Our Team

Alison trained as a Physiotherapist in London and qualified in 1983. She then gained valuable experience and knowledge working as a Physical Therapist in England, Australia, New Zealand and in the United States. She became a Certified Orthopaedic Manual Therapist through the North American Institute of Othopaedic Manual Therapy in 2003. Over the last 7 years she has studied with The Institute of Physical Art and in 2014 she became a Certified Functional Manual Therapist™.
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Wendy Borof completed her Pilates certification through Balanced Body in 2009. She completed the Kathy Grant Heritage Training program in 2016. This program provides extensive training designed for pilates instructors that passes on a deeper foundation and understanding of movement that Kathy Grant acquired from Joseph Pilates.  This training proved to be transformative not only for Wendy’s teaching  but for her own pilates practice as well. She has found that she can truly help her clients to move with more ease whether it is an injury they are coming back from or maintaining their active and athletic lifestyles. The result is a balance between large and small muscle groups as well as strength to flexibility ratio.

Pilates is the wellbeing and integration of the mind, body and spirit and so Wendy opened Pilates Balance in 2014 with Alison Palmer’s Physical Therapy and Wellness Center. The Wellness Center is a place that truly incorporates this philosophy.”
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Residing in Telluride since 1997, Alessandra Nisco Jacobson graduated from Telluride’s Connecting Point School of Massage Therapy in 2013 and was licensed through the FSMTB in early 2014. Specializing in deep tissue and hot-stone massage, Alessandra helps clients trouble shoot specific areas of concern through a variety of methods built on medical massage techniques, massage cupping, and Thai table-massage and structural integration. House calls, pre-natal and couples massage also available. Rates vary seasonally, but are based around $90/hr, $130/90 min, for basic in-studio services.

970.729.1737
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Since 2005, Ambrosia has had a full time massage practice. She specializes in deep tissue, hot stones, reflexology, pregnancy massage (with a pregnancy pillow), CranioSacral, and Thai yoga massage techniques. Ambrosia started her practice in Moab, UT in 2005, immediately after graduating from massage school. She began practicing in Telluride in the winter of 2009-2010.

In 2015, Ambrosia traveled to Chiang Mai, Thailand and studied Thai Massage for a 3 week intensive course and now offers 60, 75, 90 and 120 minute Thai Massage sessions. In 2017, Ambrosia began to study CranioSacral Therapy with the Upleger Institute.

www.ambrosiatelluridemassage.com
435.260.1122

As a Diplomate of Oriental Medicine, licensed acupuncturist, and herbalist, Ramie Holmquist offers ancient wisdom to meet modern needs using Chinese Medicine, education and a compassionate facilitation of your unique health path. Ramie comes from a rich background in massage therapy, energetic body processes and consciousness training that all influence and inform her approach to medicine. While each treatment is customized for the particular needs of the patient, one could expect to receive acupuncture, dietary counseling, herbal medicine, bodywork and lifestyle suggestions to help navigate the process towards greater health, vitality and possibility.
307.752.1799
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