Booking with Viveca Massage & Wellness for the first time? Welcome! Please read this section carefully to ensure a smooth first-time booking experience. Please request an appointment by selecting “Phone Consultation” and choose the date and time you’d like us to call you for your free 20-minute consultation. We look forward to speaking with you about how therapeutic massage can help you achieve your wellness goals. * New patients must have a Phone Consultation prior to booking any in-person services. * For Grief Massage, your first appointment should be 90 minutes, to allow ample time for intake and hands-on treatment time. * For Therapeutic Massage, your first appointment can be either 75 or 90 minutes, to allow ample time for intake, assessment, and hands-on treatment time.

~ A place of refuge in your grief ~

Grief-induced stress can manifest as physical symptoms such as sleep disruption, headaches, and tightness in the jaw, neck, and shoulders. Grief can be physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting, and can leave people feeling stuck inside their heads and hearts, disconnected from their physical body. It can feel particularly intense during the first year (or longer) following a loss, and around marker days such as anniversaries and holidays. Viveca Massage & Wellness provides a safe and nurturing environment for grief support offered through gentle therapeutic massage.

Tanya Thomlinson is an experienced Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) with a particular focus on supporting patients experiencing grief and loss. She has taken specialized courses in grief theory, the grieving process, and the effects of grief stress on the physical body. Tanya has also been trained in intraoral Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) massage.