Hi. I’m Christy.
I’m a massage and fascial release therapist, Access Consciousness Bars® Practitioner (BP), Cacao Practitioner and author located in Springfield, Missouri, USA. Functioning in many roles throughout my life has taught me that maintaining a strong work/life balance, rational thought processes, reasonable expectations and mental presence are crucial to living a happy life. I really just want to help people learn to feel again.
“Next to love, balance is the most important thing.”
– John Wooden
I was born in McAlester, Oklahoma, in ’76 and moved to Republic, Missouri, at the age of 11 at which time my one and only sibling, a sister, was born. Immediately following graduation, at 18 years old, I moved to Springfield, Missouri, and began to plant seeds and grow roots.
Now, I’m a mother of a amazing adult human and an integral part of a loving family and community. My work as a licensed and nationally certified massage therapist for nearly two decades has led me to fully realize how reflective our physical health is of our mental and emotional health. This realization inspired a deep, personal journey and my decision to become a certified life coach, focusing on the realization that happiness is an inside job.
My personal experience with and witnessing addiction, of all kinds, has helped me learn we cannot rescue anyone except ourselves. There’s a reason flight attendants tell us to put the oxygen mask on ourselves before assisting others.
My favorite place to be is by water.
As a fire sign, my spirit feels renewed while outside so I spend as much time as I can outdoors paddling canoes kayaks or my paddle board, walking and bicycling. I love yoga and use exercise and a gentle kundalini yoga practice as tools for managing depression. I enjoy live music and love to dance. Traveling is now a priority and I’m hoping to finish visiting all 50 states before I leave this planet.
You name it, I’ve probably been through it or personally witnessed it. I’ve been involved in many community projects, including serving as the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Healthy Living Alliance where we utilized over $2 million to improve walkability and active living in Springfield. I also helped revive a 15-year old garden program for our local food bank, providing fresh nutritious food to those in need. That program continues to thrive today.
Prior to that, I published the Ozarks’ first holistic wellness directory in 2012 & 2013 and was part of a group who launched a local beard and moustache foundation who continued to raise over $120k for local charities. In 2004, I co-owned Life Essentials Wellness Center, which is basically where I cut my teeth on the business of massage and yoga studio management. Those lessons were conveyed to budding new massage students during the two semesters I taught business at the Professional Massage Training Center that thrived on Commercial Street for over two decades.
Before deciding to go to massage school, I worked in the legal industry in the IT and Administration departments and managed a branch office in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with 14 attorneys. Sometimes we learn most by doing something we realize we don’t want to do.
I’ve lived a rich life full of adventure and learn most about myself through my relationships with others. I believe we are here to mirror one another and help each other heal. If you are ready to learn to be present for this human experience and want a guide for the journey, let me know. I’d love to help.
It starts and ends with you. Your relationship with you is the most important relationship you’ll ever have and it’s the only one guaranteed until you die.
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