Indigo Massage Healing Center Acupuncture CranioSacral Easthampton MA

Indigo Massage Healing Center Co-Creators: Joe and Charity

For those that have spent more than 20 minutes with us, you have probably already heard our passion for what we do. We're looking to help facilitate people's healing process, whether it is through our bodywork or just a statement that we may say in passing, something that makes you think. Our passion has brought us from a one room massage studio to a larger healing center where we can network with other healers to help people find the right match and the right space for their own healing work.

When we work we offer more than a massage. We offer a healing session. But we don’t call ourselves Indigo Healers because we don't heal you. We know that YOU do that work. We just help you balance, help you find a space for yourself where you can reconnect and unwind. Our goal is to have you feel like the pieces have been put back together and you can go out and do what is called of you in these changing times.

That said, we are skilled massage therapists with experience working at chiropractors as well as spas. We've worked with athletes, marathon runners and golfers who have said that their races and games were improved by our work. We have worked with those who sit too much, work too much and hold too much stress in their bodies. We've worked with elderly, people with MS, and people recovering from injuries. We've had great success with children, particularly those dealing with ADHD or other emotional issues. It is our belief that a lot can be released through the body.

We were both trained and have taught at The Amherst School of Massage Therapy
(500 hours of techniques and A&P). The school offers basic massage training, which we have expanded on through numerous additional courses and hours of practice on each other. We took additional Shiatsu training with Xiaqiang Zhao, and a year long energywork course with Devita Birdwell through Temple Academies. We have Usui and Angelic Reiki training with Dr. Michael Verrilli and our Reiki Master with Nona Hatay and have studied the mind/body connection with Joseph F. Brescia. We have taken CranioSacral Therapy I and II through Upledger Institute, and Aromatherapy training with David Crow of Floracopia. We have studied personal growth work with Jessie Ayani and we are always continuing to learn.

Joe has worked at just about every job possible before being able to live his dream as a Massage Therapist. His experience as a certified nurses assistant brings him awareness of people's different situations and how he can best help them. His years of manual labor in various jobs has made him very strong and dexterous with his hands (If you have come to us you probably already know this!) Joe also has passion for learning and growing. He devours spiritual books and channeled information, and is able to process it in a way that changes his life and gives him something to offer those clients that may benefit from his knowledge. Joe just completed his first life coach training and is now studying with the Psychosynthesis Center to offer more counseling and dialogue work for his clients

Charity graduated from Smith College with her B.S. in psychology before beginning three years of travel. She led sea kayaking trips in Baja, Mexico, studied natural health from a Mayan woman in San Cristobal de las Casas, and helped establish a rainforest preserve in Costa Rica. She also worked as an au pair and volunteered at an orphanage in Morocco. Although immensely happy with her adventures she was ready to return to the US to help people at home. She found massage and fell in love with the work. You can feel her natural healing touch and loving presence as she works from her heart. Charity is currently studying Transformation Kinesiology.

Licensed Massage Therapists:

Kate earned both a Bachelors degree in Health Science and a Masters degree in Community Health Education from SUNY Cortland. As a graduate assistant with the Health Education Office, Kate specialized in the areas HIV/AIDS education, alcohol and substance abuse education and prevention, eating disorder awareness, and women's health and sexuality. Immediately following the completion of her graduate degree, Kate began her studies in the healing arts at the Onondaga School of Therapeutic Massage in Rochester, NY. She maintains professional licenses in New York State and Massachusetts in Massage Therapy. Kate is also a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC, a member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners, and is certified through Columbia University as a Holistic Health Counselor. Kate serves as a counselor, educator and healer working to reconnect each individual to their own innate ability to heal. Her services currently include massage, craniosacral therapy, health and nutrition counseling and personal metabolic testing.

Acupuncture. Josh Vajcovec attended Trinity College for his undergraduate studies where he got a B.S. in psychology, minoring in health studies. Always keen on working with people, in the years before becoming an acupuncturist, Josh worked as a teacher, a bartender and built web-based communities on college campuses. He then pursued a Masters in acupuncture at the New England School of Acupuncture, the oldest acupuncture school in the U.S. Upon graduating, the faculty recognized him with the Compassionate Healer Award, an honor given once a year to a student who embodies the ideals of the school. He has experience working with diverse populations including inner-city and geriatric care and has treated a wide variety of conditions including stress and anxiety, IBS, insomnia, migraines, musculo-skeletal pain, GYN issues, smoking cessation and weight loss.

Wholistic Health, Homeopathy and Osteopathy. We consider it an honor to have someone with the experience and dedication of Dr. Bonnie on our staff. Dr. Bonnie has 20 years experience as a surgeon, instructor, counselor and health care provider. She begins her consultations by listening to your concerns and offering education that can help you learn more about your body, lifestyle and nutrition. She blends her knowledge with gentle hands on techniques such as advanced craniosacral, osteopathy and homeopathy and offers grounded suggestions that support your healing process for a change that you can really feel.

To schedule an appointment please call Indigo Massage at 413.584.9993. There is a 24 hr cancellation policy.