Our Mission and Team

Come Meet The Team

LMBT, CLT NC#9664

Tami Richards

Tami Richards started Body Kinect to create a community of experienced practitioners that want to share their passion and knowledge of wellness with the community. She works as a therapeutic massage therapist as well as teaches yoga and workshops.

Tami graduated in 1989 with a degree in Physical Therapy Assistant. She worked in a variety of settings and continues to maintain her license and go to continuing ed classes. In 1991 Tami decided to return to school for massage and became a licensed Massage and Body Work therapist where she specializes in therapeutic massage. In 2001, Tami attended yoga teacher training certification at Yogaworks in Santa Monica, California. She assisted many instructors, spent most of her time in therapeutic and Anusara-style classes, and then continued Anusara study at the Center for Yoga in Los Angeles.

Tami finds balancing the body and mind, connecting with breath and laughter facilitates positive change. She feels passionate about doing bodywork on her clients and opening up space in the body then following with movement to make lasting changes within your body. She works and teaches eclectically and draws from her work as a physical therapy assistant and massage therapist.

Reflexologist, Massage Therapist NC#13252

Michelle Pond

Michelle offers massage and reflexology at our wellness center. Her desire for health in wellness at a young age inspired her to attend and graduate from Advanced Fuller’s School of Massage in 2006. She deeply believes in the power of touch and her approach is to deliver a service that calms the mind, spirit, and refreshes.

Reflexology is not only a wonderful technique to help sore feet but also assists in the total health of the body. It helps the body by pressure points in the feet which correlates to different areas of the body. It can balance energy flow throughout the body and alleviate ailments through foot reflexology. Reflexology is a wonderful service to treat yourself as a whole and wellness journey here at Body Kinect.

Michelle is known for her kind touch, great neck head and shoulder massage, and relaxing reflexology.

Maci Faulkner

Maci graduated from Fuller Massage School in 2024. She brings years of experience in the therapeutic world to Body Kinect. Maci played Division One volleyball. While she played college volleyball, she also attained and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Radford University with a degree in Allied Health Sciences. With her experience as an elite athlete and interest in neuromuscular disorders from a young age, Maci has developed a keen eye for identifying and working to improve postural dysfunctions from overuse injuries and compensating patterns due to pain.

Along with being a detailed Massage and Bodywork Therapist, Maci is a certified personal trainer and will work with you to develop a posture and function-specific exercise program to help your body get into its new correct alignment and allow your daily living to be much more comfortable and pain-free.