LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST
Lorin Leake, LMT
As of the summer 2019, Lorin became an Alchemy Allumni as she moved on to a wonderful Social Work Fellowship.
A recent arrival to Annapolis, Lorin is a Maryland State Licensed Massage Therapist who has been in practice since 2014. Lorin specializes in therapeutic massage that is both deeply relaxing and rejuvenating while also incorporating deep tissue, trigger point, and myofascial release techniques to address any areas of pain or dysfunction.
A Nashville Tennessee native, Lorin graduated from the Advanced Therapeutic Massage program at Saint Paul College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She is a social work graduate student at Smith College with a local internship, and hopes to remain in the Annapolis after her graduation next year. During her graduate studies she has been a massage therapist in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, giving her more state licenses than any other Alchemy therapist, and more importantly, a good foundation of experience working with a variety of challenges. Lorin is a professional choral singer and she finds that she feels most centered when she is doing yoga, playing volleyball, or cuddling with her dog.
Lorin notes “I love providing full-body restorative massage that both addresses areas of pain and overuse while also creating an overall sense of rejuvenation and connection to oneself. As a graduate student in psychotherapy, I am passionate about the role massage plays in both physical and mental wellbeing. All too often we allow stress and anxiety to diminish our mind/body connection. Massage interrupts the cycle of stress and allows you to reconnect with a core sense of yourself and get centered in your body. I see massage as a radical act of self-care and a means of addressing all the ways that a person may feel out of balance both physically and emotionally.”
Sessions with Lorin are based on time, as are all our sessions, and she is available for 1 hour and 1 1/2 hours. During your Restorative and Therapeutic Massage session Lorin will incorporates the skills and techniques needed to give you exactly the massage you need that day.
As of the summer 2019, Lorin became an Alchemy Allumni as she moved on to a wonderful Social Work Fellowship.
A recent arrival to Annapolis, Lorin is a Maryland State Licensed Massage Therapist who has been in practice since 2014. Lorin specializes in therapeutic massage that is both deeply relaxing and rejuvenating while also incorporating deep tissue, trigger point, and myofascial release techniques to address any areas of pain or dysfunction.
A Nashville Tennessee native, Lorin graduated from the Advanced Therapeutic Massage program at Saint Paul College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She is a social work graduate student at Smith College with a local internship, and hopes to remain in the Annapolis after her graduation next year. During her graduate studies she has been a massage therapist in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, giving her more state licenses than any other Alchemy therapist, and more importantly, a good foundation of experience working with a variety of challenges. Lorin is a professional choral singer and she finds that she feels most centered when she is doing yoga, playing volleyball, or cuddling with her dog.
Lorin notes “I love providing full-body restorative massage that both addresses areas of pain and overuse while also creating an overall sense of rejuvenation and connection to oneself. As a graduate student in psychotherapy, I am passionate about the role massage plays in both physical and mental wellbeing. All too often we allow stress and anxiety to diminish our mind/body connection. Massage interrupts the cycle of stress and allows you to reconnect with a core sense of yourself and get centered in your body. I see massage as a radical act of self-care and a means of addressing all the ways that a person may feel out of balance both physically and emotionally.”
Sessions with Lorin are based on time, as are all our sessions, and she is available for 1 hour and 1 1/2 hours. During your Restorative and Therapeutic Massage session Lorin will incorporates the skills and techniques needed to give you exactly the massage you need that day.
"Every person has a story about their body and their relationship with pain or stress. The way I listen begins with this story and continues energetically and instinctually throughout a massage.
I connect with the places that hold tension, help release the anxieties and burdens that aren't serving a person any longer, and facilitate their ability to listen to their own bodies as well. "
I connect with the places that hold tension, help release the anxieties and burdens that aren't serving a person any longer, and facilitate their ability to listen to their own bodies as well. "
- LORIN LEAKE
Lorin's Modalities
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
A therapeutic massage session is generally looking to relieve pain and restrictions. Lorin will draw on her years of experience and training to best integrate the techniques, such as deep tissue, Swedish, myofascial and trigger point, to address the client's goals for the day.
This multidisciplinary approach to massage has been a great success for many clients. It has been especially helpful in:
Learn more about Therapeutic Massage RESTORATIVE MASSAGE
Creating a session that is tailored to your needs while nurturing the body and the spirit, a balancing and restorative massage session with Lorin looks beyond simply fixing and seeks to ease pain, bring the myriad benefits of deep relaxation, as well as soothing the spirit.
Restorative massage is not a single technique, it is more the quality of presence, awareness, and intuition that the therapist brings to the session. Learn more about Restorative Massage |
MYOFASCIAL RELEASE
When we experience pain, tightness, or a limited range of motion, releasing the fascia of the body can often bring significant and lasting benefits. Myofascial Release is a hands-on therapy that targets both the muscles (myo) and the fascia. It uses a variety of techniques to promote pain relief, freedom of movement, postural balance and deep relaxation as restrictions are released
Learn more about Myofascial Release HOT STONE MASSAGE THERAPYA deeply relaxing massage technique that brings warmth and deep restoration to the body. It combines Swedish massage with the hot stones, which are used as tools by the therapist. The stones are then rested on the body to allow the heat to further warm the body. The heat and the stones combine to work out muscle soreness and tension. Overall the experience is warming and nurturing, as you feel the heat sink into your muscles, bringing relaxation and peace.
Learn more about Hot Stone Massage Therapy DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE
When specific areas of pain, restriction, injury or tension are encountered, Deep Tissue Massage is employed in these areas. Elizabeth will use her specialty training and often incorporate the specific techniques of Trigger Point, Orthopedic and Myofascial work into these situations. This massage technique provides:
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"I particularly love working with clients who are working through some tough times emotionally and it's showing up in their bodies. People who are experiencing grief, transitions, anxiety, overwhelming stress or responsibility often hold these strong emotions in their bodies as well.
It is my great joy when emotional balance can be restored in tandem with physical balance, allowing a client to feel grounded, rooted, and connected to themselves while navigating whatever is coming up for them in life."
It is my great joy when emotional balance can be restored in tandem with physical balance, allowing a client to feel grounded, rooted, and connected to themselves while navigating whatever is coming up for them in life."
