About Me

My name is Payton Gabaldon, also known as the Fascia Heeler. I am a Certified Massage Therapist (CMT) in the state of California (CAMTC Cert. #92743) and a certified SARGA Bodywork Practitioner®. In my practice, I aim to give your body the space to HEAL the physical pain that you may experience when you have tight, unhealthy FASCIA (the connective tissue that surrounds every muscle in your body) through the use of my feet as my primary massage tool, which includes the use of my HEELS. Get my business name, now? 😜

BACKGROUND:

I completed 550 hours of massage therapy training at Massage Center (Advanced School of Massage Therapy) in Thousand Oaks in 2022, which included 125 hours of a massage therapy internship at a chiropractic office in Chatsworth. I also passed the notoriously difficult MBLEx (Massage and Bodywork Licensing Exam) on my first attempt, which is a nationally recognized exam for massage therapy licensure that is used by 44 U.S. states to assess a massage therapist’s educational background and understanding of key massage concepts.

After finishing school, I decided to continue my education and learn the style of barefoot massage, specifically SARGA BODYWORK®. In 2023, after four months and many hours of learning and practicing this modality, I became a certified SARGA Bodywork Practitioner®. To learn more about this modality and its benefits, click here.

Although I created my business around this particular style of barefoot massage, I still offer and enjoy performing other modalities of massage therapy, as well. The “Traditional Massage” that I offer is what you would expect to receive at a spa or chiropractor and blends several styles into one session, such as Lomi Lomi, Swedish, Deep Tissue, and stretching.

Most importantly, I thoroughly enjoy what I do. Massage therapy has the power to positively affect one’s mind, body, and soul, especially through its ability to regulate the receiver’s nervous system. Therefore, it is very rewarding for me to witness those positive changes happen within each client while they’re receiving their massage and after it’s over. Knowing that I was the catalyst for that change keeps me motivated and engaged in my career.

BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY:

As far as my business philosophy goes, it is my goal to make the world a better place, one massage at a time. With each session I perform, I hope to start a chain reaction of happiness that begins with you after you leave my massage table and spreads to those you encounter thereafter, those they encounter, and so on and so forth (since positive energy is contagious, in my opinion).

ETHICS:

I strongly abide by ABMP’s Code of Ethics for Massage Therapists, which consists of the following:

COMMITMENT TO HIGH-QUALITY CARE
COMMITMENT TO DO NO HARM
COMMITMENT TO HONEST REPRESENTATION OF QUALIFICATIONS
COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD THE INHERENT WORTH OF ALL INDIVIDUALS
COMMITMENT TO RESPECT CLIENT DIGNITY AND BASIC RIGHTS
COMMITMENT TO INFORMED CONSENT
COMMITMENT TO CONFIDENTIALITY
COMMITMENT TO PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES
COMMITMENT TO HONESTY IN BUSINESS
COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONALISM

Delivering an ethical massage therapy session is extremely important to me, and I also expect you, as the client, to be ethical as well. I have a zero tolerance policy for sexual innuendos and sexual harassment.

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