Katia M. Mercado
Katia is an Integrative Wellness & Culinary Nutrition Coach and passionate about Massage Therapy, Woman’s Health, Wholesome Eating and Healthy Living!
Katia been submerged in the holistic world since 2013. She possesses a highly intuitive, mindful, and thorough approach to her work, and carefully listens to the body in order to effectively communicate with it. Her approach to bodywork integrates Swedish, Deep Tissue, Craniosacral, Reiki, Musculoskeletal Realignment, Stretching, Sports, Lymphatic Drainage, Aromatherapy, and Lomi Lomi techniques to best facilitate a melt and release effect in soft tissue, and support gentle structural shifts to the body’s alignment.
Katia also respects the energetic element to body treatments, and believes total health is achieved through balance and wellness in mind, body, and spirit. She provides a combination of relaxing, holistic and orthopedic massage during her sessions; promoting physical, mental, emotional, energy, and spiritual balance. While firm pressure is her strength, relaxation and comfort are still the ideal goal.
She enjoys working with clients to resolve chronic pain, headaches, and plantar fasciitis, among other issues. Focuses on the prevention, rehabilitation and maintenance of those conditions and injuries as well as the relaxation and education of her clients. She customizes her massages to individual needs, and has a very caring, professional presence.
Katia continues her quest for knowledge of healing the body, energy healing and to help attune herself to understand injuries even better so that she can pass on her insight to her clients. The 90-minute therapeutic massage service highlights all of Katia’s skills, allowing her to cultivate a thorough healing session for you.