
our team

Shannon Rackham, RMT
Registered Massage Therapist
and
Co-Owner
Shannon graduated in 2014 from the Ontario College of Health and Technology in Stoney Creek, earning her diploma in Massage Therapy. 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, all while integrating techniques that are designed to elicit the relaxation response.
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
Registered Massage Therapist
and
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).
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