Meet the Team!
OWNER | Originally from upstate New York, Christina lived in Bend, Oregon for thirty years before returning to her beloved Adirondack Mountains where she lives with her partner, Mark, and her orange kitties, Pepin + Kevin. Christina’s experience in the Spa and Wellness Industry began in 1995. She taught for ten years teaching within the Massage Therapy Program at Central Oregon Community College. There she founded the Spa Training Curriculum. She also has worked as a trainer for Sundari, an Ayurvedic international inspired product line, teaching Ayurvedic principles and Sundari Facials, Body Treatments and Massage.
Christina’s travels have brought her through the US, Asia, and Europe, allowing her to experience world class and premier spas, private tours and teachings from influencers in Asian and European philosophies involving hydrotherapy, product, treatments and massage. She highly values her 3+ year time span spent in mentorship with Embodied Life instructor, Russell Delman. As a visionary and entrepreneur, Christina has the ability to create healing spaces and ritual practices. She holds the title and licensure of NYS Nail Technician, Reiki Master, Educator and Spa Consultant. Christina is an Oregon Licensed Massage Therapist. She is also a contributing International Best Selling Author of Navigating The Clickety-Clack, Volume 3. Christina combines a mixture of compassionate presence, humor, and kindness, believes in the art of relaxation, and is inspired by beauty and the love of travel.
Christina Frazier
REIKI PRACTITIONER | Macie Huwiler is a certified Level III Reiki Practitioner. She works with you to help the flow of energy and remove blocks, similar to acupuncture or acupressure, thus helping the body heal itself. Reiki is known to enable relaxation, reduce pain, speed up healing, and reduce other symptoms of illness. It is especially helpful for pain management, ameliorating the affects of chemo, and all types [of illness].
When not doing healing work, Macie is a real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway Adirondack Premier Properties. She loves to garden, hike, ski, skate, and cook. She is an avid supporter of the performing arts, and loves going to concerts and theater.
Macie Huwiler
Deanna is our wellness support, our human resource, and our ‘go to’ when we have work, personal, or health challenges. She is part of our benefits package for our staff. Deanna has had many varied careers: from running a day care in her home to designing and implementing the first long range in-school suspension program for the local school system, and co-creating a local artists Co-op.
As the Executive Director of the Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce she facilitated businesses working together. She comes to us with a wide array of knowledge about business, communication, about systems and about health. Her life experience serves our entire staff tremendously. Along with helping us here at the Sanctuary, she created UpYourVibe.Us and teaches individuals and groups online by teaching the Biology of the Body—called Germanic Healing Knowledge. She offers her humor, creativity and knowledge base to our staff year round with her Health Assurance Program.
When Deanna is not teaching people about how amazing their bodies are, she visits her 3 children and 3 grand children. She loves the outdoors, and loves creating “Home.” And currently is re-designing aspects of her childhood home so she can offer onsite, short-term learning and healing retreats. Her faith in God is great and prioritizes time in nature with her daily walks, biking, stand up paddle boarding (in the summer) and any snowy fun adventures in the winter. Deanna loves to sing for funerals as it honors Life…and has fun singing karaoke and open mic. If it is fun, Deanna is in!