Pearl is native to Santa Cruz, and second generation massage therapist. Graduated locally from Cypress Health Institute in 2011, she has spent the last 8 years practicing massage and becoming the intuitive healer she is today. Specializing in Deep Tissue, Swedish, Prenatal, Hot-Stone, Chakra-clearing, and Polarity energy work. On her time off, she enjoys adventuring about our beautiful community with her husband and 3 sons. After all of her years in Santa Cruz, she still finds new treasures to be experienced. Change and newness are joys in life.
Robin Richart
Robin’s modalities include Swedish, Polarity, Craniosacral therapy, soft to deep tissue, also offering Skin and Body Care treatments.
Samantha Pope
While studying psychology and dance at the University of Florida, Sam took a semester of Thai massage within the dance department, and the spell was cast. After graduating, Sam found herself reconnecting with her Thai teacher, and an opportunity she couldn’t refuse appeared; an intimate apprenticeship to learn the art of Thai massage. For several years, Sam studied & practiced daily with her teacher, and eventually became a co-teacher in all workshops and classes.
In 2017, Sam attended the Florida School of Massage to broaden her training and knowledge and became a licensed Massage Therapist. There she studied several modalities including Swedish, Connective Tissue Therapy, Reflexology, Polarity, Sports Massage & Neuromuscular Therapy. In 2022, Sam moved to Santa Cruz and joined the team at Well Within. Her sessions include elements of the modalities listed above, as well as space for intuition and in the moment discoveries. Her current specialty massage offerings include Deep Tissue, Prenatal, Thai Foot Reflexology, and Thai Massage.
Sarah Joy Zell
Sarah has been practicing massage since 2006 and she shares a lifelong passion for health and wellness for all people. Her sessions invite a sense of connection: connection to yourself and connection to the world around you. She loves how massage gives people the kinesthetic information they need to help heal from injuries and feel a greater sense of ease and wellbeing. Her modalities include Swedish Relaxation Massage, Pregnancy Massage, and Craniosacral Therapy.
Shannon Cummings
Trained locally at Cypress Institute, I have been practicing massage since 2020. Specializing in Polarity Therapy, Swedish and Craniosacral style body work. It is my goal for you to leave the table feeling better than when you got on it!
Silas Littlefield
Silas believes that everyone deserves to feel safe and at home in their own bodies. As a transgender man (female to male), he personally appreciates the importance of receiving continued body work for our own unique and continued authentic transformation. He graduated an 850 hour training for massage in Portland Oregon, at East West College Of The Healing Arts in 2011, where he focused his studies on Deep tissue and Structural integration. He is also trained in Swedish, Thai, and Trigger point therapy modalities. Since graduating, Silas has worked in a medical massage clinic, working with doctors and clients to rehabilitate acute and chronic injuries. He also has had his own private practice for over five years, where he grew his intuition in body work. His work is focused and therapeutic by nature, with plenty of space for intuitive restorative movements. Silas believes his purpose as a massage therapist is to hold space for the body’s inherent knowledge of how to heal itself and to find more restful states of being.
Skylar Stumpf
Dr. Skylar Stumpf has over 5000 hours of graduate-level training; studies were completed through Five Branches University Graduate School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Institute for Functional Medicine. Skylar holds a Doctorate and Masters of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine with a specialization in Asian medical bodywork, and is licensed as an acupuncturist and primary care provider in the State of California, with seven years of experience in the field of Integrative Health.
At the Well Within, Skylar focuses on stress and musculoskeletal challenges, providing a systemic reset for health of the mind-soul-body. Skylar’s specialties include Deep Tissue, Shiatsu, and Swedish massage.
Sofia
Sofia has been practicing massage therapy since 1992 and studied Swedish, Deep Tissue, Integration, Polarity, Acupressure and Sports techniques. Her transformational massage reduces depression, anxiety, insomnia and painful injuries, creating a mind, body and spirit alignment.
Stacy Day
Stacy is a long-time bodywork practitioner, having been Nationally Certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork since 1994. Various trainings include: Swedish-Esalen, Deep Massage, including techniques for frozen shoulder, carpel tunnel, knee and hip concerns, Prenatal massage, Jin Shin Do Acupressure, Cranial-Sacral, Reiki, Ashiatsu DeepFeet Bar and Sarga Silks, etc., and a graduate of Wat Po Thai Massage school. UCSC graduate with Psychobiology major, SFSU M.A. in Holistic Health & Philosophy. Past work as a birth Doula and Yoga instructor. Stacy is an annual guest bodyworker at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. At the Well, she also enjoys doing special treatments such as relaxation facials, foot treatments, aromatherapy, and hair & scalp conditioning.
Steven Kananen
Steven practices a slow, thoughtful, and client-centered approach to bodywork. From light pressure to deep, from energetic to orthopedic, Steven tailors each massage to the wants and needs of each individual client. He has studied locally at both Twin Lakes College of the Healing Arts and Cypress Health Institute, in addition to a private mentorship in Structural Integration. His modalities include Swedish, Deep Tissue, Polarity, Craniosacral, and Structural Integration.
Suzanne Wilde
I fell in love with massage more than thirty years ago! As an athlete and a parent, I was looking for pain and stress relief and I discovered that massage brought these and so much more. Massage therapy has been a major part of my wellness strategy ever since. As a therapist, my goal is to bring together all the health benefits of massage into my practice, including calming the nervous system, muscle manipulation, stimulating circulation and joint lubrication, and gentle stretching. I have studied many types of massage and I like to bring a variety of techniques to cater to my clients’ preferences. I seek to create a warm, relaxed environment and I encourage clients to communicate their needs.
I have been a licensed massage therapist for twenty years. I studied over 1400 hours of massage therapy at the Big Island School of Medical Massage. I am practiced in a variety of modalities including medical and treatment massage, Swedish, Thai, Lomi Lomi, Sports Massage and Deep tissue.
Talya Lutzker
Self-care is a must in today’s stressful world. Talya’s healing massage combines strong hands, intuitive touch, and nurturing expertise in Ayurvedic bodywork, lymphatic drainage, acupressure, deep tissue, polarity, hot stone, and traditional Swedish massage.
A certified Ayurvedic practitioner, yoga teacher, and massage therapist since 2003, her bodywork allows your nervous system to release and your body to relax – encouraging ever-deepening levels of wellness. When Talya’s not sharing her work with the world, you’ll find her cooking, practicing yoga, soaking up the sun, and petting every dog in sight.