Wichita Instructors

Terri is a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) and owner of Lees Therapeutic Solutions. She has a Masters Degree in Physical Education and Sports Science from Emporia State University in Kansas and massage certification from Wellspring School of Allied Health in Kansas City MO.  Terri has taught for over 40 years at many different levels, high school, college and community education. Terri is a Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist with NASM. She practices massage at Trinity Chiropractic and describes herself as a committed professional whose mission is to help improve quality of life by educating people about the benefits of massage. Terri is a part-time instructor.

Mary Jo is a graduate of Wichita Therapeutic Massage School and has been certified, licensed and practicing massage since 1998. She is certified by the Sports Massage Training Institute in 1999. She open and began running her massage business, Massage Matters!, in 2000 to present day. She is experienced in several modalities of massage such as Deep Tissue, Assisted Stretching, CranioSacral, Kinesiology Taping, MyoSkeletal, MyoFascial Release and many other modalities and enjoys learning from instructors around the Nation. She served as the team sports massage therapist for Wichita Wings Soccer Team 2012-2013 and Wichita B-52s Soccer Team in 2014. In July of 2018, she earned her Masters in MyoSkeletal Bodywork. Mary Jo is currently practicing massage therapy in Kansas at her own private practice. Mary Jo is a part-time instructor.

Amanda Hinton studied at Central Oregon Community College, earning her Associates Degree of Applied Sciences in Massage Therapy in 2011. She has been a Licensed Massage Therapist since 2012. She has trained in deep tissue massage, Swedish massage, pre-natal massage, hot stone massage, cupping, Thai massage, Cranial Sacral, and Quashaw. Amanda is excited to pursue her dream of teaching massage and passing on her passion for massage to her students. Amanda is a part-time instructor.

Marianna earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, emphasis in Computer Information Services from Southwestern College; and her master’s degree in Management Information Systems from Friends University.  In 2014, she started her yoga teaching career, becoming certified in Hatha Yoga and Curvy Yoga.  Since then, she has taken many yoga trainings in topics such as Restorative Yoga, Yoga Therapy and The Great Yoga Wall. Currently a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200-hour level, Marianna is pursuing her 500 hour certification. She has experience working with technology and people. Her philosophy is that yoga is for everyone, no matter your size, shape or level of flexibility. Her joy is found by seeing the positive affect yoga can have on her students, no matter how reluctant they were to actually start. Marianna teaches part-time.

Ruby is a veteran massage therapist. She earned her Massage Therapy Certification from WellSpring School of Allied Health in 2013. She has maintained a massage therapy practice throughout the years and joined a Traditional Thai Massage studio in Denver, CO where she trained in traditional Thai massage as well as Thai oil massage. She also attended The Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Her practice aims to restore the body’s balance and harmony between the natural opposing forces of yin and yang. That includes acupuncture, diet, herbal therapy, meditation, physical exercise and massage.

Kyla earned her diploma in Therapeutic Massage from Heritage College in Wichita. She has been working as a Massage Therapist since 2011 and has been teaching yoga since 2016. Kyla also began instructing Massage Therapy courses at her alma mater in 2016 and is thrilled to be continuing at WellSpring. She continues practicing massage while teaching part-time. Being a part of holistic health and becoming a larger part of the community is her ambition.  Kyla is a part-time instructor.