Founder/Director of THRIVE

Therapeutic Massage,  Ayurvedic Bodywork,  Supportive Herbal & Wellness Goodies

thrive.townersmith@gmail.com (413) 824 8012

  

 M. Towner Smith, LMT has been practicing therapeutic massage since 2001. She graduated with a certificate in massage therapy from the Stillpoint Massage Program at Greenfield Community College, and is a registered member of ABMP (Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals). She received an immersive and intensive training with a range of therapeutic skills primarily in Swedish and Deep Tissue Massage, as well as Myofascial Release, Trigger Point and Neuromuscular techniques, Hydrotherapy and Pre-Natal Massage. Her work integrates various techniques from her studies over the years, blending inspired influences of Ayurvedic massage, Japanese massage, Reiki, and Esalen massage.

Towner is a Kripalu certified Ayurvedic bodyworker. She specializes in one of India's traditional treatments called Vishesh. This heated herb-infused oil massage rhythmically  addresses the whole body. It is known to be invigorating, balancing, and deeply relaxing. The Vishesh treatment stimulates cleansing through the lymphatic system, healthy circulation to the tissues of the body, and is deeply restorative to the nervous system (as in, major stress reduction/elimination!).

Towner has completed two herbal apprenticeships: fondly with Blazing Star Herb School and Goldthread Herb Farm, as well as further studies in Ayurveda, India's ancient system of well-being, or "science of life", and Holistic Nutrition. These studies have collectively enhanced her massage practice and client care offerings with a deeper understanding of holistic human physiology and each client's individual constitution. 

Towner works with clients in various stages of life, from children to great-grand parents, and women during pregnancy and postpartum. Primarily she works with adult women & men to support a healthy lifestyle by prevention and management of injury or chronic pain; maintaining healthy circulation to the tissues of the body, resulting in improved flexibility, ease of movement, relief from pain, management of stress and anxiety, and overall improved quality of life. Towner enjoys working supportively with clients in reaching their specific and general wellness goals; finding sustained comfort and ease in their bodies, and in their daily lives. This work is a constant learning process, as each person's needs are different and ever-changing. Each session is carefully tailored for individualized care.

Outside of her professional life, Towner is a life-learner, a wellness-seeker and sharer, a mother, a horse-gal, a care-giver to her beloved animals, an explorer of music, a medicine-maker, and an enjoyer of dear friends and family. She is described as someone who cares deeply for living things, and thrives in doing so. Originally from Cape Cod, she now lives in the hills of western Massachusetts.

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