About My Practice
BIOGRAPHY
AUTUMN GRACE STARNES, BCMT, LMT(VA)
Autumn Grace Starnes is a Board Certified Massage Therapist and Licensed Massage Therapist with a studio located in Charlottesville Virginia. She has been licensed by the board of Nursing in Virginia and nationally board certified by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork since 2004. Autumn is also a professional member of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA). She uses a combination of Swedish, Deep Tissue, and Myofascial Release massage to treat various muscular problems. Deep Tissue is her most utilized modality and she specializes in the treatment of upper back, neck, and shoulder problems caused by computer and commuter strain (i.e. many long hours at the office and lengthy commutes each day). Autumn is also a Certified Infant Massage Instructor, Prenatal Therapist, Hot Stone Therapist, Integrative Reflexologist and Thai Massage Practitioner and has a B.A. in Communications and Rhetoric from the University of Pittsburgh. She has studied Cold Stone Massage for migraines and is now certified in this modality. In 2021 she began her herbalism training at Sacred Plant Traditions Herbal School in Charlottesville. She will continue her training and studies with the goal of becoming a clinical herbalist and teacher. Autumn is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and now lives near the mountains in Ruckersville with her husband, fifteen-year-old-son, and ten-year-old daughter. Autumn LOVES to go to the beach with her family, hike in the Blue Ridge mountains, and has recently become a backyard beekeeper!
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