Moxie Massage

My story

My name is Heather Sliger and I grew up in the Yakima, East Valley area. I recently moved back to Yakima after 17 years in Seattle. I have been in the healthcare field for 20+ years, most recently as a Surgical Technologist for 17 years. The last 12+ years of my surgery career was spent at Harborview Medical Center, the only Level 1 trauma center for 4 states. The overall stress of living in an expensive city and working in a trauma environment led me on the path to massage, as it was something I had considered doing as a young adult. I am very thankful for all that I learned as a surgical tech and all the amazing people I met along the way.

Working in surgery has definitely given me a better understanding of the body and what it is capable of tolerating. Through my own personal journey of injuries and stress, I understand pain and discomfort and what it can do to the body AND the mind. I understand chronic pain as I have lived with spinal issues since I was a child after being struck by a car when I was very young to being thrown from a horse when I was 18. I have a long list of injuries as many of us do and have always fought through the pain to keep working and moving on with life.

I am new to the massage field of healthcare. I have so much to learn and could not be more excited to constantly develop my skills as a Licensed Massage Therapist! My philosophy currently is a whole body experience. I enjoy giving a relaxing massage and incorporating some deep tissue where needed. My goal is to get you to relax so your mind and body can connect and begin to heal itself.

I absolutely adore my regular clients and appreciate meeting someone new all the time. I have always been a quiet and shy person, so this has been another side of massage that I love as it helps me grow as a person as well. I appreciate you all taking the opportunity to try out my massage style. I know my massage may not be to everyone’s liking and I am totally okay with that.

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