Lindsay Van Asseldonk RMT, CLT

S E V E N T E E N Y E A R S

To all my incredible clients, past and present…

Whether you've been with me for years, are newcomers, or eagerly waiting for your turn on my table - THANK YOU!

Today I’m celebrating 17 amazing years as a massage therapist🎊

It has been a true joy because of each and every one of you.

Your trust, support, and positive energy fuel my passion every day.

I can’t forget all the amazing practitioners I’ve had the privilege to work alongside over the years either. Your collaboration and camaraderie have been a cornerstone to my success.

Here's to many more years of relaxation, healing, and wellness together!

💚 Lindsay

New service, new practitioner 🎉

🎉 O S T E O P A T H Y 🎉

Coming soon to The Calm Therapeutic Center!



I’m so happy that we are able to offer osteopathic treatments in office!

Sandy McHugh M.OMSc will begin taking new patients Monday November 13.

Don’t wait to book, appointments will go quickly!

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I just can’t help myself 🤓

Jumping into another course!

March is Lymphedema awareness month.

In many cases it is over looked by health care professionals, and often goes undiagnosed.

Unfortunately, there is no cure, but symptoms can be managed with compression and regular Manual Lymphatic Drainage sessions.

If you didn’t know, Lindsay has many years of training and experience working with people with lymphedema.

Treatment for lymphedema isn’t a “one and done” scenario, it takes commitment to regular treatment, consistently wearing compression garments and doing your own self care routinely.

If you, or someone you know could benefit from treatment, give us a call

519-602-5562

Ya know what sucks?

Paying HST on healthcare.

Did you know registered massage therapy is subject to HST?

Your physio treatments aren’t.

Your chiropractic treatments aren’t.

Same with going to the dentist.

Even your osteopathic manual practitioner doesn’t need to collect this tax (aaaaaannnnnddd, they’re not even regulated health professionals, like physios, chiros, dentists and RMTs)🤔

Well, there may be some good news coming.

It sounds like a proposal to remove HST from RMT services will be presented at the next federal budget.

If you’d like to see HST REMOVED from massage therapy services, please take a few minutes to fill out this survey.

👉 https://www.letstalkbudget2023.ca/let-s-talk-budget-2023

We’re all feeling the pinch these days, wouldn’t you like to keep those tax dollars in your pocket, instead of the government coffers?

Oh yeah, we’d really appreciate it if you shared this post so we can get our voices heard.

Hi! My name is Sarah Eaton and I have been a Fascial Stretch Therapist since 2017.

I started my career in nutrition and decided I wanted to help people in a different way, so got my personal training certification and started personal training and teaching group fitness classes, which I LOVED!

From here it only made sense to be able to expand my ability to help people, so I took the certification to become a Fascial Stretch Therapist and haven’t looked back!

With a passion for overall health and fitness, I am always interested in what course I can take or what new skill I can learn in order to better help my clients and get them the best results possible.

I love being able to help you get back to moving the way nature intended!

On a personal level, I am a homebody who loves spending time with my family (and my fur babies) no matter what we are doing!

I can’t wait to see everyone and what amazing results I can get for you through Fascial Stretch Therapy!

💚 Sarah

We have some new faces at The Calm Therapeutic Centre!

It’s been a minute since we’ve introduced ourselves, so I thought it was time I fixed that 🤗

Over the next few weeks watch for posts to learn a little bit more about each of us, and how we can help you feeling your best 💚

Stay tuned!

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It’s beginning to look a little like Christmas! 🎅

Thanks D.C. for the poinsettia. You always pick a beautiful plant for the office 💚

Another weekend in the books with Bodymindconnect YTT training 🧘🏻‍♀️📚

Our first week of Calm Cares, and we managed to collect $120.00 for DASO. 💚

Want to help grow our donation?

Book a massage during the month of November, and we will donate $2.00 per treatment to Domestic Abuse Services Oxford.

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Book an apt in November, and help families in Oxford county 💚

We want to share the 💚💚💚 with our community.

For the month of NOVEMBER, we will be donating $2.00 from every treatment to DASO.

After your next massage, you will feel even better knowing you’ll be helping families make the transition to lives free from violence and abuse.

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Oops, I did it again!

I’ve got at least one more year of being an RMT left in me 😁

My bags are packed and I’m ready to go…

On a looooooong awaited vacay. 🦍✈️⛺️


Reception will be spotty and tbh, I don’t plan on checking emails and messages while I’m away… it is a vacation, after all!

Stacey and Mercedes are at the office, ready to handle all your questions. 519-602-5562

Ps, can you believe this is all I’m taking for 2 weeks?!? 😬

Feeling lucky?

