Welcome to Diamond Willow

My name is Melis Arik. I'm a nationally certified massage therapist, educator,  lifelong student and a recent transplant to Stevens Point, Wisconsin. 

I provide classic, table-based therapeutic massage for people with sore and achy bodies. If you are interested in learning how to better pay attention to, befriend, and basically develop a good relationship with your body, we should talk.

I believe that healing is a process of bringing the body back into its natural state of balance—balance within strained muscles as well as balance of body and mind, of the inner life and the outer manifestations of that life. We all live with aches and pains at various times, largely from repetitive motion or stress patterns. One of the great values of receiving massage is the opportunity to slow down/stop, pay attention, and experience the sensation of sweet relief as muscles are pressed, massaged, kneaded and stretched.

Hands-on bodywork ("massage")  can be the first step to waking up to what the body needs and wants, even finding spots that you didn't know even hurt. And it's a great way to get some short-term relief.

As we work together, we'll figure out what long-term relief might mean for you, as it's different for every body. Most often it means making changes in the way you do things, identifying and modifying patterns of repetitive use. It might mean learning how to use a tennis ball or perform a simple stretch when you feel things going awry. I'd love to work with you to come up with a plan or even just a couple of moves that can help you befriend and take care of your body better over the long-term.