Back To Bliss Team

Courtney is a native of Marshfield, she has a bubbly and earnest personality. She is excited to get back into the hair industry after taking a short break to move back to our area from Eau Claire.
She loves the outdoors, camping with friends and family and spending time with her dog Romo. She works at Maurice's in her spare time because she loves fashion and loves being a trend setter. She can't wait to bring her passion for fashion to her clients.

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Crystal Chenier - Associate level Massage Therapist

Crystal is passionate about education. Not only educating herself but passing that education onto her clients. She is a loving, compassionate person who wants to help the world. She is known for her stretches and her ability to help her clients.
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Emily Auberg (Pempek) - Senior level Massage Therapist, Yoga Fit Instructor, Spa Manager

Emily is recently married and enjoys spending time with her husband and sons. When not at work, she enjoys spending time with friends and extended family. She can frequently be found exercising and taking yoga class with her friends and then cooking up spicy foods for all to enjoy.

A long time therapist and student of alternative healing arts, Emily has found her passion in life in helping others. For the last nine years she has been working at various day spa and chiropractic facilities throughout the country building a solid and well rounded skill set. The quality of her work can be seen in the fierce loyalty of her clientele who returned to her in droves after waiting four years for her to return to Colby after she moved away. Emily is our Pregnancy Massage, and Thai Massage Specialist. Her alternative and centered personality serves her well in her massages, which are an equally balanced mix of men and women.

Back To Bliss is sincerely honored for Emily to have chosen us as her professional family. Her deep knowledge base in aromatherapy, herbs, fitness, and energy work, along with her high level of massage skills and wide array of experiences make her an exceptional manager. Under her leadership, we are proud to continue building a truly unique menu of services. Back To Bliss looks to continue as the area's premier center for wellness with Emily guiding and training our pool of talented massage therapists.

Emily's energy is alternative, calm, down to earth, and professional. People enjoy her genuine and personable connection as well as her amazing massages.

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Felicia Rasmussen- Advanced level Esthetician

Felicia grew up on the countryside of Merrill in a quaint farmhouse with her mother, father, and three siblings, Growing up, she found deep joy in the country life and in its beauty. Seeing the natural beauty of her surroundings is what inspired her to see the beauty in all things and people. She has carried this forward in her life and now strives to amplify every person's inner beauty with natural and healthy products. Graduating from the State College of Beauty Culture in Wausau, Felicia is a licensed esthetician and fantastic makeup artist.

Felicia is Back To Bliss' Sugaring, and Facial Specialist and her personality perfectly fits her chosen profession. Her deep understanding of skin and its care assures that you receive quality advice, while her calm and even demeanor helps you relax through facials and body wraps. Felicia brings a cheerful sauciness that keeps you comfortable through less relaxing beauty rituals like sugaring and extractions. Regardless of the tone of your service, everyone finds themselves refreshed and delighted with both the results and the experience when they see our beauty expert, Felicia.

Felicia's energy is endearing, caring, cheerful, and professional. She wraps a joyful wit, and a little bit of sass, with an assured professionalism so that her clients can relax knowing they are in good hands.
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Janessa Schmitt- Advanced Level Therapist

Janessa connects to people on an emotional and physical level. She is fun, caring and has a big heart. She loves pregnancy massage and helping moms relax during their pregnancy and after. You and your baby are in good hands with Janessa. Janessa is a Reiki specialist and enjoys the relaxation you can achieve through this subtle therapy. In her free time she likes to play softball and remodel her home.
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Jessica Hopperdietzel- Advanced level Stylist, Salon Educator

Jessica has over 10 years of experience in the hair industry. She is our salon educator and is responsible for bringing new education to our Salon staff. She is excited to be working closer to family and friends. As a graduate of Colby High School, she looks forward to offering her expertise to her home town. Working over 30 hours a week, Jessica will be anchoring our organic salon, and we are excited about her passion and creative spirit. Jessica has been living in Abbotsford since 2004 where she lives with her hubby and best friend for six years. She loves her house dog, Lucky, and enjoys archery, fishing, camping, and travel.

As a 2002 graduate of State College of Beauty Culture, Jessica has been constantly studying her craft. A natural perfectionist, Jessica enjoys all aspects of her profession and it shows in the quality of her work. She is new to an organic salon concept, but is excited about working with all of the organic products we have to offer. After just a few weeks in a chemical free environment she is passionate about the possibilities of offering a better product that offers both non-toxic health benefits and works (often better than traditional color lines!)

