About Essie Essie Hicks is a Licensed Massage Therapist certified inseveral different healing modalitiesincluding Craniosacral Therapy; LymphaticDrainage; Aromapoint Therapy; Pregnancy massage; traditional Deep Swedishmassage; Sports Massage; detoxification and herbal applications; hydrotherapy;trigger point therapy and ZenBodytherapy ®. She has been a massage practitionersince 1999. Essie lives in Tumwater, WA with her youngest 3 teenagers ofher 5 sons, husband, two Labradors, and one kitty. She enjoys gardening,growing fruit trees, spinning yarn, painting, hiking and photography. You maysee some of her work for sale on her walls in the massage studio.  Read more in this article from Thurston Talk!  https://www.thurstontalk.com/2025/02/18/dreamspace-natural-therapeutics-the-continuing-evolution-of-essie-hicks/   History |Education | Experience Essie began training in massage therapy in 1992 in Yreka,California as an apprentice after high school.  She studied under master bodyworkers, and herbologistswith the Mount Shasta Herbal Company. She studied energy work, sports massage,and traditional Deep Swedish Massage. Under the supervision of master herbologists,she learned how to blend high quality body products. She completed her Massagetraining at the Alexandar School of Natural Therapeutics in 1999 and wentdirectly into an internship as a teachers aide. Essie taught HIV/AIDS educationand awareness, Spa modalities, aromatherapy, deep tissue, and continuingeducation courses with the Alexandar School until 2007. Essie started Absolute Relaxation Therapeutic Massage in theSouth Sound area of Yelm and Olympia in 1999. Her first patients wereprofessional rodeo athletes, Elders of the Nisqually Tribe and active duty, andveterans of the military. She is experienced with geriatric massage, PTSD, andtraumatic injuries to the back and neck. Essie also provided consultingservices to small massage practices, day spas and destination spas.  After turning herpractice over to an associate in 2007, she pursued a bachelor’s degree insocial science and a master’s degree in public administration. She is agraduate with honors from South Puget Sound Community College, Washington StateUniversity and Seattle University. After she and her husband relocated to the shores of LakeWashington, Essie continued to consult with local spas, and completed her firsttraining in Craniosacral Therapy at Bastyr University. She was on the executiveleadership opening team and Spa Director at the Lodge at St. Edward in Kenmore,WA.   Philosophy and Approach to Healing Arts With over 20 years of experience in the practice of healingarts, Essie brings unique and effective treatment modalities to treat theindividual needs of her patients. She is constantly learning in order to provide the most effective treatment with the most modern techniques. Her philosophy on treatment is that healing touch should berestorative, pain reliving and calming. Patients should feel pain relief andfreer movement after a session with her.   Location Essie is thrilled to be back home in beautiful Yelm, WAwhere she started her practice in 1999. Her studio is located within NorthwestSpinal Care at 503 1st street where she takes clients and continuesto provide consulting services to spas and massage clinics.