KIM WILSON

Owner | Licensed Acupuncturist | Licensed Massage Therapist

Education: Undergraduate work at the University of Washington & the Evergreen State College on full academic scholarship. I attended Ashmead College in 1999 to obtain my massage credential; Middle Way Acupuncture Institute in Mount Vernon to obtain my acupuncture credential.

Specialty/Focus:CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY, TOYOHARI (a style of Japanese acupuncture), TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE (TCM), MOXIBUSTION. For more information about Toyohari please visit www.toyohari.org.

Personal: I enjoy yoga , meditation and spending time with my 2 young children and husband.

Favorite Quote: "If you build it, they will come!" - Field of Dreams

Morgan Tougas

Licensed Acupuncturist

Languages Spoken: English & Spanish

Education: Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine, graduating in 2003.

Specialty/Focus: I specialize in the TREATMENT OF PAIN and MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS; trained in TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE (TCM) and JAPANESE MERIDIAN THERAPY.

Personal: I was born and raised in Olympia. I am an avid vegetable gardener, and I enjoy outdoor activities like sailing, kayaking, camping, and hiking.

Favorite Quote: "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you have."

Michelle Ubell

Licensed Acupuncturist

Education: Clark College

Specialty/Focus: Headaches, Neck Pain, Pain of any kind

Personal: I love the outdoors and being in nature. I consider it a privilege to help people feel better.

Favorite Quote: "The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions." Thich Nhat Hanh

Alona Polecastro

Licensed Acupuncturist

Education:Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Masters in Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine 2000. Apositiva Hypnosis, Certified Hypnotherapy & Neurolinguistic Training 2006

Specialty/Focus: Weight release, Fibromyalgia, Dry needling, Nutrition, Auto Injury, Pediatrics, Reflexology and Shiatsu Massage especially with autistic children

Personal: I love learning new things. I love the outdoors which includes camping, hiking, and bird watching. I’m an avid photographer. I enjoy gardening, cooking, and finding new ways to incorporate medicinal herbs into recipes. I love to travel to new places and meet new people.

Favorite Quote: "Your body hears everything your mind says. () Naomi Judd

Todd Sheridan Turetsky

Licensed Acupuncturist

Education: Graduated from pacific college of oriental medicine in 1997 with a masters degree in traditional oriental medicine. Have competed several different certification programs. I guess it could be said that I like to learn and that if I am not evolving in my learning the stagnation makes me feel like I'm suffocating.

Specialty/Focus: My treatment style has evolved and continues to evolve into a blend that integrates a subtle mostly non insertive style of Japanese acupuncture with Zero Balancing manual therapy and Sotai(ho movement therapy.
As far as the focus of this style of treatment it's hard to pin down a specific complaint. It is more along the lines that I aspire to treat the entire person rather than a specific problem. Maybe this is better said as balancing the system to address any symptom; meet a complaint, whether it be pain, anxiety, digestive issues, or anything that one may be struggling with within the context of the entire person. The forrest of a person versus isolation of a one tree. That said, at its essence, in this modern society; it seems that most issues folks are wrestling with are rooted in trying to find balance & harmony within what it is most often an incredibly demanding stressful unstable manifestation of the world.

Personal: Love to wake up early, drink tea, do some silent sitting, some breath work to release what gets in the way of the settled spirit. Take walks/hikes through cities & forests. Learn to play music, read a good book, watch a well done movie that either gets the adrenaline pumping or makes the heart open & tears flowing. I've got two grown up daughters, Jesse and Rachael who live in California, who I clearly see as blessings to this world and I am honored to be part of their lives.

Favorite Quote: "The mind creates the abyss. The heart crosses it" -Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj -

Favorite Quote: "Who says my poems are poems. My poems are not poems. Once it's understood that my poems are not poems, then we can begin to discuss poetry. " -Ryokan -

Celeste Romo

Licensed Massage Therapist

Education: Clover Park Technical College, licensed since 2003.

Specialty/Focus: MEDICAL MASSAGE, MYOFASCIAL MASSAGE TECHNIQUE, SWEDISH, TRIGGER POINT WORK, INJURY TREATMENT, and SPORTS MASSAGE. My focus is on addressing or relieving connective tissue restrictions.

Personal: Seattle Sounders, hiking, travel, belly dance, exotic foods, yoga, physical activity, singing, and cooking. I've never been a homebody. I like anything that gets me out of the house, trying something new, fun, and exciting!

Favorite Quote: "When you exhale, let go of any resistance, tension, or expectation. Simply be present."

Travis Cothren

Licensed Massage Therapist

Education: Bodymechanics School of Myotherapy & Massage, 2007.

Specialty/Focus: I specialize in DEEP TISSUE and SWEDISH MASSAGE. For each massage I strive to provide the perfect pressure and techniques to meet my client's desired goals.

Personal: I have lived in the Lewis County area most of my life. I decided massage might be a good career path back in high school and I am now very glad I pursued it. In my spare time I enjoy hanging out with my friends, watching TV and playing Xbox.

Favorite Quote: "Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared." - Tupac Shakur

Brianne Brumback

Licensed Massage Therapist

Education: A New Beginning School of Massage, Killeen, Texas 2011

Specialty/Focus: Deep Tissue, Relaxation, Lomi Lomi, Reiki, Prenatal or whatever the patients needs that is within my scope of practice.

Personal: I have 3 daughters and 2 grandbabies with twin grandsons coming this summer. I like to spend my down time just relaxing, playing games, and reading.

Favorite Quote: "Hakuna Matata" - The Lion King

Nadya Tahri

Licensed Massage Therapist

Education: Ashmead College in 2003

Specialty/Focus: Deep Tissue, Neck, Shoulders and Low Back Pain

Personal: I love spending time with my four kids. I also enjoy spending time in nature and traveling.

Favorite Quote: "The only thing that is worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." - Helen Keller

Justin Moeller

Licensed Massage Therapist

Education: Bodymechanics School of Myotherapy and Massage. NASM Certified Personal Trainer

Specialty/Focus: Deep Tissue, Trigger Point Therapy, Therapeutic Massage, & Stretching. My goal is to help you achieve pain free movement, so you can enjoy doing the things you love.

Personal: I am a husband and father of two wild boys. I like gardening, drawing, cooking, and hiking. Working to lower my impact on the natural world. Rethink, Reuse, Reduce, Recycle.

Favorite Quote: "If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading." - Laozi

Jen Kosharek

Licensed Massage Therapist

Education: Bodymechanics School of Myotherapy and Massage. Yoga teacher certificate. Reiki 1&2 practitioner.

Specialty/Focus: I love to provide relaxing treatment work. I believe in working in a way that allows your nervous system to relax and accept treatment with slow, intentional, specific work. I love to use myofascial release, trigger point therapy, swedish, pin and stretch, cupping, gua sha, and heat therapy.

Personal: I love being outside, swimming, hiking, taking care of my chickens, ducks, and dogs. I’m also learning how to sew, grow flowers, and lift weights!

Favorite Quote: "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new." - Socrates