About Us

Meet the Team

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Board Certified Structural Integrator

ScarWork Therapist

Certified Manual Lymph Drainage Therapist

Monique Lefebvre

I am a bodyworker and a lifelong mover. If I wasn’t outside climbing trees when I was young, I was at competitive gymnastics, cross-country running, or lacrosse practice. Pilates, yoga, and adventurous outdoor pursuits have kept me active since. I graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a Bachelor’s in Environmental Planning and Policy, where I also studied Environmental Education. During that time, I was introduced to wilderness emergency medicine and began understanding more deeply about how the body truly worked. I continue to maintain my emergency response certifications to this day.

Massage school found me in 2019, and I graduated from the New Hampshire Institute of Therapeutic Arts. My drive to learn more led me to teach Anatomy and Physiology for the next two years while I simultaneously expanded my private massage practice and pursued continuing education courses. In 2022, I traveled to Colorado to partake in a 5-day in-person human cadaver dissection, which only further helped my understanding.

A majority of my approach to bodywork is deeply informed by my continued studies with Tom Myers at Anatomy Trains (ATSI), where I graduated as a Board Certified Structural Integrator in 2023. I have additionally studied ScarWork Therapy with Sharon Wheeler and I have become certified in the Vodder Technique of Manual Lymphatic Drainage through the Klose Institute.

I exclusively offer bodywork based on my advanced certifications and do not offer full-body, relaxation style massage.

I deeply believe in the transformative power of bodywork and look forward to sharing my practice with you.

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Layla

CFO - Chief Fluff Officer, Welcoming Committee

Layla is a 12-year-old hypoallergenic, non-shedding Goldendoodle who takes immense pride in greeting clients upon arrival to the office, most often with a stuffed toy and always with a wagging tail. She is a gentle, calm presence who seems to intuitively know when clients need extra support or a head to pat. Otherwise, she will spend the majority of the client session napping.

Layla is certified with the American Kennel Club as an advanced Canine Good Citizen. She is also a certified Therapy Dog with Pet Partners.

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Carly Rice

L.Ac, LMT, Certified Astrologer, Certified Shamanic Healing Practitioner

Carly’s work weaves together Classical Five Element Acupuncture, Taoist martial arts, bodywork, and traditional healing lineages from the Andes to Central America. She holds a Master’s degree in Acupuncture after 7 years of acupuncture training, with advanced studies under Jeffrey Yuen—88th generation of the Jade Purity Lineage, and at the Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture in Boulder, Colorado.

Carly’s background includes Amma Therapy Bodywork based in Chinese Medicine and Eastern Philosophy; Shamanic Healing certification of 10 yrs- primarily from the Q’ero lineage of Peru; Mayan Abdominal Massage and plant-based ceremonial work from Miss Beatrice of Belize; and Traditional and Galactic astrology studies from some of the best astrologers of our time.

To learn more about Carly’s incredible work and to book with her, please visit her website: Starlight Healing Clinic.

Carly is located in our Portland office at 145 Newbury Street on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays, and elsewhere in the community.