Professional, Experienced Massage

Sally Ledgerwood, LMP, Reiki Master
The pathway to massage and healing has been a wandering one for me. I came to Reiki through the health of my best friend's husband. He was diagnosed with malignant melanoma and given 6 months to live. That was in 1979 and he is going strong today. He choose alternative medicine, nutrition and energy work for his healing, and as I watched him improve, I knew there was a strong message there and I took my first degree Reiki course in 1980 to be able to experience and share this powerful healing modality. Several moves, several jobs and many years later, I ended up back where I had grown up in Eastern Washington. Twelve years in the corporate world had left my health effected by stress in a negative way. I met a fellow professional during that time that gave me my second degree in Reiki. A massage gift certificate led me to an amazing woman who planted the seed for a new direction in my life — massage.

I “dropped out” and went to massage school at the East West College of the Healing Arts (www.ewcha.com) in Portland, Oregon where I studied Eastern modalities as well as Swedish and treatment massage plus additional energy work. I also took my Master Level of Reiki during that time and began teaching Reiki to my fellow students. Energy work is a natural with massage and I love sharing through hands-on as well as teaching. I look to give each client a deeply relaxing experience in addition to addressing any specific issues. I use a variety of modalities through a session and through continuing education classes, continue to add to my knowledge and skills.

I taught massage at Whatcom Community College for two years, helping them to start-up their new massage program and develop it from the ground up. That was fun! I now sit on the advisory board and help guide the program.I also had my own private massage practice in Bellingham for four years before I purchased Green Touch in April 2004. Green Touch was a place to use many of my skills from previous jobs and careers - Business, Human Resources Management, retail, and of course massage and Reiki. I had found a home, for a while anyway. My desire was that Green Touch be a center for health and healing, as well as education about both. I wanted the center to serve the local massage community and support them as well as serving our clients, friends and families. All that happened, and then the economy took a turn. Now I have my own private practice again, with many clients who have been with me for my whole time in Bellingham. New clients are always welcome, however! I love being back in a more personal, slower paced environment with a flexible schedule to meet client and family time requests.