Faculty

Candi has 19+ years of experience as a Massage Therapist. She has won the title of best massage therapist for her exemplary service and skill set.  “Best of Del Norte” in 2006 and “Best of Chico” in 2017, 2018, and 2019.  Candi specializes in Pre- and Post-Surgery, Specific Injury, Scar Tissue, and Sports Massage. She believes in assisting with the healing process to produce a life without pain and educating her clients on how and why the pain exists, with hands-on training to manage the pain at home.  As a business owner, teacher, and Chico Massage School President, Candi is devoted to sharing her talent, knowledge, and desire to help and educate others. She provides a positive, ethically sound classroom and clinical environment.  Her skills and experience allow for mechanical precision and clearly communicated lessons and encouragement of self-care for all of her staff and students.

Aaron has more than 13 years of experience as a massage instructor and 20 years as a massage therapist. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Nevada, he attended the Ralston School of Massage in Nevada. After completing the 710-hour program, including a 175-hour sports massage externship, he taught there from 2001-2011. He has also taught anatomy & physiology for the Truckee Meadows Community College massage program. He is passionate about being a teacher in all settings. Since moving to California in 2013, he has been tutoring college students in anatomy & physiology and practicing massage therapy in a variety of settings. His specialties include sports, spa, deep tissue, and geriatric massage. He loves helping people, playing with his two children, dancing to live music, and exploring the world. Aaron is our Lead Instructor and will be teaching the majority of the Level 1 Program.

Rosemary or as we like to call her, Rosie has more than 12 years of experience as a massage Therapist. Rosie is our Lead Instructor for the Level 1 Massage Therapy Evening Program. 

Jean Louise Green: CMT, and Certified Rolf Practitioner, Instructor since 1991, trained with Dr. Ida P. Rolf’s first generation teachers. From 2004-2018, Green taught Basic and Advanced level Deep Tissue classes at Chico Therapy Wellness Center, as a California state certified teacher of therapeutic massage. Her knowledge and skill with body mechanics, and the structure of the body and its energetics, made her classes highly valued among the students. Jean Louise Green has loved the years of teaching and is featured on radio and podcasts as the author of the newly published STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION & ENERGY MEDICINE: A Handbook of Advanced Bodywork. She maintains a full-time practice in Chico, California.

Jenni has a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and will receive her Master of Social Work degree with an emphasis in clinical psychotherapy in Spring 2023. Internationally educated in India, Mexico, California, and Hawaii, Jenni has thousands of hours of experience and training and has practiced massage and bodywork for over eleven years in her hometown of Chico, CA. Jenni’s specialties include mindfulness-based psychotherapy incorporating somatic engagement, barefoot massage, and integrative therapeutic massage. Her massage and yoga philosophy encompasses traditional and science-based techniques to maximize client results. Her goal is to lengthen and enhance the careers of thousands of massage therapists, both new and experienced, by sharing the deeply beneficial art of barefoot massage. 

Caitlin Linscheid: CMT, E-RYT, Instructor is a Chico native with 3,000+ hours of experience in 4 years as a Massage Therapist and 5 years as a Registered Yoga Teacher. Caitlin is cross-trained in Vinyasa and Restorative yoga as well as several types of massage including Swedish, Deep Tissue, Myofascial Release, and Ashiatsu. She specializes in integrating her training in anatomy, functional movement, stretching, and strengthening to help her clients foster their own mind/body connection, which she believes is vital to living as pain-free as possible. Caitlin is dedicated to providing an accessible and encouraging education to her students and clients alike.

Katarra Shaw: CMT *Teacher Assistant/Instructor Development Student, is a California Licensed Midwife, Massage Therapist and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who has been working with midwifery and botanical medicine for fifteen years. Her midwifery education includes a comprehensive academic and clinical training at Maternidad La Luz, a busy birth center in El Paso, Texas and attendance at many home birth in California. She started attending births in 2009 and opened her own practice in Chico in 2013. Katarra’s massage training includes Maya Abdominal Therapy, Rolfing Structural Integration and CranioSacral Therapy. She has studied with Chico Therapy & Wellness Center, Jean Louise Green, Michael Turk, Debbie Pierce IBCLC, Cathy McLendon IBCLC, Theresa Watson IBCLC, Heartwood Institute, Dr. Rosita Arvigo, Dr. Aviva Romm, herbalists Susun Weed, Matthew Wood, Lise Wolff, Upledger Institute, Milne Institute, Carol Grey and Rolf Guild for Structural Integration. Katarra also serves on the board of directors for the Rolf Guild of Structural Integration.

Her IBCLC Lactation education was completed through UC San Diego with a year-long internship at Enloe Hospital Mother Baby Center working with local families. She has undergraduate degrees from Chico State in Music Performance, Audio Engineering, and Spanish. Katarra continues to work closely and be mentored by teachers whom she calls Everyday Masters; local practitioners who are experts in their field and open to sharing their lifetime of knowledge and skills. When not attending births, she is a busy musician in Chico or working as a hospice volunteer. She was raised in a bilingual home on a farm in Glenn County between the Sacramento River and Stoney Creek.