our team
Shannon Rackham, RMT, R.AC, R.BIE
Co-Owner
Shannon graduated in 2014 from the Ontario College of Health and Technology earning her diploma in Massage Therapy, and in 2020 graduated from AIM Academy becoming a registered Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Acupuncturist.
She is committed to providing her clients short-term relief as well as improving their long-term health. She believes in not only treating the immediate area of pain but also aims to treat and correct the source of pain and dysfunction. Shannon accomplishes this through developing a personalized treatment plan for each individual and uses Micro Point Stimulation (MPS), myofascial release techniques, general Swedish massage, deep tissue and trigger point therapy.
Shannon has also obtained her registration in Traditional Chinese Acupuncture, graduating in 2020 from the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine Academy in Toronto.
Overview of Skills/Tools:
-Myofascial Release
-Trigger Point Therapy -Deep Tissue
-Acupuncture -Fire Cupping
-Guasha
-MPS Integrative Pain Management
Christopher Stuart, RMT, R.AC
Co-Owner
Christopher became a registered massage therapist in 2010 and before that has explored courses at Wilfred Laurier University for religion, culture, and philosophy and psychology. Christopher believes health is a dynamic process; you can't just rely on one area of health to be healthy. He believes a persons overall health can only be accomplished through a combination of good nutrition, exercise, a good nights sleep, and, what Carl Jung called, "individuation" or knowing your self fully, which Chris is seeking to achieve through mindful meditation.
Christopher's massage treatments differ from others in that he offers a variety of modalities that he can incorporate to each clients personalized treatment plan such as hot stones, contemporary acupuncture, ulrasound therapy, and MPS work.
Overview of Skills/Tools:
-Myofascial Release -Relaxation
-Deep tissue -Ultrasound
-Acupuncture (Contemporary and Traditional Chinese)
-MPS Integrative Pain Management
-MPS Scar Tissue Release
Joan Stuart RMFT, RP
Psychotherapist
Kind, caring, compassionate and skilled therapist dedicated to assisting people with a number of concerns to empower them to better manage their lives.
Areas of Speciality:
Individual, Couple and Family Counselling
Grief and loss
Anxiety and Depression
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Fetal Alcoholism Spectrum Disorder
Geriatric counselling
Presentations on Ambiguous loss, Grief and loss
Support groups for anxiety and depression and grief and loss
Background:
Special Education Resource Teacher and Guidance Counsellor – Waterloo Region District School Board (1975- 2005)
Clinician – Lutherwood Family Counselling (2005- 2015)
Sessional Instructor – Renison School of Social Work; University of Waterloo (2016)
Private Therapy Practice (2016).
Meghan Clarke
Registered Holistic Nutritionist
and
Registered BioEnergetics Practitioner
Meghan Clarke is a graduate of the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition earning her designation as a Registered Holistic Nutritionist. She is also a Registered BioEnergetics Practitioner. Prior to this she received a Bachelor of Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Meghan is passionate about educating individuals on the power of living holistically. Through healthy nutrition and lifestyle recommendations she will customize a wellness plan to support your journey to good health. In addition to nutritional support, Meghan also offers BioEnergetic Balancing. BioEnergetics (BIE), is a non- invasive technology that serves to identify specific stressors that the body cannot recognize and therefore aggravates the body. The GSR-120 modality is used to help normalize your body to the stressors, thus alleviating the body of symptoms.
A competitive athlete from a young age, she developed a love of nutrition early on to get an edge on her competition. As a high-level athlete she developed an ideal roadmap to support cognitive function through food and supplementation.
She has a special interest in supporting clients through their weight loss journey by addressing gut health, balancing blood sugar levels, hormones and encouraging healthier lifestyle choices. She also has experience with sports nutrition and pre and perinatal nutrition.
Her philosophy is: “if you don’t make time for your wellness now, you will have to make time for your illness later.”