Meet Spa Owners
Loyd and Monique Wellesley

    For 24 years Loyd Wellesley had a career in Business Management and Consulting. He wanted a change in careers and decided to attend Massage School.  Loyd graduated in 1994 from the Asten Center of Therapeutic Massage in Dallas, Texas. He began working for a Chiropractor and started his private practice, Body-n-Balance Therapeutic Massage.  His training includes the following modalilities of massage: Swedish, Deep Tissue, Triggerpoint, Neuromuscular facilitation, Reflexology, Pregnancy, Infant, Geriatric, and Chair. He is a Professional member of the American Massage Therapy Association , and served as Chairman of the local arm of the A.M.T.A. in Corpus Christi, Texas.

   Loyd began teaching adult learners basic massage techniques in the Dallas, Mesquite, Plano and other Independent school districts, and was honored by receiving a sponsorship to become a Massage Therapy instructor for all of Texas! He wrote and developed advanced curriculum for several massage schools in Texas, where he continued to teach his advanced classes.  To his knowledge, the curriculum he wrote but did not copyright is still being used to educate new students.  Loyd has also taught classes at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi and was asked to be the keynote speaker of many facilities throughout the State including Texas A&M University.

   Loyd established a partnership with the Omni Hotels in Corpus Christi over eight years ago. He serves as an advisor to his wife, Monique Wellesley, who now manages and operates Body-n-Balance Therapeutic Massage.

   Monique Wellesley graduated from Massage school in 1999.  She is proficient and certified in Deep tissue, Geriatric, Swedish, Chair, Pregnancy, Infant, and spa treatments. She met her future husband Loyd at school, and when she graduated he asked her to manage his studio at the Corpus Christi Omni Hotel. The spa's business has grown by leaps and bounds, and now has eight therapist on their team.

Monique is a professional business woman as well as a Massage Therapist and her mission is helping people and animals. Monique started two successful companies:  Sister Cookies, an online bakery, and Nails on Wheels in which she would travel to hospitals, retirement homes and personal residences for people who were unable to care for themselves. Monique is working on a Masters Degree in Communication/Marketing.

Loyd and Monique are avid supporters and are active with SNAPUS (www.snapus.org) in San Antonio. Both are animal lovers and participate in animal rescues throughout the State of Texas.

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