My name is Melody LaRochelle, and I am a Licensed Massage Therapist, musician, military veteran, and of course, founder and owner of Songful Somatics Massage Therapy. I'm originally from New Jersey, but I've lived all over the continental U.S, and have called Atlanta, Georgia my home longer than anywhere else. I found a passion for holistic and complementary health care while still very young: my mother suffered from chronic migraines, and my grandmother, from chronic hip and back pain, as one of her legs was shorter than the other from having polio as a child. Seeing the relief they found in modalities such as chiropractics, acupuncture, and massage fascinated me, and I started experimenting with aromatherapy and reflexology on family and friends. (After all, who doesn't like a good foot rub? <img height="16" width="16" alt="