I started working professionally as a Massage Therapist and Chiropractic Assistant right out of High School and I loved the work.  My doctor was an Applied Kinesiology Chiropractor what was also a certified massage therapist trained at National Holistic Institute (NHI). He taught me the professionalism to be an ethical medical massage practitioner.  I was not a certified massage therapist back then but I worked under the his license for 4 years before seeking other ways to help people.  I continued to do bodywork as an amateur ever since.

My next career was in Emergency Services and I became a Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic in the busy metropolis of the San Francisco Bay Area.  Yes, I saw a lot.  It did changed me.  I found myself quite jaded after those 22 years in public service, having seen the very worse in people and so much trauma.  The work also broke me physically, resulting in having to have a chest muscle re-attached to my arm and two vertebral levels fused in my back.  I asked myself, "Was it worth it?"  Of course it was, and I wouldn't give back those experiences for anything.  ...but I still hurt, and I was still jaded.

To stay busy, I took on various jobs while collecting on my retirement, but it wasn't until I sought out National Holistic Institute, now regarded as “the Harvard” of massage colleges, and finally got certified as a Massage Therapist. I found myself back to being that that bright-eyed kid who put hands on people's muscles and watch them leave the clinic happy.  I certainly missed the "happy!"  

Now, I get to serve those who need massage using advanced neuromuscular bodywork therapy and really provide some needed Solace.

Mike “Solyss “ Bareno- Owner

and Akai - Manager