Hi, and welcome!  My name is Heather, and I am a passionate body worker who enjoys a fairly active lifestyle.  Some of my favorite past times include hiking, foraging, snowboarding, rock climbing, and painting.  I have had my fair share of minor injuries over the years that I truly believe allow me to be more understanding and relatable to my clientele base.  Vermont has been my home as of June 2019, before this I practiced massage and taught yoga where I was born in Michigan.  In my teen years I was fortune enough to recognize the importance of mindful movement along with paying attention to my breath, the way that I moved through life and how I play the roll in shaping my own perspective of the world around me.  There was a short chapter in my life where I lived in Houston, TX and this is where I decided to take my first 200 hours for yoga training.  From there I went on to teach for 5 years (graduating massage school two years into this time) before going to India to do a bit more yoga training.  I have been practicing massage therapy on different types of bodies full time since attending Lakewood Therapeutic Massage School in 2013, graduating class of 2014.  Along side starting my own business here in Vermont under the name Ascending Wellness Massage Therapy, I work part time with Lisa Tomasik in Shelburne at Elemental massage.  You can find me through massage book there on Thursdays until 7pm.  Right now I am currently (and happily) teaching one yoga class on Wednesday nights, 7pm-8pm at Metro Rock Climbing gym, just down the street from my massage studio.  The class is focused on mindful movements that help us in mobilizing the joints, and we follow this with restorative/yin postures to soothe the nervous system.  If you are considering private yoga classes, please feel free to chat with me about options to potentially find something that works for you!  Thank you for taking the time to read, and I hope that I can be the licensed massage therapist that works for you.  Take care,