Vicki Hawse, LMT 15123

BA  Cum Laude, Elementary Education, minors in science and special education

U. S. Peace Corps Volunteer 1988-1990 as Teacher Trainer on the island of Leyte, in the Philippines

Taught English as a Second Language (ESL) in Taiwan and the US

Worked for Pacific Crest Outward Bound School in California from 1992-1998 as Logistics Manager

Practicing therapeutic massage full time since 1999.

Taught massage and medical massage at New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts in Santa Fe, NM from 2003-2013, and have continued teaching massage here in Colorado since 2014.

I believe that the mind reflects the body, and the body reflects the mind. The more fluid and open we are in one, it will reflect in the other. I also believe that we have unlimited potential to change.  I think of my work as removing obstacles. I believe when obstructions or blocks are freed up in the body, it creates the possibility for unlimited new potentials – new ranges of motion, new ways of thinking, new attitudes and perspectives even. On a physiological perspective, it frees up our fluid systems to travel the body and maintain optimal health.

I see each massage as both an artistic event and an exploration in anatomy; with a focus on listening – both to what the client expresses, and to what I feel in their body. Some words to describe my work: Deep, Slow, Patient, Purposeful, Intelligent, Curious, Interested, Specific. Sculpting, Perceptive.

When clients are interested, I enjoy educating them about what I discover in their body. This empowers my clients to exercise and stretch more specifically and purposefully.

When you understand what is going on in your body, and what in your daily activities contributes to both healthy function and dysfunction, you can begin to make some changes that contribute to feeling great in your body and allow you to do the things you love to do.

All we really have in this world is our body, and feeling great in your body is priceless.