resort & Spa, Avant Gard and The Spa Studio where I was always the top employee with the most "requests" in each one.
I have owned 3 clinics (WORKED WITH SEVERAL MEDICAL DOCTORS) & a DAY SPA AND PREFER TO KEEP IT SIMPLE AND TOP QUALITY IN MY CUTE LITTLE QUIET OFFICE IN SAN MATEO.
Personally I grew up a surfer girl and athlete on a beautiful island off Charleston SC which led me to Hawaii to compete in professional surfing.
A lifeguarding accident in 1981 (sacral fracture and 2 ruptured discs and surgery), unfortunate at the time, caused me to be bedridden for 2 years. Allopathic medicine couldn't help me any more and chiropractic made me worse. This led me to Manual Therapies and Iyengar Yoga for relief of severe leg and spinal pain. Many people understand that the best healers are wounded healers.
I have experienced, studied, and practice many powerful techniques from very subtle (cranial sacral therapy) to very deep -Rolfing, Acupressure, Neuro-Muscular Therapy, Rossiter Coaching, Thai Medical Massage, Myofascial Release, Breema Bodywork, and LaStone Therapy.
In 1985 I opened my first practice in Haleiwa on the North Shore where I stayed surfing and practicing massage and yoga for 20 years.
In Hawaii you wait for the surf to go down not up, so I surfed almost every morning and saw clients (many famous- see my testimonial page-) all day.
Working for myself has afforded me the luxury to travel to Bali (5 times), Fiji, Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, Costa Rica 2X, Canada and all over the US to study and teach (and hopefully surf) with the best in the industry.
I am happily married with 2 almost perfect Chihuahua's and live and do Bodywork in San Mateo, CA
See my " CERTIFICATIONS PAGE" to get a glimpse of where I'm traveling to next and what I am studying.
