our story

Yomassage was founded in 2018 by wellness entrepreneur Katherine Parker and social work professor and massage therapist Dr. Tiffany Ryan. They had a mission to create an offering that allowed more people to experience the benefits of massage therapy, yoga, and meditation on a regular basis and revolutionize the wellness industry. Yomassage® has pioneered its own signature methods combining yoga, massage, and guided meditation—training thousands of practitioners both in-person and online through world-class certification programs.

In 2024, Tiffany experienced a lifequake with the loss of her beautiful son and spent the next year doing her own Yoga for Living—trying to find her own meaning, purpose, and healing. She came to understand that self-care has been conflated with doing things to bring ease “in the moment” of stress, but largely does not address the root cause of our unrest.

Yomassage is a tool for the first step in building a foundation to address the root cause of our suffering. This is essential. But we must also go deeper. To know and understand our own souls. To deeply connect with other souls. And to understand our place in the larger universe. We must continually and ritualistically make time for stillness. To enter a meditative state. And to open our minds and hearts to what comes from that state of connection. To connect with and really hear what our souls are trying to tell us. And then to read. To discuss. To make art. To listen to music. To integrate what comes to us from this intentional, attentive and receptive stillness. The missing link is the going deeper in ourselves, with our community, and with the universe. Daily. So that we do not get swept away with the pushes and pulls of our human lives and forget that we are souls in a human body. That is true self-care. That is Yoga for Living™ by Yomassage®, our newest offering.