Lighten Up Wellness Center

01/07/2026

HELP US REBUILD & HEAL TOGETHER.
Give the gift of lasting relief to a friend. Get a FREE MASSAGE for yourself.
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We’ve all been holding our breath since the storm. 🏔️💙
Here in Asheville and Lake Lure, we know that rebuilding isn’t just about bricks and mortar; it’s about healing our bodies and our nervous systems from the stress we’ve carried.
As we step into this New Year, Lighten Up Massage & Bodywork is asking for your help to rebuild our clientele so Anna, Jessie, Racheal, Bailey, Worth, and Krisstal can keep serving this community we love.
✨ THE REBUILDING INITIATIVE ✨
We want to reward you for helping us grow strong again.
If you refer a NEW client to us, and they purchase a package of 6 or more massage sessions (committing to their own long-term healing!), Anna wants to gift YOU a FREE 60-minute massage.
It’s a win-win-win. Your friend gets the profound benefits of regular care, you get a free session, and our small business gets to keep its doors open.
How to participate: 1️⃣ Tag a local friend below who needs to “lighten up” this year. 2️⃣ Tell them to mention YOUR name when they book their package. 3️⃣ Once they purchase their 6-pack, we’ll credit your account with a free massage!
Let’s heal together.

NCSTRONG

12/23/2025

The best way to spread holiday cheer? Making sure YOU aren’t burnt out while doing it! 🎄💆‍♀️
Gift a massage to the human in your life who needs it most, and then book one for yourself. You deserve to enter the New Year with light shoulders and a clear mind.
Grab your e-gift certificates below and cross two names (theirs and yours!) off your list in under 60 seconds. ⏳
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12/05/2025

It’s Time to Choose Yourself

Imagine what it would feel like to wake up and realize the stiffness is less than it was yesterday. Imagine bending down without that sharp, familiar protest from your knees or back.

You deserve a life where pain is a passenger, not the driver. You deserve to feel capable, present, and free in your own skin again.

Start your journey to lasting relief today. Let us help you feel the difference and reclaim the quality of life you deserve.

Book your therapeutic session now, because you are ready to go from survival mode to healing mode.

11/30/2025

When you choose a local business like Lighten Up Massage, you aren’t just buying a service. You are supporting our amazing Associate Therapists, our skilled Birkeland practitioners, and the local community we love to serve.

But the real difference? It’s the connection.

Big box stores can’t read the tension in your shoulders or customize a session to exactly what your body needs today. We can.

When you purchase one of our Black Friday sale packages this weekend, you are investing in personalized, human-to-human care right here in your community.

Support us, and let us support you back.
This Black Friday and Shop Small Business Weekend we’re inviting you to stop just surviving the stress, and start undoing it.

We’ve launched our biggest sale of the year, offering five different paths to restoration. Whether you need a single hour of quiet to reset your nervous system, a high-tech lymphatic detox, or a commitment to monthly care for the entire year ahead, we have a space reserved for you.

✨ THE DEALS: 🌿 25% OFF Single Massage Sessions 💧 20% OFF Lymphatic Enhancement Technology (LET) 📦 Discounted Packages of 3 (LET) and 12 (Year of Massage) 💎 Exclusive pricing on Birkeland Method packages

Put yourself back on your own priority list.

🔗 Tap the link in our bio to shop the Deals! Click on Book Now then click on the Deals tab grab your Black Friday Deal before it’s gone! These prices end soon!

11/29/2025

You’re holding it all together. The schedule, the family, the job, the holiday prep. You are surviving it.

But your body is keeping score. The tension in your jaw, the ache in your shoulders, the exhaustion that sleep doesn’t fix—that’s the cost of surviving.

This Black Friday Sale & Small Business Saturday Sale, we’re inviting you to stop just surviving the stress, and start undoing it.

We’ve launched our biggest sale of the year, offering five different paths to restoration. Whether you need a single hour of quiet to reset your nervous system, a high-tech lymphatic detox, or a commitment to monthly care for the entire year ahead, we have a space reserved for you.

✨ THE DEALS: 🌿 25% OFF Single Massage Sessions 💧 20% OFF Lymphatic Enhancement Technology (LET) 📦 Discounted Packages of 3 (LET) and 12 (Year of Massage) 💎 Exclusive pricing on Birkeland Method packages

Put yourself back on your own priority list.

🔗 Tap the link in our bio to shop the Deals! Click on Book Now then click on the Deals tab grab your Black Friday Deal before it’s gone! These prices end soon!

11/28/2025

You’re holding it all together. The schedule, the family, the job, the holiday prep. You are surviving it.

But your body is keeping score. The tension in your jaw, the ache in your shoulders, the exhaustion that sleep doesn’t fix—that’s the cost of surviving.

This Black Friday, we’re inviting you to stop just surviving the stress, and start undoing it.

