Rachel Gonzalez  LMT-- Hands On Massage therapy & Demonstration  Born and raised in Hilo Hi, Rachel has been passionately involved in massage therapy for over 5 years, specializing in working with doctors, physical therapist and chiropractors. She is truly in love and fascinated by the wondrous and beautiful human body and all of its amazing capabilities. She is presently furthering her education by studying Chinese Medicine at TCMCH. She is very excited about sharing her passion and passing it down to the students of Big Island Academy of Massage.

Yahavah Mathison, LMT  is the New Owner of Big Island Academy of Massage.  French Born in Casablanca Morocco, Yahavah has been Practicing Massage since 1972. She was born into it she says. Yahavah has studied massage in many different countries and applies her many talents in many different modes of Massage from Swedish to Indian Massage to Deep Tissue, Acupressure,Yoga massage, Shiatsu, Lomi, Reflexology, Polarity, Pre-natal Massage, Thai, Her Integrative Body work, comprises knowledge of all these modalities and techniques,