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After a successful career in the healing and teaching professions, Joni is now only offering Thai Massage while she pursues her love for gardening and volunteers as a Master Gardner in Pinellas County. Having moved to Tarpon Springs early 2020, she chose to simplify her lifestyle and reduce the hours of work she was involved in. 

She brings to her current work, 30 plus years experience as a Bodyworker, Registered Nurse, and Educator.  She is also a graduate of Naropa Univeristy with a MA degree in Body Psychotherapy, specializing in the recovery from trauma.

Integrating skills from training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and her specialized work with PTSD, Joni enjoys synthesizing principles from a lifetime career in Health and Wellness, providing a Holistic approach to wellness.

Joni entered the health care profession in 1984 as a Registered Nurse with a need to contribute to the well being of others.  She practiced nursing within a variety of populations - Psychiatric, Home Health, Hospice, Detox, and Rehab.  Her passion for holistic health transformed her own life,  leading her to become a Massage Therapist, a massage therapy instructor as well as the Director of Education at the Sarasota School of Massage Therapy. In 2006, Joni move to Boulder, CO to pursue a Master's degree in Somatic Counseling Psychology. Being involved in her private practice as well as Massage Therapy Education she was aware of how working with the body, often revealed deeper needs for healing, both in mind and in spirit. 

While pursuing her MA degree, she studied Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma Recovery; she discovered the benefits of combining touch therapy and Body Psychotherapy. Integrating the tools learned through her practice in the healing professions, Joni brings to her practice a commitment to providing the safe space necessary for clients to contact their innate ability to find peace, and to re-experience wellness. She also brings experience from her own healing process, having recovered from Traumatic Events in her own life. Together she hopes to help her clients explore and develop their ability to heal from pain and suffering.

As a cancer survivor herself she saw the need for further education in this area and specialized in  massage therapy for people living with as well as dying from Cancer. She has worked for as well as Volunteered with Hospice organization to bring touch to patients and families coping with terminal illness. Whatever the stage of disease, or the current challenges one faces with cancer, Joni has something to offer to alleviate suffering and to help ease the process, with loving kindness and a tender heart.

Joni's current work and practice is combining years of experience while offering Thai Massage to the general public. She wants to introduce this ancient healing practice to as many people as possible. She is very skillful at Traditional Thai Massage Therapy, having spent spent several months in Thailand as well as Greece to pursue this ancient art of healing.  She is capable of  working at a very profound level with her clients. She is highly skilled at listening to client's needs and can adapt her work according to their needs. While Traditional Thai massage is typically done on a mat, it can be modified to work with anyone, anywhere, including bed ridden patients.

Joni continues to offer a few classes at the Sarasota School of Massage Therapy, teaching Thai Massage and Trauma Classes. She has taught at  the Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy, the Boulder College of Massage Therapy and the Healing Spirits Massage school in Boulder, CO.

In addition to her private practice, Joni offers Continuing Education Seminars to Massage Therapists in Trauma Recovery and Thai Massage Therapy.

Joni offers yoga in private sessions with clients upon request.

Joni has a deeply felt connection with spiritual beliefs and principles, and honors all religious faiths and paths. 

She loves the outdoors, and spends a great deal of time in her garden when she is not hiking, biking, walking, or swimming;

She maintains her life long friendships connections with her family, and travels to spend quality time with them in North Carolina, Colorado, Las Vegas, and New England, and creatively offers her work as a Thai Therapist, wherever she goes.

Lic Massage Therapist FL # MA 10776  

IN addition:a RN Lic in FLorida and  Licensed in CO as LMT 

Or if you are simply curious about how Thai Massage Therapy can enhance your life, provide you with an opportunity to feel completely and deeply relaxed, and learn how to balance your stress-filled world,  

Please call today for an appointment, and let me see how I may help you.

(941) 374-0965