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Massage
Elizabeth Lee, LMT
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LA 2801
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I have been a practicing, licensed massage therapist for five years. The path which led me to study massage therapy started years ago, while I attended to my mother's needs following an accident that left her temporarily incapacitated.
While washing her back one afternoon, I could see the pleasure on her face and felt the relief and comfort she was experiencing. My mother had been a widow for 30 years and I realized in that moment, 'Oh, my God, this woman hasn't been touched in all these years. How can that be?'
Shortly before she died a few years later from complications from Alzheimer's disease, I was able to give her a massage by candlelight, in my sister's home on the lake, with the window sheers billowing back and forth with the breeze off the water. My gift to her...and a precious one for me.
I began my practice with a chiropractor, which was the best thing I could have done. It afforded me the opportunity to work on people with specific conditions and injuries that I may not have come across otherwise. It gave me a "medical" foundation and I focused on massage as a treatment.
Later, I was able to expand after learning the basics and became interested in the complementary applications, such as hot stones, hydrotherapy, aromatherapy, Shiatsu and "Bowen" therapy.
Bowen therapy is an alternative to massage therapy and focuses on the acupuncture points. It is noninvasive and can actually be done through light clothing. For more information, click here.
My interest in the "Spa Experience" came after working with estheticians. I realized the need and desire of my clientele to receive a massage and skin treatment at the same time...and Spa Bella was born.
Favorite links:
Pondering Pool
Bowen Therapy
Alzheimer's Association |
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