Healing Arts Center For Massage & Wellness

The Healing Arts Center for Massage & Wellness provides therapeutic massage for those of us who want to enhance the quality of our lives. It's a well-known fact that massage can decrease stress, boost our immunity, and reduce chronic health problems. Our therapists are specifically trained to provide individualized massage and bodywork. With solid professional training, extensive continuing education, and years of experience, our therapists can help relieve pain from arthritis or migraines, heal sports or repetitive motion injuries, or alleviate the discomforts of pregnancy. If you simply want to increase your sense of energy, well-being, and mental clarity, our therapists can provide an individualized program of massage and bodywork just for you.

Gloria Leininger Bio

Gloria's interest in massage therapy began a long time ago. Working in the medical field for 18 years, Gloria discovered that a holistic approach to self-care connects the effects of bodywork with the mind and spirit, and this complimentary connection not only promotes physical health but also can have a positive impact on one's overall well-being. Gloria completed her training certification for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork at the Ann Arbor Institute of Massage Therapy in 2001. She is licensed in the State of Michigan and Nationally Certified. Before opening the Healing Arts Center for Massage & Wellness, Gloria worked as a Radiation Therapist at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Cancer Care Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She also provided relaxation massage to cancer patients and instructed at the School of Orthopedic Massage & Bodywork teaching the Infant Massage curriculum. Through an integration of Swedish, Myofascial, and Neuromuscular Therapy, Gloria's knowledge and experience have allowed her to work with and help facilitate health for a wide variety of clients, from the over-stressed individual to those who suffer from chronic illnesses. With her additional specialized training in Mayan Abdominal Massage, CranioSacral, Lymph Drain, Pregnancy and Infant Massage, and intensive training in Trauma Release, Gloria's extensive knowledge and experience in therapeutic massage provides an individualized treatment program, based on a wide variety of options for everyone. Gloria's community involvement centers on organizations and activities that seek to promote ongoing health and wellness, assist cancer patients, and support proper treatment for mental illness. She is an active member of the Dexter Chamber of Commerce, Dexter Rotary, and A2WG (Ann Arbor Womens Group). Member of the West Washtenaw Business Association (WWBA). She also provided volunteer massage services at Arbor Hospice and has participated in numerous fundraiser walks for cancer prevention and

mental illness treatment.

Erin Beatty Bio

Erin's journey to becoming a massage therapist started while working as a personal trainer. Although clients exercised and watched their diets, many still suffered from stress. Erin had set a goal to help people live their lives full of peace and joy, and massage therapy was the clear path toward that aspiration. A native of Armada, Mich., Erin began her studies by learning Swedish and prenatal massage, hydrotherapy, and advanced anatomy and physiology at the Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin, Texas. She graduated with a certificate in Massage Therapy. Later, Erin went to Hawaii to study a number of techniques - Lomi Lomi, polarity therapy, chi nei tsang, hot stone massage, deep tissue techniques, accupressure, and radical self-care - at the Aloha Institute of Healing Arts in Kailua. To learn more about Eastern culture and traditional Japanese medicine, she went on to study at the Heisei International Institute in Osaka. With her clients, Erin strives to stay present in each moment to create what she calls a mindful approach to massage, focusing on the breath, body, and spirit to bring balance and harmony to those she serves.