Healing Arts, Fine Arts, Performance Art, Therapeutic Movement
Approved Continuing Education Provider for Yoga Alliance YACEP & National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork Ethics
ERYT-200 & RYT-500 Yoga Alliance
Crista de la Garza MA; BCTMB, LMT, APCE; YACEP, E-RYT200,RYT500
Crista offers deep tissue, pre & post-natal, oncology sensitive, intuitive, and trauma informed massage for all ages. Her massage style is productive & specific with a compassionate and mindful artistic flow of Swedish and deep tissue trigger-point therapies. Her practice is focused on injury prevention & rehabilitation, with an understanding that massage therapy prepares us to navigate the nuances of transitions in life with greater grace and ease. Crista will kindly, compassionately, and respectfully facilitate your therapeutic massage treatment. Learn more about Crista’s offerings on her website www.artsyhealer.com
Crista’s massage therapy office is in the Mandala Integrative Medicine Clinic in the Table Mesa area of Boulder, CO..
09/25/2025
We recently had the chance to connect with Crista de la Garza and have shared our conversation below. Crista, we’re thrilled to have you with us today. Before we jump into your intro and the heart of the interview, let’s start with a bit of an ice breaker: What do the first 90 minutes of […]
Well, I did not let that Terminator massage thing touch me, but Guardian writer Madeleine Aggeler did, and I had a great time being interviewed to contribute to her literary piece.
09/19/2025
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Anne & I are teaming up to offer this 6-week Premium Prenatal Session
🌿 Now Enrolling: Sacred Prenatal Yoga + Women’s Circle 🌿
✨ A premium 6-week small-group experience in Boulder designed to support your changing body, ease tension, and prepare you for birth—with movement, breathwork, education, and community care.
Join myself and Crista Artsy Healer LLC for this special offering!
What makes this circle unique:
🤰 Trauma-informed prenatal yoga + functional movement
💆 Hands-on assists (with permission)
🔮 Gentle astrological insights
🎶 Healing sound bath + extended savasana
💫 A safe, closed women’s circle for connection + support
📍 Mandala Community Room – Boulder, CO
🗓 Thursdays, Sept 25 – Oct 30 | 5:30–7:00 PM
💎 Investment: $285 for the 6-week premium session
👥 Limited to 10 participants for boutique-level attention
⚡ Registration is first-come, first-served—secure your spot today!
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09/18/2025
Can one really relax while being prodded by large robotic arms?
08/29/2025
September is coming, and so are the earlier sunsets. Sundays have been a hit, so I will keep them on the weekly schedule with adjusted times.
Updated massage therapy availability for our upcoming darker (literally, not metaphorically, I hope) days:
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Crista de la Garza teaches and practices Yoga, Massage, Art, and Dance in beautiful Colorado. She brings accessible movement optimism rooted in spiritual practice that is grounding for the self and the community. Crista encourages safe fundamental balancing, centering movements, self expression, meditation, clearing out unwanted energy, nurturing the inner child, and honoring each member of the tribe wherever he or she is on the journey of body, heart, health, imagination, and spirit.
Her Dance & Art background includes a Bachelor's degree in Humanities from UIW in San Antonio, TX, in Theatre Arts (performance and technical studies), where she minored in Dance in the Joffrey influenced Ballet department under Buddy and Susan Trevino, and trained in Scenic Art and Design under Margaret Mitchell and Tolis Papazoglou. She continued painting professionally in theatres around the country, taught scenic painting for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, and continues to teach dance in Colorado.
Crista attended the National Massage Therapy Institute in Falls Church, VA, earning a Certification to practice massage Therapy, went on to work as a therapist and managed Wellness Centers, and then served as Communications and Ethics Faculty at the Boulder College of Massage Therapy. Crista is Board Certified with NCBTMB, a member of AMBP, and is happy to have her Massage Therapy practice with Massage Specialists in Boulder, CO. www.massagespecialists.com
Crista began her yoga studies in Iyengar during her college dance years in Texas, and studied Meditation and Kundalini in studios in NYC. She is earning her 200 & 500 Hour Yoga teaching Certifications with SoulTree Yoga in Colorado. Crista is a registered member of Yoga Alliance and teaches bi-weekly Vinyasa Flow classes at RallySport in Boulder, CO.
She approaches the Yoga mat, the dance floor, the canvas, and the massage table as safe places for physical maintenance and rehabilitation as well as for grounding, embodiment, and an exercise in awareness. She believes in inclusive spaces, encouraging that PEACE is always available. Crista continues her studies in Neurobiology of Traumatic Stress and Transformation through Post Trauma, using the vehicles of massage, movement, creativity, and meditation for greater healing. She holds a certificate in Alternative Psychology from the American Institute of Holistic Health and Wellness, and is a member of Warriors at Ease, a Trauma informed Yoga teacher’s training for active military, their family, and veterans.
‘Movement supports the process of "becoming" that we all are experiencing, and prepares us to navigate the nuances of the transitions of life with grace and greater ease.’