Ohana Therapeutic Massage

Ohana Therapeutic Massage Customized sessions to relieve pain, reduce tension, and prevent it from coming back. I offer you the tools and resources your body needs to heal itself.

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https://ohana-therapeutic-massage.square.site/ Ohana Therapeutic Massage was opened in 2012 by Paula VanBaalen. While Ohana has been a multi-therapist practice for the last decade+, Paula recently decided to scale back to refocus on her original passion - providing quality, customized sessions to not just relieve pain but also to prevent it from coming back. Paula VanBaalen, owner, LMT, Expert JBMFR practitioner, CPMT, CAMT, loves being able to able to give hope and relief to those suffering from chronic pain. She specializes in treating the body as a whole, rather than only focusing on the area causing pain or discomfort. This ability allows her to provide pain relief for those who have not been able to find relief with other therapies. Paula graduated from the A.A.S Massage Program from Minnesota School of Business in 2009. Since then, she has taken over 750 hours of continuing education, specializing in Myofascial Release ~ the John Barnes' Approach. She uses her depth of training, combined with over 15 years of experience, to meet your body where it's at. By providing the appropriate techniques, we can get you the best results possible. In this high pace, high stress world it is important to take the time for yourself and your health. Regardless of the word we assign to it (rejuvenating, therapeutic, healing) or the reasons we seek it out (stress relief, pain management, injury rehab), myofascial release can be a powerful ally on your wellness journey. Let me empower you heal yourself.

✨ Micro Acts of Connection and Healing ✨ Day 14/14 5 minute practices to connect deeper with yourself. Micro Acts of Co...
02/27/2026

✨ Micro Acts of Connection and Healing ✨ Day 14/14

5 minute practices to connect deeper with yourself.

Micro Acts of Connection and Healing ~ Day 14 (🥳You made it!!)

😤 Bring yourself into yourself

Now this one you could spend 5 minutes doing or do 5 x 1-minute practices. It's a combination of several techniques I've learned over the years. Initially I recommend you practice where you won't be disturbed, but once you get the hang of this, you can do it anywhere anytime.

The Practice: Sit in a comfortable, relaxed position. Begin to slow your breath. On an inhale, imagine you are bringing all of your energy, your you-ness, back into yourself. Imagine it filling your spine from your head all the way to your tailbone. On your exhale, allow anything that doesn't serve you anymore to be released, through your feet and back into the planet to be recycled. Keep breathing slow and steady until you feel like you're fully back in your body, or 5 minutes.

🎉 Thank you for joining me for this Micro Acts of Connection and Healing Challenge. If you haven't already, don't forget to enter to win HERE: https://www.ohanatherapeutic.com/enter-to-win

For those who are curious for more...

Remember having a healthy connection with your Self is a LEARNED skill. That's where tools like these come in handy!

To get the most out of this challenge:
⏰ Dedicate the 5 minutes per day to your wellbeing, maybe 10 minutes if it takes you a couple minutes to shift gears.
🤨 Let things not make sense. Give your brain something to marinate on for a while. Let it simmer on the back burner, collecting more information and energy until the message is ready.
🤯 Be open minded and pay attention to the messages you are given with each practice, especially when things feel weird, different, odd, or any sensation that is not "normal" for you. And if everything feels normal, be open minded to that too. Information builds awareness.
❓ If any of these practices sound odd to you but also feel right somehow, I invite you to be extra curious about it. I call that a soul tug. It's one of those little signs that a shift in direction may be needed.

✨️💕✨️
02/27/2026

✨️💕✨️

Food for thought during your next myofascial release, massage, or other bodywork practice...“People think focus means sa...
02/26/2026

Food for thought during your next myofascial release, massage, or other bodywork practice...

“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.” — Steve Jobs

What are you focusing on during your session? Are you trying to focus on relaxing so hard that you've missed the letting go that needs to happen to get there?

Just some food for thought 🙃

✨ Micro Acts of Connection and Healing ✨ Day 13/14 5 minute practices to connect deeper with yourself. Micro Acts of Co...
02/26/2026

✨ Micro Acts of Connection and Healing ✨ Day 13/14

5 minute practices to connect deeper with yourself.

Micro Acts of Connection and Healing ~ Day 13

😷👺 Space to take the mask off.

Use this as an intuitive imagery practice. Best done in a quiet and uninterrupted space.

