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01/24/2026
👀 Um…are ya’ll okay out there? 🫣😆 Because I really don’t think ya’ll are. 🤔
My DM’s are now officially closed.
Yes, I took a screen shot, reported and blocked this person.
May this be a reminder that I don’t offer those type of services if that’s what you’re here for.
I’m a Licensed Massage Therapist through the Virginia Board of Nursing and hold myself to highest Professional Standard’s.
I’ll never yuck someone’s yum but please be aware I do not offer those types of services.
Just know the internet is forever and I will absolutely post you if you comment rudely and also know I have a very specific set of skills where I will find everything out about you.
If you’re married, I will send your messages to your spouse. If you’re not married, I’ll find your Mom…I’ll find your boss. I’ll go down the line until everyone knows how you talk to women.
Leave me alone and move along. Have a good one. 👋🏻😃
01/22/2026
Let’s talk about authenticity and how we show up to the table for our clients with our gifts.
In an age where we’re constantly flooded and inundated with what other practitioners are doing and posting…sometimes it’s really hard to find our own voice, our own esthetic and how to tap into your innate gifts. The compare game and the “Oh my god, is she actually copying me?” thoughts take over.
I have had people reach out directly to me and say “Did you see so and so is doing that thing you do?” Listen and hear me when I say this. It took me some time to get here but I don’t give a-flying-you-know-what what Susie up the street does.👌🏻
In the past, I’ve had a practitioner copy my cancellation policy on down to the damn bullet points. 😆 I do not care. I can’t focus on what someone else is doing. When I have gone there it disrupts my peace and it slows my creative flow.
I also will be the first to stand in a room of seasoned bodyworkers and proudly say I am not the best of you. 😜
My gift is hospitality or maybe it’s just my Venus in Virgo.✨ What I do the absolute best is in the details of each service and how I curate experiences to be about each client. I learn their habits (are they always early or running through the door shoving a Starbucks at me? 😂) if they prefer honey with their tea, I know which chocolate they like on the table before service, if they prefer the heating pad as high as it goes or turn it off completely, what station is their favorite to listen to in service. My gift is making every single person who is with me feel like they are the most important person in the world to me with my undivided attention and care for them as an individual. ♥️
If your gifts are more spa focused, gentle therapies, aromatherapy or maybe you know every single origin and insertion, deep tissue, trigger point or if you’re detail oriented like I am, if you love offering an experience based service…focus on that. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Those are YOUR gifts.
Stop comparing. Stop competing. It’s such a negative, nasty place to be. Really, don’t do that to yourself. The world deserves the most authentic version of YOU. 😘
01/21/2026
I’m on a little stay-cation currently. 😌
I use to feel guilty 🫣 about taking time off or saying I’m not available those days.
I don’t anymore and here’s why:
I deserve time to rest and do things that make me feel fulfilled like reading 📚, making all the raviolis 🍝 and arancini, taking unlimited naps 😴 and being on the receiving end of services. 💇🏼♀️
It allows me time to study 🤓 new things and research new services I might want to offer.
Rest allows me to show up as the best version of myself for my clients. 🥰
If you’re feeling burned out, I recommend taking a little time for yourself even if it’s just an extra day or two. You’re human and friend the world is exhausting right now. You deserve to be able to rest without feeling guilty, we’ve been fed a lie that the only way to be productive is to actively be doing something when the truth is rest IS just as/is important. 🙏🏻
01/20/2026
Fun fact: Did you know in the state of Virginia you’re required to have 500 minimum classroom hours, then take and pass an exam to become a Licensed Massage Therapist? 📚📝
I just totaled my Barefoot Massage training hours and I currently sit at 517 total classroom hours. 😅 That’s not including how many sessions I’ve completed over the years or teaching. That is literally JUST barefoot massage training hours. 👣♥️✨
My total education currently sits at 3,668 hours between Massage & Esthetics. That’s not counting my Astrology studies, Tarot or Sound Healing training. That would put me at well over 4,000+ hours easy peasy. 😌
When is the last time you totaled your hours up? If you’ve been in the industry a long time (it’ll be 18 years for me in August 😉) it’s a fun way to look back on all you’ve studied and accomplished.
01/20/2026
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Facial Gua Sha is known for its to lifting effect on the neck, cheeks and jaw. It’s a powerful healing tool to stimulate & move the lymph. It can also minimize puffiness, fine lines & wrinkles.✨
Metaphysically, Rainbow 🌈 Fluorite is known to reduce stress, enhance intuition and for its grounding capabilities. 😌
01/19/2026
The first time I stood on a table during my very first Deepfeet Bar Therapy class nearly 18 years ago, I knew this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. And to ultimately teach and also share this modality and my knowledge with other Massage Therapist’s. 🥹♥️🙏🏻
My students can testify that I well up 🥲 after each class when it’s time to send them home because we spend so much time together over the course of a few days and real friendships grow.
