A bit about Tonia, the birth of a teacher, healer and guide

Tonia’s Bodywork Training:

In 1992 Tonia apprenticed with a master reflexologist. She then went on to receive her formal training in Acupressure from the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley, CA. She has studied with exemplar trainers in deep tissue, lymphatic drainage, internal organ massage (Chi Nei Tsang), Jin Shin Jyutsu, aromatherapy, hot stone massage, and has had extensive training in sound healing and voice overtoning.

Tonia has taken the best, effective, and most fun parts of her offerings, and combined them into a 2-3 hour transformational session. Here she incorporates, deep, flowing massage with sound healing and energy work. The Body Journey Massage Experience® takes you to another dimension, lulling you into a hypnotic, chi pulsing, centered state of being. Body Journeyers literally float out of the room, glowing and blissed out.

Way back in 1989…

Tonia experienced a bodywork session that transformed her understanding of what massage can offer a human being. She realized that bodywork, performed by a skilled and mindful practitioner, can provide an opening for our capacity for love— love for ourselves and for all with whom we share this world. This experience unearthed a childhood memory of the deep love she experienced from her grandmother. That massage changed her life forever forming in Tonia the desire, intent, and commitment to facilitate this experience in other people.

What separates Tonia from other therapists is how she attunes to each person’s unique patterns of pain, stress, discomfort, or restorative needs. She then taps her extensive knowledge base and keen intuition, bringing forth the strongest potential for healing. Her work helps release blocked energy and tensions that are often present in the body. Vibrant, warm, and sunny, Tonia is inspired by and loves people. She is nurturing and respectful. Under her strong hands, one feels as if they are in a beautiful healing sanctuary.

Since the age of 21…

My personal mission statement in life has been “I am committed to people feeling Joy and Enthusiasm for being Fully Alive!” This statement has inspired me, driven me, and helped create a booming massage practice of 30 years. But the funny thing is, I didn’t really feel fully alive myself until very recently when I finally dropped into my body completely, and can now say, “I am here on earth in a whole new way!” With the help of a shamanic practitioner, I cleansed my subconscious mind of 90% of the negative self-talk and societal lies that swam around in my head since the first day I remember. The clearing opened my body and psyche allowing for a deep personal connection to spirit, the elements, my own intuition, and my own heart's calling. 

It’s clear that my whole life has prepared me for this moment of teaching, guiding, and healing. The first personal growth workshop that I did with my dad at the age of 12, which got rid of the “victimized little girl whose daddy left her” and dropped me into my personal power at that young age. At the age of 14, I learned “mind over matter” in Tony Robbins, “firewalk -- mind revolution” (which I paid for myself because I was told I’d get more out of if I had more at stake). Then at age 17, I enjoyed esoteric studies with a mentor stepmom, as well as leading Introductions to the Landmark Forum at age 21. There were countless sacred women’s circles thrown into the mix and 30 years of removing blocks in people’s bodies through bodywork, sound healing, and Acupressure. Then Coaching and reframing the mind to remove mental blocks. And now, removing systemic blocks and connecting deeply with the earth elements and guides through healing ritual. Wow! What a fun ride.