Jackie Reynolds
Owner | Licensed Massage Therapist | Yoga Teacher
The Cliffs Notes on Jackie’s career reads that since graduating the Florida School of Massage in 2009 she has held a consistent private practice, spent a decade practicing bodywork in a physical therapy clinic, became a yoga instructor, completed an aromatherapy training, opened House of Yin in 2017 and is currently practicing here, and is also now within the educational programs at The Barral Institute to receive certification as a visceral manipulation therapist.
Now, let’s make this relatively brief… and in my own voice 🙂 Hi! I’m Jackie (she/they) I started my somewhat eclectic working career with the good folks of Gainesville at Gainesville Health and Fitness Center, a choice that would keep me rooted with them in one way or another from 2005-2019. Solid company. Within those years I also spent time working through B.A.S.S. as a behavioral analyst assistant for people living with disabilities, and helped to provide respite care for their families. Having grown up alongside a dear brother with autism and other disabilities, providing care in this way felt very aligned.
In 2009 I graduated from The Florida School of Massage and started my first job as a massage therapist working at ReQuest Physical Therapy. Here I worked alongside specialists to aid in the pain relief and/or rehabilitation of clients with acute injuries, various pathologies, chronic pain, pre and post-operation, post-radiation and pregnancy. This sort of medical massage modality continues to bolster my practice as I inhabit it today.
2012 brought me a movement modality in yoga, learning from Melissa Montilla of Kardiya Yoga. Various forms of yoga and movement, breathwork, Yin yoga, restorative and meditative practice are all part of the well that I draw from when sharing with and helping clients.
2017 was when I opened House of Yin. It is my truest passion project, and continues to be made possible by the beautiful folks who host their own practices at our shared space on Northwest 6th Street.
I’ve developed a deep interest in genuinely understanding what is happening under the skin in our bodies. This interest has lead me to two, week-long dissection courses on un-fixed (no chemical treatment) cadavers (trust me, it’s very special) hosted by Tom Myers of Anatomy Trains. I’m also currently within training at The Barral Institute, learning how to effectively touch and manually “speak the language” of the organs. It’s profound work and has become my current fixation.
I enjoy gardening. My movement practice is pole dance. I have cats. I binge watch Hells Kitchen with my boyfriend. I’m Libra sun, Libra moon, Scorpio rising.
My hope and intention with bodywork is that through all these facets, I can provide something cohesive, helpful, and maybe even artful. I’d love to share it with you!
Diana Barquet
Licensed Massage Therapist | Jiu Jitsu Instructor
Come exactly as you are. Rest your mind body and spirit.
Hi, I’m Diana (or Dee). I am a Licensed massage therapist passionate about creating a healthier Gainesville by facilitating self care and providing a place of deep rest and relaxation for the people of our community.
My background before massage was in classical music and martial arts. Much like these arts, I believe true healing through massage requires dynamic techniques ranging from subtle to intense. Within my sessions you will find an entire orchestra of techniques personalized for each individual. Whether I am delicately placing a dab of rose water on your temples, or using Ashiatsu techniques to place my entire body weight on a stubborn glute muscle, presence and intention are at the heart of my work. Together we will engage your whole body and being in deep levels of relaxation to bring about authentic and lasting healing.
All too often I see people living in constant patterns of tension and pain, giving from an empty cup and ultimately ending in burnout.
Put your oxygen mask on first. Take a little time for yourself and enjoy deep rest for your mind, body and spirit. You deserve abundance. You deserve a massage.
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity”
-Pema Chödrön
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Kaleigh Eadens
Licensed Massage Therapist | Pilates Instructor
Kaleigh’s career in movement and bodywork began when she immersed herself in a Pilates instructor training program at Evolve Pilates & Fitness here in Gainesville. Teaching Pilates brings her much joy, but watching her mentors use structural integration techniques alongside movement inspired her to enroll at Florida School of Massage so she could integrate bodywork into her approach. She graduated from FSM in 2015 and opened her own office in downtown Gainesville for providing massage therapy on days she wasn’t working at Evolve. Shortly after becoming a licensed therapist, Kaleigh completed an internship at University Sports Massage where she learned top-notch sports massage techniques for working with athletes. She continues to work and travel with UF athletes through University Sports Massage.
