Harmony Wellness Team
Dr Gabrielle Steinberg
Dr. Gabrielle Steinberg
Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Nutrition, Craniosacral Therapy, Massage. Owner of Harmony Wellness Centre. Offers direct billing to Pacific Blue Cross
Specialties:
- Injury and pain recovery
- Chronic pain issues
- Pregnancy and postpartum
- Infertility and gynecological imbalances
- Digestive and GI tract issues
- Pediatrics (babies to teenagers)
- Anxiety and stress management
Dr. Gabrielle Steinberg has been working in health and wellness since 1998. Inspired to support people in their innate capacities to heal, she has studied a wide range of therapies in order to provide very comprehensive, holistic and supportive treatments.
Dr. Steinberg opened Harmony Wellness in 2007 with the vision of bringing together practitioners of different types in one place to provide clients with high levels of integrated health care.
She is a Doctor of Chinese medicine, Registered Acupuncturist, Holistic Nutritionist and Craniosacral Therapist. In order to provide her clients with expertise in manual therapies she, has also studied and been certified in Shiatsu acupressure massage and reflexology, and has taken courses in deep tissue and fascial work as well as other forms of massage.
To complement the treatments, and always keeping in mind a person’s lifestyle, personal needs and constitution, food and lifestyle advice is given in an approachable and easily integrated way.
Gabrielle enjoys working with people of all ages with the goal of enhancing their performance in daily life - whether it be in sports settings or day to day activities.
Services aussi offerts en Francais.
Fabio Bocchetti
Fabio Bocchetti
Osteopathic Practitioners
Specialties:
- arthritis
- foot, ankle, hip, and knee pain
- back pain, neck pain, and sciatica
-hand, shoulder, and elbow pain
-headaches
-tennis and golfer’s elbow
-postural problems due to pregnancy, sports injury, driving or work strain, or digestive issues
-neuralgia
Fabio is a physiotherapist, trained in Brazil, with a 5 year specialization in osteopathic medicine. Fabio obtained his Osteopathic Practitioner registration and uses his training and experience to to identify the causes of many physical conditions and to restore the balance of the different tissues of the body. He has resided in Vancouver since 2016.
Fabio believes that the body has a remarkable ability to heal itself, and the role of any practitioner is simply to give it the tools to achieve it. The founder of Osteopathy, Andrew T. Still, once said "Find it, fix it, and leave it alone."
In his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio gained a lot of experience treating people from different age groups from children to the elderly, and both professional and amateur athletes. He treats a vast array of complaints, not only restricted to sprains or muscle spasm, but also digestive issues, insomnia, and some types of headaches.
Services available in Portuguese. (Servicos tambem disponiveis em portugues.)
Mirka Foltynova
Mirka Foltynova
Registered Massage Therapist
- Offers Direct Billing for Pacific Blue Cross Clients
Conditions treated:
- Postural dysfunctions
- Joint dysfunctions
- Pain management
- Overuse injuries
- Sport injuries
Techniques used:
- Myofascial release
- Swedish techniques
- Passive and active stretches
- Joint mobilization
- Trigger point release
- Therapeutic exercises
Mirka has been practicing as a massage bodyworker for several years and more recently as a registered massage therapist. She has experience working with a wide range of clients.
Mirka is very enthusiastic about physical activity and helping people to return to their daily life activities. She combines massage therapy with therapeutic exercises to not only treat injury and pain, but also prevent it.
Treatment is focused on patient’s goals like decreasing pain, improving postural muscle imbalances, helping with headaches as well as helping with physical limitations that can decrease joy of life. These goals are achieved by combining various massage methods such as deep or calming Swedish techniques, passive and active stretches, myofascial release, joint mobilization and various others.
Mirka works with every patient as an individual and she provides specific treatments to address each person’s needs.
She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Sport Science from Europe. She is very passionate about knowledge and is continuously educating herself and keeping up with new approaches in massage therapy.
Mirka loves any physical activity and movement. She has been active and loving sports since she knew how to walk.
Emma Sise
Emma Sise
Emma's grounded demeanor and strong, slow treatments provide a space for self-awareness and integration for all of her clients, whether in cases of healing from acute injury, working through chronic pain and systemic condition management, or enjoying holistic relaxation and release.
Client-centered care and collaboration is at the core of her massage practice, as well as guiding the breath as a tool to deepen and expand the experiential capacity of the nervous system. Her goal is to support you in cultivating curiosity and attunement in the intentions that you bring to the treatment room.
With a background in fine art and somatics, a reverence for tactility and self expression has been central to Emma's life from an early age. She graduated with honors from Vancouver College of Massage Therapy in 2022 and knows her learning from the human form will be life-long.
A few of her favourite things to spend her time doing include sleeping, gardening, cooking and baking, weaving, and dancing.
Jeff Gabert
Jeff Gabert
Jeff Gabert is a graduate of the inaugural massage therapy program at Langara College. Throughout the program he was fortunate to work with diverse populations and benefitted from the knowledge shared by fantastic teachers and fellow RMT’s. Jeff has a special interest in treating chronic pain and fatigue, particularly those dealing with arthritis. He regularly leads talks and workshops for the Arthritis Society dealing with coping skills and tips for pain management. Another area of interest for Jeff is sports massage and injury rehabilitation. He will be spending a week this summer travelling and working on the competitors of the BC Bike race, keeping them in riding shape.