We’ve launched our biggest sale of the year, offering five different paths to restoration. Whether you need a single hour of quiet to reset your nervous system, a high-tech lymphatic detox, or a commitment to monthly care for the entire year ahead, we have a space reserved for you.

✨ THE DEALS: 🌿 25% OFF Single Massage Sessions 💧 20% OFF Lymphatic Enhancement Technology (LET) 📦 Discounted Packages of 3 (LET) and 12 (Year of Massage) 💎 Exclusive pricing on Birkeland Method packages

Put yourself back on your own priority list.

🔗 Tap the link in our bio to shop the Deals! Click on Book Now then click on the Deals tab grab your Black Friday Deal before it’s gone! These prices end soon!

11/10/2025

🛑 Chronic Pain is real, and it demands specialized care.
If chronic discomfort has shrunk your world- stealing your energy and your joy- we want you to know this: You Are NOT Stuck.
At Lighten Up Massage & Bodywork, our team of advanced therapists (Jessie, Racheal, Bailey & Worth) specializes in helping you find the deep, resilient relief you deserve. This is more than relaxation; it’s about making a profound change.
We help you go from survival mode to healing mode. Link for website to book your session now is in first comment 👇🏻

11/06/2025

How long have you been running on fumes?

You wake up already thinking about everything that needs to get done. Meetings. Deadlines. Dinner. Laundry. Repeat. You push through the headaches, the tight shoulders, the ache in your lower back, because who else is going to do it?

But your body’s been trying to tell you something.

That tension you feel in your neck? It’s the weight of everything you’ve been carrying.

That deep ache between your shoulder blades? It’s the stress you’ve been trying to hold inside.

That exhaustion you can’t shake? It’s your body begging you to slow down.

At Lighten Up Massage, we don’t just help you relax.

We help you let go.

Racheal knows what it’s like to live in a body that hurts, as a mom of two and a survivor of a traumatic car accident, she’s felt that same constant, invisible pressure. Her sessions melt away years of held tension, replacing pain with peace and presence.

Jessie blends her background in dance and movement with massage that helps you reconnect with your body, not as something that’s breaking down, but as something capable, powerful, and deserving of care.

Bailey understands how important it is to feel seen, heard, and safe. She provides a warm, nurturing touch and presence in each massage session to those who need to rest their mind and body.

Worth has over 40 years of experience in the medical field as an RN and massage therapist, in addition to being a breast cancer survivor. She brings deep compassion and skilled knowledge to each lymphatic session, helping her clients find deeper peace and relief.

Here, every session is customized to you.

We find the stress hiding in your muscles.

We help you breathe deeper.

We help you come back to yourself.

Imagine walking out of your session and realizing your shoulders have dropped, your jaw has unclenched, and your head is quiet for the first time all week.

That’s what we do.

That’s what’s waiting for you.

Book your session today, because you don’t have to keep carrying it all. Link to website in first comment.

10/29/2025

What if chronic stress could literally turn your body's lubricant into glue? 😬🕸️

Between fascial layers, there's hyaluronic acid (HA) - the same substance in face creams and joint injections.

In its healthy state, it's a super-lubricant with long molecular chains that bind tons of water, allowing fascial layers to glide smoothly over each other.

But when you're stressed, dehydrated, or inflamed, hyaluronic acid changes its molecular structure.

Those long, slippery chains break down into shorter fragments that stick together rather than lubricate. This creates what researchers call "densification" - the fascial layers essentially lose their glide and stick together.

Here's where it gets painful: nerve fibers run through these fascial layers.

When the layers can't slide properly, those nerves get trapped and stretched during normal movement.

This mechanical stress on nerve fibers can create pain signals - even when nothing is actually injured.

The fasci(a)nating part? This process is reversible. 🎉

Movement stimulates hyaluronic acid production and turnover.

Manual therapy creates pressure changes that help to reorganize the sticky HA fragments.

Proper hydration supports HA's water-binding capacity that keeps things flowing.

It's like having natural oil that turns into cement when you're stuck in stress.

The good news: you can transform it back through movement, bodywork, self-care and lifestyle changes.

This is why rest isn't always the answer for pain. Sometimes what feels "stuck" literally is stuck - and needs movement to unstick it.

10/22/2025

📣 URGENT CALL TO ACTION, NCLMBTs! 📣
Lighten Up Massage and Bodywork is looking for a professional, licensed therapist to help us out!
We need a reliable NC Licensed Massage Therapist (NCLMBT) to cover one 90-minute session this week. Excellent compensation for a quick, impactful gig.
If you are licensed, available, and interested in a fill-in opportunity, please DM us immediately or email anna@lightenupmassages.com with your availability!

10/07/2025

Special Offer: 20% Off Lymphatic Sessions in October!!
To support your health and wellness goals, especially breast health, we are offering 20% off all LET and MLD sessions for the entire month of October!

October is widely recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time dedicated to education, early detection, and supporting vital research. While the focus rightly centers on essential measures like regular screenings,...

08/24/2025

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