Licensed bodyworkers
John Hanron
Licensed Massage Therapist
MA60101600
John (he/him) believes in the body’s natural ability to heal itself, and sees his role in creating a safe and nurturing space for that to happen. Integrating long, slow myofascial strokes with Swedish and deep tissue work, along with Reiki and craniosacral techniques, John works slowly and with focused intention and heart energy to transport his clients to a deep level of relaxation. Combining intuitive touch with a keen sense of anatomy, he can help dysfunctional muscles let go and return to a more natural state of freedom.
Before starting his massage practice in 2009, John worked as a bicycle messenger, retail clerk, carpenter, emergency medical technician, mountain guide, ski patroller, photojournalist and newspaper editor. He graduated with honors from Port Townsend School of Massage, commuting across the mountains to school while running a small community weekly newspaper in the Methow Valley of North Central Washington. After hanging his shingle in the idyllic mountain town of Twisp, he continued to make the cross-Cascades trip weekly to do massage therapy and help manage a hydrotherapy spa in Snohomish. He also established solo practices on Capitol Hill and in Fremont.
John is the founder and manager of Sacred Rain Healing Center.
Licensed Massage Therapist
MA60101600
John (he/him) believes in the body’s natural ability to heal itself, and sees his role in creating a safe and nurturing space for that to happen. Integrating long, slow myofascial strokes with Swedish and deep tissue work, along with Reiki and craniosacral techniques, John works slowly and with focused intention and heart energy to transport his clients to a deep level of relaxation. Combining intuitive touch with a keen sense of anatomy, he can help dysfunctional muscles let go and return to a more natural state of freedom.
Before starting his massage practice in 2009, John worked as a bicycle messenger, retail clerk, carpenter, emergency medical technician, mountain guide, ski patroller, photojournalist and newspaper editor. He graduated with honors from Port Townsend School of Massage, commuting across the mountains to school while running a small community weekly newspaper in the Methow Valley of North Central Washington. After hanging his shingle in the idyllic mountain town of Twisp, he continued to make the cross-Cascades trip weekly to do massage therapy and help manage a hydrotherapy spa in Snohomish. He also established solo practices on Capitol Hill and in Fremont.
John is the founder and manager of Sacred Rain Healing Center.
William Leigh
East Asian Medicine Practitioner
AC60418935
On Sabbatical until Summer 2023
"The best part of being a health care practitioner is helping people from all walks of life." William enjoys getting to know his patients, discovering their situation, revealing their motivation, then working together to develop optimal health.
William (he/him) uses an integrative combination of acupuncture and structural medicine in his practice. He combines traditional acupuncture and injection therapy with multiple massage modalities including SOMA structural integration, craniosacral therapy, Thai massage, external Qigong, and others. He has found that he often has success in helping to relieve chronic headaches, neck pain and temporal mandibular joint dysfunction. He has helped many patients recover from recent sports injuries and chronic auto accident trauma. He also works with his patients to optimize physical function with SOMA Structural Integration and Qigong instruction.
William teaches Qigong classes Saturday mornings and is a teacher with the Kaleidoscope Meditation Group that meets Tuesday evenings at Sacred Rain.
East Asian Medicine Practitioner
AC60418935
On Sabbatical until Summer 2023
"The best part of being a health care practitioner is helping people from all walks of life." William enjoys getting to know his patients, discovering their situation, revealing their motivation, then working together to develop optimal health.
William (he/him) uses an integrative combination of acupuncture and structural medicine in his practice. He combines traditional acupuncture and injection therapy with multiple massage modalities including SOMA structural integration, craniosacral therapy, Thai massage, external Qigong, and others. He has found that he often has success in helping to relieve chronic headaches, neck pain and temporal mandibular joint dysfunction. He has helped many patients recover from recent sports injuries and chronic auto accident trauma. He also works with his patients to optimize physical function with SOMA Structural Integration and Qigong instruction.
William teaches Qigong classes Saturday mornings and is a teacher with the Kaleidoscope Meditation Group that meets Tuesday evenings at Sacred Rain.
Renata Padilha
Licensed Massage Therapist
MA60255486
During her pregnancy in Hawaii in 2008, Renata (she/her) fully realized the importance of health and wellness. She has always loved the idea of what massage therapy can do for one’s well-being as a natural way to create balance to the body and mind. She attended massage school a few years later in Seattle and learned natural ways of nurturing the body. Helping people become free of pain through touch is fascinating and is definitely on her life path.
