The Art of Loving Touch: A Couples Massage Workshop
Deepen your connection through the healing power of touch. In this gentle, hands-on workshop, partners will learn simple, nurturing massage techniques to offer each other relaxation, presence, and care. Guided with intention and heart, this experience is about more than technique, it’s about listening, honoring, and supporting one another with love.
👐 No experience needed
🌹 All genders & relationship types welcome
✨ A beautiful way to reconnect, relax, and renew your bond
*Located in the Stable Spa
$55 per person
Your Guides:
Melisa Austin
With over 30 years of experience, Melisa brings a deeply intuitive, heart-centered approach to healing. Her journey as a Massage Therapist and Natural Therapeutic Specialist has taken her from AIDS alternative healthcare clinics and midwifery collectives to chronic pain centers and spa sanctuaries, always in service of genuine connection and holistic well-being.
Melisa’s work is rooted in a profound respect for the body’s wisdom and the unseen energies that shape our lives. Her extensive skills include Quantum CranialSacral Therapy, Reflexology, Cupping, Herbology, Energetic Anatomy, Vibrational Remedies, Essential Oil Therapy, Dowsing, Diagnostic Pulse Reading, Ancient Astrology, and the Wise Woman Traditions.
She considers her practice a healing ministry, a sacred way of holding space for others to remember themselves. Whether working with autoimmune challenges, deep emotional layers, or the stress of modern life, Melisa offers a grounded, nurturing presence.
Jo Hershberger
Jo grew up in Virginia but was drawn to the mountains of WNC where she received her training at Center for Massage and Natural Health in Asheville.
She is attentive, compassionate and loves to create a safe space for her guests. Ongoing education has included an Intro to Esalen massage with a focus on trauma and a Somatic Bodywork and Trauma Release Training. She incorporates a variety of modalities: Deep Tissue, Assisted Stretching, Relaxation incorporating long, flowing strokes that help regulate the nervous system.
When she is not with clients, she enjoys hiking in Pisgah, preparing mouth-watering foods and spending leisure time with those she loves.