About GLBM

Meet Shelby!

Hi! I’m Shelby. I’m a wife, a mother, and share my home with 2 dogs and 2 cats, plus a couple exotic pets.

I have been in the massage therapy field for over a decade.

I enjoy painting, pastels, and crochet. I also love to read, all things comfort foods, watching comfort TV before bed, and hiking.

My personal journey as a massage therapist started long before I knew I wanted to pursue massage therapy as a career. From a young age, I had the desire to want to help my mom and other family members feel better when they were struck with pain that affected their daily lives. I had a “knack” for finding the areas that needed the work, so they said.

I saw a commercial for Everest Institute’s massage therapy program and decided that was how I was going to help the world. Through safe therapeutic touch.

My first introduction to barefoot massage pressure was during a class at Everest Institute. I had an instructor that was DeepFeet certified and showed us what the pressure felt like by applying compressions to my back and legs. The difference between her hands and her feet was phenomenal!

If you’ve never experienced barefoot massage before and love pressure, I always say “it’s like being pleasantly steam rolled.”

Myofascial barefoot massage is slow, comfortable, evenly sustained deep tissue pressure that I provide with my feet, not my hands. The advantage to me as a therapist is that this type of work allows me to use my body weight, gravity, and the broad surface of my foot to provide a truly out of this world massage experience. Come find out for yourself!

February 2013
Graduation
Became Licensed Massage Therapist

I was top of my class at Everest Institute’s massage therapy program.

December 2016
Certification
Barefoot Massage Certified

I decided to take the leap and learn barefoot massage in December 2016 through DeepFeet. This experience taught me deep tissue full body gliding techniques that a hands on massage doesn’t even come close to achieving. Since learning DeepFeet, I have shifted my massage technique to myofacial barefoot massage and working with clients who suffer from chronic pain. Releaving their pain has become a passion of mine.

October 2022
Expanded
Opened My Own Business

I opened my own business, then called Serene Escape Massage & Bodywork. I became the only massage therapist in Eaton Rapids to offer any type of barefoot massage.

July 2023
Learning
Center for Barefoot Massage

I took Myofascial Barefoot Massage with another massage therapist in July 2023 and since then, I have successfully converted my hands on clients over to barefoot massage and completely taken hands on massages off my menu.

October 2023
Achievement
Voted 'Lansing's Top of Town' #3 Massage Therapist

With barely 1 year of being open as a business, I was #3 in ‘Lansing’s Top of the Town’ for solo massage therapists, despite being nominated about half way into the voting period.

October 2023
Rebrand
Rebranded Business Name

Due to me truly finding my niche in barefoot massage, I rebranded my business and that’s how Great Lakes Barefoot Massage was born.

November 2024
Certification
SARGA - Training Towards Certification

Learning new techniques to help others in different situations or with different massage needs. 

Great Lakes Barefoot Massage
Great Lakes Barefoot Massage
Great lakes Barefoot Massage

Great Lakes Barefoot Massage

Scheduling
Location

106 E Knight St, Eaton Rapids, MI 48827

Hours

Tues, Wed, Fri

9AM - 4PM

Thursday

5PM - 8:30PM

Saturday (Every Other)

10AM - 5PM

Additional Times May Be Available

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