Michelle Coffman, LMT
Michelle was born and raised in the suburbs of Charleston, WV.
In 1997 Michelle graduated from the Mountain State School of Massage in Charleston, WV, and became a NCBTMB nationally certified, licensed Massage Therapist. Since that time Michelle has worked as a Massage Therapist in various medical, wellness, and spa settings and currently maintains a small private Massage Therapy & Aromatherapy practice in Charleston, WV.
Michelle has been able to continue her career as a Massage Therapist for over 26 years by utilizing many hand & body-saving techniques and she incorporates injury prevention into all of her CE classes. Michelle provides a clinical approach to massage therapy after becoming certified in Myofascial Release with Robert King in 1998 and Advanced Deep Tissue Massage with Bruce Baltz in 2000. Michelle also incorporates life coaching & mentoring into her practice after studying with Paul Linn in the 90’s and recently becoming a Certified Life Coach.
January 2009 – December 2012 Michelle joined the faculty at the Mountain State School of Massage where she taught Deep Tissue Massage, Neuromuscular Therapy, Integrative Massage, Aromatherapy, Nutrition, Ethics & supervised the Student Clinic. This is where she discovered her passion for teaching & mentoring.
In 2010 Michelle took Lolita Knight’s Fijian Barefoot Massage course and fell in love. Michelle continued learning all the many unique modalities that Lolita developed over her 35+ years of experience in massage therapy. Lolita Knight selected Michelle to be one of her 4 certified instructors to carry on her courses when she retired. Michelle completed over 84 classroom hours with Lolita, completed Lolita’s NCBTMB approved continuing education instructor training & acquired over 60 hours as Lolita’s teaching assistant all over the USA. Since that time Michelle has been offering NCBTMB approved continuing education courses at various locations around the USA.
Michelle also enjoys her volunteer work as the President & Government Relations chair of the WV Chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association.
Michelle’s hobbies include paddle boarding, hiking, yoga, live music, cuddling with animals, and eating tacos. Michelle currently resides in South Charleston, WV with her husband Jacob and their 2 rescue cats.
You can connect with Michelle on Instagram @michelle_coffman_
and on Facebook at facebook.com/Michelle.Coffman.LMT/