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ABOUT USThe Massage Place is a collective of individual owners working together to bring quality holistic healthcare to the South Sound Community. We are dedicated to creating a comfortable and respectful atmosphere, stewardship of the plants and animals, all while employing sustainable green practices. When we started The Massage Place, we made a commitment to create a beautiful and comfortable environment focused on quality body work. We chose a location surrounded by trees and designed our space to nurture, comfort and delight the senses. We focus our body work on the needs of our clients, helping them heal from the stresses of life and unwind from the cares of their day. Soft music, warm sheets, skilled hands, and oils distilled from nature work together to create a relaxing and healing environment that immerses our clients in a state of peaceful relaxation. |
THERAPIST BIOS
Tracy Heron Moore, LMT (she/her) Tracy's bodywork is an intuitive and unique blend of Swedish, Deep Tissue, and Craniosacral techniques. She offers stand-alone massage or craniosacral therapy sessions, or a blended session. Tracy is also a trained herbalist and offers herbal health consultations via Zoom. She incorporates the healing power of the plant world (by way of aromatherapy and her handmade infused herbal oils) into her sessions. She graduated from The Port Townsend School of Massage in 2007, and has been happily working at The Massage Place since 2010. Currently, Tracy is not accepting any new massage clients, but she is available for herbal consultations. Find out more about her work at www.thistleandmoon.com.
Massage Lic #MA 00025347
Massage Lic #MA 00025347
Holly Hartung, LMT (she/her) Holly graduated from the Maui School of Therapeutic Massage in 2006. She encourages people of all genders, sizes, ethnicity and age, and in any emotional state they are currently in to receive bodywork. Holly's offerings include Craniosacral Therapy, Maya Abdominal massage, Pregnancy and Postpartum massage, and Relaxation massage
Massage Lic #MA 60314679
Massage Lic #MA 60314679
Madelyn Dethlefs, LMT (she/her) A graduate of the Port Townsend School of Massage in 2014, Madelyn uses her training in Swedish, deep tissue, and clinical treatment massage to create a session that is tailored to your specific needs. Madelyn has a comforting and intuitive touch and is skilled at finding those areas of pain and discomfort and melting away your tension. Madelyn is a strong believer in the benefits of massage for mental and emotional health as well as physical realignment. Her goal is that you leave the massage feeling relaxed, pain free and that the world is a little bit brighter.
Massage Lic # MA60500772
Ingrid Abbate, LMT (she/they) Ingrid offers massage therapy, palm healing energy work, astrology readings, and energetic herbal consultations . She provides trauma informed, LGBTQQIAA supportive, anti-racist care and has anti-oppression education and training that she believes is essential to her work in wellness and healing. She graduated from the Port Townsend School of Massage in 2012 and has been practicing in Olympia ever since. She incorporates Swedish massage, Deep Tissue, Acupressure and Myofascial Release modalities in her bodywork sessions to meet each unique person at a depth that is therapeutic for them. She is trained as an energetic folk herbalist and makes her own herbal infused oils that she incorporates into her sessions to bring in the supportive power of the earth. Ingrid is currently not accepting new massage clients, but is open for astrology readings, herbal consultations and palm healing energy work. For more information, visit Ingrid's website at www.ingridabbate.com.
Massage Lic # MA60290880
Massage Lic # MA60290880
Itsa Shash, LMT, BS-bio, PKP (he/him) Since entering the massage field in 2015, Itsa has primarily worked in therapeutic clinics specializing in injury rehabilitation. His style is excellent for addressing specific ailments, such as headaches, overuse injuries, or acute physical trauma; while also acknowledging lifestyle, physiological, and emotional contributors. The goal is to develop a healthy nervous system through maximizing structural integrity and joint freedom while eliminating or greatly reducing pain. Itsa received his Reiki II certification in 2005, his Professional Kinesiology Practitioner certification in Oriental medicine, Touch for Health Applied Kinesiology, and Holistic Healthcare in 2010, and his Bachelor's of Science in biology in 2010. Massage Lic # MA60566787
Brooke Bell, L.Ac, LMT (she/her) I began my journey towards the healing arts at an early age led by my
Naturalist grandmother and family deep in the 'hollers' of the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina often in search of
elusive salamanders, and crouching down to capture the ephemeral woodland medicinals
plants. Here, I grew my ecological awareness organically and my curiosity and awe awakened
through much forest play and Natural observation.