The Practice: Physically, mentally, energetically, and/or in your mind's eye, become aware of the mask you are currently wearing. This means, the persona that you are presenting, the part you are playing, if you will, or the image you are trying to measure up to. Allow yourself to feel all of the current mask. Whatever that means to you today, in this moment. Feel it for a moment or two. Imagine it's shape and design and color if that helps. Then, allow all of the feelings of that mask to lift. In whatever way feels right in this moment. It might melt off, slide off, chip off, break off, simply dissipate, or anything else that feels right to you today.

🎉 Thank you for joining me for this Micro Acts of Connection and Healing Challenge. If you haven't already, don't forget to enter to win HERE: https://www.ohanatherapeutic.com/enter-to-win

For those who are curious for more...

Remember having a healthy connection with your Self is a LEARNED skill. That's where tools like these come in handy!

To get the most out of this challenge:
⏰ Dedicate the 5 minutes per day to your wellbeing, maybe 10 minutes if it takes you a couple minutes to shift gears.
🤨 Let things not make sense. Give your brain something to marinate on for a while. Let it simmer on the back burner, collecting more information and energy until the message is ready.
🤯 Be open minded and pay attention to the messages you are given with each practice, especially when things feel weird, different, odd, or any sensation that is not "normal" for you. And if everything feels normal, be open minded to that too. Information builds awareness.
❓ If any of these practices sound odd to you but also feel right somehow, I invite you to be extra curious about it. I call that a soul tug. It's one of those little signs that a shift in direction may be needed.

My idea of success in my career/calling/passion/playtime/whatever it is we want to call what I do 😅, is to remind you th...
02/26/2026

My idea of success in my career/calling/passion/playtime/whatever it is we want to call what I do 😅, is to remind you that you can feel safe and comfortable in your own skin and to invite you to feel the magic of the present moment. ✨️💕✨️

Your everything will thank you 😊
02/25/2026

Your everything will thank you 😊

✨ Micro Acts of Connection and Healing ✨ Day 12/14 5 minute practices to connect deeper with yourself. Micro Acts of Co...
02/25/2026

✨ Micro Acts of Connection and Healing ✨ Day 12/14

5 minute practices to connect deeper with yourself.

Micro Acts of Connection and Healing ~ Day 12

🔄 Redirect yourself

The Practice: When you catch yourself wandering down the mental spiral today, call yourself on it! Call a duck a duck, no matter how sparkly or shiny or full of 💩 it is. It's a duck. It could be something like "There I go, worrying again." (said in a gentle, teasing way). This pause gives your brain a chance to do something different.

Bonus points if you then practice of the other techniques that we've discussed or whatever you need to do to give your brain something more healthful to think about going forward.

🎉 Thank you for joining me for this Micro Acts of Connection and Healing Challenge. If you haven't already, don't forget to enter to win HERE: https://www.ohanatherapeutic.com/enter-to-win

For those who are curious for more...

Remember having a healthy connection with your Self is a LEARNED skill. That's where tools like these come in handy!

To get the most out of this challenge:
⏰ Dedicate the 5 minutes per day to your wellbeing, maybe 10 minutes if it takes you a couple minutes to shift gears.
🤨 Let things not make sense. Give your brain something to marinate on for a while. Let it simmer on the back burner, collecting more information and energy until the message is ready.
🤯 Be open minded and pay attention to the messages you are given with each practice, especially when things feel weird, different, odd, or any sensation that is not "normal" for you. And if everything feels normal, be open minded to that too. Information builds awareness.
❓ If any of these practices sound odd to you but also feel right somehow, I invite you to be extra curious about it. I call that a soul tug. It's one of those little signs that a shift in direction may be needed.

Read that quote again. 👇🏻 P.S. I love you. Even if we don't know each other. You are a breathing, living thing and dese...
02/25/2026

Read that quote again. 👇🏻

P.S. I love you. Even if we don't know each other. You are a breathing, living thing and deserving of love and space in this world. And I'm sorry that anyone ever convinced you otherwise. ✨️💕✨️

SAVE THESE FOR LATER 🦋🐛🐌🪱Four gentle breathing exercises you can come back to whenever your brain feels loud, your body ...
02/24/2026

SAVE THESE FOR LATER 🦋🐛🐌🪱

Four gentle breathing exercises you can come back to whenever your brain feels loud, your body feels tense, or bedtime feels impossible.

✨ Butterfly Breathing – for focus
✨ Caterpillar Breathing – to release stress
✨ Worm Breathing – to ease anxiety
✨ Snail Breathing – to help you sleep

Your nervous system deserves cute coping tools 💕

Follow Sugar & Sloth for more 🦋 (Seriously, I love the content she shares ❤️)

✨ Micro Acts of Connection and Healing ✨ Day 11/14 5 minute practices to connect deeper with yourself. Micro Acts of Co...
02/24/2026

✨ Micro Acts of Connection and Healing ✨ Day 11/14

5 minute practices to connect deeper with yourself.

