Our Staff
All massage therapists at Ironwood Arts provide experienced and professional massage with the needs of the client as the focus of the session. Each therapist has their own specialty, and all our therapists are highly trained in their modalities.
Our services include therapeutic sessions ranging from relaxation (light work) to deep tissue, prenatal, hot stones, massage cupping, heated bamboo, and body wraps.
About Our Massage Therapists
Laura Gray, LMBT
Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist
NC License #16670
Therapeutic Relaxation, Prenatal, and Hot Stone
Laura's work is a nurturing and intuitive blend of relaxation and deep tissue. She incorporates hot towels, joint mobilizations, stretching, and trigger point techniques in her sessions. Her prenatal session bring empathy and support to the journey of love, joy, stress and pressures that mothers go through while they carry new life.
About Prenatal Massage
During a prenatal session Laura will have her client lie on their side to keep baby and mother safe and comfortable. Massage during and after pregnancy can help ease soar muscles, joints, and ligaments as well as calm and care for mama so she can care for baby. As a mother herself Laura has a special love for mamas and loves the honor of supporting, preparing, and helping mothers through the emotional and physical strains of pre and post partum care through bodywork.
About Hot Stone Massage
During these sessions Laura incorporates heated basalt stones with her massage techniques. The heat provided by damp hot stones penetrates more deeply into the muscle tissue than manual pressure ever can. This slow heat creates deep relaxation and release of muscle tension allowing the client a gentle way to relax while changing tension and letting the therapist working into the deeper muscles layers to make greater change.
Sessions with Laura
60 minute ................................... $70
75 minute ................................... $85
90 minute ................................... $100
2 hour ......................................... $130
Prenatal with Laura
60 minute ................................... $70
75 minute ................................... $85
90 minute ................................... $100
Hot Stones with Laura
60 minute ................................... $85
75 minute ................................... $100
90 minute ................................... $115
2 hour ......................................... $145
Currently available:
Wednesdays & Fridays
techniques
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Swedish (relaxation)
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Deep Tissue
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Trigger Point Therapy
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Pre- and Post-natal
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Aromatherapy
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Hot Stones
Sessions with Jessica
60 minute ................................... $70
75 minute ................................... $85
90 minute ................................... $100
Table Thai with Jessica
90 minute ................................... $110
techniques
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Swedish (relaxation)
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Pressure Point
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Joint Mobilization
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Skin Care
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Traditional Thai
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Table Thai massage
Jessica Martens, LMBT
Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist
NC License #16670
Currently available:
Sundays and Thursdays
Integrated Relaxation and Table Thai
Jessica creates a luxurious blend of techniques focused on relaxing and soothing the body. She provides integrated sessions that adapt to the client's bodywork needs. Using a customized blend of Swedish, pressure points and stretching techniques, she works to promote healing and reduce pain while inducing a full experience of calm and recovery.
About Table Thai
Thai massage is an ancient method of healing with works with the body's energetic pathways. In these session Jessica uses her hands, elbows, knees, and feet to guide you into a series of yoga-like stretches while also applying rocking, compressions, acupressure, and other Thai massage techniques to restore balance to the body and mind.
By adapting these techniques to a massage table, she is able to blend in other massage modalities, allowing the client to gain a deeper stretch then traditional massage.
Thai massage is performed fully clothed and without oils. It is recommended you dress in work out or loose fitting clothing.
Melissa Cope, LMBT
Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist
NC License #13993
Currently available:
Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
Therapeutic Integration, Reflexology, and Body Cocoons
Melissa provides soothing and calming sessions focusing on relaxation and recovery blending with deep tissue techniques adjusted to each client's needs. Her reflexology session adjusts and balances the whole body through foot and hand work. Both reflexology and nourishing body wraps can be done as standalone sessions or blended with a full body massage.
About Reflexology Sessions
Melissa's Reflexology session use massage and pressure point techniques on the feet and hands to stimulate healing in the organs and soft tissue through the body. Reflexology can be combined with head and neck massage for a 60 minute session or a full body massage for a 90 or 2 hrs session.
About Nourishing Body Cocoons
The sessions starts by exfoliating and opening the skin with dry brushing followed by application of our hand-made nourishing skin butter and wrapping the body in layers of blankets to create a soothing cocoon. While cocooned your therapist massages your head and neck along with our house made foot scrub and hot towels. A 90 minute or 2 hour body warp will incorporate back, arms and legs to provide a full body massage. The session is finished with time to relax into your nest and release muscle tension from the inside out.
