About Me

Jennifer attended Brenneke School of Massage in 2004, which felt like an obvious choice for a career after struggling between dance and hospitality work. She believed her understanding the physical demands of these jobs would help her relate to her clients. While the academic work was challenging, her palpation skills and intuitive understanding of the body's tension came naturally to her. In her basic Swedish class, she would often irritate the instructor with questions about the sensations she was feeling while her classmates focused on learning stroke techniques. To pass her first semester, she relied heavily on tutoring from her classmates in Kinesiology and Anatomy and Physiology. However, when the second semester began and she started Advanced Massage Techniques, Jennifer quickly became the tutor for her classmates. She went from barely passing her written exams to achieving the highest grades on the practical hands-on exams. Jennifer had discovered her true calling, but she also recognized the need to deepen her understanding of the human body.

In 2008, after the school was renamed Cortiva, she took over the position of educational clinic manager, teaching massage and improving the business while refining the clinic curriculum. Over the next seven years at Cortiva, the clinic welcomed thousands of clients, giving Jennifer the opportunity to see these clients through the eyes of her students, while also sharing her knowledge and perspective with them. This extensive experience provided Jennifer with a unique understanding of various injuries that she may not have otherwise encountered. After leaving Cortiva, Jennifer held several massage therapist positions in local West Seattle clinics, quickly advancing to the role of manager. However, these managerial positions never felt right to her, and after the birth of her son, she ultimately decided to give up management and refocus on massage.

Jennifer loves challenges and is willing to tackle your pain, whether it's a new injury or lingering pain that just will not go away. She incorporates gentle, jostling, and firm strokes throughout the body, which allows her to get into deeper structures that normally cannot be reached. She believes in full body health, so her sessions often include a full body intention finished with a touch of energy work.