Micro Acts of Connection and Healing ~ Day 11

🐝Take the Sting Out.

We tend to be our own worst critics. Or at least I know I am. So how we talk to ourselves matters a lot. Hence why most of these are surrounded around internal dialogues and awareness.

The Practice: Throughout the day today, give yourself permission to pay attention to a time that you're being critical of yourself. It could be that you're late, you messed something up, or you forgot something. First just pay attention to what you say to yourself when that happens. Do you guilt yourself? Dismiss it? Etc? Then gently remind yourself that you're doing the best you can with the knowledge, resources, and time that you have. And that's perfect!

🎉 Thank you for joining me for this Micro Acts of Connection and Healing Challenge. If you haven't already, don't forget to enter to win HERE: https://www.ohanatherapeutic.com/enter-to-win

For those who are curious for more...

Remember having a healthy connection with your Self is a LEARNED skill. That's where tools like these come in handy!

To get the most out of this challenge:
⏰ Dedicate the 5 minutes per day to your wellbeing, maybe 10 minutes if it takes you a couple minutes to shift gears.
🤨 Let things not make sense. Give your brain something to marinate on for a while. Let it simmer on the back burner, collecting more information and energy until the message is ready.
🤯 Be open minded and pay attention to the messages you are given with each practice, especially when things feel weird, different, odd, or any sensation that is not "normal" for you. And if everything feels normal, be open minded to that too. Information builds awareness.
❓ If any of these practices sound odd to you but also feel right somehow, I invite you to be extra curious about it. I call that a soul tug. It's one of those little signs that a shift in direction may be needed.

What if life truly is what you make it out to be?
02/24/2026

What if life truly is what you make it out to be?

Meet today with the wonder of a small child at Christmas time. 😍
02/23/2026

Meet today with the wonder of a small child at Christmas time. 😍

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208 E Howard Street
Hibbing, MN
55746

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Monday 11am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 1:30pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 1:30pm

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+12182631501

Website

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At Ohana Therapeutic Massage we believe that massage therapy is a powerful ally in your healthcare regiment. Our Pain and Stress Relief Specialists offer a variety of massage therapy services to help you heal yourself. Massage therapy services include: Therapeutic Massage, Relaxation Massage, Pregnancy Massage, Hot Stone Massage, Couples Massage, and Chair Massage. Specialty therapies include John Barnes' Myofascial Release, Active Myofascial Therapy ~ The Diamond Method, CranioSacral Therapy and AromaTouch Technique. Paula VanBaalen, owner, LMT, CPMT, CAMT, Intermediate JBMFR practitioner, loves being able to able to give hope and relief to those suffering from chronic pain. She specializes in treating the body as a whole, rather than only focusing on the area causing pain or discomfort. This ability allows her to provide pain relief for those who have not been able to find relief with other therapies. Paula graduated from the A.A.S Massage Program from Minnesota School of Business in 2009. She now exclusively offers John Barnes' Approach to Myofascial Release to help those who have not found relief with other therapies. Vanessa Hietala, LMT, is known for her combination of relaxation and therapeutic massages. Her greatest joy is being able to have someone walk in tight and stressed and float out of the massage room, happy again. She completed Lake Superior College's Massage Therapy Program in 2011. She joined the Ohana Family in February 2014. After taking some time off work to focus on being a wonderful mother, Vanessa is excited to come back to work at Ohana Therapeutic Massage to help people find pain and stress relief. Vanessa is currently taking training to become certified in CranioSacral Therapy. Ashley Johnson, LMT, loves being able to help people to feel good and live with less pain and fatigue. She loves being able to custom tailor each massage session to meet the clients’ unique needs. By blending a variety of Trigger Point, Deep Tissue, Scar Realignment and Sports Massage techniques, she is able to find what therapy works most effectively for each client’s condition and/or symptoms. Ashley graduated in 2013 from Duluth Business University with her Associate of Applied Science Degree in Massage Therapy. She joined the Ohana Family in 2019. In this high pace, high stress world it is important to take the time for yourself and your health. Regardless of the word we assign to it (rejuvenating, therapeutic, healing) or the reasons we seek it out (stress relief, pain management, injury rehab), massage therapy can be a powerful ally in your health care regimen. Let us help you heal yourself.