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Licensed Massage Therapists
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Aran Nakano, LMT (MAT-7539)
Principle Massage Therapist, Co-owner
Hi! I'm Aran, the founder and co-owner of Ka Hale Ola Massage Therapy. Born and raised on Oahu, I graduated as a Son of Iolani in 1995. With a desire to help others and an interest in science, I continued onto Oregon State University and majored in Exercise and Sports Science with an option in pre-Physical Therapy, graduating in 2000. With my academics and schooling geared toward Physical Therapy, I decided to follow down that career path and attended Idaho State University. Despite enjoying my time in Idaho working with patients and learning, the situation there was not ideal and after almost 7 years in the mainland, I returned to Hawaii to reassess my future, not wanting to pursue Physical Therapy as a career anymore...
Many of the patients that I worked with during my time in Physical Therapy school complimented me on my skills massaging them. Despite their kind words and compliments, I knew that I had so much more to learn about massage, and wanted to attend a massage school when I got back home. One day while surfing the web, I found a massage school on the Windward side of Oahu, the American Institute of Massage Therapy (AIMT). I greatly enjoyed my time there learning massage and becoming a more well-rounded, open-minded person, but it also provided me something else, the "itch" to open my own business...
I never envisioned myself as a business owner, or an entrepreneur, but upon graduation from AIMT in 2003, I began writing the business plan for a massage clinic. Through many revisions, blood, sweat, tears, sleepless nights, and a LOT of hard work, I opened up Ka Hale Ola Massage Therapy in 2004. Thanks to all of my schooling and experiences, I not only have extensive knowledge in human anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology, great technical skills with massage, but also care and empathy for every person that comes in to see me, and an understanding that there's more out there for me to learn. I enjoy specifically working on individuals with neck and/or upper back problems and helping people to return to their active lives pain free!
Outside of massage, I enjoy all types of sports, especially basketball, baseball, and football, listen to a wide variety of music, watch a lof ot movies, and play with my pup, Kiyo.
Educational Background and Certifications:
Bachelor of Science (BS)- Exercise and Sport Science, Oregon State University (1995-99)
Certification in Massage Therapy (LMT)- American Institute of Massage Therapy, Kailua, HI (2003)
ABMP Professional Level Massage Therapist (2004-current)
Graduate coursework in anatomy, exercise physiology, etc- Idaho State University (2000-02)
Janice Kahumoku, LMT (MAT-10539)
Co-owner
Jan is the newest addition to the Ka Hale Ola Massage family! More information to follow!
We will add more information as soon as possible :)
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Sommer Tyau, LMT (MAT- 9263)
Sommer is a local girl from Pearl City who loves the creative and performing arts, animals, and health & fitness. When she graduated from high school, Sommer knew she wanted to pursue something creative, but also incorporate her other loves as well. She started out at the University of Hawaii as an Art major, spending her spare time volunteering at the Waikiki Aquarium as a Monk Seal trainer. Nearing graduation, she was forced to choose a “more conventional, marketable, and practical” major. Unable to deny her artistic and creative soul, she chose to pursue Theatre as her major. She was still able to spend time with animals as a veterinary technician, but she immersed herself in theatre, making costumes and puppets for Ohia Productions; Sommer had found a job that she could channel her creative energies, but she still felt something was missing…
In late 2004, Sommer took stock in her career in search of what was missing. She needed to find her “calling”- that one thing which would incorporate her ideals of creativity, altruism, and health & fitness. While looking back, she remembered two vivid memories: The first, as a child massaging her loved ones and remembering how appreciative they were from receiving the massage. The second, as an adult- the first time she received a massage, how she remembered that day to be the most relaxing and soothing day ever, easing all her emotional and physical tensions away-in just one hour! This was her calling… Massage!!! Soon after, she enrolled at AIMT and became licensed in early 2006. Sommer is a creative and empathetic individual that gives a great therapeutic massage. She is available Monday through Saturday, by appointment. In 2007, she gave birth to a baby boy, Gabriel!
Educational Background and Certifications:
Certification in Massage Therapy (LMT)- American Institute of Massage Therapy, Kailua, HI (2005)
Bachelor of Arts- Theater, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1995-2000)
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