01/27/2026
Dearest Back Benders family.
Our beloved Mary Frances transitioned Monday 1/26/2026 at 1:21pm. So many of you got to know MF through massage at BB. She was a gifted masseuse, yoga instructor, sound practitioner and cranio sacral healer. She was also a dancer, artist, nature lover, sound healer, karma fairy, a perpetual mover, mother, sister, auntie, and wife. She was a wonderful friend to me and Back Benders. I met her when I took over the practice, in 2010. Back then she used to teach yoga in the center room when it was an empty space. When I brought in the Pilates reformers she joined the practice as a massage therapist.
To know MF was to love her. She always had a hello and smile and of course her effervescent positive energy to share. A true Leo, with so much energy. IFYKYK
MF was a supernova, illuminating every room she was in, leaving a trail of sparkles behind. Titus loved MF, she was a beautiful person, a force too great for this world. She lived and loved big. I am grateful to have known her and all her wonderful gifts.
May she rest in power. My deepest condolences go out to her husband and children and all her extended family. Knowing MF, she would want us to get out into nature and move so that’s what I’m going to do.
Love you MF, until we meet again!
Dr.Betty