Her massage style has a "heart-felt touch" because she works with compassion at the center of every session. Her 10 years of experience working with clients in a chiropractic clinic, sports rehabilitation and spas has allowed her to create a good sense of what the body needs with pressure and technique.
She is honored to get to know you and treat your body temple.
Slade Powell
Licensed Massage Therapist
MA60363727
Slade (he/they) has practiced massage in Washington state since 2013, since they discovered the joy of supporting all kinds of people through therapeutic touch. Slade's background in energy work, intuitive readings, and supporting clients in trusting their intuition/inner guidance helps them to create a safe, open, supportive environment in the treatment room. Slade's work utilizes myofascial, craniosacral, and energy healing techniques to identify and address your biggest issues with a caring touch. Enjoy long, slow, thorough bodywork with a relaxing vibe and therapeutic intention for a whole-body tune-up and energetic cleanse. Specialties include migraines, headaches, hip/low back pain, and emotional grounding.
Emilie Garzon
Licensed Massage Therapist
MA61189108
Emilie (she/they) was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and recently relocated to Seattle from Florida. She speaks fluent Spanish and English equally. Habla Inglés y Español con fluidez por igual. She began studying massage therapy in 2018 and began her journey at a resort spa on Sanibel Island for two years; it was there that she found her passion for making people feel amazing in their bodies. Before every massage she sets an intention to bring healing, peace and serenity to every person that she works with, and holds an environment that will make you feel safe, heard and valued. Emilie is best suited for those seeking to come out of the 'fight or flight' state that most of us are in on a daily basis, using broad palliative strokes to gently guide the body into a parasympathetic nervous system state, where physical and energetic healing can take place. Emilie carries her belief and knowledge of Reiki into all of her treatments using her hands as a channel for physical pain relief, emotional restoration, or simply a moment of peace. She loves serving the community of Ballard and bringing a new level of restoration to her clients.
Jacqueline Blackmore
Licensed Massage Therapist
MA61214900
Jacqueline (she/her) has felt called to massage her whole life. After trying out careers in lab settings, tech, and fisheries, just to name a few, she finally listened to the voice urging her to follow her passion. She now wakes up every day excited to create space for people to heal, whether that's on the massage table, in an honest open conversation with a friend, or hosting events for people to express themselves fully. Jacqueline's massage style is for those looking to slow down and come back into their body. She loves working with first time massage clients and opening people up to the incredible and diverse world of body work. She is currently training at the Center for Mindful Body Awareness, with special interest in working with clients recovering from trauma and substance use. She meets every client where they're at and treats each appointment as sacred.
Kat Murray
Licensed Massage Therapist
MA61248975
Kat (she/they) is a nurturing massage therapist who is passionate about creating a safe space for people to rest and ground into their bodies. Her massage is gentle yet firm, slow and heart-centered. She believes that for healing to happen within massage, clients should not experience pain. However, she will collaborate with you to find a depth that is both satisfying and useful. Sessions are led by intuition, a trauma-informed lens, and whatever wisdom the body is open to sharing. Their work incorporates Swedish, myofascial, neuromuscular, deep tissue, and Reiki techniques, all founded with a thorough understanding of muscle anatomy. Kat especially enjoys working with other healers, artists, service industry professionals, and folks of the LGBTQIA+ community. She received her education through Discovery Point School of Massage, and continues to learn with each and every client.
Skylar Thompson
Licensed Massage Therapist
MA60415514
Skylar (she/her) has been doing massage since 2013. She was drawn to practice massage therapy because of its effects on depression and anxiety, and also realized that it would be a good way to stay in shape, with all that moving around the table and using one's body. Skylar believes that massage therapy is strong medicine, and it’s important to take time to care for your body and rest. Massage is special because though it is attempted, it can never truly be replaced by a machine. Skylar thinks massage is magical because it is ancient and connects us to who we are on a primal level. Skylar’s massage is always relaxing, grounding, and flowing. Her goal is to create space in the body for movement with ease. Some modalities she’s learned are Swedish, Reflexology, Craniosacral, Myofascial Release, Reiki, Sports Massage, Indian Head Massage, Hawaiian Lomi-Lomi, and specific muscle Deep Tissue techniques.
