Genevieve offers massage, herbal education, lactation consultation, and birth to death doula services. She has been in massage practice for twenty years.
504 S Main Street
River Falls, WI
54022
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Genevieve Needham has been practicing the art of massage and body work for twenty years. She received her training at The Saint Croix Center for the Healing Arts in Hudson, Wisconsin. There she learned an integrative method of massage. Her training touched on a variety of global styles: aromatherapy, acupressure, Esalen, Swedish, and deep tissue. She also attended classes for pregnancy, infant, and oncology massage. After working She began her massage practice, A Mother’s Touch, in 2007. In 2019, her business transitioned to the name of Nourishing Touch in order to express Genevieve’s availability for services beyond massage. After the birth of her two sons, Genevieve's interests expanded and she pursued training in doula work and lactation counseling. She provides assistance for women in her community through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Doulas are trained to support a mother and her partner through pregnancy by helping gather information, form a birth plan, and listen to their fears and concerns about birth and parenthood. As a birth doula, she is available to offer physical and emotional support, encouragement, and consistency through the entire birthing process. Genevieve has worked as a doula since 2004 and received a holistic doula certification from Whapio Diane Bartlett in 2016 while attending the Midwest Women's Herbal Conference (MWHC). Genevieve's course in lactation counseling serves to offer postpartum assistance to mothers in the precious days following birth. Helping initiate good breastfeeding skills from the beginning ensures success for both mom and baby in the developmentally important first year of life. The health benefits of breastfeeding are amazing. Genevieve’s passion to share information about breastfeeding led her to start a free lactation support class from 2005 to 2011. She is available to answer questions and concerns mothers have about breastfeeding and is willing to make house calls.
In June of 2007 Genevieve began training in energy work to further her understanding of healing in the areas of Qi Gong and Reiki. This addition has allowed her to offer another level of skill to her clients as they travel their own healing path. It is her desire to help facilitate a deeper understanding of oneself on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels and to incorporate this into her massage and doula services. She has noticed time and again the benefits of the energy work with those she has had the privilege to practice with.
Genevieve began walking with the plants in 2011. She has annually attended the MWHC since the same year. She received a Wild Foods and Wild Medicine Certification from Linda Conroy in 2017. She attends classes led by registered herbalist, Matthew Wood. She teaches introductory herbalism classes in community spaces in River Falls, WI and offers various herbal products on a seasonal basis.
Genevieve is continuously pursuing further education in the above and other healing modalities.
