Meet Our Staff

Travis received his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in K-12 education at Concordia College in Portland in 1995. In 2001, he received his LMP Licensure from Cedar Mtn. School of Massage (CMCM) and went into private practice focusing on a therapeutic style of massage therapy, integrating trigger point therapy and other deep tissue modalities to help clients and athletes recover from injuries and the aches and pains of everyday life.

Travis started teaching A&P at CMCM while still in school for his massage training. In 2006 he started teaching at Evergreen Center for the Healing Arts where he became the lead instructor of the program, teaching A&P, Kinesiology, Pathology, Deep tissue and Trigger point classes, and leading staff meetings and development. He was later named head of curriculum development from 2009-2011. Travis has since taught a number of different courses at Everest College 2012-13 and at Bodymechanics School of Myotherapy and Massage from 2017-2018.

Travis comes from a family of instructors and administrators and is one of the few licensed massage therapists to have a teaching degree in the state of Washington. This has allowed him to develop a college level curriculum for a trade school environment.

Travis actively practices massage therapy with a steady stream of dedicated clients.

Denise has been a massage therapist since 2007. She has a unique ability to determine what your body needs and provide the necessary treatment. She is very skilled and intuitive with goals being long-term functional improvement rather than maintenance. She is trained in ace cupping, ashiatsu, deep tissue, lymphatic and sports massage.

Suzanne received her initial massage therapy training at the Honolulu School of Massage in 1999. After graduation she taught and ran the student clinic at Remington College as well as working with apprentice programs in Hawaii. When she moved to Vancouver, Washington in 2009, she attended the Evergreen Center for the Healing Arts to attain her Washington licensure. While maintaining a professional practice, Suzanne later became the massage therapy program chair at Everest College Vancouver campus, and in 2017 became an instructor and campus manager at Bodymechanics School of Myotherapy and Massage.

Suzanne has spent most of her massage career developing and revising curriculum to ensure her students’ success on state and national tests. Since becoming licensed Suzanne has immersed herself in all things massage. She stays up to date on the issues that affect professional massage therapists and has been involved in massage-related political issues. She has worked with a diverse group of clients, addressing different types of massage treatments as well as many physiological and anatomical disorders and conditions.

Suzanne believes in the mind/body connection which she brings to all of her treatments and instruction. She uses many techniques such as Deep tissue, pre- and post-natal work, and sports massage techniques, and integrates them into different styles and techniques to make each client’s massage a unique experience.

Like Travis, Suzanne has her own business and continually practices massage at the academy.

Willie Buchanan has been studying and practicing  Traditional Thai Massage since 2004.

He has studied with David Witzer in Beaverton Oregon

Studied with Pichest Boonthome in Chiang Mai Thailand

Has received training from numerous teachers in Bangkok and Chiang Mai Thailand

He continues to learn and seek out education in Thai style bodywork.

Willie Buchanan is currently self employed at Cascade Massage and Bodywork where

He offers only Thai Massage.

His other interests are staying active by hiking, backpacking, bicycling, working out, and

making sure his dog is walked most days.