a massage therapist from Manhattan

“Nell saved my marriage. After two births and no time for myself, my husband and me were going crazy. Until we both started seeing Nell. It was better than ‘therapy’.”

— D. Cohen, Marketing Consultant

Nell Waters, LMT

Whole Body Tonic has been an evolving practice of  mine, in advanced bodywork, since 2006.  I was trained here and in Oregon between 1996-1999. When I’m not fixing people’s bodies I can be found in my kitchen crafting new infusions, or reading the New Yorker and chasing good coffee.  In addition to owning Whole Body Tonic, I teach at the SF School of Massage & Bodywork  and from  2008-2011 was the co-director for their Advanced Massage program. I have also had the gift of attending  25 births during 2004-2009 when I was an active doula, here in San Francisco. Creativity and collaboration keep me motivated so at the start of 2011 I moved my practice  full time into historic Dogpatch, in the old Canning Building, and  inside Acupuncture Kitchen.

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Gina DeBarnardo, LMT

Gina joined Whole Body Tonic almost immediately upon landing in the Bay Area. A transplant from Florida, she  was an instructor at the Florida School of Massage and has been refining her gift for Cranio Sacral work since 1999. But  when she’s not massaging you may see her driving really really fast. She’s a certified race car driver  and formerly  the official massage therapist  for both Risi Ferrari Competizione and Level 5 Motorsports, two world famous race car teams. She is an expert in the massage field.