Exhale Massage + Wellness

︎Maternity leave update 🌿 Hi all! Long time, no check-in. After a run in with COVID, I’m back on my feet and out of quarantine — yay! As you can imagine, this complicated my booking schedule a bit. I’ll officially be starting my maternity leave in mid-August. Since I had to unexpectedly cancel all of my appointments for a couple of weeks, I opened up some extra availability on my schedule over the next month or so. There isn’t an abundance of time available, so if you’d like to get in one more time before I start my leave, hop on over to that link in my bio to book!

I will be tentatively returning from my maternity leave in early 2022. If you have an outstanding gift certificate that expires before then (ie Christmas 2020), and you can’t make it in for a massage before my leave starts, I will continue to honor that gift certificate through May of 2022. If you have any questions regarding outstanding gift certificates, feel free to shoot me a text— my phone number is in my bio.

If you’re a current client and you would like my list of local massage therapists recommendations while I’m on my leave, also please send me a text. There are so many incredible bodyworkers in the Springfield area and I’m confident we can find a good fit for you while I’m out of the office.

If you have any other questions regarding my leave, sending me a quick text is the best mode of contact for me right now— feel free to reach out!

Thanks for all your understanding and patience as I’m tying up loose ends around here over the next month. 🙏🏼 When I’m not working at Exhale, I’m a stay at home mom who tries my very best to be present with my kiddo— if I don’t get back with you right away, that’s why! I appreciate your understanding as I wrap things up and figure out how to honor both my clients and my own family well during these next months. 🤍✨

Cupping • cupping • cupping
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Yay— myofascial cupping therapy! You may remember me talking about some changes happening around here, and I am so thankful for your patience as I have had some big life changes in my own life as well. 🌿🤍

But for now, CUPPING!! I did a training through Wellspring School of Allied Health in Cupping Therapy for Myofascial Decompression back in December of 2020, and received a certification. Now I’m ready to put it on my service menu.

Myofascial cupping therapy is a modern adaptation of an ancient bodywork practice which originally came from Traditional Chinese Medicine. During a cupping session, glass or plastic cups and a vacuum machine are used to lift and separate layers of muscle and fascia. Used as a deep tissue therapy, you may have seen cupping marks before on athletes. Cupping is unique because it is one of the only “decompressive” bodywork therapies that we can use, so while the benefits function in similar ways to therapeutic massage, the effects of a “decompressive” therapy can lead to a great response from “trapped” or hypertonic muscle and fascial tissue. Cupping therapy is known as a great pain relief to many who experience chronic pain. Some other benefits of cupping therapy include joint mobilization, lymph drainage, athletic performance enhancement, and, perhaps most commonly used for, relief of tight muscles.

I’ll be offering a cupping add-on to your regular massage session, as well as cupping as a stand-alone service. Book at the link in my bio now!

Hiya! Long time, no post. Maybe you noticed I took a step away from this space, or maybe not. Either way— I’m back! 🤍 Life has been a little crazy around here (ya feel me?) and faithfully keeping up with social media had to take the back burner for a little while. Just wanted to pop by here and say I’m still workin away at Exhale taking massage appointments— busier than ever, really, which I’m so thankful for! 🙏🏼 My availability will be changing a bit for a temporary time over the next few weeks, so keep an eye out on that, and make sure you’re booking out a week or two in advance to make sure to get on my schedule. I’ll be checking in on here a little more often with some exciting updates! 🌀 Stay tuned. 〰

You may have noticed a couple of changes to my booking site or website. ⚡️ They’re intentional!
I’ve changed a few things around here, and I’m quite excited about it.

First of all, you may notice the Swedish relaxation massage and therapeutic massage are no longer options for booking a massage with me. They have now combined into The Exhale Signature Massage. 🙏🏼

Why this change? It can be confusing for new clients to know what kind of massage to book at their first appointment. Even for regular clients, it can be a difficult and not entirely necessary choice between the two.

Hmmm.... do I want therapeutic work on my sore areas or do I want to relax?

Both/And. 🤍

All of my massages (therapeutic and Swedish) are and have always been completely customized to the client’s needs. Some clients are looking for specific work on one area of the body, some want a full body relaxation massage with no deeper work, and some want a combination of the two.

Combining my two primary massage services into one allows me to tailor your session EVEN MORE to your individual needs. I have always offered intuitive and nurturing massage therapy, and combining the therapeutic and Swedish massages into one combination massage service (the signature massage) gives me the space for completely intuitive and unique bodywork for each individual client. So basically, we’re simplifying things a bit!

Oh, and also— you’ll find that I now offer deep tissue massage. 🌀👊🏻 30 and 60 minute deep tissue is now available for booking at the link in my bio!

Questions about these changes? Let me know below or send me a message! ✨