Our Philosophy & Team

Cassandra is our resident massage therapist who has been practicing massage for over 13 years. As an active person, Cassandra was drawn to massage therapy for its ability to improve body function and heal injuries. She takes pride in her work when a client can overcome something negative in their life with massage, whether it’s an injury or stress. 

One of Cassandra’s favourite things about the job is that every day is something new. As an avid athlete and mother of 2, Cassandra particularly enjoys working with athletes and prenatal clients, as she has seen the benefits of massage in her own life. That said, Cassandra has worked with clients from all walks of life and seen the positive improvements massage can bring for everyone. 

When she’s not working, Cassandra is always down for a run, having completed 10 half marathons. She’s also a basketball player, having played in the local women’s league for 7 seasons. Aside from her own athletic endeavours, you can find Cassandra at her son’s soccer games, where she often helps the team with cross-training and massage therapy. If she’s not working, running, or at a soccer game, Cassandra also loves to hike. 

Cassandra’s Certifications

• Registered Massage Therapist 
• Hot Stone Therapy Certified 
• Myofascial Cupping Certified 
• Member of the Natural Health Practitioners of Canada 

Dawn is a fitness enthusiast and specialist, with her love for physical fitness expanding from her personal life to her professional life. Over the past 22 years, Dawn was blessed with the opportunity to be a stay at home mom, which also allowed her to pursue many adventures in physical fitness.

Beginning as a long-distance runner, Dawn found herself looking for a new challenge. She found Crossfit and never looked back, as it allowed her to build her strength both physically and mentally. It also showed her the benefit of group classes, something she hopes to share with clients at Recovery Lab.

As an aging athlete, Dawn has grown to recognize the importance of nutrition, mobility, flexibility, and recovery. She looks forward to sharing this knowledge through fascial stretch therapy and various group classes. Whether you’re an athlete or someone who’s just getting started, Dawn is excited to help you discover your full potential and the missing link in your wellness routine.

Dawn’s Certifications

• Certified Fascial Stretch Therapist
• Certified Life Stretch Coach
• Certified Personal Trainer
• Crossfit Coach Level 2 (with specializations in mobility, master’s, and kid’s training)

Michelle is a wholistic therapist who specializes in using meditation, herbs, and other wholistic practices to promote healing and wellness. She describes herself as a people person, and she loves helping others discover their best selves.

With over 20 years of experience, Michelle is passionate about making a difference in other people’s lives. She uses the healing power of aromatherapy, herbology, iridology, nutritional counselling, and supplementation to help clients. Michelle is also a certified birth assistant/doula and has experience in both pre and post-natal care.

Aside from her work, Michelle loves the outdoors and creative arts. You can find her hiking, mountain biking, trail running, and kayaking. To fuel her artistic side, Michelle also loves making natural jewelry, textiles, and mixed media art.

Michelle’s Certifications

• Certified Wholistic Therapist
• Certified Master Herbalist
• Certified Community Herbologist
• Certified Birth Assistant/Doula

Andrea’s passion to help others led her to a career in Massage Therapy.  She graduated with 2200 hours in 2016 and has developed her techniques to suit multiple needs and takes pride in being a part of client’s journey to better health.

Andrea loves that massage therapy can benefit a wide variety of clients and conditions.  She uses her skills to relieve everyday stresses and assist with pain management to promote an overall healthy lifestyle for all.

When she is not massaging, Andrea enjoys camping, hiking, cycling and skiing.

Andrea’s Certifications

Registered Massage Therapist

Roxane started practicing massage 7 years ago after finding interest in athletic therapy. As an athlete herself, she was always interested in the movement of her muscles as well as movement and recovery of them after an injury. Roxane loves sharing her knowledge and experiences with her clients in hope to help relieve their pain, discomfort or stress. Watching a client leave with a smile on their face is why Roxane continues to practice.

One of Roxane’s career highlights was having the opportunity to work with the Canadian Men’s Rugby Team as they came through on tours. When not massaging she can be found spending time with her 3 grandchildren or hiking with her youngest daughter.

