Rapture Massage Tacoma.
Changing your life for the better, one touch at a time.
3.22.2023 CONSTRUCTION STILL GOING ON - We're Open!
Just a head's up that there is road construction currently happening on North I Street at 2nd and Division. Our portion of North I Street is currently only one way. Please allow extra time for parking. There are angled spaces on 2nd St on both sides of I St. Also, 7-11 has been generous enough to allow clients to park in the spots closest to the streets.
This also means that at times there might be extra street noise. While the interruptions have been fairly minimal, we do have disposable ear plugs to provide in case it's disruptive. Please don't hesitate to ask as we want to ensure the most relaxing experience possible.
Thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing on our tables!
ABOUT RAPTURE
Our sole mission is to improve your life with one healing touch at a time. Whether you're experiencing pain, recovery from injury or surgery, anxiety...or you just want to feel amazing, we're here to help. Our extra amenities like hot towels, aromatherapy add another dimension to the experience.
Let us show you the joy, or RAPTURE, of reclaiming your wellbeing and sense of self.
MEET OUR STAFF
ROSIE LANGLOIS, LMT
She/Her
License #MA00022690
Rosie graduated from Ashmead School of Massage in 2006 and has 16 years of massage experience, mostly in clinical treatment settings. She loves deep tissue work and has an affinity for neck and shoulder work because of an old injury from childhood. This injury has led to a lifetime of managing her own body everyday to keep it functional! Rosie massages with sympathy, compassion, and intuition. She is currently studying Reiki and has been attuned to Level 1.
Rosie is also a mother to four wonderful kids ranging in age from 21 to 5 years. In her free time she enjoys traveling to the coast with family. She enjoys reading, music, and movies.
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By appointment only
June is a lifelong Tacoma resident and a 2019 graduate of Clover Park Technical College's massage program. They were inspired to become a massage therapist out of a desire to help others, and their approach centers collaboration, communication, and belonging. They see massage as a transformative healthcare practice, and believe all people should feel safe experiencing its benefits regardless of age, ability, gender, size, culture, or class. After noticing improved mind-body connections through receiving bodywork, they find it truly rewarding to provide bodywork for others.
June loves getting to know clients and tailoring their treatments to meet each person's specific needs and goals. They blend relaxation and deep tissue techniques to build sessions that flow between soothing and therapeutic. In addition to Swedish Massage, they are trained in cupping, trigger point therapy, and myofascial release.
When they're not massaging, June enjoys playing guitar, songwriting, furniture upholstery, leatherwork, and video games. They spend most of their free time hanging out at home with their spouse, dog, and cats.
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JO ANDERSON, LMT
They/Them
License MA#60914891
Jo Anderson is deeply passionate about human bodies and our many wacky experiences with them. They are formally trained in Swedish Deep Tissue massage techniques, Relaxation massage, Myofascial Release, Triggerpoint, Acupressure, Aromatherapy, Pre-natal and Ashiatsu massage. Jo completed their education through Alexandar School of Natural Therapeutics and Massage in 2017 and received additional certification for Ashiatsu through Deep Feet Bar Therapy. Clients have described their style as nurturing, trance inducing, renewing and relieving.
In a typical session with Jo you can expect to receive deep tissue work, trigger-point, relaxation techniques and energy work. They take great pride in creating unique treatment plans for all types of bodies and people including manual laborers, office workers, parents of all kinds, and folks seeking to improve their mental health, manage chronic pain and find an overall respite from the demands of daily life. Jo believes massage can benefit anyone and serves as an excellent tool to aid in injury recovery, reset a prolonged sympathetic nervous system response and in every session they seek to foster an individualized experience for restorative healing.
Outside of work Jo enjoys exploring the community with their faithful dog Sandy, crafting with recycled materials, cooking for their delightful roommates and listening to every type of podcast under the sun!
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KAREN OYAMA, LMT
She/Her
License #MA60678905
A strong, yet intuitive massage therapist, Karen is a graduate of Discovery Point School of Massage in Seattle. Her style is a potent combination of deep body work, Sports massage, and firm Swedish techniques. She is a native of the Pacific
Northwest and is married with two children. In her free time, Karen loves to run, bike, swim and
hike. She also spends a lot of time at her son’s soccer games and tennis matches.
Prior to becoming a massage therapist, Karen used her degree in Food Science to work as a microbiologist and then in research and development for a food manufacturing company.
After staying at home for a few years to raise her kids, Karen began searching for a new career – something where she felt she could make a positive impact in people’s lives, something that would be rewarding for her and others. Having always been a proponent of natural medicine and having a deep fascination of how the body moves, she went back to school to become a massage therapist.
Karen believes that massage is a collaborative process between the client and therapist. Her quality education, ongoing continuing education, as well as her work at a medical massage clinic, have given her the knowledge to work with her clients to meet their therapeutic goals, be that treatment or relaxation. She is known to put her clients at ease and adapt her style to their needs. Nothing is more rewarding to her than a satisfied client!
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Carol Bui, LMT and Owner
She/Her
License #MA60354041
Carol graduated from the Alexandar School of Natural Therapeutics in early 2013. She is well versed in Swedish, Triggerpoint and Myofascial Release techniques for injury treatment, but she firmly believes that a session can be relaxing as well as therapeutic. As a therapist she is versatile and sensitive to individual needs, whether it is deep relaxation, treatment for various conditions or somewhere in between. She finds immense joy in being part of a clients' healing and life enrichment process.
Before she discovered her love for bodywork, she wore many different hats. Throughout her college years at George Mason University, where she earned a BS in Information Technology, she also taught group exercise classes at various local fitness centers. Certified by the American Council of Exercise (ACE), her repertoire included step aerobics, cardio-kickboxing, indoor cycling and strength training classes at the George Mason University Aquatic and Fitness Center, Gold's Gym and Bally's Total fitness.
Following her graduation from college in December of 2004, she became a software engineer for a small media software company in Northern Virginia but eventually realized she is not meant to sit in front of a computer coding all day. After almost five years, she ended her stint at the software company to do some soul searching, and met her then-future-husband shortly thereafter. They moved to the Pacific NW a year later where they married, and this gave her a chance to to explore a brand new path.
Carol knew she was meant to help people in some way. Still exploring options, she got re-certified to teach group exercise and taught belly dance aerobics at a small dance studio in South Tacoma called The Toybox. Yet she wanted to play a more active and personal role in the health and wellness of individuals on a one-on-one basis, and that led her to study massage therapy. Once she began her studies at Alexandar School, she knew it was a perfect fit.
When she is not in the office, Carol loves to spend time with her spouse and two young daughters. She is also an Egyptian style dancer and singer-songwriter.
Carol firmly believes in the healing power of touch, music and dance.
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Contact Carol
carol@rapturemassageandbodyworks.com
By appointment only.