Blue Moon Wellness

Blue Moon Wellness Massage & Reiki for Animals & People Mary Pat Corrigan is certified in canine, equine, and human massage therapy, and is a Reiki master level practitioner.

She has been a massage therapist and Reiki practitioner for dogs, horses, cats, pet steer, llamas, rabbits and birds. And people, too! In her 40+ years of working with and caring for animals, she has worked in boarding facilities; managed top show stables in Puerto Rico and New York; rehabilitated feral cats, aggressive dogs, and abused and neglected horses; worked as a vet assistant; trained dogs in sports; and was privileged to live with two award-winning therapy dogs. In 2007, she opened her business, Higher Ground Bodyworks (renamed to Blue Moon Wellness in 2015). In 2014, she was editor and contributor to a book — Troubleshooting Your Dog: The Ultimate Canine Fitness Evaluation Guide — by Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, one of the first and foremost authorities in animal massage. A member of the International Association of Animal Massage & Bodywork, Corrigan has been interviewed by several media organizations, including an appearance on the CBS Sunday Morning Show massaging her client and winner of the 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, the Scottish Deerhound, GCH Foxcliffe Hickory Wind.

Run thrus at Walnut Hill Farm K9 Sports !!!
09/10/2025

Run thrus at Walnut Hill Farm K9 Sports !!!

Let’s roll… 🐾🐾🐾🐾

Memory to cherish🩵
09/10/2025

Memory to cherish🩵

🐕REMINDER!!🐕I am now OUT OF THE OFFICE through Wed Sept 10 for the AHVMA Conference.🌴🌴🌴🌴
09/03/2025

🐕REMINDER!!🐕

I am now OUT OF THE OFFICE through Wed Sept 10 for the AHVMA Conference.
🌴🌴🌴🌴

08/28/2025

A HUGE Thank You to Michelle at County Compass for her exceptional, above-and-beyond work putting together my presentations!! She is working with my stressed/tired/scattered self with grace, patience, professionalism- and somehow always with a smile and calming voice for me.
The quality of everything she does is exceptional.
I cannot even begin to describe what a relief it is to have her and County Compass on my team.
Oh and the Blue Moon Wellness newsletter and FB posts?
County Compass.

Thank you, Michelle! From the bottom of my heart💓

(Just a peek is all I can show)

08/25/2025

Looking for sport or working dog pics that are NOT -
Agility
Dock diving
Flyball
Water rescue
Racing

Have enough of those. What else do you have? Protection, sledding, pulling, cani-cross, etc.

Need to have permission to use in education slides.
Thanks!

Coming down to the wire! So honored...2025 American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA) Annual ConferenceSep...
08/25/2025

Coming down to the wire! So honored...

2025 American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA) Annual Conference
September 6-9

Has massage made a difference for your dog, horse, or other animal partner?If someone told you they were thinking about ...
08/14/2025

Has massage made a difference for your dog, horse, or other animal partner?

If someone told you they were thinking about trying massage for their animal, what’s the biggest benefit you’d share from your own experience?

We’d love to hear your stories! Your insights could help someone else make the best choice for their beloved companion. 💙

👍ANNOUNCEMENT👍Unfortunately, I need to have my thumb reconstructed. It's sort of important to my work. I waited and comp...
08/12/2025

👍ANNOUNCEMENT👍

Unfortunately, I need to have my thumb reconstructed. It's sort of important to my work. I waited and compensated as long as I could- over 3 years.
My current plan is to have it done at the end of December. I will be out through January, possibly into mid-February. Sorry everyone. I will be talking with someone who might be able to help my clients a bit while I'm away. Will keep you posted.
That's it for now!!
(Pic is just because)

Our September & October dates are now open, so book early to grab your preferred spot!Just a reminder: Mary Pat will be ...
08/06/2025

Our September & October dates are now open, so book early to grab your preferred spot!

Just a reminder: Mary Pat will be away Sept 3-10 for AHVMA Conference lectures.

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🐕REMINDER!!!🐕 Offer ends this Wednesday August 6th! Contact bluemoonwellness@yahoo.com or text 540-660-4367
08/04/2025

🐕REMINDER!!!🐕
Offer ends this Wednesday August 6th! Contact bluemoonwellness@yahoo.com or text 540-660-4367

Now through August 6th, Mary Pat is offering 10% off 5- or 10-appointment bundles! Whether you're maintaining your pup’s wellness or managing a chronic issue, this is a great way to plan ahead and save. 💙

✅ Must be paid in advance
✅ All sessions must be used by Feb 6, 2026
📩 Reach out to Mary Pat directly to lock in your discount! (𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬@𝐲𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐨.𝐜𝐨𝐦)

Excerpt from The Outermost House:A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod | by Henry BestonWe need another and a wi...
07/31/2025

Excerpt from The Outermost House:
A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod | by Henry Beston

We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion.

We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear.

They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth.

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Flint Hill, VA
22627

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Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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(540) 660-4367

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Hello and Welcome. I am Mary Pat Corrigan, the founder of Blue Moon Wellness. It is my honor to have you here and to share a little of our story. We are nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Rappahannock County, VA. We offer massage & Reiki for animals and people, lectures, seminars, certifications and day retreats.

I am certified in canine, equine, and human massage therapy, and am a Reiki Master Level Practitioner. I have been a massage therapist and Reiki practitioner for dogs, horses, cats, pet steer, llamas, rabbits and birds. And people, too! In my 40+ years of working with and caring for animals, I have worked in boarding facilities; managed top show stables in Puerto Rico and New York; rehabilitated feral cats, aggressive dogs, and abused and neglected horses; worked as a vet assistant; trained dogs in sports; and was privileged to live with two award-winning therapy dogs. After receiving my first canine massage certification in Dec 2006, I opened my business, Higher Ground Bodyworks, in 2007. In 2011, I became a Certified Massage Therapist in human massage after 600 hours of training and passing the national exam. In 2012 and 2013, I re-certified in canine and equine massage with Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt and his Massage Awareness Method. Also in 2013, I received my Master Level training in Reiki.

I renamed my business Blue Moon Wellness in 2015, in honor of my beloved Nadia, pictured in the cover photo of my page; and those are her feet I am working in the picture above. Nadia came into this world in 2001 with a Blue Moon -- and left with a Blue Moon in 2015.

In 2014, I was editor and contributor to the book, Troubleshooting Your Dog: The Ultimate Canine Fitness Evaluation Guide, by Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, one of the first and foremost authorities in animal massage. A member of the International Association of Animal Massage & Bodywork (IAAMB) and the Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP), I have been interviewed by several media organizations, including an appearance on the CBS Sunday Morning Show massaging my client and winner of the 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, the magnificent and dear friend, Scottish Deerhound, GCH Foxcliffe Hickory Wind, who now resides in spirit.