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Tara Nikzi Lac graduated from the Oregon College of Oriental medicine in Portland with a master’s degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. She received special training in China where she had the opportunity to learn from lineage holders and master practitioners. Tara utilizes the ancient wisdom of Chinese medicine to address a wide range of symptoms and illnesses. She specializes in women’s health, facial rejuvenation, and musculoskeletal pain, including sports injuries, chronic pain and surgical recovery. She also has a broad base of experience working with emotional issues.

Stuart Tait graduated from East-West College of the Healing Arts in Portland in 1997. Originally from New York, the northwest rains sent him to Maui for a year to train in Lomi Lomi Massage. After traveling abroad, he returned to Portland in 2002. Stuart has been employed at several spas in the Portland area along with a private practice. He believes that the massage experience should be very relaxing as well as therapeutic. The client should leave the spa relaxed and take with them positive change that lasts. Stuart accomplishes this using techniques that blend Swedish, Deep Tissue, and Lomi Lomi massage with Trigger Point and Structural Relief Therapy. Structural Relief Therapy is a painless technique that allows the elimination of muscle knots by resetting the nervous system. Stuart is also trained in hot stone and chair massage.