Our Therapists

Jared Teschke, RMT, Certified Somatic Educator

As a graduate from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy in Victoria BC, Jared is committed to helping clients with their wellness goals.  He is passionate about helping individuals, and pays close attention to each moment of his sessions.
Whether you are recovering from an injury or surgery, have whiplash from a car accident, or are seeking the ultimate relaxation massage, Jared is able to help your body and mind unwind.

Having a holistic approach to healing, Jared offers a conscious nudge to his treatments, incorporating the client’s first person perspective of felt sense as part of the assessment and treatment. He listens to your primary concerns and goals, and then uses focused Massage Therapy and Somatics to release and retrain your muscles and nervous system. You will be taught and prescribed an easy, effective home-care exercise to help maintain your positive results.
Outside of practice Jared is a keen mountain biker, snowboarder, backcountry enthusiast, beach lover & musician.

Melanie Linka, R. Ac, RMT

Melanie’s sessions aim to guide your nervous system to unwind and replenish, which supports the body’s innate healing capacity.

With a background as an RMT, she weaves together Eastern & Western ideologies, and meets each person where they are in their journey of well-being.  Whether you are hoping to overcome physical tension and pain through an orthopedic lens, or alleviate systemic conditions such as stress, headaches, sleep or digestive disorders (to name just a few,) she is here to help you unfurl the layers of your unique physiology.  

By addressing the underlying causes of disease, not just the symptoms, Melanie takes an individual, ‘whole-person’ approach to healing. She aims to create a safe enviornment where clients are involved in the treatment process, and become educated and empowered to create positive lifestyle changes in day to day life.  She believes that we all deserve to feel a sense of ease, rejuvenation, and harmony in body, mind and spirit.  

Jesse Hansen, RMT

Chris Humeniuk, RMT

Since Chris graduated and became an RMT in 1994 she has learned the most important aspect of her job is to help people identify, and correct or manage the patterns that promote pain or discomfort and limit range of motion.
 
Chris believes that these chronic symptoms can often decrease day to day quality of life, can cause poor sleep, (which equals poor healing and recovery) and keep us from participating fully in the activities that feed our soul and bring joy and wellness.
 
Over the years her therapy style has evolved to incorporate the best of classic Swedish relaxation techniques (effleurage, kneading,) with clinical treatment applications (trigger point therapy, muscle stripping) which she has found to be extremely effective in treating conditions such as headaches, chronic back, neck and shoulder pain, sports injuries, as well as physical or life stress issues.

She looks forward to helping you rehabilitate, alleviate and rejuvenate.