During my Evergreen College years, I rekindled my deep love of ecology, especially of
medicinal plants graduating from TESC with a Natural Science degree in Plant and Wildlife
Ecology in 2001. My early years of cultivating mindful presence & patience continued to inform
my life’s work as I discovered human body systems and the evidence-based and deeply rooted
traditional wisdom of Chinese Medicine’s complex healing (healthcare) system.
I graduated from The Alexander School of Natural Therapeutics and received my Massage
Therapy Licensure in 2014, MA 60453759. I also hold a Master's level Degree in Acupuncture from Middleway Acupuncture Institute and became Licensed in 2021 as an Acupuncturist in Washington State, AC 61209299. I am also
certified as a Diplomate in Acupuncture by the National Certification Commission for
Acupuncture (NCCAOM).
My areas of study/practice encompass: TriggerPoint Therapy, Sports, Myofascial Release,
Pregnancy, Lomilomi, Tuina, Cupping, and Gua Sha treatments.
My bodywork style is patient-centered, collaborative and intuitive.
My offerings include Chinese Medicine; (moxa, Tui na, dietary therapies, cupping qi-gong
exercises, and needling(stand-alone), bodywork(stand-alone), and a unique blend of
acu-massage drawing from my bodywork foundation of palpation, deep listening and Trauma
Informed Care practices.
"See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as
your country. See worlds as your world."Tao De Ching (Chapter 54)
Naturalist grandmother and family deep in the 'hollers' of the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina often in search of
elusive salamanders, and crouching down to capture the ephemeral woodland medicinals
plants. Here, I grew my ecological awareness organically and my curiosity and awe awakened
through much forest play and Natural observation.
During my Evergreen College years, I rekindled my deep love of ecology, especially of
medicinal plants graduating from TESC with a Natural Science degree in Plant and Wildlife
Ecology in 2001. My early years of cultivating mindful presence & patience continued to inform
my life’s work as I discovered human body systems and the evidence-based and deeply rooted
traditional wisdom of Chinese Medicine’s complex healing (healthcare) system.
I graduated from The Alexander School of Natural Therapeutics and received my Massage
Therapy Licensure in 2014, MA 60453759. I also hold a Master's level Degree in Acupuncture from Middleway Acupuncture Institute and became Licensed in 2021 as an Acupuncturist in Washington State, AC 61209299. I am also
certified as a Diplomate in Acupuncture by the National Certification Commission for
Acupuncture (NCCAOM).
My areas of study/practice encompass: TriggerPoint Therapy, Sports, Myofascial Release,
Pregnancy, Lomilomi, Tuina, Cupping, and Gua Sha treatments.
My bodywork style is patient-centered, collaborative and intuitive.
My offerings include Chinese Medicine; (moxa, Tui na, dietary therapies, cupping qi-gong
exercises, and needling(stand-alone), bodywork(stand-alone), and a unique blend of
acu-massage drawing from my bodywork foundation of palpation, deep listening and Trauma
Informed Care practices.
"See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as
your country. See worlds as your world."Tao De Ching (Chapter 54)
Meg Payne, LMT (they/them) offers somatic intuitive bodywork rooted in principals of safety, care, and embodied liberation. They believe that the innate healing instinct in the body is activated and accessed through the embodiment process. Meg believes that bodywork is a way for folks to come into deeper connection with themselves and the world around them. They are a member of the LGBTQ+ community, and they work to envelop their practice within a liberatory framework; they believe that feeling back into the body is an act of self sovereignty and reclamation. Meg has been trained in swedish, deep tissue, myofascial release, craniosacral, neuromuscular, cupping, gua sha, and manual lymphatic drainage techniques. They work to intuitively blend their training into an embodied meditative experience for the client. Relying heavily on Myofascial release, Meg’s bodywork style is very slow and connective. The goal for their sessions is to achieve deep therapeutic relief alongside trance-like relaxation. Meg is currently accepting new clients. They do not accept pre-natal clients at this time. Massage Lic. # MA61371827