The Team

Kristi Millner, B.Sc., RMT

Kristi has been a Registered Massage Therapist since 2006, after attending WCCMT in Victoria. She joined Madrona that year, the following year took over the practice as clinic owner. Since then she has expanded the practice to include 3 more RMT’s. She finds her career extremely gratifying and is always amazed with what Massage Therapy can do for people.

In her years of practice and continuing education she has applied a variety of different methods, including Myofascial Release, Trigger Point Release, Swedish and Pregnancy Massage to name a few. She strongly believes that the effects of massage therapy are cumulative and help with preventative measures. People become more “body aware” once they start taking better care of themselves and reduce bad postural and lifestyle habits.

Kristi loves yoga, running, photography, the great outdoors, her dogs and having a healthy lifestyle because as she says “you only get one body and you need to take care of it”. You may often see her being walked by one or both of her Weimaraners (Liezl and Rex) around the streets and beautiful parks of Sidney.

Lorna Nicolson, RMT

Lorna graduated from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy in 2010 and has worked as an RMT both overseas as well as locally ever since. She also taught at the College part time for two years before going on Mat Leave and loved the opportunity of being able to share her knowledge and experience with the next generation of practitioners.

Lorna uses a wide variety of techniques in her treatments, the combination of which depends on each patient’s needs and goals. Lorna’s focus is to treat with a holistic approach, addressing compensatory issues as well as bringing increased awareness to the body. She treats every patient thoughtfully and specifically, promoting healthy movement and self-healing. Lorna believes that the relationship between each person and their own body is crucial for a positive treatment outcome, and is here to help to facilitate that relationship and to aid in bringing it to a place of healthy living. Lorna’s treatments are deeply therapeutic and at the same time bring a relaxing sense of calm, which she finds even more important for her patients in these uncertain times than ever before.

Lorna is returning to work part time after having her second baby, and is excited to be joining the team at Madrona now that she lives on the beautiful Saanich Peninsula. When not at work, Lorna spends her time exploring the local parks and beaches with her boys, learning to grow food in her garden, and making music with her family.