Unlock Ultimate Relaxation: Discover the Life-Changing Benefits of Touch of Serenity Massage for Body and Mind

In today's fast-paced world, stress has become an all-too-common companion. Touch of Serenity massage offers a sanctuary, a place to reconnect with your body and mind, and experience the profound benefits of therapeutic touch. Massage therapy is one of the oldest and most effective forms of alternative healing. With recorded origins of massage therapy dating as far back as 3000BC in the ancient cultures of Egypt and China, massage therapy has been used to heal the body's ailments naturally and holistically. Whether you're seeking relief from muscle tension, recovering from a sports injury, or simply yearning for a moment of peace, Touch of Serenity provides a range of massage modalities tailored to your specific needs.

The Essence of Touch of Serenity

At Touch of Serenity, the philosophy is to listen to both what the client says and what the body “says” during each session to tailor the massage for that specific visit. The job of the therapist is not as healer rather to facilitate the body to heal itself. All sessions involve a brief but thorough discussion to ensure that clients receive a customized treatment based on individual health needs and conditions. Once the discussion is completed you will be given privacy to disrobe to the level of your comfort. Breasts and genitals always remain covered during the session. Confidential sessions are held in a private, sanitary, safe, and aesthetic therapeutic setting to facilitate optimum results.

Core Massage Modalities

Touch of Serenity offers a diverse array of massage techniques, each designed to address specific needs and preferences.

Swedish Massage: The Foundation of Relaxation

A traditional Swedish massage fully relaxes the body and mind while lifting the spirit. Perfect for relieving muscle tension and life’s daily stresses. This technique employs long, flowing strokes, kneading, and circular movements to ease muscle tension, improve circulation, and promote overall relaxation.

Deep Tissue Massage: Releasing Chronic Tension

Deep tissue massage therapy is similar to Swedish massage, but the intention is beneficial in releasing chronic muscle tension. This approach targets deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue to release chronic muscle pain and stiffness.

Sports Massage: Enhancing Athletic Performance

Sports massage is geared toward athletes of all kinds and levels…from the trained professional to the recreational athlete. Whether you are in training, just trying to stay in shape, or enjoy being active, athletes at any level use the same muscles. Massage can help boost your performance, recover faster, and prevent injury. It is tailored to the needs of athletes, focusing on preventing injuries, improving performance, and speeding up recovery.

Specialized Touch of Serenity Treatments

Beyond the core modalities, Touch of Serenity offers specialized treatments designed to address specific populations and conditions.

Touch of Recovery: A Personalized Healing Experience

A customized session employing multiple massage and bodywork modalities and tools, using slower, intentional concentration to target specific issues. This treatment complements the body’s own ability to heal. From targeted issues like TMJD, headaches, back and shoulder pain to systemic issues like fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis, massage has been proven to reduce pain and promote healing.

The Feminine Touch: Honoring Women's Health

Honoring and serving women no matter the stage of life. Touch of Serenity addresses the full spectrum of women’s issues including the following:

Pregnancy/Prenatal Massage: Prenatal massage is important throughout the entire pregnancy for care of the expectant mom and baby. Our therapists are certified in prenatal massage.
Induction Massage: Toward the end of your pregnancy, typically around 40 weeks, Touch of Serenity offers an Induction Massage that, while still soothing, focuses on certain acupressure points that may safely speed up and ease labor and delivery.
Postpartum Massage: Postpartum massage can be as important and beneficial as massage during pregnancy. Postpartum bodywork is an effective and holistic approach for the many adjustments to motherhood.
Peri-menopausal symptoms massage and massage combined with aromatherapy has been proven to be effective in reducing menopausal symptoms.

Massage for Musicians: Harmonizing Body and Instrument

From those just learning an instrument to the student to the professional musician, massage can help alleviate the physical stress that can arise from practicing, rehearsing and performing. Playing most instruments involves sitting or standing in one position for long periods of time. This, combined with the repetitive motion of bowing, strumming, drumming, fretwork, keyboarding, or conducting, can limit ability and time spent playing. Typical issues may involve back, shoulder, neck, forearm, hand, hip or jaw discomfort. Massage therapy can help alleviate pain, prevent injuries, and help musicians ensure peak performance. Touch of Serenity has served as the massage therapist for the Eastern Music Festival.