It means so much to me that they’ve taken time off, spent their hard earned dollars and most have traveled long distance to come study with me in my hometown studio. 📚 🤓
It’s important to me to spend as much 1-1 on time with each of them to make sure they’re prepared to leave me at the end of our time together confident, empowered and enthusiastic about sharing this modality with their clients. 💪
I’m also a believer in the ripple effect. I will never be able to see everyone, there’s only so many days and hours I can work but if I can pour into my students positive affirmations, kindness and what I know about Barefoot Massage then that little piece of me goes with them when they return home. 🙏🏻 That ripples out into other communities and to lives I’ll never be able to touch personally. ♥️
I want to say Thank You to each of my past students and future students for choosing to study with me or any Deepfeet Bar Instructor for that matter. I think I can speak for all of us collectively when I say at the end of the day, you are our absolute reason why and you also inspire us and this work. ✨
01/18/2026
Barefoot Massage: An intuitive and eclectic Ashiatsu blend curated from my years of experience studying various styles of barefoot massage. My hearts work, this style is my deepest and most popular massage. Barefoot massage allows me to work medium to very deep based on my client’s preference and specific needs.
01/18/2026
Meet my beautiful friend, Nancy. 🥹 Nancy & I began our Deepfeet instructor journey together back in March of 2025 and this morning 🌞 while journaling, I pulled The World card 🌎 and it felt like a perfect full circle moment to be closing out my Deepfeet instructor internship with her by my side. 🙏🏻
Something I treasure the most about Deepfeet is how dynamic, uniquely gifted and deeply kind every single instructor is. ♥️ I’m thankful to be with a group of professionals who care sincerely about each others success and for genuine friendships that I hope will last a lifetime regardless of distance and time. 👣✨
01/17/2026
What makes The Silk Mill Retreat Experience different than just going to receive a massage?
It’s curated, personal, private care specific to each individual client. From cozy slippers upon entering the studio, fresh linens (I’m not recycling blankets here and if you’re doing that in your practice…gurrrl we gotta talk cuz that’s GROSS 😷) your choice of Planetary Foot Soak made in house by yours truly 😉 with aromatherapy and an opportunity to pull an Oracle card or a pre or post service nap on the infrared mat, your choice of enhancement: Sound Healing, Cupping, Dry Brushing or choose a body oil from the Astro-Herbal oil bar (Also made by me 🙃 during the most beneficial planetary transits) your choice of music, warm flaxseed pillows, Italian truffles on the table, warm towels and your choice of over 30+ cold and hot beverage choices.
Every service. Every time. This isn’t a wham 💥 bam thank you mam experience. You never cross paths with the client before you or after you. I deep clean inbetween each client so you don’t have to worry about catching someone’s cooties. 😆 It’s personal, you have my undivided attention the entire time and it’s always about you and your wellness journey every time you’re here with me. 🤗 ♥️
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I've always been a free-spirited flower child, born in the wrong era my mom says. As a child, I loved making floral crowns for all the other girls in the neighborhood, spending hours laying in the front yard gazing at the clouds floating by, searching for 4 leaf clovers, and always on the look out for all things magic in my Gramma's garden.
Fast forward to my early twenties and I was struggling to find my path. I worked in retail and was a bartender for several years and while it provided me much needed personal growth, I found it wasn't fulfilling my need to really connect with people. I knew I wanted to go back to school but was wise enough to know traditional college wasn't for me. Growing up, I enjoyed giving my mom massages when she came home from working long hours (As single mothers usually do) and with her gentle push to explore a local Massage school, I quickly became fascinated with studying mind, body and spirit connections.
I graduated from Career Training Solutions in 2004, returned to school to earn my Associates in Massage Therapy from Heritage Institute in 2007 and graduated in 2008. I'm a Board Certified Massage Therapist with the NCBTMB and am also a Licensed Massage Therapist with the Virginia Board of Nursing. I've worked in a variety of settings from Medical Massage Clinics, Wellness Centers, Day Spas and High end Hair & Make-Up Studios. In recent years I've also worked with several popular artists, my most noted work has been with the "The What Makes You Country" and "Kill The Lights" tours. I've furthered my education by studying FasciAshi with the Center for Barefoot Massage, Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy (Later re-named DeepFeet Bar Therapy) Basics & Advanced Master Techniques, Ashi-Thai, Sarga Bodywork, Gua Sha Face Lift, Thai Herbal Poultice Facial Techniques, LWPO Lymphatic Drainage, Fijian, Bamboo Fusion, Lomi-Lomi, Abyhanga, Swedana, Garshana, Shirodhara, Champissage, Naysa, Ayurvedic Hot & Cold Stone Therapy, Reiki, Reflexology, Body Treatments, and Prenatal. My passion is ancient Massage, Beauty and Body rituals and I'm consistently searching for techniques to study and add to my practice.
After my husband and I welcomed our son in June of 2015, and because I've always had an interest in skincare passed down to me by my Grandmother (She says there's 3 things a girl should spend her money on cute shoes, linens and skincare) I decided I wanted to further my education by exploring Aesthetics. I graduated from Clarity Beauty Academy in 2016 and am a Licensed Esthetician through the Virginia Board of Cosmetology. I’ve also completed a course in Master Esthetics. I knew right away from my studies in Massage and passion for Ayurveda, I wanted to focus on the philosophy behind Slow Beauty by sharing the practice of daily self-care rituals with Whole Plant Based Products (Enter Laurel Whole Plant Organics) with my clients. Aesthetics has brought a unique balance between the muscles and skin to my practice and has opened doors to explore other healing techniques such as Crystal Healing and Plant Medicine into my personal life and studies.
When I'm not in the studio creating customized beauty and wellness rituals for my clients, I enjoy spending time with my husband, son and family. I can often be found in the kitchen dancing barefoot and dabbling in Italian cuisine, and my bedside table is always littered with a stack of books and crystals.
Kristy Poux at The Silk Mill Retreat
Certified Massage Therapist & Licensed Esthetician
