Outside the Mat LLC

03/29/2025

So excited to be offering a Sound Bath with Thai Massage with Josh Teaney and Joshua Manack ! Come join enjoy the best of all things relaxing this Thursday at 7:30pm. Roll into Friday and the weekend with the perfect remedy for our crazy world.

We’ll start with a little light movement followed by a guided meditation, and then you’ll receive Thai massage from Joshua M and myself while Josh T rocks the singing bowls!

03/10/2025

Join Liza Anderson and me for the 2.5-hr workshop this weekend! Flip this crazy world on its head and focus on your body, practice, and discovering a new sense of balance.

Visit www.hotasanastudio.com/colorado-springs-co to sign up!

03/08/2025

Happy International Women’s Day.

To all of the women in my life: I love you, and I’m so freaking proud of you.

Whether it’s still on the calendar or not, this day means a lot to me. Celebrating all of the amazing women in this world. From those names we know and recognize internationally, to those whose contributions only have local or familial impacts. It reminds me that as a woman small business owner, I walk on the shoulders of those before me who fought for rights and to be seen as equal, and it encourages me to continue that fight for my nieces and all of the women in the generations that follow mine.

I want to acknowledge that right now can be a scary and uncertain time to be alive, and especially as a woman. Being a woman right now can feel a lot like this picture: alone in the midst of turbulent water. But I also believe that we have the ability to reach out and lend each other a hand off of our isolated rocks and onto the shore. Together women have achieved great things, and we will continue to do so.

I encourage you to reach out and tell the women in your life you love them and are proud of them. Encourage them to chase their dreams, and lend them a hand when the world fights against them.

Together, we will make it through these times and continue to grow, evolve, and make a better future for the women who come after us.

With love and respect on International Women’s Day,
-Kaetlyn

03/06/2025

World feeling upside down? Maybe it’s time to join it!

Join Liza Anderson and me for a 2.5-hr Inversion Workshop on Saturday, March 15 from 5:30-8:00pm at Hot Asana yoga studio. This workshop will focus on forearm stand, tripod headstand, and supported headstand. Come prepared to learn some basic anatomy and alignment when upside-down, strength and flexibility drills you can do at home, and ways to “sneak” drills and inversion work into your vinyasa classes.

This is an opportunity to get out of the vinyasa class environment and get a new perspective on inversions. You don’t need to be a superyogi to take this workshop, but as with any class a willingness to gain knowledge while being kind to yourself in the process is essential.
Investment: $55

Sign up at www.hotasanastudio.com/colorado-springs-co

02/13/2025

While I believe in showing love every day of the year, Valentine's Day is a reminder to be grateful for the ones who are near and dear to us.

Give the gift of pampering and relaxation with a Spa Treatment or Couple's Yin Yoga & Thai Massage session! On sale now at www.outsidethemat.com/booknow

Little late on the gifting? No worries! Shop the sale through Feb 21!

02/03/2025

Support small business this Valentine's Day and give the gift of pampering and relaxation to someone you love! With 30% off our 2.5-hr Spa Treatment, a Hot Stone Massage, or Couple's Yin Yoga & Thai Massage!

Outside the Mat LLC provides massage and yoga therapy at accessible, transparent prices. Whether a standard Western-style massage or Eastern practices like Yoga, Shiatsu, and Thai Massage, owner and therapist Kaetlyn Springer provides personalized services and post-treatment recommendations specific...

12/15/2024

What will you do this week to fill your cup?

We've all heard the old adage: you can't pour from an empty cup. And it's true on so many levels.

Physically, yes, you cannot pour from an empty cup, but psycho-emotionally, it's also true. Polyvagal theory tells us that the state of our nervous system (like fight-or-flight vs rest+digest) affects which emotions we can access. In order to truly feel joy, love, social connection, we have to be in a parasympathetic state. In other words, stress does not equal love.

In the season of love and family, there can be an awful lot of stress. I know I feel it: trying to shop for 7 nephews/niece+3 siblings+3 siblings-in-law+2 parents+friends+coworkers+etc, decorate for the holidays, put on/market a holiday sale, sub classes/shifts for those going out-of-town, drive in the snow and holiday traffic, try to ship out an Amazon return when the line is an hour long, workout, do holiday baking, finally finish that online course before the end of the year, work through end of year finances...and, and, and, and....

It's a lot, and I'm sure that you have a very similar list. But, the thing I keep reminding myself is that I won't have the capacity to enjoy any of those things if my cup is empty. If all I am is stressed, I can't look for gifts with a loving heart or enjoy all the sugar I'm about to eat.

