Flo Essence Massage Therapy

Florence is a superb massage therapist. She is highly skilled in creating a relaxing and soothing experience with soft music and lighting and the perfect scents to enhance the ambience. She is very adept in finding sore areas and tense muscles and massaging them into condition. She is sensitive to the perfect pressure to leave you feeling reinvigorated and rejuvenated. I have had several massage therapists in the past and many were good, but Florence is a master of the art. I think she is absolutely wonderful.

I found Florence when she was working at a studio in North Park when I first moved to San Diego in 2013, and I did not have to look further for a great massage therapist! She does great deep tissue massages with added treatments like cupping, and use of aromatherapy oils catered to your needs. She has been coming to my house to perform the massages, and making appointments are easy and she will come when you need her! Her prices are very reasonable and she is a fun person to talk to! I feel like a VIP customer every time. Highly recommend!

My husband and I have enjoyed massage by Florence since 2007! Yes, she is THAT good. She never stops studying and her clients get to benefit. She has our best health in mind and offers advice about products and things we can do at home. The icing on the cake is that she is a wonderfully, sweet person.

I am reposting a review I wrote for Florence when she was at another spa. I wrote that review after one session with her and was able to squeeze in a second one before I moved to SF. Still amazing as the first and I actually even mentioned her the other day to some friends. If I was down in SD, I would definitely schedule another session in a heart beat! Check her out!
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It’s been awhile since I’ve had an AMAZEBALLS massage — The last massage I got was at a student massage center and normally, they are fine but this last time, I felt like the therapist was just using the tips of his fingers and was prodding at my skin. I also failed to specify that I wanted a female so I wasn’t the most comfortable (totally my fault).
If you enjoy FIRM pressure, go see Florence. She was super sweet, really listened to some of the problems areas I was dealing with, and just worked away the knots. Deep tissue massage is too much for me to handle and is not relaxing at all; swedish massages can be so light even if I say they can add more pressure. The pressure was just the perfect in-​between and hopefully I can make it back before I move away from SD.

Sometimes massage therapists can be massaging your body but they themselves are not present at all. Healing doesn’t happen when someone only does the work half-​heartedly. Flo is different. She is grounded, present, and compassionate. She has an inner calmness and presence that is filled with the power of healing. She is also very intuitive knowing exactly where my painful spots are. I came to her to help me with my neck pain after a rear-​end car accident that left me tense and in constant pain. I didn’t have to explain to her how I felt, she just started to feel around the around — and she precisely spotted the points and used a combination of pressure point, myo-​fascial release, and cranio-​sacral therapy to completely take away my pain. I was actually able to sleep well for days after a session with her. She is unique in her intuition that can bring maximum results in a short amount of time. Trust her. She is one of the best!