I am the owner of the Universal Connection Healing Arts Center, LLC. I'm a Certified Massage Therapist and Reiki Master offering Massage and Therapeutic techniques that include Swedish, Deep Tissue, Geriatric, Sports, Prenatal, Hot Stone, Biodynamic Cranial Sacral combined with Polarity Therapy, Rain Drop Therapy, Healing with Crystals, Acupressure and Reflexology. I also, teach multiple levels of both Holy Fire and Karuna Reiki. I encourage holistic approaches to health, offer quality massage and bodywork services in the Winona, Minnesota and La Crosse, WI area. 

 

 

My Journey

I received my massage therapist certification through Southeast Technical College in Winona, MN. The massage and therapeutic techniques that I have studied include Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports, Hot Stone therapy, Kinesiology, Special Populations for pregnancy, Geriatrics for the Elderly, Body Wraps, Acupressure and Reflexology. I enjoyed learning about Essential Oils Chemistry, its benefits, Emotional Release with Essential Oils, and use of Healing oils of the Bible through the Center for Aromatherapy Research and Education. I also studied Biodynamic Craniosacral and Polarity Therapy and received certification in 1997 from the Colorado School of Energy Studies in Boulder, CO.

I acquired level I, II and Master level Reiki training in 1994 through Mary Durgin, Karuna Reiki Master from Melbourne, FL. I also obtained Karuna Reiki Master Level attunements in Holy Fire Karuna Reiki at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England through William Lee Rand, International Center of Reiki Training. I am a Hospice volunteer for Winona Health in Winona, MN and have volunteered my massage services to assisted living and nursing homes within Wabasha and Winona County.  

I have had a guided lifetime of love and support within my life through experience and upbringing that has lead me into a beautiful path of helping people to feel better. My mentor and true friend was my mother Helen Durgin, who was a respected Home-Health, Hospice and Respite Care volunteer. I was raised on a family farm and learned to live off the land, raising produce for co-ops and caring for animals. Much of this upbringing has brought me to where I am today.

Massage and bodywork are beneficial in reaching health goals, while attaining a sense of overall well-being.  Knowing these benefits and seeing the health differences they make, have opened my eyes and heart to serve others.  I find pure enjoyment in using these practices to help people achieve an overall mind and body wholeness.  Through this work I have been able to connect with my inner spirituality and grow from within. I love connecting with people through this work and know I have found my calling.