about our company
Linda Marrical, ABT is a certified Acupressure and Shiatsu massage practitioner and a Certified IFS Practitioner. She is the owner and founder of The Healing Touch Center, located in Havertown, PA since 2006. Her holistic center offers Assisted Release Somatic Therapy, LifeLift Acupressure/Shiatsu Facial Treatment, Chi Kung Energy Classes workshops as well as continuing education classes for practitioners.
Linda Marrical, is a certified Acupressure and Shiatsu Therapy Practitioner and a Certified IFS Practitioner. Linda received her Shiatsu Certification from the Meridian Shiatsu Institute /and later became a registered Jin Shin Do Acupressure practitioner. She studied Tibetan massage and basic principles of Tibetan medicine under Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo, an internationally renowned Tibetan physician trained at the Tibetan Medical College in Lhasa, Tibet. Recently receiving her certification from IFS, a psychotherapy modality Linda has incorporated into her Assisted Release Somatic Therapy treatments, using both psychotherapy techniques and physical therapies for holistic healing. Linda also uses Taoist mind-body associations, movement and breathwork to help release the pent-up tension that is negatively affecting physical and emotional wellbeing. Linda is a NCBTMB approved continuing education provider and teaches massage practitioners. She studied Martial Arts, Chi Kung and meditation for 8 years from March 1994 to 2002 under World Champion martial artist, Taoist/Buddhist Master Phuoc Gia Phan.
She is the founder/Owner of the Healing Touch Center, LLC, October 2005 to present. She was a Director/Owner and Instructor of Shiatsu and Acupressure at the Meridian Institute and Wellness Center where she Co-founded and taught WellSea Chi Kung Body Therapy. Linda also developed the Women’s Holistic Health & Fitness program and worked as a health and fitness trainer for 20 years. Linda’s also developed the Life Lift Acupressure/Shiatsu facial treatment. Along with The Healing Touch Center Linda currently has her private practice and teaches continuing education for massage therapists, teaches Tai Chi Kung classes, workshops and has launched a series of videos showing Chi Kung movements, breath work and visualizations to work with chronic pain and stress. She has applied Asian body work to relieve the pain of terminally ill patients through the Wissahickon Hospice program of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. She has addressed the pain and distress experienced by the elderly working at various Senior Centers in the Philadelphia area.
Linda is dedicated to providing a safe and supportive place for people to receive the tools they need to heal the body, heart and mind.