I am Cindy, the owner of Amara Therapy, a Board Certified Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Therapist, and Expert Level Myofascial Release Therapist.

I am a graduate of Lakeside School of Massage in Milwaukee, WI. My specialty focus is in John F Barnes Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR). The passion I have for this work has enabled me to become an Expert Level MFR Therapist, an approved leader of the Wisconsin MFR Study Group, and Instructor for MFR Seminars. In addition, I also have continued education with course work in CranioSacral Therapy with the Upledger Institute and various energetic modalities.

I am the author of the children’s book, “Feel, Breathe and Imagine.” In the story, I integrate my personal and professional experience, with the hope that my book becomes a bridge to talking about anxiety with children.

Amara Therapy is the culmination of all that I have learned. Healing is a process that takes commitment, courage, and love. It is my passion to support clients to navigate their path to freedom and reclaim the comfort and peace in their body they deserve. 

Our body responds to every moment we experience, either softening and flowing in acceptance or tightening and restricting in protective resistance. We imprint a memory of our experience not only in our subconscious mind but in our body to help avoid repeating trauma. Stress, injury, physical and emotional trauma, or illness can lock us in a pattern of protective holding. Without awareness, we may get stuck in this multi-layered pattern of resistance.

Pain and discomfort are the body’s signal that we need to let go and soften, but we may have forgotten the way back to freedom. Myofascial Release Therapy uses specialized techniques that allow us to access our subconscious holding patterns and bring them into our conscious awareness. In doing so, we are able to release our resistant hold and experience freedom from chronic pain.