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Here is a little about myself. When you hear people say life is always changing, I am a good example. For many years my major interest in life was learning History and Political Science, which became my major at Mount Holyoke College in 1993. Reading the paper, Time magazine, and watching the news were me. I lived abroad in France for almost 2 years and after college, I became a foreign language teacher of French for 5 years and I really loved that.

But, little by little, the massage practice was really speaking to me and well, look at me today. What I love now is to practice natural health, happiness and helping others achieve that. I attended the Polarity Realization Institute in Portland, ME and have been practicing for over 20 years. I simply love my line of work and couldn't imagine doing anything else.

I feel myself wanting to learn and practice massage and all the modalities it has to offer. I specialize in Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy & Hot Lava Stone but I also use a combination of Swedish, deep tissue, cupping, hot lava stones and ashiatsu as needed for each session.
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Ruthie Piper Hardee is the founder of Ashiatsu Deepfeet Bar Therapy and created the first nationally approved course-study for a western barefoot effleurage technique using bars on the ceiling.
After graduating from massage school in 1990 and beginning her practice, Ruthie felt the repetitive compressive techniques from providing deep tissue bodywork start to take a toll on her hands, wrists and low back.
At that time western barefoot massage practitioners and educators were nonexistent.
Ruthie than began to imagine and explore the combination of deep tissue and effleurage techniques of employing the feet instead of the hands and created what we know today as Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy.
A POWERFUL ALLY :There's no denying the power of bodywork.
Regardless of the adjectives we assign to it (pampering, rejuvenating, therapeutic) or the reasons we seek it out (a luxurious treat, stress relief, pain management), massage therapy can be a powerful ally in your healthcare regimen.
Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress related.
And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress.
While eliminating anxiety and pressure altogether in this fast-paced world may be idealistic, massage can, without a doubt, help manage stress.
I was visiting Portland for the weekend, met Maureen, and decided to try a massage.
Wow, was that the right decision!
Maureen is an extremely talented massage therapist.
She offers many treatments that were new to me including ashiatsu and use of heat (stones, hands).
While I was a bit intimidated about trying ashiatsu, Maureen was very skilled and balanced with her pressure and she checked in often to make sure all was good.
Throughout the massage it felt terrific as Maureen worked through muscle tension and stress, especially in my shoulders and lower back.
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