Crystal uses a specific, and mindful approach to Massage Therapy by highlighting body awareness. She encourages her patients to tune in to their own mind-body connection. Individual needs and preferences are are curated with an open communication and treatment plans are agreed upon as a team, between the patient and therapist. Some of the modalities commonly used in Crystal’s Treatments. include: Swedish, Myofascial, Trigger point, Craniosacral, Treating the Fascial body, Neuromuscular, Perinatal, MET and Joint mobilizations, to name a few.

Crystal began her practice in 2017, following the Massage Therapy Program at WCCMT. She has experience treating a broad variety of injuries and conditions, as she began her first Placement at a Physiotherapy Clinic in East Vancouver.

With a keen interest in perinatal care, she was led to work with Elizabeth Martin RMT, and Doula at The Amethyst Healing Retreat. Access to a larger population of perinatal patients, allowed Crystal to gain hours working with patients throughout pregnancy and support optimal healing following birth.

Crystal attended Heather Gittens’ teachings at The Bodhi Tree, which offered unique ways to assess and treat the female pelvis, which included visceral manipulation for the uterus and the bladder. These new manual skills offered support for Women’s issues involving pelvic pain and conditions connected to inflammation, scar tissue and misalignment of the pelvis.

Therapy Health Studio in Mount Pleasant, broadened Crystal’s case load to urban athletes, health care professionals, trades people, children, teens, seniors and desk workers.

In 2022 Crystal joined Elizabeth Israel RMT, a long time friend and colleague, at Paper Crane Massage Therapy. Crystal enjoyed gaining experience learning how to build the foundation of the new clinic.

After nine years of practice Crystal finds herself with the tools to open her own little practice. Please feel welcome to make some space for yourself here :)

Within the last five years, Crystal has had the opportunity to work with an increasing number of patients affirming their gender through top surgery. Although able to support patients in many ways that were indeed beneficial, Crystal was keen to seek out more education surrounding these types of surgeries and how best to use massage therapy to facilitate healing. It was apparent that the demographic of top surgery patients in Vancouver, had been wildly underserved, due to lack of rehabilitation education, or resources by surgeons, or uncertainty in finding a supportive and comfortable space for massage treatments. In 2025 Crystal attended an intensive, three level course with the mastectomy guide led by Eryn Price. This is the leading course for Massage Therapists to learn about many types of chest, breast and oncology surgeries and how to treat them, including complicated cases. It is a joy to observe individuals through their healing journey and to help create more comfort and ease while they come back home into their bodies, hopefully, feeling a bit more like themselves. In her spare time Crystal enjoys foraging, skateboarding, crafting, cycling, swimming in the ocean, snowboarding, sewing and observing the phases of the moon.

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