Roxane’s Certifications

• Registered Massage Therapist 
• Hot Stone Therapy Certified 
• Myofascial Cupping Certified 
• Member of Canadian Massage and manual Osteopathic Therapists Association

Harold has been practicing massage therapy for five years and specializes in clinical therapeutic treatments.  He strongly believes that his greatest value that he can give to his clients is not just physical treatment, but also information that can lead to living a healthier lifestyle.  Harold enjoys working with clients from all walks of life.  He relates well to people living active lifestyles since he plays badminton and volleyball.  He has a great understanding of holistic healing, physical treatment and recovery.

Harold is a single father to an amazing eight year old boy.  When he is not busy working, Harold enjoys spending time with family and friends.  Exercising, playing sports, reading books and meditating are also ways that he fills his spare moments.

Harolds’s Certifications

• Registered Massage Therapist
• Certified Lensen Therapist
• Reiki Master
• Member of Canadian Massage and Manual Osteopathic Therapists Association

Prism completed her 2200 hour massage therapy diploma at Lethbridge College in 2020 and is a current member of the NHPC association. She is passionate in helping heal the mind and body as she believes massage has a big part in alleviating pain and improving relaxation. She specializes in deep tissue and recovery massage. She is enthusiastic about massage and eager to keep learning and broadening her skills. Prism is excited to meet new clients and help them achieve their treatment goals that massage therapy can provide.

Prism is working on getting her youth leadership diploma at the haven interning for the teens alive program, as well as her cupping certification. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her friends, reading and writing poems, working out, going on walks/hikes and camping.

Prism’s Certifications

• Registered Massage Therapist
• Member of the natural health practitioners of Canada
• Certified in Aromatherapy

Nadia has been massaging for nearly 3 years now. The study of the human body and its function has always been a big passion of hers. The variety of conditions to treat is what she enjoys the most, as everyone’s body is different and there is always something new to learn with each of her clients. Nadia has been into sports for most of her life. As an athlete, being active helped her understand further the body mechanics. This experience has been a great resource for her to use in her treatment of clients.

Nadia is a mother of two boys. When she is free, you can find her at the Crossfit gym, snowboarding, hiking, or simply in the kitchen baking something sweet.

Nadia’s Certifications

• Myofascial cupping certification
• KinesioTaping Certification

Lianna has a passion for anatomy, physiology, continually learning, and research in her field of expertise as a massage therapist. She has a wealth of experience and takes a compassionate approach to her clients and their healing and recovery. Lianna has been a Registered Massage Therapist for five years, specializing in recovery, deep and sports massage therapy. Her strengths are working with migraine and chronic headaches, concussions, rotator cuff and neck and hip injuries. Chronic conditions, postural deviations, joint mobilizations myofascial cupping and hot stone therapy are among the other modalities Lianna offers at this time. In her spare time, you will likely find her with her family and friends, enjoying watersports and the great outdoors!

Chantel is the newest member of our team. She has always had a passion for fitness and is happy to be able to help others find what they need in health, wellness and recovery. As our Receptionist she will be able to help answer any questions, point you in the right direction and book you in for your next appointment with us.

Having grown up in Red Deer, she has been apart of the community her whole life participating in various group fitness and volunteer projects.

When Chantel isn’t working, you can find her traversing the great outdoors – be it hiking, kayaking, spelunking or fueling her competitive side competing in tough mudder and spartan races.

Brittany has been in the fitness industry for over a decade now. Her love of movement started through competitive figure skating and soccer, and continued on to her completing her Kinesiology degree. From there she worked as an exercise therapist, personal trainer and group fitness instructor and eventually started her own online fitness company.

Barre was an easy choice to pursue as it combines all of the things that she loves about training and movement. Strength, endurance, flexibility, core engagement and focus on alignment and form are all assets that make it one of the best workouts out there. When she is not teaching or training you can find her in the gym, playing soccer or running around with her 2 young kids .

Brittany’s Certifications

• Bachelor of Kinesiology certification
• Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology- Certified Personal Trainer
• AFLCA- group exercise, cycle
• BootyBarre