In addition to athletes, Kaleigh loves working with clients living in chronic pain— her measuring stick for helping solve this pain puzzle is posture and her most valuable tool in changing posture is her client’s own nervous system. She strongly believes that our bodies are brilliant, designed to last, and equipped with everything they need to recover and heal from most types of pain. Her intention is to arm her clients with knowledge by teaching them how their bodies are designed to move. This gentle but empowering process tends to demystify pain which is the key to eliminating it. In Kaleigh’s approach, massage is simply a helpful tool for quickly addressing soft tissue restrictions impacting joint biomechanics and strengthening the connection between the myofascial system and the nervous system. Getting moving is really where the work happens for treating pain. Get in touch with her here to schedule your next session!
Elaina Ziesche
Licensed Massage Therapist | Integrative Body & Energy Worker | Full Spectrum Doula
Thanks for being here, I am Elaina. I love having my private practice, Elemental Roots at House of Yin. We are here and continue to grow! My practices are rooted in my deep reverence and respect for the intelligence of our bodies and the natural world. We are interconnected with all things on this Earth and we forget in this modern age! Bodywork can help us remember. Remember the stories and experiences our bodies have held thus far. As we remember, we begin to settle into a place of awareness. This awareness welcomes us to sense the intricate details of our physical, mental, emotional, and energetic bodies. The subtle, soft, and ease start to surface. This is the space where we can feel trust, safety, rest, and integration in the body. My work is met with my heart’s inkling to peace and service. I have a spirit to learn and practice for life. My work integrates my studies in the realms of yoga and meditation, massage therapy & hydrotherapy, Thai massage, shamanism, mysticism, energy work, herbalism, crystals as conduits, sound therapy, tea and cacao ceremonies, tarot, pregnancy & birth, postpartum care, breathwork, and being in the wildness of motherhood. I take time to listen to the needs of my clients and we learn together. I work holistically with the body, knowing every area contacted interacts with the rest. I encourage anyone I work with to be in relationship with their breath as a way to listen, observe, and notice how you feel as work is received. The breath can assist the body in letting go. The experiences we’ve had leave impressions on us. We need to feel what needs our attention and care. We need to create safety to let go and work through the places in our bodies that feel hard to shift and change. We do this through the art of bodywork, energy work, sitting in ceremony, and being with our bodies intentionally. Making the time, holding the space, listening and communicating needs. We work together with integrity for the sacredness of the human beings we are.
To learn more about me and my work, please visit my website www.elementalrootsgnv.com.
To book a session text (954-675-5534) or email (elaina.elementalroots@gmail.com) with your full name & type of work interested in.
Booking links here: Elemental Roots Booking / Doula Consultation
Kara Smith
Licensed Massage Therapist
“In my massage practice I draw my knowledge and experience together with patience, presence, and intuition to work with the body to offer relief and the possibility for change. I like to life in that spot where technique meets magic. I am fluent in many styles but gravitate towards connective tissue therapy and myofascial release, using slow, melty strokes and very specific work to get deep, gently, and without pain.
… And in my spare time I play music, make art, and have as many nature adventures as possible”.
Caitlyn Vinci
Thai Massage Practitioner | Licensed Massage Therapist | Musician
Caitlyn Vinci discovered her passion and talent for bodywork when she studied at the Florida School of Massage. She graduated with a certification from the Bodhi Sangha School of Thai Massage, and has had a practice rooted in the Gainesville community since 2015. She grounded her practice at the House of Yin in 2020 and currently provides Table Massage, Thai Massage, Hot Stone Massage, and Therapeutic Cupping services.
