Our facility is fully remodeled and we are filling it quite usefully. We have been very fortunate in the abundance of very qualified professionals that have made D'essence their home away from home. We have combined all of our talents and become quite a team in providing many natural healing services to the clients of D'essence. It's over a year now since our doors have been open and it has gone by in a flash! While many of us have donated time and participated in many of the local events to promote the good name of our business, we are always looking ahead to many more opportunities to support the community! We are eager to promote the team's abilities to educate and improve the wellness of the many who desire a more enriched mind, healthy body, and uplifted soul.
Please enjoy the vast biographies of our team listed below and feel free to contact us should you have any questions concerning the benefits and services we offer.
Colette S. Acosta, Licensed Massage Therapist, Founder
While D'essence wellness day spa, inc. and the facility are still relatively new to us, our staff is not new in their occupations. Being the owner and creative-mind behind the scenes, I am working on my 10th year as a certified massage therapist and my 15th year as a local businessowner. Prior to opening D'essence wellness day spa, I owned and solely-operated Pro Massage Center, Inc. for 6 years offering massage therapy to many of my still very dear and loyal clientele. I have also gained much of my business expertise in the co-ownership of Acosta Insurance Agency, Inc. along side my biggest supporter and husband, John Acosta. Before any of these businesses played a part in my life, I had attended college for a CAD engineering degree which played an important role in remodeling the beautiful building we are established in today. I have 3 wonderful children whom all took the initiative to help in our creation of D'essence and along with my hard-working, supportive parents helped us bring about my dream of this healing and wellness center. Bigger than Pro Massage Center, Inc. and with more amenities to offer, D'essence wellness day spa, inc. is the next big step for me to help those in need to minimize stress, induce relaxation, increase immune system efficiency and reduce or eliminate muscular pain. Thank you for your interest in me and in my staff. Read below to find out more...
Blessings, Colette
Our Staff...
D'essence has several members on our team with a wide variety of training and educational backgrounds and healing philosophies. We have been blessed by God to be able to offer our talents to the clientele of D'essence and build relationships with them. We appreciate and are thankful for the customers entrusted in our care.
John Acosta, Co-Founder and Sales/Marketing Consultant
John, while running his more than full-time operation at Acosta Insurance Agency, Inc., has taken numerous hours to support the marketing and growth opportunities of D'essence wellness day spa, inc. His vast businessowner experience has been irreplacable in the startup and development of the day spa. John is the support behind the scenes in all of the management decisions and has been a wonderful husband and father to keep the family close during all the long-hour days. You might not see John in the day-to-day operations and healing services of the day spa but we count on knowing that he is always around to be the backbone of our business.
Stephanie Love, Licensed Massage Therapist
Stephanie is one of our very qualified certified massage therapists at D'essence wellness day spa, inc. She became interested in the healing arts about 16 years ago after meeting a young woman that inspired her to look at the natural means of healing the body. After discovering the many benefits herself, it has prompted her numerous studies of natural remedies and bodywork.
Being a mother of 3 beautiful young ladies has kept her very busy, but this year her youngest daughter has moved out to go to college...this left her wondering what to do with herself from here on. She enrolled at Davenport University in 2007 and graduated in April, 2009, with an Associate Degree in Applied Science, majoring in Clinical Massage Therapy. These studies included Sports Massage, Swedish/Relaxation Massage, and Deep Tissue Massage. She is continuing her education in Cranial Sacral Therapy (CST) and Reflexology. CST is a light-touch manual approach that enhances the body's natural healing capabilities. Reflexology is manipulation of reflex areas of the foot, hands, and ears that correspond to other parts of the body. Application of pressure to these reflex zones stimulate body organs and relieve areas of congestion to maintain balance in physical function. She can also administer Hot Stone Massage, Dead Sea Salt Body Scrub, Dead Sea Mud Wrap and Aromatherapy.
Along with massage therapy, Stephanie brings with her an IonCleanse Detoxification Foot Soak service. This therapy helps the body to purify through electrolysis of water. The feet are submerged in warm water for up to 30 minutes and the session ends with a soothing foot massage. She has been performing IonCleanse treatments for a little over 2 years with great success to many clients.
Stephanie is continuously learning about new therapies and bodywork to help the mind, body, and soul.
Connie Horvath, Certified Nutrition and Wellness Counselor
Over the last 14 years, Connie's occupation had been in the large banking industry. In her experience as VP of Commercial Banking, she had built numerous relationships with business clientele by helping them start, grow or sell their businesses and plan ahead for their future goals. She enjoyed working very closely with each business over the years but had a hard decision to make in continuing her career with the addition of two new children coming into their family's lives. In 2009, her husband and her were blessed with two adopted children from Ethiopia. These beautiful additions to their family had them both reviewing their careers in another perspective which led to her leaving the banking industry.
Connie had always been training with competitive weight lifters in the past for her own health and had taken care of numerous family members over the years with illnesses that needed special nutritional alternatives and exercise to give them a better quality of life. After the family members would go to the doctors, specialists, etc. for diagnosis, they needed help in creating nutritional plans to follow along with exercise that fit into each individual’s schedule. She has helped incorporate nutrition into their regimen to keep their bodies as healthy as possible in the most natural way available. She then would initiate an exercise program for them to grow with that could enhance this wellness path. This career path has always been an interest of Connie's. With her experience touring on the EVP Circuit for women's beach volleyball and her being active in helping children in the community with sports and exercise, she has natural instinct in motivating individuals to better health through an active lifestyle.
She became a Certified Nutrition and Wellness Counselor in June 2010 along with being a Pilates Instructor with Personal Fitness Training experience. She is very excited to work with D’essence as we share in the same beliefs of obtaining an overall healthy body. This requires peace and balance of the mind, body and soul. One must work in all of these areas in order to achieve true happiness and a healthy lifestyle. Connie will begin Pilates classes starting in July 2010 and one class session for each new individual will be free.
Angela Bohinc, Certified Psych-K Facilitator
Angela is a certified PSYCH-K facilitator who helps those who want to achieve more balance in their lives by removing the blocks that keep them from moving forward. The PSYCH-K process is a tool that allows the client to find those blockages, remove them, and restore the flow of positive energy. Angela received her Basic certification in May 2009 and will continue on to receive the Advanced certification. Because of her own positive experience with the benefits of PSYCH-K, she is also interested in being part of the Divine Integration Retreat and the Enhanced Facilitation and Professionals' Course. She even entertains the thought of becoming a certified instructor in order to teach others to facilitate and evolve. In her down time, Angela enjoys knitting, yoga, geocaching and reading... lots of reading. Her favorite authors are Gregg Braden, Eckhart Tolle, and Bruce Lipton just to name a few.
