Our Team
Karin Cole LMT, CPC
Karin Cole is the owner of Monarch and is a New York State licensed massage therapist, certified professional life coach, and Shamanic practitioner. She is certified in oncology massage and complete decongestive therapy for lymphedema, and trained in Reiki and Therapeutic Touch. She specializes in medical massage, grief and bereavement, self-exploration and spiritual growth. She is the massage therapist for the Palliative Care Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center and served for ten years as the bereavement coordinator. Karin also teaches continuing education in Rochester, Syracuse and Manhattan, New York, leads various group discussions, and serves on the advisory board at Finger Lakes Community College for the massage therapy program. After studying and practicing shamanism under Dr. Cecile Carson for several years, she has completed an apprenticeship and is considered an elder in the shamanic community. She attends to each individual client with compassion and kindness, helping to identify goals and facilitate healing, wellness and growth.
Sharon Willow
Sharon Willow is a certified marriage and family counselor, bereavement counselor, reiki practitioner, authentic movement practitioner, and poet. She has years of experience teaching meditation, simple tai chi movements, breath and energy techniques, visualization and writing to relieve stress and create health for a better quality of life. Sharon utilizes this cross-disciplinary approach as she and clients work together to develop the best program to bring to consciousness each individual’s strengths and wholeness. She assists individuals in thawing the frozen places of trauma or stressful life circumstances that have caused dis-ease. Sharon supports those who work with her to lean in and allow their unique relationship with grief’s rhythm to ebb and flow, encouraging their personal journey with loss to be felt. Through this work resilience is built, fear lessens, and trust grows as moments of rest and peace develop and strengthen.
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Kira Dillon-Malone, LMT
Kira Dillon-Malone is a licensed massage therapist, herbalist, and professional aerialist. Her background as a cirque instructor and performer combined with her ongoing studies of myology and anatomy & physiology give her a unique perspective into what highly demanding physical activity requires of the body. She's adept at accessing and relieving conditions related to tension or overuse, whether that's upper back strain from repetitive training of acrobatic inversions or chronic forearm and neck pain from a keyboard and computer monitor. She also enjoys helping pregnant clients find relief from their various aches and pains, before and after delivery. She's down to earth in the most literal sense, spending lots of time in the garden growing many of the medicinal herbs she uses in her apothecary. Whether you prefer to chat through your session or relax in silence, you can expect a calm, grounding energy during your massage.