Helping you stay strong, balanced, and active
Julia Gudaitis Ward was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana. She spent her childhood taking ballet classes as well as participating in various other activities and sports. She was still in high school when she started to realize the benefits of massage and how much potential it had to improve her life. In June 2007, Julie completed 500 hours of training at Associates of Integrative Health in Bloomington, IN to become a Certified Massage Therapist.
After finishing school in Indiana, while working for a chiropractor, she started to build her own clientele out of her apartment. It quickly moved into an office downtown and eventually expanded into Massage on the Square which included over a dozen massage therapists, a reflexologist and an acupuncturist. The mission was to help make people happy by reducing their stress and pain. Unfortunately, the stress of the business started to take its toll on her own body so she left looking for a healthier life.
In March of 2013 she found herself living in South Lake Tahoe with a job at a local chiropractic office. Julie’s massages integrate many different modalities including but not limited to Deep Tissue, Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Release and CranioSacral Therapy.
During 2015-2019 she studied with Marty Morales, founder of the Morales MethodⓇ, to become a Morales Method Pain Specialist, Structural Integration Therapist and Certified Instructor. In 2019 she completed her training as a Certified Personal Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine. As a lifelong learner of the body, she is always looking to learn new techniques and philosphies to better assist her clients as they strive to stay strong, balanced, and active.
“I feel very lucky to be a massage therapist. I finished massage school in the spring of 2007 in Bloomington, IN. I had a thriving practice there for six years before moving to South Lake Tahoe. I combine my love of movement with my love of helping people. Over the years I’ve focused my education on areas that I think will help my clients the most. After being a therapist for almost 20 years, I was tired of seeing my clients come back month after month with the same issues. This is what pushed me to learn Morales Method® Structural Integration. The series of 9 sessions addresses compensation patters and seeks to find a solution to balance out the body as a whole. It’s typically much more efficient than an hour massage where we try to ease discomfort. No matter what, I try to meet you where you’re at to give you the massage or bodywork session that best benefits you, whether you need an hour to relax and zone out, or an hour of focused deep work to facilitate healing.” – Julia Gudaitis Ward
Licensed through Nevada State Board of Massage Therapy #NVSI.0014
Certified through California Massage Therapy Council # 44085
American College of Sports Medicine ID 814969
