Noriko Sabatine

屋敷典子
Born and raised in Tokyo Japan moved to Kailua in 2003 with her husband and 3 children. Noriko has been a licensed massage therapist since she completed her training in 2005. As Noriko’s love and passion has grown so has her establishment. Single person business has turned into multi healing spa with more than 40practitioners. Noriko specializes in deep tissue therapeutic massage according to each person’s need. What makes Noriko's massage unique and different from others is that her massage has always been done with her eyes closed. Noriko blind folded herself since beginning of her practice inspired by blind shiatsu practitioner who amazingly searches and cures others. Noriko manages 2 locations sharing your knowledge and aloha with all that comes her way. 

Owner/ Licensed Massage Therapist


​Celeste Magnani


​Instructor/ Licensed Massage Therapist
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A native of Kailua, Celeste left the corporate world in 2008 to study massage in Boston, MA, followed by Oncology massage at the Walton Institute in Cambridge, MA, then Geriatric Massage in Chicago, IL, followed by High Risk Prenatal Massage in Portland, OR, finally making her way back to Kailua in 2010. She learned Lomilomi from her mother, a native Hawaiian; and Hawaiian herbal medicine from Kumu Lono. Celeste is passionate about being of service to others and brings that passion to her teaching. She believes everyone benefits from massage therapy in body, mind, and spirit. Celeste's mission in teaching is to educate and mentor students as massage therapists, giving them the necessary tools and foundation to create a lasting partnership and participation with their clients in this powerful healing process.


​Brian Tow                                                              Instructor/ Licensed Massage Therapist

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Brian received his training at the Denver School of Massage Therapy and has over 815 credit hours of school training, and has been a working LMT for 10 years.  Brian has had training in Russian Massage, Swedish Massage, Sports Massage, Structural alignment and balancing, Trigger Point Therapy, and Deep Tissue Massage. As well as extensive training in anatomy and physiology.

His clients include but are not limited to; military personnel, competitive athletes, police officers, chronic pain sufferers, and people with ongoing issues recovering from injuries/surgeries. He is also teaching an anatomy and physiology course at Nori Kohana Massage Academy.

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 Alesa Kneubuhl                                                                    Instructor/ Licensed Massage Therapist
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  • ​Alesa ‘Āinalani Kneubuhl, born and raised on Maui has massage and esthetician licenses. Some of her passions are surfing, hiking, Hawaiian culture and genealogy. She is a mother of two beautiful sons.
Her massage journey began when she was pregnant with her first son over 15 years ago. She went to school at the Maui Academy if Healing Arts, John Sanderson and finished her studies in an apprentice program. She was lucky to have her whole family help teach her Lomi lomi massage. Her father, sister and aunty all studied under Aunty Margaret Machado, a renowned lomi practitioner and teacher who was from Honaunau Hawai’i Island. She began assistant teaching in classrooms of practitioners Jeana Iwalani Naluai and one of her best friends Ki’inani Kaho’ohanohano lomi practitioner, la’au lapa’au (Hawaiian medicinal herbs) and midwife, continued studies over the years. Eventually teaching classes on her own.
She loves the healing arts, bodywork and teaching.