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I am Canadian Registered Massage Therapist (R.M.T.), offering my gift touch in San Francisco,  California and in  Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. I  graduated in 1991 from Sutherland-Chan’s two-year massage program in Toronto, Canada. I have been living in California since 1994 and I specialize in a hedonistic blend of therapeutic Swedish, Hot Stone and Lomi Lomi Massage and health education for women.

Since 1999 I have been sharing my love of Hot Stone Massage with clients and teaching this powerful technique to therapists in California and in Canada.

I am a Certified Instructor at The School of Shiatsu and Massage at Harbin Hot Springs in California and authorized to teach by the Bureau for Private Post Secondary and Vocational Education.

Finding my path…

The strongest memory of my childhood is lying in the sun on hot stones at the beach in Cape Breton Island. My favorite pastime was jumping off of a large rock into the cool salt-water lake and then climbing back up on it to bask in the sun. I never imagined I would find a career that would allow me to share the wonderful healing sensations I felt from those hot stones. The cold stones I sometimes use bring alive memories of that beautiful refreshing Bras D’ Or Lake.

My life has been spent exploring the mysteries of the mind and sensations of the body. I felt like my body was my temple and I chose to keep it pure with good food and natural highs like dancing, yoga and swimming.

My quest led me to The University of Toronto in 1978 where I studied the mind and parapsychology. I went on to explore alternative healing and bodywork there. I was so profoundly affected by massage that I decided to explore that path more extensively.

I entered a 2-year comprehensive medically oriented massage program at Sutherland-Chan Massage School and Teaching Clinic. When I completed the program in 1991 I felt like I finally had the Owner's Manual to my body! I was thrilled to have such a gratifying career that enabled me to use my gift of touch to facilitate people's healing.

I moved to California in 1994 and vowed to experience all the styles of bodywork offered there. I was most inspired by a practitioner of Kahuna massage . Her hands manipulated my body in such healing ways I felt like I had been treated like Hawaiian royalty, deeply nurtured, and revitalized. I left that massage with the realization that this was the kind of experience I wanted to give others.

I started to veer away from my clinical style of massage, evolving toward a more hedonistic approach. I think of massage as a purifying ritual for the client and it is a healing meditation for me. I created a Virtual Massage Vacation directory from which clients could select music and scents to enrich their chosen journey. I wanted my clients to feel like queens, like they were entering an urban temple where they would be purged of their stresses.

In the spring of 1999 I found the final stone in the path that brought my journey full circle from my childhood.

I was intrigued to receive a massage from a therapist who was using hot stones to enhance her massage. As she guided the stones over my body my mind flashed back to that intensely pleasurable sensation of basking on the hot rocks as a child. Pure bliss! The deep soothing comfort of the stones made my muscles as supple as they were when I was a carefree child. I had found the ultimate natural high! I learned to use the stones and feel honored to be able to share this extraordinary sensation, a natural element of the earth that I experienced as a child. The stones create a feeling of being recharged and grounded in both my clients and myself. We agree it is the most incredible massage we've ever had!

I currently have the great privilege of sharing this wonderful modality with my clients in my private practice in San Francisco and teaching at The School of Shiatsu and Massage at Harbin Hot Springs, and at The Markland Resort, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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