08/09/2026
Someone said, “the eyes are the window to the soul”. Look at my eyes in this picture. They look like somebody dimmed my light.
I remember lying in bed, completely exhausted, praying that sleep would come.
Some nights it didn’t.
My heart would race. My mind would spin. My shoulders, jaw, and chest were so tight that even resting felt impossible.
What I didn’t understand then was that post-traumatic stress doesn’t just live in the mind. It lives in the body, too. Years of abuse I experienced needed to be soothed in my nervous system.
The danger was gone, but my body was trapped in protection mode.
It took years to teach my nervous system that it was safe to rest.
I walked for miles. I sang. I prayed. I danced. I learned how to breathe deeply from my belly again. I no longer had shallow breaths that felt like they stopped right at my chest. And massage therapy became one of the tools that helped me find my way back to myself.
That’s why the work I do means so much to me.
When someone walks into my office and tells me they haven’t slept well in months, that their jaw hurts from clenching, that their shoulders ache constantly, or that they feel anxious all the time, I understand.
Not because I read it in a textbook.
Because I lived it.
Though I will put my best foot forward at making you feel like an MVP, this work isn’t about candles, cucumber water, or a luxury experience.
It’s about helping people feel like themselves again.
It’s about teaching the body that it doesn’t have to fight anymore.
If you’ve been carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders, you don’t have to carry it alone.
If you’re ready to begins a massage therapy journey with me to help you get back to breathing deeply, moving freely, and finally letting go, give me a call. I’d love to chat with you.❤️
—Rashonda