Jessica specializes in cut and color, loves pedicures, and works at a fast pace learned from her years cutting up to 24 hair cuts a day! Her energy is crisp, friendly, genuine, and professional. We enjoy her dedication and work ethic, her caring attitude, and the surprising layers of cheer and humor that lie just underneath the surface.

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Jessica McCord -Associate Level Esthetician

Jessica comes to Back To Bliss with an array of experience. She has worked in Spas around the area gaining experience. She most recently traveled with a salon distribution company helping other salons learn about Green products. Her energy is bubbly and energetic along with knowledgeable. Her expertise is waxing, sugaring and facials. She is looking forward to working in a true spa setting and learning from the team.

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Josiah Groth- Co-Owner, Senior level Massage Therapist, Yoga Teacher, and Wellness Educator

Josiah counts his blessings every day as a father of three very pink little girls, as a husband of 14 years, and as a humble student of gifted teachers. He has always been interested in finding ways to live in a passionate connection to his philosophy. As a young man it was in martial arts that he found those connections, studying karate and ninjitsu. While he finished his Bachelor's degree in Biology Education at UW-Green Bay he stumbled upon massage and yoga. In 2002 he graduated from Blue Sky School of Massage and embarked on his current path. Under the tutelage of Blair Lewis and Pandit Rajmani Tigunait of the Himalayan Institute, Josiah studied a living philosophy of yoga intensely with his wife Monica for the next seven years. Living and working as a massage teacher, therapist, yoga teacher, consultant, and facilities manager gave him the experiences developed the concept of Back To Bliss. Highlights include being a Karma yogi at the Himalayan Institute for three and a half years studying, practicing, and living an ayurvedic lifestyle, Consulting for East West Books of Manhattan, and the birth of his three daughters.

Josiah combines his insights of compassion and the human mind with bodywork to create a massage experience that is based on helping you heal your entire being, not just your muscles. Often described as an intimate massage, his work connects you and opens your heart so that you can comfortably release deeply held muscle tension, emotions, and energy blocks. The experience of having your hidden pains and fears exposed and still held with compassion allows their resolution. A specialist in abhyanga, lymphatic, and NMT massages, his clients most often request 75 minute signature massages and say, "Just follow what your hands feel I need."

Josiah's energy is calming, sincere, confident, and compassionate. While not always for the faint of heart, his specialties in deeply connecting touch offer a powerful healing experience that is widely sought and requested by clients throughout Central Wisconsin.

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Katie Dotson-Associate level Massage Therapist

Katie is a mother of two beautiful girls and a loving wife. She has a joking and fun personality with a soft side. She graduated from Globe University in Wausau with her Massage Licence. In her free time she loves to bowl and spend time with her family.
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Linda Rachu -Fitness Instructor, Nutritional Consultant

Linda lived in Michigan all her life. In 2007, she moved to Wisconsin and was Married. She has two beautiful children and one grandson that still live in Michigan, and two stepsons.
She has been certified in the industry of fitness since 1994, she takes her profession seriously and to heart. Weather you are looking to loose weight, build body strength, or tone up, she will help you meet not only your fitness goals, but also as a certified nutritionist she will teach you to make healthier eating choices by setting you up on a nutritional meal plan.
As a professional in this forever changing field of fitness and nutrition, she feels she can never stop learning about the latest scientific and nutritional discoveries. She has certifications in:

In her spare time, she loves to kayak, Rollerblade, hike, and walk. she also enjoys teaching a variety of aerobic classes including 20/20/20, Cardio Kickboxing, Strength Training, Yoga and Piloxing.

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Monica Groth - Co-Owner, Advanced level Stylist, Yoga Teacher, Reiki Specialist

Monica went to school to study hair in Green Bay, WI. She has worked in large salon in Green Bay and in Madison, WI. 8 years into her career putting large amounts of toxins that are found in the traditional hair industry into her body, she decided to leave the industry because it was affecting her health. She needed to let her body heal. She moved to The Himalayan Institute in search of a healthier lifestyle and a new passion. There she discovered the joys of Yoga and how to teach it!

When Josiah and Monica spoke about Back To Bliss she never thought that going back to the hair industry was an option. After doing hours of research and study she found Organic and non toxic lines that would allow her to once again enjoy her passion.

Monica is so passionate about changing her industry for the better and educating people about the harmful effects these chemicals can have. She is kind, loving and gives 100% to every person that sits in her chair.
Monica is a mother of three beautiful daughters that she is blessed to split her time between her girls and her business.

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Alyssa Lavin -Front Line

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