Butterfly Kisses; a holistic approach

04/11/2026

I am continuing to offer my Gentle, Lift Your Spirits, Pay What You Can, 1 Hour Massage.
As long as things remain uncertain for our future, I feel called be a safe and peaceful place for my neighbors to find a little refuge for a while.

My hope is that if I can brighten someone’s day, they will have a little more patience and compassion for their fellow humans.

That’s how we help our community and save humanity. One good deed at a time 🦋🙌🩷

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All of your massage therapy needs, right in Downtown Ventura, CA. Massage therapy and bodywork by Carly Hurlbut, LMT. Specializing in Deep Relaxation Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, chronic neck and shoulder pain, and relieving tension headaches.

04/03/2026

04/03/2026

I’m offering a shared treatment room inside my wellness center, available Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

The room comes fully furnished and ready to use, including:
• Electric lift table with heat
• Hot towel cabby
• Climate control
• Wheeled stool
• And more

I’m looking for a quiet, respectful holistic practitioner or personal service provider who can work within the existing setup. I’m open to accommodating a small amount of additional equipment, as long as the space remains functional for me the rest of the week.

The wellness center also includes:
• A spacious front room (great for small group classes or workshops)
• Drink station
• Private bathroom
• Handicap accessibility
• Plenty of parking
• High-visibility signage

If this feels like a good fit, feel free to call or text me with any questions! 203-232-8751
The rent is $450 a month.

See my links in bio for more information about me and my practice:

03/19/2026

A single massage can make your body feel relaxed for a day. But when massage becomes a monthly habit, your body slowly begins to change in ways most people never notice.

Regular massage improves blood circulation, helping oxygen and nutrients reach muscles more efficiently. Over time, this can reduce muscle tension, ease chronic pain, improve flexibility, and support faster recovery after physical strain. It also affects the nervous system by lowering the stress hormone cortisol while increasing serotonin and dopamine, the chemicals linked to calmness and emotional balance. Many people also experience better sleep, lower blood pressure, and fewer stress related headaches when massage is part of their routine.

Without massage, everyday stress and muscle tension tend to accumulate quietly in the body. Long hours of sitting, repetitive movement, and mental stress can tighten muscles, slow circulation, and keep the body in a constant low level stress response. Over time this may lead to stiffness, fatigue, poor sleep, and recurring aches that people often dismiss as normal parts of daily life. Research shows massage can help interrupt this cycle by relaxing muscles, calming the nervous system, and improving overall physical and mental well being.

In other words, the difference between monthly massage and none at all is not just comfort. It is whether your body regularly resets from stress or quietly carries it forward.

Source: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

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03/09/2026

Myofacial intra-oral work is deeply relaxing and highly effective for TMJ syndrome, headaches, ear pressure, eye pressure, jaw pain and even neck pain!
I include this, as needed, in my Facial Rejuvenation treatments.

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03/07/2026

In response to what’s going on around the world I have decided to continue offering my one-hour, gentle, pay-what-you-can massage.
In the face all of this chaos and tragedy, I want to continue to be a safe space for people to come and leave their worries at the door for a little while.

Let’s find some peace together ☮️

As always, links in bio

03/01/2026

Butterfly Kisses; a holistic approach turns 9 and feeling fine! 🎂🥳🎉🎊🎁

What a journey we’ve been on together! I’m still so grateful every day for this beautiful community and the space we share!
Here’s to many more years! 🦋🙌🦋🙌🦋🙌🦋

01/31/2026

If everything feels extra heavy right now, and you’re exhausted, overwhelmed and depleted, you’re not alone.
You’re not alone, and you’re not too sensitive.
There’s so much uncertainty and horror happening all around us. It’s too much for anyone to take in and try to regulate yourself to still show up for your daily life.
If you need some quiet time to disengage and feel some safety again, I’ve got you.

Everything I do is carefully designed to soothe your heart and your nervous system; to bring peace back to your body and mind; to replenish your drained energy.

I’m here to help!

For a limited time I am bringing back my 1 Hour Massage as a Pay What You Can service. It’s only intended to be a Gentle, Lift Your Spirits kind of treatment for my community members.

Links in bio
Bk-holistic.com

01/10/2026

This is very exciting news. It’s often been confusing to me that Massage Therapists were not considered health care when we spend our entire career working so closely on and with the human body; observing, testing, studying, always deepening our knowledge. Most states we require us to take continuing education as long as we’re in practice. We have to be fully insured for liability, mostly state licensed or at least certified. Not only are we here to enhance the quality of life by providing pain relief, increasing mobility, enhancing circulation, aiding in physical recovery, calming the nervous system, offering emotional support, creating safe spaces, lending a compassionate ear, filling the gaps between medication and physical therapy….
We are some of the very few practitioners that spend as much time as we do with each person in their entirety. We devote hours upon hours listening to all of their symptoms; seeing all of their patterns in their bodies; hearing all of their hopes and fears; witnessing changes in their well-being and health over time; observing so much that was never said out loud. I can’t think of another professional that has this much all encompassing knowledge about their patients as Massage Therapists do. A GP barely spends 20 minutes in an appointment before handing someone off to another doctor, nurse, specialist, sometimes a Massage Therapist!
Yet we’re often overlooked and undermined by the healthcare industry, and therefore diminished by the public as well. I have heard countless stories where a Massage Therapist caught a major health concern, and/or reported significant but unnoticed changes to someone’s behavior that resulted in life-saving intervention before any doctor detected it.
I’m not discrediting MDs, they save lives all day everyday, I’m simply pointing out that Massage Therapists are more than meets the eye. 🦋🦋

12/19/2025

Holiday Gift Certificates!

As the holiday season approaches, now is the perfect time to treat your loved ones to something special with our gift certificates at Butterfly Kisses! Enjoy our fantastic holiday deal—buy 2 gift cards and get the 3rd at 50% off. This exclusive offer is only available once a year, so don't wait too long to take advantage of it! You can easily order e-gift cards online using the code: STOCKUP or feel free to call us to pick up a beautifully handwritten paper gift certificate. Plus, don’t forget to check out our exciting new offerings in self-care that are perfect for rejuvenating the mind and body. Spread the joy this season with the gift of health and wellness!

Also, as a reminder, I do accept HSA and FSA.

Friends & Family Bundles are available all year long.

Happiest of holidays and a joyous New Year,

Carly Hurlbut
Butterfly Kisses; a holistic approach

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11/29/2025

It’s Small Business Saturday!
Let your gifts do double duty!
Help your local community thrive by buying from real people that will remember you!
Be a hero!
Let your dollars do you real good this holiday season!

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11/24/2025

For decades, bodyworkers have observed that emotions often surface during hands-on sessions. Clients cry without knowing why, shake, tremble, feel heat rising, or experience spontaneous memories.

These patterns are not imaginary, nor are they an“energy-only” phenomenon. Modern research now supports what somatic practitioners have known for generations: the body stores physiological consequences of emotion, and manual therapy can access the systems involved.

What rises in the session room is never random. It is the nervous system speaking in its oldest language. Tomorrow, we’ll explore this language through the lens of Polyvagal Theory.