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Powhatan Today, July 25, 2012
powhatan Her message to clients? Relax Owner of Just Breathe offers customers a place to let go of the stress and anxiety they face
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friend, who is also a nurse, took me to get my first massage and I thought, ‘This is it. This is preventive care.’ So everyone who comes in here, I never turn them away if they can’t pay….I teach them very basic
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By Ben Orcutt Contributing Writer
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olly Rachael Strong’s soothing voice is an asset that helps her as a certified massage therapist in her business – Just Breathe. As of Aug. 1, Strong will have operated Just Breathe, which is located off U.S. 60 at 2180 Plainview Center in Powhatan, for two years. Strong, 35, is nationally certified in therapeutic massage and body work. She also is a Traditional Thai Massage practitioner and studies at the Thai Institute of Healing Arts in Arlington. “I do a lot of traditional spa therapies,” Strong said. “I worked for some of the top spas for the last seven years and also on my own. So I do a lot of their therapeutics. I do body polishes, which is very self-explanatory, body wraps, which after the massage you get wrapped up like a little mummy [and] facial massage with different types of handmade ointments and balms and lotions….” Everything she uses in her massage therapy is natural and can be eaten, Strong said. Strong said she began her career as a licensed practical nurse after her first daughter, Niomi Kaiser, 16, was born when Strong was 19. Strong also has an 8-year-old daughter, Mira Strong. “When I worked as a nurse, I saw
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Molly Rachel Strong, owner of Just Breathe, was trained as a nurse before turning to massage as a way to help people heal.
a lot of people die needlessly and I saw the synergistic effect of medicines and I saw that there wasn’t a lot of prevention and it broke my heart,” Strong said. “And I just wanted to do something more and then I had my first massage. My best
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