Whether it's meditating, taking a walk, calling a friend, taking a bubble bath, or getting a massage, make a plan to fill your cup this week. More than just once, if you can fathom that. If not, start with one thing this week, and build from there.

12/13/2024

How does only one therapist do a couple's massage? Easy! Couple's Yin Yoga and Thai Massage.

Thai massage is sometimes called "lazy's man yoga" because along with bodywork, it incorporates passive stretches much like the adjustments in a yoga class! So what better practice to pair it with than yin yoga, which is already gentle and and holds poses for 1-5 minutes?

In my Couple's Yin Yoga and Thai Massage, you'll each spend about 60-75min in poses and each receive 60min of bodywork. Sometimes you'll be in the poses at the same time while I go in between working on you, but, more often, one of you will be in a pose while the other is receiving the Thai massage.

Unlike a "normal" couple's massage where you're on separate tables receiving separate and different massages--without being able to touch or often see each other--in this experience you'll be able to watch each other receive bodywork, talk, and even hold hands (if you so choose).

Enjoy $50 off this wonderful experience when you purchase before the end of the year. Better yet, give it as a gift! Check out www.outsidethemat.com for more information!

11/30/2024

Happy Small Business Saturday!

As a small business owner, it’s both the joy and the terror of my life. It can be so exceptionally exciting, and there’s nothing more satisfying than when you succeed, knowing that you’re the one who made it happen. But, it’s also scary, heartbreaking, and incredibly vulnerable. It’s a whole new way of putting yourself out there, and, I gotta admit, there are times when that’s too much.

Whether it’s my business or someone else’s, O truly hope you’ll celebrate Small Business Saturday in some way this weekend, and that you’ll consider shopping local this holiday season.

As a start to the holidays, I’m offering Buy 4, Get 1 Session Free! That’s 5 sessions for the price of a regular 4-pack (up to $165 savings)! I’m also offering my new Spa Treatment and Couple’s Yin Yoga and Thai Massage for $50 off—both of which make amazing gifts!

AND I now have Gift Cards available! Check out www.outsidethemat.com for more details!!
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11/11/2024

Happy Veterans Day!

As a proud daughter of an Air Force Retired Lt Colonel and girlfriend of an Air Force Master Sergeant, I respect and cherish those who serve and have served our country. In honor of Veterans Day, I'm offering a special discount of 15% off any service or package now thru November 18.

That means a 4-pack of 90-min massages is only $391 (just $97.75/session, over $27 off per massage)!

I hope you'll join me in honoring the great individuals who have served our nation and thank a veteran in your life today.

Visit www.outsidethemat.com/booknow

Note: Packages expire 1 year after date of purchase and cannot be shared with another individual.

10/11/2024

Happy World Mental Health Day!

Honestly, I’ve been on something of a mental health year. Actively seeking healing from old wounds and trauma, and building a life that’s balanced and built on healthy habits towards myself.

There have definitely been ups and downs this year, but actively working to celebrate the ups has made that those memories more powerful than the down moments. It’s also helping me to approach situations that could seem negative with an inquisitive, open heart. And while I still succumb to old patterns, it’s easier to climb out of them.

Mental health requires so much more than a single day. It’s a lot of days, adding together into a lifetime.

So I ask: what have you done for your mental health today? What about yesterday? Tomorrow?

Whether it’s formal therapy, meditation, connecting with something spiritual, time with favorite people, beloved activities or new activities, special experiences, or just stopping to admire the beauty of the world. Find something that sparks your inner light. Provides comfort in the darkness. Keeps you on track toward your Self. (That’s yoga outside the mat.)

10/10/2024

After a shiatsu treatment!

Not all massage and bodywork is done on a table. Eastern modalities like Thai massage and shiatsu are traditionally done fully dressed on a mat on the floor.

Shiatsu is the Japanese system of bodywork based on promoting free and balanced movement of energy through the meridians. Because it is based in energetics, this full body treatment can be done with any degree of pressure, from very light to fairly deep, making it accessible and safe for most conditions.

Additionally, through the meridians and tsubo (acupressure points), shiatsu can address more than just the soft tissues (muscles, fascia, etc). It can be a wonderful treatment for headaches, stress, insomnia, and many more conditions.

As a full body treatment, shiatsu also moves the joints and stretches much of the body in ways that aren't accessible in a Swedish- or Western-style table massage.

Ready to try a shiatsu treatment? Book now at www.outsidethemat.com or by texting 719-257-3242.