Let the body think of the spirit as streaming, pouring, rushing and shining into it from all sides. – Plotinus
Aziza Charlotte Barker
Aziza teaches yoga and meditation at the Laguna Madre Yoga, Meditation, & Dance Center and is also a Nationally-Board Certified Massage Therapist with over 20 years experience in teaching and bodywork. Read more about Aziza in the South Padre Island Chamber Members Spotlight
Aziza offers daily appointments, gift certificates and out calls.
Aziza offers the following modalities:
- swedish relaxation
- deep tissue and myofascial
- structural integration
- reflexology
- neuromuscular
- shiatsu
- polarity
- reiki
- energy work
- spa treatments:
- aromatherapy
- body scrubs
- body wraps
- dry skin brush
- hot stone
Qualifications
Nationally Board Certified Massage Therapist Licensed in Texas
- Completed 550-hour training at The Lauterstein-Conway School of Massage
- Self-employed as a massage therapist since July 1996
- Instructor of Hatha Yoga and postural alignment
Professional Experience
- Created a company to embody movement, postural and massage training in a teacher-student relationship.
- Professional Trainer for individuals and groups
- Specializing in sports, restorative, and neuromuscular massage
- Sensitive and knowledgable to needs of elder population
Professional Organizations
- Texas Department of State Health Services, Certification for Massage Therapist
- American Massage Therapy Association, Professional Member
- South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce, Former Business Member
Employment History
- 1998 – Present: Massage Therapist and Instructor: Laguna Madre Yoga, Meditation, and Dance Center
- 1996 – 2000: Massage Therapist, Independent Contractor, The Massage and Healing Arts Center
- 1998 – 1999: Massage Therapist, Independent Contractor, Dutch Harbor Chiropractic, Dutch Harbor, Alaska
- 1974 – 1979: Instructor; massage for dancers in conjunction with performing and touring as a dancer with Footpath Dance Company, Cleveland, Ohio
- October 1973: Presenter; National Human Growth Potential Conference 1973 -1974 Founding member of The Horizons Growth Center, designing and instructing courses for the general public in swedish massage and shiatsu; Cleveland, Ohio
- 1974 – 1975: Private apprenticeship with swedish massage practitioner, Robert Hensly, Cleveland, Ohio
- 1972 – 1974: Shiatsu apprenticeship with Bob Carr Jr., East-West Center, Cleveland, Ohio
