Debra Walker, Board Certified Massage Therapist and Certified Holistic Life Coach
“I do this work because I was so impressed with the first massage I received that I wanted to spend the rest of my life bringing others that same relaxation and relief from pain.”
Debra Walker received her degree in massage therapy from The Daniels Institute of Massage in 2010. She then received her Virginia Nursing Board Certification in Massage Therapy in 2011. She worked for a few other massage therapy businesses before deciding to establish her own in early 2015. She has been providing clients in the Roanoke Valley with the relaxation and therapy of massage for nearly 15 years, and she doesn’t hope to stop anytime soon.
In order to better help her clients, Debra received her certification in Holistic Life Coaching from the ISP Career College in 2024. She looked into this avenue of treatment because it is a lower cost alternative to traditional life coaching that, in keeping with her values, looks at the totality of a life rather than just the issue that brings clients in. By doing this, she is able to help clients to find a new path through life and undo some of the patterns of behavior that are causing them pain and struggle and more permanently help them.
Willow Branch Massage Therapy
Massage is a way to thank your muscles for the work they do for you every day.
Founded in 2015, Willow Branch Massage Therapy started as an alternative to other options for massage in Roanoke. Willow Branch focuses more on the ways in which massage is meant to thank your body for doing its hard work each and every day. We believe in the power of massage as a form of healing. While relaxation is a positive side effect of the massage experience, we focus on the ways in which massage helps the muscles to heal from their fatigue, grow stronger over time, and lead to a healthier and more fulfilling life. Our mission is to ensure that massage is not a treat that you reward yourself with, but, rather, it is an important part of your healthcare routine that can improve your quality of life and the way your body feels for years to come.
Sugati Life Coaching
It can sometimes be hard to find a happy destination, and we all need help now and then.
A new addition to Willow Branch Massage Therapy, Sugati (Sanskrit for happy destinations) Life Coaching hopes to help your mind in the way that Willow Branch has always helped your body. Sugati Life Coaching considers the issues that you are currently facing, the patterns of experience or behavior that might have led you to this point, how those patterns were established, and the ways in which they might be undone to lead to a more positive position in your life. That’s the main goal of holistic life coaching! We find ourselves in our current positions through years and years of decisions and behaviors. That is neither good nor bad. What is good or bad is how you feel about where you are. Without judgement, we hope to help you understand those modes of living, turn them into being more helpful than harmful, and bring you to your happy destination in doing so.