Casimir Kotarski
Licensed Massage Therapist
MA61111693
Casimir graduated from Discoverypoint School of Massage in 2020 with training in Swedish Massage, Myofascial Techniques, and Neuromuscular work. He combines both a clinical and intuitive approach that encourages client direction, honoring specific requests, and using one's breath. His style prioritizes relaxation of the nervous system and fascial unwinding by attuning his pressure to each unique tissue's edge of resistance. Casimir's additional interests include scar remediation, trigger point work, and trauma-informed care. Growing up in a family and culture that did not prioritize building somatic awareness or communication skills, he found bodywork to be one of the first places that he could get out of his head, practice speaking up and accepting care, and begin cultivating a relationship to slowness. He continues to be sustained by his work, as he takes joy in being a witness to people's wonder at the body's innate intelligence and capacity for relaxing pleasure. He aims to provide a shame-free space in which people can show up as they are. As a member of the community he loves to work with the queer and trans community, also those new to bodywork who are discovering what they like, folks that need help metabolizing experiences that feel stuck in their body, and caregivers that struggle to find time for their own resourcing . Beyond the management of chronic or acute pain, you will leave Casimir's table feeling cared for and connected.
Licensed Naturopathic Physician
Blake Dennis, N.D.
NT60911568
Dr. Blake Dennis received his Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in 2018. He specializes in mind/body, physical, vibrational and herbal medicines. He is practiced in healing musculoskeletal, GI, cardiac, mental/ emotional and neurologic conditions as well as diabetes, chronic pain and fatigue.
He believes that illness or disease typically develops in reaction to an insult, injury, imbalance (excess/deficiency) or blockage occurring on a level of the mind-body-spirit complex and can be seen playing out on all levels of being. His goal is to figure out what level the insult occurred and facilitate healing, bringing your system back into balance.
He loves guiding people through their unique healing journey, moving back into balance while learning the skills or lessons necessary to regain a state of their best health.
Prior to his education in primary care as a Naturopathic Physician he spent his time practicing as a spiritual and life coach, helping clients clearing mental and emotional blocks with hypnosis, EFT, NLP and healing on all levels of being with energy medicine.
- Physical Medicine (ie. cranial-sacral therapy, visceral manipulation, osteopathic manipulation, myo-fascial manipulation, massage, NMES, injection therapy, dry needling...)
- Mind-Body Medicine (ie. biofeedback, meditation, hypnosis, EFT, EMDR...)
- Herbal Medicine
- Diet/ Lifestyle/ Behavioral Counseling
- Motivational Interviewing/ Health Coaching
- Environmental Medicine
- Vibrational Medicine (ie. homeopathy, sound healing, energy work)
- Nutritional Supplementation
- Pharmaceuticals (if need be, preferably temporarily)
NT60911568
Dr. Blake Dennis received his Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in 2018. He specializes in mind/body, physical, vibrational and herbal medicines. He is practiced in healing musculoskeletal, GI, cardiac, mental/ emotional and neurologic conditions as well as diabetes, chronic pain and fatigue.
He believes that illness or disease typically develops in reaction to an insult, injury, imbalance (excess/deficiency) or blockage occurring on a level of the mind-body-spirit complex and can be seen playing out on all levels of being. His goal is to figure out what level the insult occurred and facilitate healing, bringing your system back into balance.
He loves guiding people through their unique healing journey, moving back into balance while learning the skills or lessons necessary to regain a state of their best health.
Prior to his education in primary care as a Naturopathic Physician he spent his time practicing as a spiritual and life coach, helping clients clearing mental and emotional blocks with hypnosis, EFT, NLP and healing on all levels of being with energy medicine.
- THERAPIES -
- Physical Medicine (ie. cranial-sacral therapy, visceral manipulation, osteopathic manipulation, myo-fascial manipulation, massage, NMES, injection therapy, dry needling...)
- Mind-Body Medicine (ie. biofeedback, meditation, hypnosis, EFT, EMDR...)
- Herbal Medicine
- Diet/ Lifestyle/ Behavioral Counseling
- Motivational Interviewing/ Health Coaching
- Environmental Medicine
- Vibrational Medicine (ie. homeopathy, sound healing, energy work)
- Nutritional Supplementation
- Pharmaceuticals (if need be, preferably temporarily)
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