Ease the aches of both body and mind.

Massage therapy targets the soft tissues of the body — your muscles, ligaments, fascia and joints — using a variety of manual techniques to engage skin, to flush tissue and to loosen restrictions in muscle and fascia that can both trap nerves and block the nutrient-giving flow of blood and lymph your tissues need for optimal health. 

Many people come to massage for pain relief from injuries or conditions such as TMJ dysfunction, plantar fasciitis, sciatica, arthritis, rotator cuff injuries, frozen shoulder, headache, runner’s knee, scar tissue dysfunction and various sprains and strains. Because massage is so effective at targeting your nervous system, it also brings great relief to stress-related muscle tension and can help to improve sleep, ease digestion and boost your overall sense of health and well-being. 

In a typical session, I’ll start with an assessment of your posture, mobility, the range of motion of particular joints and the resting tone of your muscles so we can work together to come up with a treatment plan based on your goals for healing. 

Hi, I’m Stephanie and I practice registered massage therapy. I am passionate about what I do because I see, first hand, how massage helps us to powerfully reconnect mind, heart and body. I love massage therapy’s versatility — it offers pain relief and healing for both acute and chronic injures but it also induces deep states of relaxation that activate the body’s innate healing systems. Massage can help us move through our day-to-day lives in a more fully present, embodied way and that is such a transformative tool. 

I studied in Toronto at Sutherland-Chan School of Massage Therapy where I learned Swedish massage and a variety of techniques to treat joints and fascia including pin and stretch techniques (sometimes called ‘active release therapy’). Post graduation I’ve deepened my knowledge by studying craniosacral techniques at Toronto’s Cranial Therapy Centre and osteopathic techniques at the Southern Ontario College of Osteopathy. In addition to expanding my clinical knowledge, these courses have helped my hands to ‘listen’ more deeply to what your body might be trying to say.  My ongoing yoga and meditation practices bring home for me the importance of mindful breathing and I will often incorporate breathwork and guided visualizations into my treatments to help you manage pain or find deeper, more lasting releases.

I strive to create a safe and inclusive space and welcome all ages, body types and orientations. I acknowledge the clinic space is located in the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, the Métis Nation (Region 3), and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.