06/12/2023
Welcome!
As an introduction, my name is Michael Searles and I am a massage therapist in Seattle.
After a life altering and transformative injury in 2007, I started massage in 2009 after graduating with honors from PMI in Albuquerque NM. I specifically enjoyed practicing myofascial release and Shiatsu. Which later expanded into structural integration and Neuromuscular trigger point therapy.
I began a dedicated yoga practice in 2012, developing a foundation of presence and breath work which expanded into meditation and energy work.
I move to Seattle in 2013. While waiting for my license to be approved, I worked in customer service and administration at a few massage clinics in Seattle. During this time I studied specific injuries that have become even more prevalent in our work from home world, Carpal tunnel syndrome and sciatic pain syndrome, I also studied Reiki.
I spent the next few years working in the luxury spa world, where I learned more in depth spa treatments and focused on my love for aromatherapy.
In 2018 I finished a 200hr yoga teacher training to expand and deepen my practice.
In 2021 I returned to clinical practice hoping to contribute to the liveliness and recovery during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. I studied dermonueromodulation, which focuses on the nerves in the skin anc how to use them to encourage unwinding of structures that may be stuck or sticking causing pain.
Now in 2023, I am returning to private practice to pursue my passion:
Facilitating a free from pain life of movement.
