Meet Your Practitioner…
Daina’s background is founded on a deep curiosity about the body. Her awareness of both physical and energetic senses has grown from a lifelong engagement with the performing arts. As a creator, she centers the body as a site for contemplation, profound realization, and dynamic conversation. Her artistic explorations emerge from intuition, improvisation, and carefully curated frameworks. Adding LMT qualifications further expands her expertise.
As a massage therapist and bodyworker, Daina employs techniques tailored to each client. Drawing on a variety of modalities, she attunes to her clients’ needs by listening deeply, soothing the nervous system, and fostering an environment for healing. Clients often report improved movement, restored function, and an enhanced awareness of subtle shifts in their body’s natural flow.
Her intention is to empower clients to approach activity, training, recovery, and relaxation with a mindset rooted in holistic well-being.
Credentials:
Orthopedic and Sports Massage certification: shoulder, hip and low back, and lower extremity pain and dysfunction (Cristian Arroyo & Keith Mulford 2026);
Pelvic Health Massage Therapy certificate (Michael Everson 2026);
Pre-natal (Amber Lester 2025);
Craniosacral Therapy (CSTLevel 1 2025, CSTLevel 2, 2026 Upledger Institute);
Massage Therapy: Swedish Massage, Neuromuscular Therapy, Polarity Therapy, Connective Tissue Therapy, Sports Massage, Stretching, and Hydrotherapy (Florida School of Massage, graduate 2025);
MFA of Choreography 2021;
Bowman practice 2019;
The Alexander Technique (AmSAT, The Northern California Center for the Alexander Technique, graduate 2013);
Post Graduate Diploma of Choreography 2005
BA of Dance 2003