Hot Stone Massage: Melting Away Tension

Uses ancient thermal hydrotherapy via volcanic Basalt stones to melt away stress and discomfort. Wonderful at improving circulation and calming the nervous system.

Foot Scrub, Massage and Reflexology: Unlocking the Body's Potential

Employs targeted pressure to the feet, hands and ears to unlock corresponding areas, or zones, of the body including internal organs. Extremely soothing and healing.

Couples Massage: Sharing the Serenity

Is not just for lovers - mothers and daughters and good friends can enjoy a great massage together.

Benefits Beyond Relaxation

Massage therapy has many wonderful benefits including (but not limited to) improved circulation, increased range of motion, stimulation of the lymphatic system, an overall sense of improved well-being and relaxation, a reduction in anxiety and depression. The list goes on! One of the most impactful benefits of massage therapy, however, is relief from pain that may be caused by muscular tension.

Pain Relief: Addressing the Root Cause

Have you ever had one of those super annoying and nagging tension headaches at the base of your skull that radiates down your neck and into your shoulder? You take over-the-counter pain meds (maybe even prescription meds) in hopes to find relief. The medication may help for a period of time but then the pain returns, and you find yourself in need of another dose. You end up repeating this never ending cycle for days… and possibly even months (or years!)

When you experience pain as a result of a particularly tight muscle group or area and you take over the counter or prescription painkillers, your entire body including your organs, are impacted. Painkillers work by inhibiting your brain's perception of the pain. You have merely temporarily dulled the intensity of the sensation of the pain. Your pain will return once the painkillers have worked their way out of your system. The cycle of only masking your pain with over the counter and prescription painkillers continues. Between the depressant effects on the central nervous system and the effects on the detoxifying organs such as the liver and kidneys, long term use of pain killers wreak havoc on the body.

There are over 600 muscles in the body. Certain massage modalities such as deep tissue massage, myofascial release, or trigger point therapy identify and then release the specific muscles which may be the actual source of your pain. Massage therapy can address the root cause of your pain because of its ability to target the precise muscles that may be contributing to your pain. Still using the example of tension headaches, if the muscles of your shoulders and neck are chronically tight, they are going to radiate that sensation of pain upwards to the base of your skull which results in that pesky and relentless tension headache. Receiving a massage that successfully returns your muscles to a relaxed state is one of the most effective and holistic ways to address your pain.

Preventative Wellness

Receiving consistent massage therapy makes for an excellent preventative and maintenance wellness routine. Much like eating healthy or working out, massage is best if it’s received on a regular and consistent basis. For most people, receiving a massage at least once a month makes significant improvements in their pain reduction, mental health, and overall quality of life. Make sure you take the time to schedule your next massage appointment while you're thinking about it.

Corporate Wellness: On-Site Massage Therapy

Perhaps your employees are overly stressed due to high work demands. In today’s active corporate society, stress is at an all time high. What does this cost your company? A growing number of businesses are including on-site massage therapy as a timely and revolutionary way of dealing with corporate stress.

On-site massage is a convenient, safe form of massage performed by a licensed massage therapist in a specialized, ergonomically correct chair or massage table. After a brief interview to identify any medical contraindications, employees may receive anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes of massage therapy depending on the program selected.

Touch of Serenity makes it easy! All you provide are the people to be massaged and the space; we do the rest. You pay only for the time we massage, not for travel time, not for set up time, and not for clean up. If you like, we can provide sign-up sheets in advance to help manage the on-site time efficiently so that people aren’t waiting around to be massaged.

Fundraising Events: Massage for a Cause

Let Touch of Serenity Massage Therapy offer chair massage at your fundraising event. Proceeds will benefit your organization or charity.

The Touch of Serenity Team

Touch of Serenity is more than just a massage practice; it's a team of dedicated professionals passionate about helping you achieve optimal well-being.

