Practitioners
Betsy Payne

Betsy has been a Bowen Technique practitioner for over 12 years. She works with clients providing some of the best pain relief offered in central Pennsylvania. Always striving to learn, Betsy became a Craniosacral Therapist (CST) and a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) in 2016.
She has studied under the guidance of Alastair McLoughlin in Scar Tissue Release work as well as Joel Crandall learning the Voila Method.
With over 27 years of experience in the fitness industry, she continues to serve the community by teaching SilverSneakers®, group fitness, and yoga classes in the Carlisle area. Betsy's knowledge as a certified Personal Trainer adds to her ability to help and guide clients towards improving their overall well-being.
Bryan Hixson

Bryan Hixson is a graduate from Lancaster School of Massage. He brings a therapeutic approach to massage therapy and genuinely wants to make a difference in someone's personal care.
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Bryan was first introduced to massage therapy while a professional ballet dancer and is constantly seeking and learning modalities to help people with their pain relief.
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Tabitha Lavoie

Tabitha is the owner of Carlisle Bowen Works. She has had a passion for helping people through Occupational Therapy training, CNA certification and Bowen technique. Tabitha first learned about Bowen Therapy in 2013 by visiting Carlisle Bowen Works and experiencing the relaxation benefits and pain relief.
Elaine McFadyen

Elaine is a gentle Reiki Master Practitioner who is committed to promote healing, balance and
well-being through the ancient art of Reiki. She is also certified in ReikiVoice, and Lotus Light Reiki, a new transmission of Reiki energy empowering a higher level of consciousness.
Additionally, she is attuned to Angelic Light Language, TM Meditation trained and a certified yoga instructor.
Over the years of sharing Reiki, Elaine has learned that while Reiki can be subtle, it truly is powerful in the way it supports healing. Having been diagnosed with cancer in 2022, Reiki sessions helped facilitate the healing process during her treatments and recovery afterwards by calming her mind and body which allowed for deep relaxation, stress reduction and pain relief.
She lives her days with more balance, clarity and awareness which help her focus on maintaining her overall well-being. It is Elaine’s truest heartfelt desire to share all that she has learned to assist her clients to cultivate a deep sense of calm, clarity and peace in their everyday life.
Karen Gustafson

Karen is a passionate practitioner with over ten years of experience in massage therapy, facia stretch therapy, and manual lymph drainage to promote healing and pain relief. She addresses the following conditions: sports injuries, pre & post surgery recovery, and acute/chronic pain issues. Additionally, she addresses edema, lymphedema, neurodegenerative diseases, like Parkinson’s disease and chronic autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. With a focus on wellness and rehabilitation, she provides an integrative approach to support her clients in achieving greater freedom, ease of function, relaxed and decompressed tissues. By creating a healthy fascia and lymphatic system and releasing stored adhesions/blockages, the elimination of metabolic waste is encouraged. This accelerates the flow of fresh oxygen and nutrients, additionally reducing tension and inflammation while improving the body’s flexibility.
Through her work, Karen creates and facilitates a calm, nurturing, and quiet space where clients can reconnect with their inner truth, regulate their nervous systems, and awaken their innate healing intelligence. This encourages the healing process while simultaneously uncovering emotional and energetic root causes of emotional and physical imbalance. She blends skilled hand movements, restorative stretching techniques and innovative tools with an aim to decrease pain, inflammation, stress and tension within the connective tissue to restore proper “flow,"
posture, alignment and range of motion. Both therapeutic and regenerative, her combined modalities work synergistically to support each person toward greater vitality, balance, coherence and long-term wellness.

