Azucena has been working with us at Allyu Spa for almost five years. She is a nail technician and chakra balancing practitioner. If you have visited us for any service, there is a good chance you have seen her smiling and tending to a client. Her positivity and enjoyment of her work is unmistakable.

Azucena is from a lineage of women that care for others. Her family is from Oaxaca, Mexico, where her Mother works with herbs and her Grandmother was a Sobadora, a traditional Mexican healer that uses special oils and bodywork techniques. She was raised with knowledge of intuitive touch and an understanding of its importance.

As a nail technician, she knows that each person comes to her for different reasons. A client may have foot pain that could benefit from reflexology techniques, thickened calluses that need a specialized approach, a stressful week that can be improved with nurturing and quiet relaxation, or simply the desire for lovely toes before an event. Azucena knows that each of these needs is equally important and she takes joy in providing the results desired.

One of her favorite nail services to provide is Hot Stone massage during the manicure and pedicure. Relaxation of the mind and body is inevitable with the warmth of the stones and the stimulation of these important zones on the hands and feet.

We are thrilled that Azucena has recently added Chakra Balancing to her offerings at Allyu Spa. These sessions are scheduled for either 40 or 60 minutes and occur in a private treatment room. Each practitioner that provides our Chakra Balancing utilizes their own unique skills in energetic bodywork. Azucena brings her innate intuitive abilities, her learning from her Mother and Grandmother, and her training as a Reiki practitioner together in her sessions. Her work rebalances the mind and body in a profoundly restorative and relaxing way.

It’s no surprise that Azucena states that her favorite part of her career is personalizing her work to provide results for each individual’s specific needs.

Becky running the Marathon

Becky has been a practicing massage therapist since 1996 and Allyu Spa was blessed to have her join our community recently after her relocation to Chicago. Her work provides a beautiful blend of deep relaxation and therapeutic relief of discomfort and pain.

Her specialties -headache relief, shoulder and neck pain resulting from excessive computer use, runners’ massage

Becky relocated to Chicago from Seattle Washington. Her massage career began there during the dot-com boom and provided her with a plethora of experience with clients who struggled with the pain and discomfort resulting from chronic desk and computer work. Headaches, shoulder pain and neck discomfort are all common results of the posture and lifestyle connected with excessive computer use. Becky developed an expertise in dealing with these issues and providing invaluable suggestions for homecare and maintenance.

When Becky began running in 2001, her client base evolved to include athletes that were looking to maintain optimum performance or rehabilitate injury. Her personal knowledge of the body’s process while running and her skill as a body-worker were the perfect compliment to provide exceptional personalized and therapeutic sports massage.

Her massage style – deep tissue, neuromuscular, sports massage, Lomi Lomi

Over her years as a professional massage therapist, Becky has continued to educate herself in a vast number of modalites to be able to address each person’s unique needs. The core techniques she utilizes are deep tissue sports massage, neuromuscular work and traditional Hawaiiam Lomi Lomi. Neuromuscular techniques utilize steady pressure on specific areas of pain until the mind and muscle release the contraction. Also referred to as trigger point work. Lomi Lomi is a traditional Hawaiian massage that uses deep and flowing forearm strokes to melt and release layer after layer of tight tissue. She has found that these techniques used together most efficiently support the body into a place of relaxation and freedom from pain.

Her unique touch – address an issue three times

Becky has found that if any area in contraction or pain is addressed three different times, in there different ways, during a session, results increase dramatically. With chronic shoulder pain, she may begin work in the area with kneading and loosening deep tissue and then allow time for the muscles to process the work as she massages elsewhere. Her return to the shoulder area may be with the specific focus of neuromuscular trigger point techniques and then then a final revisit at the end of the session with the strong, lengthening strokes of Lomi Lomi. At each pass the muscle is experiencing new and different stimuli to encourage it to relax and release.

Her life outside of work -running, skiing and traveling

Becky loves to be active and involved with life. If a good run isn’t available, she welcomes a journey to bring new adventure and knowledge. She has traveled to Spain, Greece, Chile and beyond. This Fall she will fulfill a life long dream of seeing wild game during a trip to South Africa.

Chocolate is a delight to the senses but did you know that it is also skin softening and rich in antioxidants that assist to heal and protect your hands and feet? Recent research has also found that the scent of chocolate lessens feelings of stress and anxiety.

Our new Allyu Seasonal manicure and pedicure treatments utilizes this gift of nature to create an experience nourishing to body and mind.

The softening of natural lactic enzymes from milk and a touch of cocoa in a warm soak prepares the skin and relaxes the muscles. Pure Cocoa is also used in your cinnamon and sugar scrub exfoliation and blended with honey and Dead Sea mud to create a perfect winter mask. A cocoa butter moisturizing massage offers that extra rich hydration needed in winter and works wonders on chapped dry skin.

Of course, we also have fresh hot chocolate for you to sip during your treatment to assure that all your senses are treated equally!

Allyu Seasonal Manicure – $50
Allyu Seasonal Pedicure – $75