Blending Relaxation, Connective Tissue, Neuro-Muscular, Deep Tissue, Polarity, and Hydrotherapies with Ayurvedic principles, she takes an integrative approach to bodywork using many different styles and modalities to meet each of her clients specific needs. Focusing on pain relief and relaxation, Caitlyn believes that there is a direct connection between stress, disease, and pain. Her work is built around the principle that the body wants to be in homeostasis, that it is not the therapist’s job to fix or heal the client, but to facilitate a holistic environment that brings balance to the body, mental/emotional clarity, and an overall sense of wellbeing, ultimately easing pain and discomfort, and decreasing the chances for injury and disease.
Caitlyn is also a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician. She performs locally and is one of the original co-founders of the band VOWLS. To learn more about her music go to caitlynvincimusic.com.
Contact:
(386) 365-3454
caitlynvinci.lmt@gmail.com
“Being cut off from our own natural self-compassion is one of the greatest impairments we can suffer. Along with our ability to feel our own pain, go our hopes for healing, dignity and love.”
– Gabor Mate
Natalie Nix
Licensed Massage Therapist | Yoga Instructor
Through her work, Natalie primarily hopes to create an introspective space where individuals can anchor to the present and find an ease of breath, mind, and body. With a background in kinesiology, her classes have a strong focus on engagement and alignment that best suits each individual; she believes these components lay the groundwork towards cultivating and deepening a safe and sustainable asana practice.
Natalie has always led an active lifestyle and she is completely captivated by the beauty, complexity and intelligence of the human form. She came to yoga through the rock climbing community in her early 20s, and as a former gymnast she felt an immediate connection to the familiarity of the movements of the physical practice. Many of the poses felt natural and perfectly complemented the movements of climbing, and she initially felt at ease with the routine-like structure of an Ashtanga-based sequence. Over time she became just as fascinated by yoga history and philosophy, the grounding effects that yoga has on the mind, and the mind-body connection that practicing yoga facilitates.
Over the years Natalie has had the honor of studying locally with Melissa Montilla at Sanctuary Yoga, and with Maty Ezraty through Yoga Works. She’s inspired by both these teachers, and regularly incorporates their teachings into her classes.
Natalie is a practicing Massage Therapist and graduate from the Florida School of Massage, where she now teaches Sports Massage in the main Massage and Hydrotherapy Program, and holds a degree in English with a concentration in Film and Media Studies from the University of Florida. She has a handful of incomplete
experimental films that she procrastinates finishing by reading, writing, dabbling in 35mm photography, sipping on a good cup of joe or well-balanced libation, climbing, surfing, and traveling to new and familiar places – especially those that include salt water or natural springs. Natalie is a dog-lover, a water baby, an Aries, and an INFJ.
For more on her work, visit her site at www.natalienix.com/
Katie Andrews
Licensed Massage Therapist | Yoga and Movement Instructor | Level II Reiki Practitioner
Hi, friends. My name is Katie Andrews, and I feel so lucky to have been practicing massage therapy and bodywork in Gainesville for almost 25 years. I fell in love with massage after receiving work from an intuitive and talented healer, who helped me release deeply-held pain patterns that were physical and emotional in origin, and the feeling of freedom and release I experienced from receiving that session was unlike anything I had ever known. “This is powerful medicine,” I thought to myself, and within a year’s time, I was enrolled in the Basic Certification Training program at the Florida School of Massage, and my life was forever changed.
My passion to help others facilitate their bodies’ natural healing abilities led me to pursue Advanced Certifications in Sports Massage Therapy and in Structural Integration, Ida Rolf’s transformational 10-session series (more commonly known as “rolfing”). I was fortunate to have the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge I had gained from all my training in both my private practice and my work at ReQuest Physical Therapy, where I provide massage and manual therapies to both physical therapy patients and private clients.
