Green River Wellness Collective

12/04/2023

What do you need this Mother’s Day? To honor the day dedicated to caring and bringing life, we have a few very special and nurturing retreats. Whether you’re a mom who needs some quiet time away, a mother-daughter pair looking for a chance for connection, or you find this time of year to be emotionally challenging, we have just the thing.

For mothers and daughters, we have “Mothers, Daughters, and the Heroic Journey,” designed for moms and daughters aged 9-12, led by Meg Agnew, Cindy Parrish, ad SuEllen Hamkins. Those with daughters aged 13 to adult may enjoy the “Mother-Daughter Yoga Weekend,” with meditation teacher Laura Ahrens. And if you could use some deep rejuvenation, check out “Finding Your Inherent Vitality,” also known as “A Retreat for the Emotionally Exhausted Woman.” Celebrate you and refill your cup! Learn more about these life-giving retreats: https://bit.ly/2ZDq9xp

19/08/2020

Announcing New Location!

05/08/2020

09/12/2019

Dear friends and community members,

I have expanded my offerings and would like to extend a special offer for you to try something new and restorative. Treat yourself during this busy holiday season or get a discounted gift certificate for you or someone you love. Good now through December 31, 2019 receive half price on the below selected services and 20% off gift certificates.

Abhyanga
A light, rhythmic full body massage with warm sesame oil and herbs. Warmed oil penetrates the skin to calm the nervous system, stimulate circulation and remove toxins from the lymphatic system. A wonderful treatment for the winter to restore your body, mind, and spirit. 50 minutes / $120, Special $60 80 min / $155 Special $77.50

Aromatherapy Massage
A light, rhythmic massage to restore fluids and move lymph in the body. Deeply calming to the nervous system, with your choice of essential oils, this treatment incorporates acupressure points and energy holds to restore your body, mind, and spirit. 50 minutes / $100, Special $50 80 min / $135 Special $67.50

Reiki
A gentle hands-on energy therapy, of Japanese origin, that restores your system, reducing stress and pain. It addresses anxiety, depression, and many other conditions. An excellent complement to other healing modalities and can facilitate healing for the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. 50 minutes / $80 Special $40 80 min / $100 Special $50

Energy Balancing
Combining Reiki, polarity, and chakra balancing, this gentle hands on treatment will restore and re-balance your energy body. 50 minutes / $80, Special $40 80 min / $100 Special $50

Massage
A full body massage based on Swedish techniques with gentle to deep pressure to help ease tired muscles, and address areas of tension. It incorporates a meditation on the breath at the beginning of the session to facilitate deep relaxation. 50 minutes / $100, 80 min / $135 20% off service and gift certificates

Laura Lin Healing Arts
LMT, Reiki Master
4 Castle St. Suite 10
Great Barrington MA 01230
413-717-2193

23/08/2019

Meet our practitioners! Laura Lin of Laura Lin Healing Arts is one of the wonderful women in our office. In her own words:

With a passion for self-care and empowering people in their health and their lives, I specialize in Thai massage and Reiki. Coming from a background of dance, I have a passion for movement and finding our most vital and vibrant selves. Being able to express ourselves and give to others begins with taking care of our own self. It can be hard to prioritize in our busy lives, yet is so essential. I am hear to help you do that.

My journey with the healing arts began in Taipei, Taiwan, where I was teaching English as a Second Language. I was fascinated with the way the older population was so youthful in their being, practicing qi-gong and other martial arts in the public parks each morning. This fascination led me to studying with a Chinese Medicine physician, Dr. Dustin Wu, learning qi-gong exercises, dietary practices, and acupressure points. Fast forward to my return to the states in 2003. After exploring different areas to settle, I came to the Berkshires to intern with Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in their education department. I had a wonderful experience there, and began to discover the surrounding area. Soon after, I began taking yoga classes and training programs at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, completing their 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Program and 500 hour Massage and Bodywork program. I have continued in this direction ever since.

To learn more about Laura, visit her website at

Laura Lin Healing Arts provides professional massage therapy services in and around Great Barrington MA.

20/07/2019

Get to know our practitioners! Meg Agnew answered a few questions and in her words, here she is!

With over 30 years of experience in the healing arts and a background in movement-theater, I have a deep and kinesthetic understanding of the body and believe that when given the right “conditions”, the body knows how to heal itself. I am a licensed massage therapist and specialize in the Trager Approach and CranioSacral Therapy. The Trager Approach is a hands-on passive movement therapy that uses rocking, stretching, compression and delightful passive range of motion to deepen sensory awareness and encourage deep relaxation, offering profound relief of discomfort due injury, illness or stress. Throughout my career I continue to learn and grow as a bodyworker and have studied many touch modalities over the years including shiatsu, Ayurvedic bodywork, reflexology, pregnancy massage, polarity therapy, medical massage and movement therapy in the Anna Halprin Tradition.

Each session is unique and focuses on my clients’ individual needs in the moment. Both the Trager Approach and CranioSacral Therapy primarily effect the nervous system. Through gentle, wave-like movements, rocking, elongation and compression, Trager reconnects the body and mind, offering an experience of freedom, flexibility and ease. When these deep yet gentle movements are implemented, the client’s brain (nervous system) sends the message to the musculature to let go and consciously allows the movement to take place, interrupting tension patterns and offering options for more freedom and greater health. CranioSacral Therapy, although more subtle, removes restrictions in the actual tissues that surround and encase the central nervous system, creating the ideal conditions for restoring health to the entire body.

As a dancer and movement theater artist, my connection with my own body was an essential component of performance. I began a successful massage practice in 1986 in NYC as a way to support myself while establishing an experimental movement/theater company. Soon after moving to the Berkshires in 1992, I found the Trager Approach and knew I had discovered a life-long passion for a this modality as well as this area of the country.

To book a session with Meg, please contact her via her website at

Learn here how bodywork with Meg Agnew can give your whole being a chance to deeply relax and restore - Reconnect with yourself - Find freedom from pain and restriction - Feel lighter - Get grounded - Move with ease - Inspire your body to heal itself -

27/06/2019

If you or anyone you know needs an all-natural boost to support you in whatever issues or challenges you are facing, I'm offering my weekly class tonight starting at 5:30pm at Green River Wellness Collective and everyone is welcome! The topic is essential oils and the cost is FREE! No purchase is ever required and questions are always welcome. Bring a friend and join me at 4 Castle Street #10 right next to One Mercantile

16/06/2019

Come to Green River Wellness Collective this Thursday 5:30-6:30 to learn how essential oils can support your physical and emotional health as well as spiritual healing. FREE!