Marie Colandrea, LMT

Marie Colandrea, a Massage Therapist for over 3 decades, graduated from the Potomac Massage Therapy Institute, (advanced program—Washington, DC) in 1982. It was then that her passion for all things body-centered and therapeutic began.

Along with classical massage, she certified in Craniosacral Therapy (Upledger), the Vodder Method of Manual Lymph Drainage (with both Hildegaard Wittlinger and Anne Bramham), Aromatherapy/Reflexology (Eve Taylor), Spa Therapy (Hydrotherapy and Thallasotherapy), Ayurvedic Massage (Panchakarma) (PMTI), Geriatric Massage and Sports Massage. She attended a 4 year program at the Washington Institute for Body Psychotherapy in the 1990's and is currently a student of the practice of Orthobionomy. Most recently she completed certification for Connective Tissue Facial massage (Astec).

As a manual therapist, Marie was led to the practices of Pilates, Yoga, dance, movement and "somatics". After intensive study of Pilates and for the last 20 years, she has taught groups and private sessions of both Matwork and Apparatus. She is a Certified Yoga Instructor (200RYT) a certified Personal Trainer, and applies Foundations Training for back health. Her most recent inspiration comes from MovNat (natural movement) and Somatic intention/attention to breath and feeling, an honoring of in-the-moment subtleties.

Her all-time love of Belly Dance...remains.

To Book and Appointment with Marie, please Call or Text her at: 540-729-4959