Katherine loves blending relaxation and therapeutic techniques together to create a custom massage experience for each of her clients.  She enjoys listening to what the client wants and needs from a massage and then using her skills and knowledge to help every individual achieve their goals.  She has experience with prenatal massage, sports massage, relaxation massage, and therapeutic or medical massage. She often incorporates dynamic cupping, hot stone therapy, Theragun percussion, plantar reflexology, myofascial release, passive stretching, and trigger point therapy to help clients achieve their goals.  Although Katherine practices deep tissue massage, she usually works below the client's pain threshold and in a way that provides relief without painful pressure. Katherine first moved to Blacksburg to study Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech and graduated in 2002. She worked in chemistry until 2017, when she decided to pursue massage therapy at Daniels Institute of Massage. Katherine loves hiking, yoga, comedy, and hanging out with her two grown children. As a longtime resident of Blacksburg, she is happy to help everyone here relax and feel content within their bodies.