New Madison Businesses Aims To Provide Healthier Mind, Body, Spirit

Above the noise and bustle of downtown Madison are two new businesses.

As soon as you enter the shared entrance of Wisteria Healing Arts and Valli Energy Healing,  a feeling of calm and relaxation overtakes your senses.  The two businesses strive to create a state of wellness through various modalities such as massage therapy, energy work, sound, visualization, and aromatherapy in order to bring  balance and healing to the body, mind, and spirit. 

Terri Laggis, owner of Wisteria Healing Arts, combines her clinical expertise of Western medicine as a registered nurse with her practice of massage and energy therapies, and holistic stress management.  Clients will find her approach to be very integrative which Terri explained became quite apparent during massage therapy school.  “ I saw the alternatives and the holistic side of things.  That there was more to achieving wellness, not just treating symptoms but getting to the root cause.”  

Laurel Valli, owner of Valli Energy Healing, worked in corporate Human Resources helping people in the the business world.  She said that she felt “blessed” when her job was outsourced and asked herself once again how she could help people.  She started doing energy healing and reiki and then attended massage therapy school.

“I just love it," she says. "With everything else I was doing from energy healing, it was the final balance.”  Laurel’s whole premise is energy.

She explained, “All of our cells in our bodies are charged with energy.  Energy is all around us.  The crystals and the plant essences that I use have energy, too.  Crystals and essences have a higher energy than humans because of any toxins in our bodies.  Therefore, the lower energy will raise up and resonate with the higher energy and balance.”   For example, some of Laurel’s unique energy services are Sound Vibrational Healing and Chakra Balancing which both help to attain energy alignment for the client.   

Terri and Laurel offer therapeutic massage, acupressure integrated massage, and  Ayurveda Facials using Solavedi Organics made locally in Guilford.  They also offer CranioSacral Therapy which offers a subtler touch than traditional massage and works with the central nervous system to release any restrictions or stress caused, for example, by a trauma.  

Terri described one of their goals as educating people, “to take back more into their own hands instead of waiting to get sick and wanting a doctor to fix it. You have to partake in it to really have a change for yourself and a sustainable wellness.”  Laurel added that, “We all have an inner physician that knows how to heal our bodies.” 

Terri and Laurel hope to grow their businesses and envision the creation of a wellness center for integrative health.  They also hope to work with other professionals in the wellness field.  Laurel explained, “We are building strategic partnerships with chiropractors, physical therapists, and other massage therapists who offer different services.”   In developing these relationships, Laurel and Terri plan to refer clients to other quality practitioners.  

During a recent “Ladies Night” event in downtown Madison, Valli Energy and Wisteria teamed up with the Pilates Barn, a new business owned by chiropractor Lori Richardson.  The Pilates Barn offers private and semi-private sessions located in a beautiful barn just off the Post Road.  Classes last 45 minutes led by a certified instructor who will guide clients through a series of exercises and movements using Pilates equipment and mats.  Pilates builds long, lean muscles and is especially beneficial for joint strength and movement.  

Wisteria Healing Arts 724 Boston Post Road Suite 203B /860-853-8942/ www.wisteriahealingarts.com

Valli Energy Healing 724 Boston Post Road Suite 203B/203-988-8426

www.vallienergyhealing.com

Pilates Barn 101 Boston Post Road/203-214-3213

www.pilatesbarn.com