MARY ELLEN MILKS
LICENSED Esthetician, LMT
Mary Ellen Milks specializes in advanced integrated body work and skincare — her practice draws from more than 37 years of experience and is tailored for each client based on her unique needs and wellness goals. She offers a private practice in a nurturing space allowing clients to receive healing energy and facilitate healthy transition. She is dedicated to women's health and takes a multi-modal approach to helping clients unwind patterns of daily living and work tensions held in the body mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Mary Ellen combines her extensive training, education and experience with organic skin and body products to achieve transformative results. She is also one of the few practitioners in the area who is specialized in therapeutic cupping massage treatments, which is a noninvasive approach to deep tissue body therapy. She also takes a holistic approach to skincare—exclusively using VENN skincare products in her treatments, which are also available for purchase for home care. Love your skin!
New Mexico Academy of Massage and Natural Healing Arts
1,200 hours of training to License in Massage Therapy
January 1989 - February 1990 | Santa Fe, New Mexico
Somatic Therapy Institute
400-hour program in Body Mind Integrative Therapy
December 1991 | Star Blacker - Instructor | Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life Impressions Bodywork
350 hours training in Deep Tissue and Energetic Release Therapy
January 1993 - June 1993 | Donald Van Howten - Instructor | Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ericksonian Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy
Advanced Training, Body Mind Integrative Study
1994 - 1995 | Dr. Robert Weisz - Instructor | Santa Fe, New Mexico
Hakomi Integrative Somatics
Advanced Training and Techniques
Pat Ogden - Instructor | Santa Fe, New Mexico
Rosen Method Center Southwest
Advanced Training in the Rosen Method
Sandra Wooten - Instructor | Santa Fe, New Mexico
Baldwin Beauty School
Esthetician Training - Graduated 2002 | Austin, Texas
The Jaffe Institute Spiritual Healing Program
Sufi Mystical Healing from the Heart | Level 1 & 2
2004 - 2005 | Ibrahim Jaffe - Instructor | Arrowhead, California
Certified Dr. Hauschka Esthetician
Advanced Comprehensive Certification Program
2005 - 2007
Aura Soma Color Therapy Training
Level 1 & 2
January 2008 | Elizabeth Locke - Instructor | Austin, Texas
Kundalini Teacher
Level One Instructor
200 hour Certificate of Training Program
May - 2009 | Yoga Yoga Teacher Training | Austin, Texas
Radiant Child Yoga
30-hour Immersion Program
May - 2009 | Shakta Kaur Khalsa - Instructor | Yoga Yoga Teacher Training | Austin, Texas
Yoga for Autism, ADHD, and Differently Abled Children
20-hour Immersion Program
April - 2010 | Shakta Kaur Khalsa - Instructor | Yoga Yoga Teacher Training | Austin, Texas
Aura Soma
Colours & Light on the Pathways
Advanced Color Therapy using the Beamer Pen
Level 1 Las Vegas, Nevada; February - 2010
Level 2 Las Vegas, Nevada; March - 2010
Level 3 Bologna, Italy; June - 2010
Level 4 Las Vegas, Nevada; February - 2013
Shanto Dorsey - Instructor
The 21 stages of Meditation: Journeys 1-3 with Gurucharan
Certificate of Completion - 50 hours
March - 2013 | GurucharanKhalsa - Instructor | Yoga Yoga Teacher Training | Austin Texas
International Cupping Therapy Association
Contemporary Cupping Methods
Certified May - 2013 | Sonia Morton - Instructor | Austin, Texas
ALL TREATMENTS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Male clients are accepted with a personal referral.