Erika, "Bear", graduated from the Atlanta School of Massage in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998, specializing in Deep Tissue massage therapy Asheville, Neuromuscular & Clinical Sports Massage modalities. Just out of massage school, she began working with touring music artists and bands as a massage therapist back stage, warming up and cooling down the talent as well as crew members. In 1999 she was offered a gig to go on the road. From 1999-2014 she toured as a production specialist, where her job varied from tour to tour. In addition to massage therapy, she filled roles in wardrobe, band assistance, personal assistance, production coordination, tour management and more. In 2014, she began working with animals, earning a certification from the original Equissage in Round Hill, Virginia, in Equine and Canine Sports Massage, as well as a UK Level 3 Diploma in The Trust Technique. Erika is also an Intuitive Animal Communicator and continues to study with her mentors, providing animal therapy Asheville. Over the decades, she has developed her own unique style and healing abilities, allowing her to sense the individual needs of each client and adapt the treatment to best serve every body, mind, and soul. Erika utilizes cupping, The Graston Technique, and tuning forks during each massage to enhance the healing process. Following her spiritual path, Erika became a Level 2 Usui Reiki Practitioner in Reiki Asheville and discovered she is also a Channeler. Not only does she channel beings who have passed, but she is also able to communicate with living beings, in person and at a distance. Erika is clairvoyant, clairaudient, clairsentient, and claircognizant, which means she can see, hear, sense, and just know psychic knowledge. She enjoys assisting in one's path through intuitive readings, the use of crystals, and pendulum dowsing. Now, one of her greatest passions, Sound Vibrational Therapy, along with Chakra Meditation Breathwork, is helping many find direction, self-compassion, and inner strength, as well as improved sleep, relaxation, and peace of mind. Erika began performing sound bath Asheville NC after receiving a healing treatment in Bali, Indonesia in the new year of 2021. Not only did her experience open her eyes to the emotional and mental benefits of sound vibration, but she discovered that the tonal power of the gong would greatly hasten the recovery of her recent shoulder injury. On top of that, her practice of Electromagnetic Frequency Therapy targets specific imbalances and adds to the multi-dimensional integrated healing modalities she has shared for nearly three decades.