I’ve just had a fairly major change to my schedule and have a handful of PRIME TIME spots become available.

Time - 4:00 pm
Dates - Sept 28, Oct 12 & 26, Nov 9 & 23, Dec 7 & 21.

This is the closest to an evening spot that I have open until the New Year 😬

If you want it, you better grab it!

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Y’all are probably sick to death of me talking about this, but it’s finally here (hopefully, fingers crossed, third time’s a charm)!

I’ll be away at the end of the month.

If you’ve been thinking of booking in, I have a few scattered spots before I leave.

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The boss wanted to come in and inspect the office today.

He said he approves 😉

You wanna know what drives me bat 💩 crazy?

When people don’t show up for their appointments.

It is especially irritating when it’s on a beautiful Saturday like today. 😤

I get it.

It’s nice out, we can do things again, and you want to be outside.

Guess what…

SO. DO. I

I don’t want to be here Saturdays, but I know not everyone can make it in during the week.

I’m only here to because we couldn’t find a spot for you during the week.

So when I get no showed, especially on Saturdays, I get really irritated.

So here’s my PSA…

PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOU NEED TO CANCEL YOUR APPOINTMENT.

(We require at least 24 hrs notice as stated in our cancellation policy).

This goes for any of your service providers, whether it’s your RMT, hair stylist, nail tech etc…

When I have adequate notice that you can’t attend your apt, I can offer the spot to someone else.

Or sleep in.

Or enjoy a beautiful day ☀️

Thanks for listening to my TEDtalk 🙃

💚 Lindsay

EDIT - I really don’t mind working on Saturdays… as long as everyone shows up ☺️

I'm sure she's a familiar face if you've been in the office the last few years... Now's your chance to get to know Stacey a bit better :D

Heyyyyyy you guyyyyyyys! (Really dating myself with that one) 🤣😅

Stacey here… I’ve been massaging since early 2020 and you’re in luck because I absolutely love it and people typically do well at things they love!

I like to focus my treatments on targeting what your issues are and also preventing future issues all while keeping my treatments feeling good and relaxing.

My treatments tend to be more medium pressure as I’m not a fan of deep work but you’ll leave feeling relaxed and worked.

In my spare time (which I feel I don’t have much of with having kids and a full time career), I like to get outside when the weather is great ☀️

In the not so great weather I’m binge watching a great show or being consumed by a video game when the kids aren’t around. 📺🕹

I’m currently finishing up my acupuncture studies so stay tuned for that coming soon!

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Haaaaaave you met Mercedes?

Hi~ I'm Mercedes, new Registered Massage Therapist at The Calm Therapeutic Centre.

I'm a recent addition, so many of you may not know me! I've been a massage therapist since November of 2021, though I graduated in 2020 (covid slowed things down for a bit) 😭 But I'm here now!

In my free time I enjoy reading and binging TV series (I'm currently trying to catch up on a show with over 1000 episodes 💀), and I love doing 80's inspired aerobic exercises 🕺

My main focus is on wellness and relaxation, and I love giving a massage that will put you right to sleep 😴

I see a lot of people who work in factories or at a desk job that often deal with general tension and soreness and my goal is to help relieve those symptoms and make everyday activities easier on you!!

If you haven't had the chance to see me, and are looking for relaxing treatment, I'd love for you to pop in for a massage! 💆‍♀️

💚 Mercedes

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Mercedes is available Mon/Wed/Fri

If you’d like to book with her please check out our website

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And that’s a wrap!

See ya later Florida 😎☀️

Here we go!

I’m excited for a good review 🤓

I’m out of the office for a course until March 30th.

If you need an apt, you’ll be in good hands with Stacey, Charity or Mercedes
👐😉

We finally had confirmation from the CMTO late last week.

The mask mandate will be ending on Monday for most businesses, but that DOES NOT include healthcare facilities.

In accordance with the COVID guidance for the health care sector, we still require practitioners, clients and visitors to wear a mask until further notice.

Thank you for your cooperation 💚

Just booked my next course!

✈️🌴☀️

On Thursday’s, this is what my office looks like.

✅ Cozy blanket

✅ Reading Material

✅ Constant companion glued to my side

✅ Cup of tea

✅ Notebook

This is where the majority of my “working on the business” happens, and I couldn’t be more pleased ☺️

What do you do when you get to work and your whole day falls apart? ❄️🌬

Put your feet up and do some online learning!

Today’s topic is “working with psychosomatic symptoms” aka the connection between pain and emotion.

Should be fun 👩🏻‍💻