I have watched, time and time again, how the combination of therapeutic exercise, coupled with massage and manual therapies, has helped people of all ages and stages of life recover from illness, injury, surgery, and stress-related disorders, healing their bodies and transforming their lives with the encouragement and guidance from caring, dedicated therapists. This realization inspired me to pursue a 500-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training with my incredible friend and teacher, Melissa Montilla, evolving my personal yoga practice and my teaching style to focus on helping clients and students nourish strength and flexibility for optimal ease, comfort, and functionality in their bodies.
In addition, I am a Level II Reiki practitioner. As a technique, Reiki is the art and science of activating and transmitting healing life force energy to the recipient. When Reiki is applied with the laying on of hands, the recipient may experience the practitioner’s hands becoming very warm, even hot, as the gentle healing energy rises. Receiving Reiki can be deeply relaxing to the body, mind, and spirit, and many have attributed all levels of physical, emotional, and spiritual healing to receiving Reiki. Reiki came into my life in a very unexpected and magical way, and I honor my Reiki Master, the beloved Barbi Lazonby, and my Reiki lineage, which directly goes back seven Reiki generations to the founder of Reiki, Dr. Mikao Usui.
To schedule with me, or if you have any questions, please call/text me at (352) 316-4154 or email me at kathleenvandrews@gmail.com
Zoë April Poulette
Hi I’m Zoë (she/her). I’m a somatic coach and bodyworker. I support folks to heal and transform old embodied patterns that are keeping them from being who they want to be in the world. “Soma” is a greek work that refers to the living, moving, relational body. “Somatics” is about working with and through the body to heal and transform from the inside out. Our histories live in our muscles and tissues, as do our longings and our self-responsive impulses toward healing and growth.
Somatic coaching is about re-building capacities for trust, connection, embodied boundaries, etc., for the sake of living more fully aligned with our desires, visions, and values. Somatic coaching is ongoing work, and can be short or long-term. Package deals are available.
I also offer somatic bodywork, which is a gentle, hands-on approach to healing trauma and long-held emotional tension patterns. Different from massage, somatic bodywork uses breathwork, movement, touch, and guided experimentation to invite more awareness and aliveness into the parts of ourselves we may have had to forgo to preserve safety, dignity, or belonging. Individual or ongoing sessions are available.
I’ve been practicing massage therapy since 2011, and I trained with Strozzi/generative somatics from 2016-2019. I also have an MA in Embodiment studies from Goddard College, which allowed me to explore a wide range of embodied methodologies that I integrate into my practice.
I am particularly interested in connections between embodiment and social change. I believe so much possibility opens up when we begin to heal, feel more of ourselves and the world around us, and learn to move from our longings. I love working with all kinds of people, and I specialize in working with gender-expansive folks.
In my free time I love floating in the springs, wading through the swamps, dancing, and playing music with my friends. To book a session or set up a free consultation, email Thirdspace.Somatics@gmail.com, or visit ThirdspaceSomatics.com
Madi Moyer
My name is Madi (they/them). I am a massage therapist, community herbalist and educator.
I’m a graduate of the Florida School of Massage (Summer 2019). I offer queer centered, trauma informed massage and bodywork drawing from my training in connective tissue therapy, neuromuscular therapy, Swedish massage, manual lymphatic drainage, ortho-bionomy and trauma informed care. I view massage as a collaboration between myself and my clients and I consider my clients the experts on their own bodies. I feel grateful to have had the opportunity to work with many people with a wide range of bodies and experiences. My hope is that through our work together my clients will feel more ease and connection with their bodies.
Prior to becoming a massage therapist I worked in environmental education and taught hands-on science to young people in classrooms, after-school programs and vegetable gardens. I’ve recently reconnected with my love of teaching and as of September 2022 I am thrilled to be on the faculty at the Florida School of Massage teaching Anatomy and Physiology.
In addition to my studies of massage and anatomy, my understanding of (and many curiosities about) bodies is shaped by my background as a yoga teacher and my studies of clinical and spiritual herbalism.
