meet kiah.
kiah wood
LMT | she/her
Kiah enjoys spending time in nature with her spouse and children. She loves camping, paddling, sun bathing and exploring the beauty of the deep woods. She finds great inspiration and healing in this northern landscape and in the wild beauty of Lake Superior. Kiah also has a deep love of traveling and connecting with diverse people and places. Kiah is the mother of two young children who both keep her very busy and remind her to see the magic and beauty in the world around us.
“Wellness encompasses a healthy body, a sound mind, and a tranquil spirit. Enjoy the journey as you strive for wellness.”
— Laurette Gagnon Beaulieu
kiah’s story
Kiah has a great love for massage, bodywork, and natural healing. She grew up with a chiropractor as a dad and has always been surrounded by diverse forms of the healing arts. Kiah has always had much empathy and wanted to do something to make the world better for others. This desire, as well as her deep love of meeting and learning about diverse people and places, has led her to seek out unique experiences throughout the world.
After high school, Kiah spent much of the next 9 years traveling and seeking to understand the diverse and complex reality we all live in. Kiah did her BA at the University of British Columbia where she did a multidisciplinary degree in cross-cultural humanitarian studies. She spent time living and traveling in 19 countries and volunteered with numerous non-profit/ social/ humanitarian organizations in order to try and make a small difference in the lives of others and to learn more deeply about the realities of fellow humans.
At a point when Kiah was considering a master’s degree and/or planning for a future long-term career, her love of the healing arts and bodywork came back to her. She realized how much she enjoyed working one-on-one with people and thought massage would be a perfect thing to do in the short term while deciding what's next. Kiah graduated with honors from the Institute of Natural Therapies at the UP of Michigan, where she completed a 750-hour massage therapy program in 2014. Kiah fell in love with giving massages and realized what a beautiful way it was to help people in a very personal setting. It also became clear it would be very compatible with her vision of family life. Her empathy and desire to truly connect with and help others are clearly expressed in her work. Kiah loves to combine a variety of different techniques and styles in her massage sessions to create a completely personalized session for her clients. Her work is deeply therapeutic and holistic in nature.
