Stärka Massage Studio & Mobile, Edmonds WA

STÄRKA

studio & mobile

MASSAGE

TRADING

Currently looking for

Martial Arts Instructors

& Window Cleaners

Release, Relax, Unwind

Marita Sonnbäck

LMT MA 603260435

"Stärka" is the Swedish word for strengthening

I am an artist and body worker who was born and raised in a small village, Jularbo, in Sweden. My husband calls me a "hillbilly". I left the village, worked, studied and traveled the world. I was back packing in Asia and studied art in Paris. In 2001, my husband's work brought us to Seattle. We love it here - people's mindset feels like Europe.

Aches and pains

I became a Massage Therapist based on personal experience. When I couldn't stay active the way I wanted because of pain and injuries I wanted to find out why. Cortisone shots and braces were clearly not the whole answer. Along my path to healing I picked up knowledge from many great body workers. I realized that I might be able to help others. I enrolled in the The Northwest Academy for the Healing Arts in Seattle to become a Massage Therapist with focus on medical massage and graduated in 2012.

Art as inpiration

Art is a way to find the "magical" lines, movement and directions that unite everything in nature and life. My focus is to find the beauty, the harmony and the balance expressed in human bodies and nature. To find the lines, points and movements that create a harmonious and beautiful whole. I have been drawing and painting and creating art for as long as I can remember,

“Using no way as a way,

having no limitation as limitation.”

Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

QiGong, Martial Arts and Yoga

In my bodywork I find deep inspiration in Chinese QiGong and Wushu, martial arts. I have studied with Dr. Guang-Cheng Sun at Bastyr University and many talented martial arts instructors around Seattle.

I also find inspiration in Western bodywork, such as in the work by Thomas Myers who was a student of Ida Rolf. He is making many interesting connections between myofascial lines. art and meridians in his book "Anatomy Trains".