Kathleen is a licensed massage therapist, reiki practitioner, yoga instructor and wellness product designer with a passion for helping others through their life's journey. She has certifications in myofascial release and cupping therapy as well as holds a double bachelor degree in International studies and Psychology from the University of New Mexico.
Born into a beautiful family with a rich history of holistic healing practices, she has always had a deep compassion for others and a dream of helping those around her in a revolutionary way. It was through her own tragedy and the discovery of the the science of positive psychology at UNM that Kathleen bore witness to the many ways we, as human beings, can seek and find our own personal wellness. It was then that her path as a healer truly began.
After an intensive senior year of college serving as both a student counselor on campus and a teaching assistant to Dr. Bruce Smith, one of the leading professors and authors of positive psychology, she embarked on an 8 month journey through four continents to enhance her understanding of the healing arts. Through her travels and studies, she developed a thriving passion for holistic medicine and alternative therapies. She trained in community outreach in the orphanages of Peru, studied aromatherapy in Indonesia, trained in the art of massage in Thailand and immersed herself into the world of yoga in the mountains of India.
Upon her return home, she launched into thousands of hours of school and continuing education courses to develop the knowledge and wisdom to practice massage therapy and yoga professionally. She received her massage license in Washington State and quickly began her practice in a medical spa in Issaquah under an incredible massage therapist mentor. Throughout that time, Kathleen married her soulmate Peter Kweskin and they had a beautiful baby girl, Sally Rose. After moving back to Connecticut with her family, she worked as a manager, massage therapist, reiki practitioner and yoga instructor at a therapeutic spa in Danbury.
Her technique has developed into a unique and immensely effective body work style, blending together a range of modalities depending upon the client's needs for powerful sessions and results. Her path has taken her to the Health and Wellness Center in Ridgefield where she has opened her first private practice, Grow Wellness.
Devin
Devin is a licensed reiki practitioner as well as the Grow Wellness meditation leader and General Manager.
Though Devin and Kathleen come from the same background, their journeys to find Grow Wellness could not have been more different. For Devin, there was always a sense of wanting to know more. Once she had graduated college, she found that her desire to learn still needed to be satisfied, and so through her own curiosity, she began to study herbalism and meditation. It was a nice hobby at first, a distraction from the corporate office world that she had found herself thrust into without any real thought as to why.
But, over the years this wonder and curiosity led to a spiritual journey that culminated in Devin leaving the United States with no real plan other than to travel and experience the world. While living abroad, she met a veteran reiki practitioner, and through her, began to study the art. The difference it made in her life was immediate and the calling towards healing that she had always felt began to grow stronger.
Grow Wellness was the logical next step to furthering her dream of bettering both herself and the lives of others, and so Devin joined forces with Kathleen to make their once distant day dream into a reality.
The rest, as they say, is history.
