About Us

Welcome Friends!

If you’ve not visited Soothe Your Soul yet, please come in soon.  I’d love to meet you!  My business didn’t have the “normal start”; it actually grew out of my broken heart.  In 2004, my first husband was killed in an accident.  As I grieved and tried to begin to heal, I had a hard time finding resources to assist me and my children.  I actually traveled out of the state several times looking for complementary healing and support in my grief.  When I began to feel stronger and my life took on a beautiful new direction and  I found more peace, and even a beautiful new love and marriage to my husband, Paul, I knew I needed to give back the gifts that had been bestowed upon me and share what I had learned with my beloved community.  Out of that desire grew Soothe Your Soul, and now over three years later we’ve grown and expanded in every way.  It makes my heart sing with joy.  I know what we provide is needed and valued and I am grateful you are a part of our expansion.  My goal is, always has been and always will be to serve in a genuine, authentic and loving way.  To provide a safe and nurturing space for healing and wellness to unfold.

I love it when customers ask me “what do you do here?”  The answer is simple…we help you to TAKE CARE OF YOUrself! We do that by providing a safe, comfortable, inspiring and uplifting space where you can…get a massage, experience Yoga, try a Reiki treatment, explore the benefits of homeopathy, learn about how craniosacral therapy can help you, take an affordable and empowering class, meet other people who are making the most and best out of life, shop for gifts for yourself or others that have meaning and give back in some way.  And that is just the start.  We’d love to meet you, to get to know you, to hear your story and to leave you feeling better for having walked through our door.

Wishing you all the very best life has to offer.

Blessings,

Our Team

Cassie- Certified Massage Therapist Cassie attended and received her diploma from Southeastern School of Neuromuscular and Massage Therapy in 2006. She has been a massage therapist for 5 years and continues to learn new massage techniques and gain experience through her clients and those who surround her. She has recently expanded her massage intrest in working with quadriplegics and paraplegics at their home. Being a massage therapist brings great joy to her life, she enjoys helping relieve stress and pain for clients.

Pam Ziskie, CMT. CST. has been practicing massage therapy since May 2002; training for 3 years at a private school after working 20+ years in the health and wellness industry. She has 2000+ hours towards her education in orthopedic massage, craniosacral therapy, aromatherapy and warm stone massage. Massage therapy is many things to many people. You may be looking for relief from neck and back pain after prolonged computer use or therapeutic relief from a frozen shoulder. You may find that the increased circulation from massage allows you to recover faster from sport injuries and recreational activities. Or you may look forward to massage as a way to manage stress and find it to be a time of relaxation and renewal. Pam’s goal as a certified massage/craniosacral therapist; is to listen closely and adapt each session to meet your needs to the best of her ability. Pam is a “seasoned practitioner” and has been gratified to hear from her clients that her skills in the application of various massage techniques meet their highest expectations for satisfaction.

Colette Curtis – A 1995 Graduate of The Health Enrichment Institute of Lapeer, where she got her first taste of yoga. It wasn’t until 2004 when she felt the urge to teach. Teacher training was completed through Lavender Lotus in Clarkston Mi, where she was placed into corporate yoga. Her training continued with such teachers as Beryl Bender Birch, Kathy McNames, and Bryan Kest. Colette works really hard to keep yoga real and fun for everyone. Her goal is for the student to take the teachings off the mat. Using tools learned in class to help manage stress and difficult situations

Rev. Diane Spiritual Counselor- I began my spiritual journey in 1996. I had a near death experience when I went into anaphylactic shock. At that time four of the Archangels met me and told me that I had to go back into my body and that I would now know why I had come to earth. Three days later I started seeing and hearing Angels. I knew then that my journey here was to assist others on their path, relaying messages from their Angels. This experience has changed my life. Everyday I ask the Angels and God to show me where they want me to go and what they want me to do. My life is so enriched with the wonderful people that God and the Angels bring to me. I have worked with many terminally ill people and people starting their transition into the wonderful world of spirit form. The Angels work thru me to show them how beautiful it is there, and I can tell them who is waiting to greet them as they cross over. The first person I helped cross over was my Mother and it was an experience I will never forget. It showed me that there truly is life after this world and I no longer fear leaving this earth plane! I also do seminars and classes on a variety of different subjects including how to talk to Angels, how to apply the law of attraction and much more. As a Spiritual Counselor the services I offer are: Angel Readings, Past Life Regressions, Weddings, Baptisms, Angel inspired jewelry

Maurgan Deeg is a 2011 Oxford High School graduate. She currently attends Oakland University. Maurgan has known Hannah since she was about five years old. They started as neighbors and became more like family. Now Maurgan is part of the Soothe Your Soul Family too. Maurgan keeps everyone here organized at the front desk. She loves working in such a great environment with happy, friendly, loving people.

Derenda, ACMT, TRS – Attended and received her diploma from Irene’s Myomassology Institute in 2008. It is there that she received specialized training in Thai Yoga Massage. Her interest in this ancient healing art was inspired by her 12 years of experience as a student and instructor of Chinese healing arts including Tai Chi Chuan and Qi Gong. During her 10-year career as a recreation professional Derenda worked extensively with people with disabilities including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, traumatic & acquired brain injury, and spinal cord injury in a recreation setting and most recently as a Recreational Therapist providing in-home and community re-integration therapy. She comes from a long line of special education teachers, social workers and service-minded entrepreneurs and is thankful to have had such gifted mentors to foster her heart toward healing.

Ellen Newkirk is the latest addition to our team here at Soothe Your Soul. She is a long time loyal customer and now we call her our “closer”, because she spends her day in the automotive world at Chrysler and a few evenings here Soothing Souls in her free time. She’s tried just about everything in the store and is full of great recommendations.

Jennifer DeFrayne is a Massage Therapist who recently graduated from Irene’s Myomassology Institute. She is currently an Apprentice at Irene’s where she enjoys both helping students, and the continued learning. She offers a variety of therapeutic techniques that can be tailored to meet the client’s needs. Some techniques she offers are Swedish massage, Reflexology, Deep Tissue, Hot Rock massage, Table Shiatsu, and she is a level 3 Reiki Master. She is scheduled to attend classes for training in CranioSacral Therapy, and plans to have this be a specialty of hers in the future. She has personally experienced the healing benefits of Massage Therapy in her own life and finds joy when helping others experience these healing rewards as well.