BIO: My name is Elena Nazarenko and I am a registered massage therapist with the National Practitioners of Canada. I began my journey as a therapist at the age of 5, walking on the back of my parents and grandparents at the Black Sea in Ukraine. My grandmother always pushed me towards massage therapy. Back home over the counter medications were not easy to
come by, and families relied on traditional medicine of massage, compresses and herbs and it was in this way grandma kept our family healthy and strong. I began my journey as a registered therapist after shutting down a group home that I had operated for over 11 years. After graduating with distinction from the 2200 hour massage therapy program at the Professional Institute of Massage Therapy I traveled to Thailand on study tour though NHPC and expanded my education by completing level 1 & 2 of Traditional Thai Massage. After working at a clinic in town I took the leap and started my own private practice, named after a tree that symbolizes renewal and new beginnings.
I am extremely passionate about the healing art of Massage Therapy and I continue to learn, grow and perfect my techniques with each individual treatment. I've taken many courses over the years (cupping, lymphatic, foot reflexology, auricular therapy, heated bamboo) and have done volunteer work teaching self care training and providing mobile treatments at Nursing Homes in Saskatoon. I have had over 10000 clinical treatment hours and have been blessed with a thriving practice. I've had some exciting breakthroughs throughout my treatments and
have developed a different approach and style to my treatments and am excited to share it with others.
In summer of 2022, I began accepted the offer of joining the team of instructors at the Professional Institute of Massage Therapy. After teaching music for many years of my life, getting back into the classroom was second nature to me and reminded my how much I had missed it. Teaching at the college has been a gift and has given me the confidence to yet again take another leap into expanding my practice by beginning to teach and mentor other therapists, and anyone interested in advancing their training and perfect their skills in the healing art of Massage Therapy. |
