ABOUT JUNIPER
Juniper Massage and Wellness was created by husband and wife, Thomas and Susanna Bolton. Both Thomas and Susanna are licensed massage therapists who desired to create a practice for Knoxville and the surrounding area in which natural healing was the focus.
Juniper was created to provide a place for people to come restore physically, mentally, and energetically. Good massage therapy benefits the body by relaxing muscles, helping the nervous system go from fight or flight mode into rest and relax mode, and helps people begin to cognitively process what is going on outside of the physical hurts and hang ups.
Juniper desires to create a space where both clients and therapists alike have healthy space to create healthy lifestyles. We serve the busy CEO, the avid athlete, the stay-at-home parent, the overworked medical care provider, students, teachers, and so many more. The goal for Juniper is to become an area in the community to start healthy self-care habits. We provide this daily through a variety of massage and energetic services including relaxation, pregnancy, deep tissue, hot- stone, craniosacral, myofascial, and more.
Naming Juniper
Juniper is a local variant of cedar trees and is most commonly grown as a bush here in East Tennessee. Both Thomas and Susanna have local family properties that have cedar and junipers growing on them and have had a love for this plant for a long time. The biblical meaning behind juniper comes from several different scriptures. 1 Kings 19 talks about Elijah seeking refuge under a Juniper bush and how the lord met him there and restored his physical health. Junipers are also listed in several other areas of the Old Testament of how a juniper bush survives out of harsh baren desert to bring life and refuge to those who seek it. Junipers are seen as a symbol of hope and faith given that they can survive both desert climate and through stout winters. Junipers are also seen medicinally as a purification or cleansing agent both in aromatherapy and ability to distil down into an alcohol. The smell of juniper transfers you to somewhere clear and clean and has the potential to help push through negative dark places into restorative healing.
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