LIHU‘E — Offering a grand-opening special of a $49, one-hour massage are Stacey Vinzant of Sweet Lomi Massage and Alison Koepfgen of Restoration Works, celebrating the opening of their new Waimea location. The Waimea location is at 4490 Moana Rd.,
LIHU‘E — Offering a grand-opening special of a $49, one-hour massage are Stacey Vinzant of Sweet Lomi Massage and Alison Koepfgen of Restoration Works, celebrating the opening of their new Waimea location.
The Waimea location is at 4490 Moana Rd., behind L&L Drive Inn just off Kaumuali‘i Highway, and opened last weekend after a blessing by Kelvin Ho earlier this month, Vinzant said.
Services are offered 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week by appointment only, and appointments are required at least 24 hours in advance, she said.
The two state-licensed massage therapists continue to operate a second location at the U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands near Kekaha, where they have been for five years.
They decided to open a second location off base for those who live off the base and aren’t able to easily go to the base for massages and other body work, said Vinzant, an ‘Ele‘ele resident and state-licensed masseuse for 10 years.
“Together we are able to offer a wider experience of therapies to best serve your current needs,” the women’s brochure states.
Massages from 30 minutes to two hours are available in lomilomi, Swedish, deep therapeutic, sports, sweet lomi blend, shiatsu, pohaku lomi (hot stone), hot towel, reflexology, couples massage, orthopedic, myofascial, cranial sacral and Russian sports.
Gift certificates are also available.
Koepfgen also continues to see clients at the Alexander Day Spa at the Kaua‘i Marriott Resort & Beach Club on Kalapaki Beach, and has been a state-licensed therapist for eight years.
Even before the Nov. 14 grand opening, the ladies already had massage reservations on the books for their opening day, Vinzant said.
“Together we will bring you a warm therapeutic experience and a wide range of healing therapies to best serve you,” they said.
In addition to their career work, both are active community volunteers, with Vinzant on more than one occasion journeying to Kalaupapa, Moloka‘i, to offer her talented hands to soothe and heal Hansen’s disease patients and state Department of Transportation workers there, she said.
Vinzant also volunteers her talents for the annual Kaua‘i Police Department family gathering, and coordinates massages at the annual PMRF Fourth of July celebration, usually bringing in Kaua‘i Community College massage students to assist.
She has also made donations of hundreds of dollars worth of school supplies distributed to needy children through the YWCA.
Koepfgen’s volunteerism takes her to the mountains of Koke‘e, where she is with the Koke‘e Resource Conservation Project and The Nature Conservancy.
Koepfgen also placed third in the category of favorite massage therapists in one of The Garden Island’s Best of Kaua‘i programs, said Vinzant.
They offer discounts for those 65 and over and 12 and under, as well as expectant mothers.
For appointments, call Vinzant, 651-8857, or Koepfgen, 635-7507.
