Licensed Massage Therapy

This year we will have four Licensed Massage Therapists on site to provide chair massage for health and relaxation. There will be no charge for these sessions.

Joining us this year will be Karlee Dennis, Christine Dopke, Kathleen Shepard and Amy Peters (license 15894)

From Karlee...
Hello! My name is Karlee Dennis. I am from Lebanon, Oregon. I am 21 years old. I was in a car wreck at the beginning of my senior year in high school. I broke my back and had a severe concussion. After that, I wasn't able to dance on the dance team any more. Part of my recovering from the wreck was massage, along with chiropractic adjustments and acupuncture. That is a huge part of why I wanted to do massage therapy. I benefitted a lot from massage and I want to be able to share that healing gift with others. I went to Oregon School of Massage in Salem, Oregon. I attended for 19 months and graduated in December of 2009. While I was there, I studied both eastern and western tracks of massage (Shiatsu and Swedish). Shiatsu is kind of like acupuncture in the sense that it follows the meridians/channels, and they each relate to a specific organ. Shiatsu is done with clothes on. In Japanese Shiatsu means "finger pressure", so there is a lot of that, along with rocking, stretching, percussion, compression and deep breathing. Swedish is the western style of massage. It is done directly on the skin. All parts of the body  that aren't being worked on stay covered with a blanket. Swedish style massage uses oil or lotion so that long, smooth strokes can be performed. It can be deep tissue or light and relaxing, depending on your needs. I have also learned hot stone massage, Reiki, cranio-sacral and aromatherapy. If you have any questions, or if I can do anything to help you, please let me know! It's what I live for!   Please call me at 541-401-7453 or email me!

Christine Dopke has been an L.M.T. in Corvallis since 1996, working at several locations. She currently sees clients at hospice, at the office of Dr. Usha Honeyman, DC, ND, and at her own home office. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education and in 2009 she completed the four year Feldenkrais ® certification program in Bend, Oregon. Her massage sessions are tailored to each client's needs.  Christine also loves yoga and other forms of exercise and can do private personal training sessions.

Send Christine an email

Kathleen Shepard is a Licensed Massage Therapist and a graduate of the Oregon School of Massage. Her main focus is “therapeutic” massage, striving to find solutions that will relieve stress, ease pain and discomfort and promote healing. She has found great success achieving these goals through Japanese Restorative Therapy, which uses compressions and vibration along with AIRS (Active Isolated Resisted Stretching).  

Kathleen practices several days a week at the office of Dr James Gross Chiropractic in Albany and has her own business, “Back To Normal Therapeutic Massage” in Lebanon. She primarily uses Japanese Restorative Therapy in her practice, integrating other techniques such as Deep Tissue and Swedish, Trigger Point and Shiatsu massage according to her clients needs. She is currently working towards her Certification in Pregnancy Massage with intentions to massage during pregnancy, at birth and postpartum. You can also find her once a month at the Council of Governments giving staff chair massages.  

Contact Kathleen at 541-401-1648 or send her an email

Benefits of Massage

Did you know massage may have all these good effects?

Tension is relieved in muscles and muscle spasms are relaxed thereby reducing pain.

Blood vessels are dilated, improving circulation, and relieving congestion.

Headache and eyestrain are relieved.

Deep relaxation reduces insomnia.

Body metabolism is improved.

Digestion, assimilation, and elimination problems are often corrected.

Increased circulation results in better skin nutrition and skin tone.

Inflammation and swelling of the joints decreases and pain is alleviated.

Range of motion is increased.

The immune system is stimulated to produce more white blood cells.

Lymph circulation is improved, hastening the elimination of metabolic waste products.

Increased flexibility and sports performance.

Enhanced feeling of well-being.

Improved concentration.

It is a fun way to pamper yourself.

It lowers stress and it FEELS GOOD!!!

(Information courtesy of David Martz LMT)