About Hot Stone Massage
During these sessions Melissa incorporates heated basalt stones with her massage techniques. The heat provided by damp hot stones penetrates more deeply into the muscle tissue than manual pressure ever can. This slow heat creates deep relaxation and release of muscle tension allowing the client a gentle way to relax while changing tension and letting the therapist working into the deeper muscles layers to make greater change.
Sessions with Melissa
60 minute ................................... $70
75 minute ................................... $85
90 minute ................................... $100
Reflexology with Melissa
45 min. hand & foot reflexology ................... $65
60 min. reflexology w/ head & neck ............ $80
90 min. reflexology w/60 min. massage ..... $110
2 hr. reflexology w/90 min. massage .......... $140
Nourishing Body Cocoon with Melissa
60 min. cocoon w/ neck & foot massage ...... $90
90 min. cocoon & full body massage ............ $120
2 hour cocoon & full body massage .............. $150
Hot Stones with Melissa
60 minute ................................... $85
75 minute ................................... $100
90 minute ................................... $115
techniques
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Swedish (relaxation)
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Deep Tissue
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Hot Stones
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Body Wraps
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Reflexology
Adon Wallace, LMBT
Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist
NC License #15055
Currently available:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
Therapeutic Deep Tissue, Cupping, and Sticks and Stones (Bamboo and Hot Stone Fusion)
Adon focuses on long flowing hands-on techniques combined with heated bamboo to achieve therapeutic detail and deep relaxation. His sessions can range from deep work to gentle depending on the needs of the client. Cupping session can be used to release and lengthen soft tissue and increase other body functions. For a truly unique therapeutic massage he incorporates hot stones and heated bamboo in his specialty Sticks and Stones sessions.
About Sticks and Stones Massage
In this customized session Adon blends hands on massage, heated basalt stones, Himalayan salt stones, and warm Bamboo sticks to create a full experience of resetting and renewing the muscular and other soft tissue structures. Both bamboo and stones function as tools to work deeper into the soft tissue. The heat allows the body to soften and relaxed more completely than hands on work alone is capable of.
About Cupping Sessions
In these session Adon combines massage cupping with hands on techniques to advance the therapeutic outcome that traditional massage can achieve. Cupping creates negative pressure on the underlying tissue freeing up fascial adhesions and promote lymphatic drainage. Cups can be applied to a single body area for muscular issues or used in larger patterns to lengthen the fascial net depending on the client's needs. They can also be placed in static positions or moved as needed.
Cupping can leave short term marks on the skin as it draws damaged cells and stagnant blood to the surface allowing the body to clear them. These marks can last up to a week.
Sessions with Adon
60 minute ..................................... $70
75 minute ..................................... $85
90 minute ..................................... $100
Sticks and Stones with Adon
60 minute ..................................... $85
75 minute ..................................... $100
90 minute ..................................... $115
Cupping with Adon
60 minute ..................................... $80
75 minute ..................................... $95
90 minute ..................................... $110
Fully Integrated 2 hour session with Adon
This session blends hands on, hot stones, heated bamboo and cupping in to one session.
2 hour fully integrated ................. $150
techniques
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Swedish (relaxation)
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Deep Tissue
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Hot Stones
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Myofascial
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Bamboo Massage
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Facial Cupping
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Massage Cupping
Eliza Wallace, LMBT
Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist
NC License #09118
Currently available:
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays
Eliza is no longer able to take on new regular clients however she is opening a few singles visit sessions when she is able.
These are available on a limited bases and at an additional session cost.
If you are interested in seeing her, please send her a message though our contact form.
Therapeutic Deep Tissue, Myofascial, and Medical Massage
Eliza's bodywork focuses on a therapeutic approach incorporating clinical, medical, myofascial and structural techniques. She blends deep tissue techniques with clinical knowledge and adapts to each person she works with to help change the soft tissues in a way that supports the needs and comfort of each client.
About Medical Massage
Medical sessions are designed for assessment and single issue soft tissue adjustment. Medical massage is outcome-based massage, primarily the application of a specific treatment targeted to the specific problem. The patient presents with a diagnosis and are administered after a thorough assessment/evaluation by the therapist with specific outcomes being the basis for treatment.
Single visit sessions
60 minute ..................................... $90
90 minute ..................................... $125
2 hour ........................................... $160
techniques
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Swedish (relaxation)
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Deep Tissues
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Trigger Point Therapy
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Myofascial
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Medical Massage
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Body Wraps
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Hot Stones
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Clinical Massage
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Posteral Assesment