My work is grounded in a social justice ethic and I imagine a world where receiving regular bodywork is an accessible option to anyone who wants and needs it, especially teachers, activists/organizers, people of color, queer and trans community, low-income folks and elders. In that spirit I offer a sliding scale for my massage work – 60 minute sessions for $50-90 and 90 minute sessions for $80-120.
If you think we would connect, please reach out. I would love to work with you!
You can email me at madelynmoyer.lmt@gmail.com or book a session at the link above.
Meg Sullivan
Licensed Massage Therapist | Flower Essence Practitioner
Meg’s massage table is a welcoming, come-as-you-are canvas for creative healing that offers back the presence and bodily awareness we so often miss out on during the daily grind. Her clients benefit from her intuitive yet exacting capabilities, and are able to trust that the flow of any given session will take them right where they need to be.
Meg’s therapeutic practice is firstly informed by her commitment to curiosity and compassionate exploration– you can expect a collaborative, connected bodywork session driven by true presence. Her massage therapy training at Florida School of Massage and her herbal studies at the Florida School of Holistic Living both shine through in her sessions, resulting in a holistic approach to physical and emotional healing at even the subtlest level.
Meg’s specialties include identifying chronic muscular patterns and overuse injuries, addressing areas of persistent discomfort and dysfunction, and offering mindful solutions, both on and off the table, that gently target and steadfastly alleviate such issues. She is committed to holding space for deep relaxation and stillness in every session, using the polarity of touch to facilitate the energetic releases that make healing all the more possible on the physical level.
As a Flower Essence Practitioner, Meghan offers guidance to bodywork clients, as well as a la carte Flower Essence Consultations to remedy overwhelming or “stuck” emotional states. She combines intuitive guidance with perspectives gained from her continued studies around the nervous system and trauma, as well as personal growth experiences to steer clients toward the energetic support offered by these remarkable and transformative flower medicines.
To schedule with Meg or inquire about her work, feel free to call/text at (352)575-7008
Stacy Arenas
Licensed massage therapist | Craniosacral therapist | Prenatal, Postpartum, & Newborn massage
Practicing Herbalist | Mother Roasting Doula services
With over ten years of experience in a number of modalities, my goal is to work with you to meet your body’s individual needs. Holistic medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses the whole person – mind, body and spirit. As a practitioner of holistic arts and modalities, I integrate conventional and alternative therapies to promote optimal rest, renewal, and health.
I first began my journey in body work in 2010 attending a 200hr yoga teacher training with Inspiration Yoga at The Ayurveda Health retreat. Just a couple months later I attended the Florida School of Massage program attaining my Florida License in 2011. Since then I have worked alongside the wonderful Chiropractors and Acupuncturists at Chance Chiropractic Center, until recently moving my practice in July 2021 to the lovely House of Yin. In my years of study, I have taken a few different certifications to further expand my growth and knowledge. I attended a few of Karen Ball’s Reflexology courses from The Academy of Ancient Reflexology. I’ve completed courses in Herbalism with the Herbal Academy and self studied herbs for the last 7 years. I make tailored herbal teas, infused oils, and tintures upon request.
My love for herbs came quickly during my first pregnancy which led me to study Ancient and sacred Postpartum care for mothers. I’m a certified Mother Roaster which are CAREGIVERS that nurture new mothers after birth while supporting their RECOVERY and JOURNEY into motherhood. My practice has evolved even more after taking Biodynamics of Craniosacral with Giorgia Milne from Touch of Presence in her year-long intensive course. The FOUNDATION PRINCIPLES of BCA (Biodynamic of Craniosacral Approach) is WHOLENESS as HEALTH. It’s a guiding principle originating from the biodynamics of Osteopathy and Embryology and a view shared by other sources and traditions in science and spirituality.
Differentiation within Oneness. Harmony amid Unity. Uniqueness in Totality. Providing touch while abiding in the disposition becomes a potent portal of transformation for self and others. My approach with people is considerate, supportive, skilled, and intuitive. I invite you to connect with me to work together achieving your own individual needs.
To book a consultation or for more information please check out my website at mamastace.com
