Serving the Keikis to Kupunas.

My journey of massage has allowed me to take care our keikis and kupunas. It has been a blessing to be able to give back to our island community.  I will always strive to first administer the gentle techniques I have learned and gradually go to deeper techniques when needed.  My intent is to improve […]

Neural Reset Therapy (NRT)

This is now my “go to” therapy. Every valuable massage lesson/technique that I have learned so far will be used to augment NRT. I am so grateful for all the teachers/instructors who had taught me about massage and taking care of the client in the most effective manner. http://bti.edu/continuing-ed/neural-reset-therapy/  

Neural Reset Therapy (NRT) Lower Body

Went up to Redmond, WA last month to attend this awesome Neural Reset Therapy (NRT-Lower Body) class. This is truly a paradigm shift in therapy.  A definite change in my massage repertoire!  Wow!!  Helping people alleviate their pain without causing them pain. Helped my client with a sciatic issue this weekend with a pain level […]

Pa Ola Lomi Lomi (Phase 1) Completed

Pa Ola Hawaiian Holistic Technique (Quick Fix – Lomi Lomi) I received my Pa Ola Certification of Completion on November 21, 2016.  This learning experience has been long (16 months with breaks) but well worth the time and effort. I learned this style from Kumu Enrick Ortiz who received his knowledge from Kumu Alva Andrews. […]

Consumer Report article – “Should you try massage for back pain?”

http://www.consumerreports.org/health/should-you-try-massage-for-back-pain/ “The studies reviewed were small (124 people, on average), notes Andrea Furlan, M.D., Ph.D., the review’s lead author and a scientist at the Institute for Work & Health in Toronto. “I really believe massage is effective,” she says, “but we need bigger and better-designed clinical trials before we can be sure.” So, how might […]

Okinawa’s Longevity Lessons

Subject: Okinawa’s Longevity Lessons Embrace an ikigai Older Okinawans can readily articulate the reason they get up in the morning. Their purpose-imbued lives gives them clear roles of responsibility and feelings of being needed well into their 100s. Rely on a plant-based diet Older Okinawans have eaten a plant-based diet most of their lives. Their […]

Massage tunes your body

http://www.massagetherapy.com/articles/index.php/article_id/1660/Massage-Multiplied Excerpt: “This being the case, it only makes sense that those aches and pains you see your massage therapist for might disappear faster, stay away longer, or even go away altogether with more frequent visits. Stress might never reach those physiologically detrimental levels where the immune system is suppressed or the nervous system is […]