Massage Therapist Bios – Blooming Day Spa

Becky Smith, Licensed Massage Therapist, grew up in San Marcos, TX and completed college with her BFA in Photography from North Texas. During a trip to Thailand she was introduced to the art of massage. Once home, Becky attended & graduated in 2008 from The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School while also completing her yoga teacher training. After being employed by Sink Creek Spa and Retreat for 6 years, owner & founder, Angie Johnson, offered Becky the opportunity to continue her vision to create the ultimate climate for massage and relaxation. Now near downtown San Marcos, Blooming Day Spa will offer a relaxing getaway close to home. When asked what type of massage she does, she usually responds with “Becky’s Intuitive Massage.” She combines many techniques and the intuitive knowledge gained over her many years of massaging thousands of bodies and many hours of continuing education.

Maxfield Baker, Licensed Massage Therapist, grew up in the Rio Grande Valley and moved to San Marcos in 2007 to attend Texas State University. After completing a double major in Political Science and Anthropology, and working in human resources for four years, Maxfield decided to follow his original passion, and enrolled at the Lauterstein-Conway Massage School. He graduated the 500 hour program in July 2017, which included 50 hours of clinic internship, where he focused on deep tissue and orthopedic modalities. Maxfield’s client focused massage, aims to work with the nervous system to relieve the tension from within, by using an anatomically specific approach. Maxfield Baker grew up in the Rio Grande Valley and moved to San Marcos in 2007 to attend Texas State University. After completing a double major in Political Science and Anthropology, and working in human resources for four years, Maxfield attended the Lauterstein-Conway Massage School, becoming a licensed massage therapist in 2017. He has worked with Blooming Day Spa since day one of his massage journey, and uses his years of massage and customer service experience to create a customized client focused session. Maxfield works with the nervous system to relieve tension/stress, and achieve deep results. Additionally, he focuses on client education after the massage so clients can better understand their body’s and their issues. Maxfield is consistently rated highly in our reviews, and clients especially have enjoyed relief from neck and back pain after working with him.

Trisha Breanne Welch, Licensed Massage Therapist, grew up in Austin and moved to San Marcos in 2011 to complete a major in Geography and Geology minor at Texas State University. Before and during her college years, Trisha fell in love with the practice of yoga. Her practice and study revealed its beneficial effects on connecting the breath to mind, body and spirit through movement.
Along her own healing journey with chronic pain, Trisha naturally gravitated toward bodywork as a profession. She attended The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School and has been massaging since 2018. Her experiences have helped cultivate an intuitive compassionate and holistic approach to life and massage therapy. Trisha’s work is client-centered, relaxing, and deeply transformative. She combines multiple modalities in her sessions including Swedish, deep tissue, myofascial release, mobilization and stretching. She has also trained in prenatal massage and is deepening her study in craniosacral therapy. Trisha’s vision is to alleviate tension, reduce pain patterns, and accelerate healing while providing a calm, relaxing space for immediate results.

Charlotte Cunningham, Licensed Massage Therapist, grew up in Brenham, Texas.
Her grandmother practiced Reflexology and taught her about the many benefits of reflexology massage. This sparked a passion for helping people. She enrolled in the Austin Institute of Massage and Spa Therapies in 2014. Her years of experience allow her to integrate different techniques such as Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, trigger point therapy, and myofascial release. These varied techniques allow her to tailor the therapy session to client’s individual needs. She believes in an integrative approach when it comes to healing the mind and body.
Clients find her massage to be deeply relaxing, pain relieving and therapeutic; especially when there is a specific area of discomfort. Charlotte is excited to share her passion with you.

Kathryn Adcox grew up in Dallas and moved to Austin in 2008 to go to UT. She graduated from The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in April 2021 and more recently moved to San Marcos to enjoy being closer to nature with a smaller town feel. Prior to choosing massage as a career path, she focused primarily on teaching yoga. She started her yoga journey in 2007 and has been teaching since 2014, so she has an understanding of the body and its movements. She takes an intuitive approach to massage with the hope of relaxing clients with a blend of Swedish, deep tissue, myofascial release, manual lymphatic drainage, and mobilization/stretching techniques.