Who I am

My practice was born of the desire for impactful human connection coupled with personal healing and injury recovery.  After graduating with a BFA degree from Concordia University in 2004, I journeyed through every continent while working remotely as a freelance graphic designer.  I used the opportunities to study languages, to volunteer, and to grow and transcend human experiences.  In 2009, I suffered a herniated cervical disk while travelling from the Middle East to Southern Africa.  This event sparked the need for personal healing and injury recovery, and the desire to share the experience.  I began paying closer attention to the body, its mechanics and its states.  In 2010, I began studies in Swedish massage therapy at the Kine Concept Institute in Montreal.  I have been a member of the Quebec Federation of Massage Therapists since 2011. Shortly after, I travelled through India where I was introduced to various Yoga and Pranayama techniques, as well as Reiki I and II, before studying Traditional Thai massage in Chiang Mai and Bangkok, Thailand (Traditional Thai massage has its roots in Indian Ayurvedic medicine). By the fall of 2013, I was focusing fulltime on massage therapy. I attended Tui Na workshops (TCM massage), a style I became fond of during a visit to Shanghai, and in 2014 I obtained a Sports massage certification, again at Kine Concept. In January 2016, I began full-time studies in nursing.  The approach is more clinical than in massage therapy and it offers other insights into pathology, prevention and recovery. The field is diversifying and I foresee the possibility of merging both disciplines in the future; after all, manual therapy is the original healing art form. My practice continues to evolve everyday and I have taken a class as recently as April 2016 (Introduction to Osteodynamics at the CERA Centre). My eclectic background has allowed me to think both critically and creatively in my approach and to perform each massage with a tailored set of techniques. The quality of touch and care remains of utmost importance.  I provide a safe and non-judgemental space where massage therapy becomes a meditative practice, one as therapeutic for me as the practitioner as it is for the receiver.