Bodyworkers at The Ranch
Amy Budke, CMT
Amy offers a powerful massage experience combining Eastern and Western styles. She fuses Swedish and Deep Tissue massage with Oriental techniques such as Acupressure, Tuina (hand rolling), and Tapotement.
She is currently studying Five Element Acupuncture. The intent of her work is to bring clarity and harmony to one's soul, mind and self. After working with Amy, one is left feeling relaxed to the core. Her approach is integrative and deeply influenced by her own yoga practice.
Swedish Massage
Deep Tissue/Neuromuscular Therapy
Integrative Massage (Guided Breathwork and Stretching)
Acupressure
Hot Stone Therapy
Tuina
Polarity Therapy
Reiki
Renee Frances
Renee is returning to the Feathered Pipe for her third year. Renee, founder of Studio Toccata and massage therapist, was was raised on a Montana ranch in the heart of Flint Creek Valley.
She is an improvisational musician and performance artist as well as a massage therapist. These experiences have helped Renee develop a unique approach to healing work.
In 1996 she began her practice after attending Heartwood Institute in Garberville, California, advancing her studies in Oriental Bodywork at Big Sky Somatic Institute in Helena, Montana. Renee provides a deep yet gentle blend of methods used in China, Thailand, and Japan along with Swedish and Deep Tissue from the West. This combination of techniques are intended to remove blockages, balance your body's energies and allow you to experience greater freedom!
With ten years experience, extensive massage therapy training and keen intuition, you will feel confidence, skill and healing in Renee's touch.
Quotes from Happy Clients:
"I wouldn't really call what you do massage, it's more like body-mending."
"I was about to have my jaw broken and wired shut to help my TMJ but one 15-minute session with Renee and the pain is gone."
"My bowels were all stopped up, the work Renee did on my stomach helped relieve the pain and bloating."
"Renee's work is as much energizing as it is relaxing, I didn't feel groggy after the session, and I was ready to return to work."
Michael Fraser, CMT
A student of Yoga, Michael practices transformational bodywork throughout the U.S. and enjoys working with individuals engaged in intentional practices and retreats. His work is highly intuitive and he focuses on the "Power of Presence" as a catalyst to help clients move through particularly challenging stuck places and support physical, emotional and spiritual transformation. His clients include many Yoga teachers, MDs, ND,s Psychotherapists, and other professionals. Michael offers 1 hr., 1.5 hr and 2 hour sessions, as well as TANDEM sessions with Dr. Edie Resto, ND, DC, LMT.
Michael Fraser, CMT, specializes in exceptionally thorough and comprehensive full body "Mega Massage" bodywork sessions specifically designed to each individual¹s needs drawing from a full range of techniques which include:
Traditional Swedish and Esalen Style Massage
Deep Tissue Massage
Hot Stone Therapy
Accupressure
CranioSacral Therapy
Energy Process Work