About Us

 

I would like to sincerely thank Louise Rothwell for building the San Marcos Holistic Centre. I know for me personally, and for many others the centre has been a life changing environment in which to grow, learn and share. I will be forever grateful for her friendship, inspiration, teachings and the many great lessons I have learned from her over the years.

As I am currently renting the San Marcos Holistic Centre from Louise, I would also like the opportunity to introduce you to my incredible staff. All of our gifted therapists are residents of San Marcos and offer their own uniqueness to the centre and the town.

I could go on all day about how great my therapists are however I strongly believe that actions speak louder than words. So instead, I strongly encourage you to have a treatment with one of them so you can see for yourself!

~Katherine Bird

 

Katherine

Katherine Bird began her introduction to alternative therapies in the year 2000 in India. While living in a little Tibetan community, she began by studying Reiki with a Buddhist monk. This training changed her perception of illness and opened her eyes to the world of healing within. In 2001 she moved to the small village of San Marcos La Laguna and studied Massage, Kinesiology, Reiki, Aura-soma and many other esoteric subjects.

She thoroughly enjoys doing bodywork and teaching others to be confident therapists themselves. What she loves most is the interaction with her students and clients and empowering them to look at themselves honestly by searching for the answers within. She feels honoured to witness this journey of discovery into who, you really are.

 

Chris

Chris has been practicing bodywork for 7 years. For the past 2 years he has been studying and practicing Thai Massage and Thai Foot Massage. In early 2008 Chris returned to Chiang Mai in Thailand where he attended an intensive 3 month teacher training course in Thai Massage and Thai Foot Reflexology. After graduating, Chris studied with a few other amazing healers and has now returned to San Marcos to continue practicing, teaching and learning the art of Thai Massage.

 

 

Stephanie

Stephanie Alison first started learning about energy work and healing therapies when she moved to San Marcos in 2003. After a long career in social work, Stephanie left the United States in order to slow down, learn about different ways to help others and herself, and most importantly, deliver and raise her daughter in Guatemala in a conscience manner.

Stephanie began her formal training in 2004, learning Janzu water massage, and has since taken up Swedish and Back/Neck Massage. As a massage therapist, mother, social worker and cancer survivor, Stephanie is keenly aware of the connections between emotions and emotional wellbeing and physical health and illness. She is honoured to be a help, in promoting your self care.

 

Nicola

Reiki found Nicola Cann in England in 1999 whilst she was working as a Financial Planning Manager. From the first session that she received she knew this was something she wished to learn to empower herself, and also to be able to pass his information on so that other people could be empowered to help heal themselves and others.

She became a Reiki Master by attunement in 2004 and then left England to travel Asia. For her, this was a major change in lifestyle and priorities and a realisation of how much channelling Reiki energy was helping her heal and transform her life.

To me Reiki is the unconditional love and energy that connects us all. It is no better or worse than any other energy work, just different. I believe we each have our own path to follow and no two are the same. Reiki helps me find my own personal truth and therefore my path and for that will always be grateful. I look forward in aiding you towards your own truth and balance.

 

Ito

Ito Morales is an experienced and versatile massage therapist. Ito was exposed to the healing arts beginning his training at the renowned Florida School of Massage in Gainesville, Florida, and has been sharing his abilities since 1995. Ito´s passion for teaching and sharing is reflected upon his student´s confidence and gratitude after completing the course. Confidence in sharing the techniques learned, and gratitude for discovering one´s ability to feel a present human connection.

Ito has provided private practice of his knowledge with the same enthusiasm in every experience for over 15 years. Incorporating many different modalities including: Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports Massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Relaxation Techniques as well as personal style through years of experience. Calling his massage “therapeutic”, Ito links physical, mental, emotional and spiritual energy flow. Considering the most important part of his massage, the intention, referred to as “being present”. As a result Ito is able to share the Gift of Touch.

Ito moved to San Marcos five years ago to have a relationship with a family. A few months ago Ito became a father for the first time to a beautiful baby girl whom he considers the most important thing in his life.

 

A complete and truthful experience of giving and receiving flow of energy. Time does not end the experience; rather the completion of the massage sets the experience free.

Lindsay

Lindsay moved to San Marcos in February 2008 to find a new way of living and to start a non profit organization that benefits the local community. Yoga found her in 2003. Over the past 2 years Hatha Yoga has become a very deep spiritual practice for her. It is her way to re-unite with the soul, a chance to challenge the body, and quiet the mind.

To Lindsay Yoga is not just about postures to advance the body, but an ancient philosophy that can be applied to all aspects of life.

 

Louise Rothwell, Founder

In 1998, inspired by the magical energy of Lake Atitlán, Louise Rothwell created San Marcos Holistic Centre and since then she has been teaching and giving treatments in a broad range of massage and holistic therapies. She is an internationally accredited instructor in Creative Kinesiology and Touch for Health and also feels a deep resonance with the native wisdom of her adoptive land, Guatemala, the land of the Maya. Over the last few years she has been studying with local ajq’ijab, Mayan spiritual guides, sharing sacred fire ceremony with them and investigating concepts of Mayan energetic equilibrium, sacred time and space, cosmology and calendars.

Louise’s offers various courses including a full professional training in kinesiology. She has also created simple courses which help you get acquainted with your own body’s energies by blending contemporary, practical self-care techniques from kinesiology with the ancestral wisdom of the Maya. She aims to empower people to take responsibility for their own health and well being and share ways to prepare, personally and collectively, for a harmonic transition on the approach to 2012, which according to Mayan tradition is the end of a 5,200 year cycle known as the “Change of Time”.

Louise teaches in both English and Spanish and is available to teach throughout the Americas.