Jeff seeks to aid the body in its natural healing process and help clients implement a homecare program that will facilitate their recovery.
By employing a variety of massage techniques including: Swedish, deep tissue, myofascial release, joint mobilizations and muscle energy; Jeff creates a unique and client centered massage treatment.
Outside of massage, Jeff enjoys cycling the seawall, weight training, playing music and a weekly trivia night. “I look forward to meeting you and working together.”
Laara Chodura
Laara Chodura
Registered Massage Therapist
- Offers Direct Billing for Pacific Blue Cross Clients
Specialties:
- Swedish massage
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Pain management
- Systemic deep tissue therapy
- Connective tissue/myofascial release
- Relaxation and stress management
Laara graduated in 1992 from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy in Vancouver and has been registered with the College of Massage Therapists of BC since then.
For ten years, she was a member of the Integrative Naturopathic Medical Centre team where she was an RMT providing health care for Ballet BC.
The whole body is interconnected and Laara uses several massage techniques leveraging a mind-body connection of healing and healthy living. Laara has taken many personal development seminars at The Haven, a centre for transformative learning on Gabriola Island and has incorporated some of their somatic approaches into her massage treatments.
"Laara speaks with her hands" and looks forward to serving you at Harmony Wellness Centre.
Ola (Alexandra) Jaroma
Ola (Alexandra) Jaroma
Ola is a graduate of the Langara College RMT program, where she gained experience working with a diverse range of patients, including athletes, end of life care patients, and also patients with spinal cord injuries, acute injuries, and chronic pain.
Ola believes in the body’s innate ability to heal.
Her treatments encourage empowerment, grounding, and stillness. While her approach varies depending on your individual needs and comfort, it is always slow and methodical.
Before moving to Vancouver and entering into massage therapy, Ola finished a degree in fine arts, majoring in painting.
Along with painting, she enjoys rock climbing, cycling, playing the piano, and practicing yoga. She looks forward to meeting you.
Steven Radiloff
Steven Radiloff
Rolfing Structural Integration is a form of bodywork that reorganizes the connective tissues, called fascia, that permeate the entire body.
More than fifty years ago, Dr. Rolf recognized that the body is inherently a system of seamless networks of tissues rather than a collection of separate parts. These connective tissues surround, support, and penetrate all the muscles, bones, nerves and organs.
Rolfing Structural Integration works on this web-like complex of connective tissues to release, realign, and balance the whole body, thus potentially resolving discomfort, reducing compensations, and alleviating pain.
This bodywork aims to restore flexibility, revitalize your energy, and leave you feeling more comfortable in your body. Essentially, the Rolfing process enables the body to regain the natural integrity of its form, thus it can dramatically enhance postural efficiency and your freedom of movement and leaves you feeling more comfortable in your body.
Rose Ryan
Rose Ryan R.Ac
Conditions that I commonly work with are:
- -- stress, nervous system regulation, insomnia
- -- acute & chronic pain, injury recovery
- -- digestive issues
- -- women's health
- -- immune support, overall health & vitality
For as long as I can remember I have had an interest in health & our body's workings. As a teenager, I was fortunate to be introduced to Traditional Chinese Medicine practices by a family friend. Some years later, my own experience through receiving acupuncture showed me the profound relationship between our mind, emotions, and physical body. It made such sense to see how integrated our health is! I was hooked.
Since then, I am honoured to have been practicing for nearly 20 years. I am especially passionate about making acupuncture accessible to all people in a safe & nurturing way. I practice "distal" acupuncture in the traditions of the late Master Tung & Richard Teh-Fu Tan. This style allows both the practitioner & patient to have immediate feedback & integration during the treatment and to further tailor the treatment to your specific needs.
Acupuncture treatment may include cupping, sound therapy via the use of special tuning forks, and acupressure. Some gentle lifestyle advice may be included where applicable.
My philosophy is that of traditional oriental medicine - assisting to find balance in health, work & play. And I love to play. My way of doing so is hiking, biking - anything in our beautiful natural surroundings of BC. I love good food and try to recreate my favorite childhood recipes to share with my own family. And if I can get some of the ingredients out of my own little garden my heart is very happy indeed!
I hope to see you soon.
Carla Thiessen
Carla Thiessen RMT
A veteran RMT, Carla has a reputation as a caring, intuitive, and highly skilled health professional dedicated to excellence in client service and support.
Throughout her career in private and clinical practice, as well as in the spa industry, she has worked with people of all ages and from all walks of life.
Carla employs an extensive and versatile technique to tailor her treatments to individual client’s needs and concerns incorporating such modalities as Swedish and systemic deep tissue massage, trigger point therapy, reflexology, and biodynamic fascial mobilization.
Carla also has a strong background in sports, fitness training & exercise physiology focusing on core strength and flexibility.