Noel (Owner): Noel founded A Touch of Serenity in 2014 with the intention of creating an establishment that offers affordable massage therapy services without compromising the quality of customer service and care. As a long time migraine sufferer, Noel understands the importance of having accessibility to an affordable and effective self-care routine. Her 15 years of experience in massage therapy has taught her the true value of self-care for both the mind and body.
Candy (Office Manager): Candy has been with A Touch of Serenity since 2014! Her behind the scenes work and organizational and interpersonal skills are critical components to our seamless daily operations.
Kita (Office Admin / Esthetician): Kita finds the most rewarding aspect of working in customer service to be the relaxation she is able to create with each person she interacts with. In addition to her customer service experience, Kita is also a Licensed Master Esthetician. Kita has been with A Touch of Serenity since 2023!
Earl (Massage Therapist): Earl specializes in Swedish and deep tissue. He also studied sports, prenatal, and myofascial release. Earl has been with A Touch of Serenity since 2018!
Tim (Lead Therapist, Massage Therapist): Tim has over 30 years of experience in the healing and health industry. His experience and background as a former nurse combined with his extensive training from Paul St. John, the originator of neuromuscular therapy (NMT), has made Tim an expert in pain management. Tim has been with A Touch of Serenity since 2019!
Karl (Massage Therapist): Karl provides his clients with a massage that is both therapeutically beneficial as well as relaxing. In his years of experience, Karl has mastered the art of targeting specific problems areas with consideration of the connection between the mind and body. Karl has been with A Touch of Serenity since 2021!
Naomi (Massage Therapist): As Naomi has a devout passion for healing and learning the root cause of her client’s aches, pains, and ailments, she went on to continue her education in bodywork. Naomi also has extensive training and experience in reflexology, manual lymphatic drainage, hot stone massage, cupping, trigger point, myofascial release and reiki. Naomi has been with A Touch of Serenity since 2022!
Erika (Lead Therapist, Massage Therapist): Focusing on areas of mental and physical stress and helping clients bring ease back into their body, mind, and spirit, so they can leave the massage table feeling balanced and restored is Erika’s primary aim. Whether supporting wellness through Reiki or bodywork, she is excited to share her heart-centered skills. Erika has been with A Touch of Serenity since 2023!
Viviane (Massage Therapist): With that knowledge, she believes that every single massage session should be catered specifically to the client’s needs for that session. As a result, her massage style incorporates varying techniques to fit her client’s unique needs. Viviane has been with A Touch of Serenity since 2023!
Rachel (Massage Therapist): Rachel specializes in Swedish massage, deep tissue, and hot stone massage with an emphasis on stress management and relaxation tension relief techniques. She believes that balance is an integral part of massage. A Swedish massage should have therapeutic aspects, while a therapeutic massage should have relaxation aspects. Rachel works on Wednesdays and Fridays from 1pm - 7pm.
Kelsey (Massage Therapist): Kelsey’s massage technique can be described as a relaxing but effective therapeutic massage. Her approach to massage is to always listen to the client first and then listen to the body. From there, she will perform a massage routine that targets the known problem areas while also addressing any unknown trouble spots that may be contributing to an issue. Kelsey has been with A Touch of Serenity since 2024
Raven (Massage Therapist): Raven’s technique focuses on addressing the identified problem area(s) while also providing attention to the secondary impacted muscle groups. Raven has been with A Touch of Serenity since 2025!
Lauren (Massage Therapist): As a stress management specialist, Lauren is a massage therapist with knowledge and experience in using techniques that are specifically designed to calm the nervous system and evoke a sense of peace.

Your Experience at Touch of Serenity

Touch of Serenity strives to ensure your entire therapeutic massage experience is one that is inviting, nurturing and gratifying.

Policies and Procedures

Your appointment time has been reserved especially for you.
Please arrive 5 minutes prior to your scheduled session time; 10 minutes prior to your first session.
24 hour notice is required to cancel or you may be charged in full.
If late, your session will end as originally scheduled, unless time permits, and the session will be charged in full.
Touch of Serenity packages are a great way to save money. Packages must be paid for in full by the first session. Unlike memberships at other massage practices, there is no time limit on when a Touch of Serenity package must be used - they never expire. To book a package, simply choose the kind of package you want to purchase from the menu when booking online. You only need to book your first massage date.
While we prefer cash and in-state checks, we also accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover credit and debit cards.

Location

If you are in Northern Virginia, we are located in Alexandria, VA.

Directions from I-840 East: Take I-840 East to Exit 8 Lawndale Drive. Turn right onto Lawndale Drive and go through the lights at Cottage Place and Lake Jeanette Rd. Turn left onto Ashwood Court (there will be a white fence on the corner where the Sunshine House is). From there, the office complex is at the end of the cul-de-sac on the right. Once entering the office complex, take the immediate left into a small side parking lot.

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