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Ruth Anne Keister is a Massage Therapist and teacher of Alexander Technique, Shaw Swimming, and Yoga. She helps people deeply relax and move with ease with massage therapy (Swedish, Deep Tissue, Myofascial, Craniosacral, and trauma treatment), and the Alexander Technique (www.alexandertechniqueinternational.org), occasionally incorporating helpful yoga poses. She graduated from the Potomac Massage Training Institute in 1999 and Chesapeake Bay Alexander Studies in 2010, Shaw Swimming Teacher Training in 2013, and Circle Yoga's 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training in 2023. Ruth Anne offers swimming lessons in the Shaw Method, applying Alexander principles of ease and efficiency to swimming (www.artofswimming.com) at two DC area pools. In addition to her work at Healing Arts of Capitol Hill, Ruth Anne also sees clients at Circle Yoga in NW DC (www.circleyoga.com). Ruth Anne is a lifelong student of mindfulness meditation and yoga, as well as an avid swimmer, cyclist, hiker, and ice skater. 

DC license MT83

Josh Greene is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) certified to practice independently in the District of Columbia. He received his MSW from Syracuse University in 1994, and he has been providing Psychotherapy for adults, couples, families, and children challenged by life stressors, and also more formal symptoms of Depression, Bi-Polar, Anxiety, Substance Abuse/Dependence, and other diagnosable mental illnesses for the past 20 years. Josh uses a straight forward eclectic approach, rooted in Solution-Focused Therapy, to assist people in achieving their full potential. In addition to providing Psychotherapy, Josh is trained and practiced in Divorce Mediation.

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Todd is a natural teacher who brings his passion for learning and teaching into the treatment room. Initially Todd had his heart set on conventional medicine for a career as he studied biology at Temple University. He soon realized that the concept of health and well-being was missing from his education. Todd then turned to Chinese medicine to begin to understand how to create and sustain health. He completed his Masters of Acupuncture and Doctorate in Chinese Medicine at Tai Sophia in Laurel Maryland.

Ever a student, Todd has continued to study with some of the greatest teachers in Chinese Medicine. He trained with Lonny Jarret , a famous acupuncturist, Jeffery Yuen, a renowned Daoist priest and healer and Andrew Neuget-Head an extremely accomplished acupuncturist who apprenticed under several famous traditional Chinese doctors.

Beyond Acupuncture , Todd is a certified Zero Balancer. Zero Balancing (ZB) is a form of bodywork where the practitioner balances the structure and energy of the body. Designed by Dr. Fritz Smith D.O., M.D., L.Ac., ZB utilizes both the Western understanding of structure and the Eastern understanding of energy. Todd also incorporates traditional Chinese massage called Tui Na into his practice for a variety of conditions. It is not uncommon for Todd’s treatments to weave together the best of acupuncture, body work and Herbal Medicine.

He is an in network provider for BlueCross. Check your benefits.

Sam is a licensed massage therapist specializing in therapeutic modalities. His practice focuses on body-based compensation patterns, sensory dysregulation, and acute/chronic pain. His work is both structurally specific and energetically sensitive. He has formally studied Chinese Medicine, Mandarin language, Tui Na, Swedish massage, Neuromuscular Therapy, and Zero Balancing. He has a personal interest in intergenerational legacies of trauma, social justice, and storytelling as a tool for meaning-making.

Sam draws on his experience as a highly sensitive person with a hypermobile body to provide targeted therapeutic care for individuals whose bodily experiences do not conform to normative standards. He especially enjoys working with spiritual seekers and survivors of trauma who are interested in integrating challenging life experiences through mindful engagement with somatic signals and holding patterns. He supports his work with a daily movement meditation practice based on traditional Chinese martial arts, which helps to ground his bodily awareness and improve his responsiveness and sensitivity to subtle feedback.

DC license MT2000069

A graduate of Potomac Massage Training Institute with over 20 years of professional massage experience and an Associate’s Degree in Health Education, Steph has made a career of working with people to better understand and support their own health and healing.  Steph has training in traditional massage work, neuromuscular therapy, trauma integration, and also has experience working with complicated medical needs and with people in all stages of life and at the end of life.  Other specialized training includes Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, a very gentle modality that supports the nervous system.  The goal is to provide resources for integrating the body’s experience in a way that helps facilitate the ability to be present, enabling better access to one’s whole body, mind, and spirit.

 Steph’s outlook is that we have just what we need in our bodies, but we all need help from time to time to access those internal resources. Regular body work in addition to other health supporting behaviors can really improve our quality of life.

 Off the job, Steph is very involved in family, their faith community, getting lost in a good book, and enjoying nature whenever possible.

 MD license M03096 DC license MT0701