Licensed Massage Therapist
Yoga and Movement Instructor
Level 2 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