Alex Parker, LMT
Alex began his journey in California, where a passion for healing took root early on. After years of practicing qigong, he developed a deep understanding of the body’s energy systems and the importance of balance and flow. In 2008, Alex moved to Texas and began attending A New Beginning School of Massage and completing their 500-hour program.
Known for his intuitive touch and patient demeanor, Alex excels in deep tissue work, utilizing a diverse array of techniques to meet the unique needs of each client. His approach is holistic and highly personalized.
Outside of his massage practice, Alex enjoys spending time at the gym or in the garage, working on his car—two personal pursuits that reflect his love for fine-tuning and problem-solving. Whether helping clients move through pain or building something with his hands, Alex brings the same level of dedication and care to everything he does.
Emily Ruthven, LMT
Emily is a native Austinite who has always had a love for massage. She received her degree in Exercise Science at Hofstra University before returning to Austin to pursue massage as a full-time career.
She graduated from the Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in 2024 with 500 hours of training. Her modalities include deep tissue, Swedish, orthopedic, and sports massage. Emily seeks to help her clients achieve their goals with customized massage treatments tailored to each person's unique needs.
When not practicing massage, you can often find her sewing, on a trapeze, or playing rugby.
Chalice Morris, LMT
Chalice grew up in Louisiana, until she moved to Texas in 2011 to receive her bachelor’s in Health Science Studies from Baylor University.
With over 500+ hrs in training, she customizes each massage to her client’s particular needs with techniques like deep tissue, sports massage, stretching, myofascial release, cupping, scraping, and trigger point therapy.
She is also certified in SportStretch®. Created by Christy Swiatkowski, LMT, SportStretch® is an athletic floor mat, movement-based, full-body routine designed for pre-event performance and post-event recovery. It benefits an athlete’s flexibility, range of motion, and overall body relaxation.
Chalice is a firm believer in self-healing, bodywork, and movement.
When she is not massaging, she travels with her boyfriend, paints, cooks, and spends time with her family.
Barbara Cooper, LMT
Barbara, an Arkansas native and former corporate business manager, ran away to Florida in 2012 to pursue a less stressful life and her dream of becoming a massage therapist. She attended Cortiva Institute in the Tampa Bay area and has 750+ hours of training. Barbara specializes in myofascial release, neuromuscular treatment, trigger point and deep tissue massage and is trained in other modalities. Licensed in Texas, Florida and Idaho, Barbara relocated to Austin in 2017 to be near her daughter. When not practicing her passion of massage, she enjoys traveling, painting, reading and spending time with family and friends. Barbara believes massage is what she was put in the universe to do and feels blessed to be able to make a difference in the well-being of her clients.
Rynice Hanson, LMT
Rynice has specialized in sports massage, deep tissue, and trigger point therapy for the past 9 years. This National Board Certified massage therapist from Indiana enjoys working with athletes of all ages and backgrounds as well as the desk jockeys of the world, and everyone in between.
After receiving her bachelor's degrees in French and Theatre, and then running away to Europe, Rynice entered the Atlanta School of Massage, where her training included neuromuscular therapy, seated massage, sports massage, and pregnancy massage. When she's not working at her professional passion, Rynice devotes a great deal of time to her artistic, athletic pursuits as a pole fitness competitor. If she’s not 10 feet in the air trying to bend herself into a pretzel, she might be out playing with swords, playing with her cats, playing in dirt, playing in flour, or reinforcing her street cred as a Sci-fi/Fantasy geek.
Chris Kimbrough, LMT
You'll probably recognize Chris from one of Austin's many road races. She qualified for the Olympic Trials in the marathon in 2007, and briefly held the world title for the Women's Beer Mile in 2014. As such, Chris understands the importance of massage, making it a point to get to know each of her client's personal needs and goals. Chris specializes in deep tissue and sports massage. She graduated from Lauterstein and Conway in 2015 with 500 hours of training, and has practiced both in Austin and Portland, OR. Oh, just to keep things lively, Chris is the mother of six kids, ages 6 to 21.
Sandy Gross
Sandy spent the majority of her life fascinated with the human body. In a word, she’s a teacher. Sandy believes that learning just a little bit of your movement biomechanics, understanding functional movement and up-leveling active recovery tools & techniques can solve big problems and upgrade your life in many ways. She grew up in California and graduated with a degree from San Jose State University (BA in Journalism/’88). During her 30 & 40’s she (they) became a parent of 3 and pursued lots more education and became a yoga teacher. She founded and operated Evolution Yoga School, one of the first yoga studios in Cleveland which became a nucleus in the midwest where yoga teachers, studio owners, fitness pros and sports coaches came to learn about mind/body practices. In 2022 she and her husband relocated to Austin, Texas. Sandy’s style of practice and teaching has always leaned towards the functional. Work with her to learn how you can up-level your entire life through movement and have fun doing it. www.sgmovement.com
Anniina Gregg, Acupuncturist
Anniina moved to Austin from the northeast in 2014 to study oriental medicine and acupuncture at AOMA. She has 6 years of experience working as a wellness specialist and herbalist, and has a bachelors degree in Medical Anthropology. She has a deep passion for health, healing and uncovering the deeper aspects of the recovery process. She has explored a variety of topics related to natural living and alternative medicine and has many tools and techniques to draw from in her practice. She is certified in acutonics therapy, pulse diagnosis, mei zen facial acupuncture, Jyotish (medical astrology), and is a trained yoga teacher! Anniina views her work as a creative, artistic process and she combines many techniques into her treatments to release tension, ease pain, and to relax and rejuvenate the nervous system. Her treatments focus on restoring the body into a state of balance using a combination of acupuncture, mindfulness-somatic therapy, sound healing, cupping, tuina, and electrical stimulation. Each of her treatments is uniquely tailored to the individual. Her style is nurturing, supportive and grounding. In her spare time she continues to explore eastern philosophy, yoga, and new tools to add to her healing repertoire.
Katie Cully, LMT
Katie has been a Massage Therapist at heart since she was five, and a practicing Therapist since 2004. She attended Denver School of Massage Therapy in Colorado, and has over 800 hours of training. Katie specializes in Injury Massage, Sports Massage, Trigger Point Therapy and Structural Bodywork, with training in many more modalities. Katie has extensive experience working with professional and semi-professional athletes to help prepare them for their events, and to recover quickly afterwards. Katie approaches massage with the mind-set that she is a super hero and is saving the world one body at a time.