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 create balance and new input. To express nature and the human body to is a way to understand the beauty of a body in balance. How to find the "right" lines and points that create a beautiful "whole". I have been drawing and painting and creating 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.

To make a connection to Western style body work, Thomas Myers has probably been my biggest influence.

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".