Meet Nicole Baker, RMT: Nurturing Wellness Through Skillful Touch

Nicole Baker is a dedicated Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) who graduated from the Okanagan Valley College of Massage Therapy in 2016. Her passion for enhancing well-being through massage therapy led her to achieve certification in Dr. Vodder Manual Lymphatic Drainage. Currently a year 5 student at the Canadian College of Osteopathy - Manual Practitioners, Nicole is expanding her expertise into comprehensive and integrative healthcare.

Key Achievements:

1. Certified in Dr. Vodder Manual Lymphatic Drainage: Nicole has honed her skills in the specialized technique of Manual Lymphatic Drainage under the prestigious Dr. Vodder method, demonstrating her commitment to holistic therapies that support the body’s natural healing processes.

2. As a Year 5 Student at the Canadian College of Osteopathy, Nicole is dedicated to providing comprehensive and integrative approaches to healthcare through ongoing education in osteopathy.

Passions Beyond the Clinic

In addition to her professional pursuits, Nicole holds a 200hr Hatha Yoga Teacher Training certification, infusing her practice with the principles of mindfulness, breathwork, and movement. She shares her life with her partner Jon, enriching her journey with shared interests and mutual support. Nicole also has a love for outdoor activities, finding solace and inspiration in nature. Her green thumb extends beyond the massage table, as she nurtures plants with care and dedication. Nicole is also a craft enthusiast, channeling her creativity into various artistic endeavours. At home, she shares her space with a furry companion—her beloved cat, who adds warmth and joy to her daily life.

Why Choose Nicole Baker, RMT

Holistic Expertise:* Nicole’s diverse skill set, including manual lymphatic drainage, ongoing osteopathic studies, and yoga certification, allows her to offer a holistic and personalized approach to each client’s well-being.

Compassionate Care: Nicole’s nurturing touch and empathetic nature create a safe space for clients to unwind, heal, and embark on their own journeys to optimal health.

Commitment to Learning: As a perpetual student in the field, Nicole’s commitment to learning is rooted in a deep well of curiosity and intuitive exploration. Rather than following a rigid path, she embraces the fluidity of her journey, allowing curiosity to guide her. This dynamic interplay between curiosity and intuition shapes her approach, ensuring that each new discovery enriches her practice and, ultimately, the experiences she creates for her clients.

Embark on your path to wellness with Nicole Baker, where each session is crafted to nurture, restore, and empower your body and mind

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Carly Britton is a graduate from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy (3000 hour Registered Massage Therapy Program, 2013). Within this capacity, she spent 3 years treating a wide variety of musculoskeletal issues within a clinical setting and assisting clients through numerous outreach programs specializing in Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Oncological issues and Central Nervous System disorders. She has also worked with elderly patients at Luther Court and Mount St. Mary’s Hospital, and adults with physical and developmental disabilities at Garth Homer Society.

Throughout the course of her life, Carly has also used Massage Therapy to treat injuries or musculoskeletal issues of her own and she has watched many friends and family do the same. Her personal experience of healing as a result of this modality cultivated a profound passion for the field. Upon researching the RMT program at the college in Victoria, she felt confident pursuing a career change in Massage Therapy and she has devoted herself to her education and practice ever since.

Carly has an innate desire to help people understand their bodies and the issues that cause them grief in day-to-day living. She enjoys integrating a variety of modalities to best suit each client’s needs and preferences, as well as helping them to understand how imbalances happen and how they can be corrected and managed.

Since first settling on Vancouver Island, Carly immediately identified Victoria as home. Wholeheartedly embracing her relocation here, she is proud to build her full time practice at Mandala Center for Health & Wellness. She looks forward to planting firm roots here and sharing in each individual and unique journey of healing with her clients.

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Steve Ferris has been practicing at Pacific Pain Treatment Clinic since graduating from West Coast College of Massage Therapy in Vancouver in 1987. Steve has been an instructor, supervisor and teaching assistant in a variety of orthopedic courses at West Coast College of Massage Therapy, Victoria for the past eight years. Steve knows the importance of being proactive in health management with an emphasis on prevention and has developed, practices and teaches a wellness and fitness program called: “The P.O.W.E.R. of Kinetics” (P –prevention O –optimum W –wellness E –education R –restoration).

Steve has also been weight training for wellness for over 30 years. He really enjoys working ‘with’ his patients and utilizes the POWER components in his patient management in concert with his massage therapy.

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Emiko is a Massage Therapist and Personal Trainer. She graduated from the West Coast College of Massage in 2013. Since then she’s been practicing on the Island in multidisciplinary clinics with a variety of clientele. She’s always had a passion for health and fitness. Growing up she played a variety of sports and spent 4 years on the Junior National Fencing Team. She attended the University of Victoria to study Community health and Recreation and worked as a Personal Trainer Fitness Instructor for the Canadian Forces. After years in the health and fitness field she saw how injuries and certain conditions can affect peoples ability to move and live a healthy lifestyle. This made her want to become a hands on part of the rehabilitation process.

Emiko has experience treating a wide scope of conditions such as; chronic pain, fibromyalgia, whiplash, postural dysfunction, athletic injuries, headaches, and immobility. She believes in customizing each treatment to meet the clients needs, using a wide range of techniques including but not limited to; trigger point release, muscle energy technique, soft tissue release, deep tissue massage, and hydrotherapy, and therapeutic exercise. With a passion for client education and empowerment, she helps clients to achieve their goals while working with an open and easy communication style.

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Meghan extends to each and everyone of her clients a genuine respect for their own unique health and wellness journey.  She practices with a firm belief in holistic health and with an ongoing interest for the complexities and interconnectedness of the human body and mind.  Meghan graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in 2007 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Kinetics. During her time there she was a varsity athlete on the women’s soccer team. This was followed by a career as a Personal Trainer and Certified Yoga instructor for over 10 years.

In 2017 Meghan graduated from Algonquin College with her Diploma of Massage Therapy. During her training she had the opportunity to work in diverse placement settings, gaining experience with chronic pain management, sports massage, chronic health conditions, supporting children with physical disabilities, as well as clients living with mental illness. Meghan’s client- centered treatment approach helps to facilitate and empower the body’s own unique ways of healing in a supportive treatment space.  She also focuses on the importance of patient education and self care by exercise guides, stretching and home care tools. 


Meghan is known for adventuring and travelling whenever she has the opportunity. She loves anything involving the ocean including collecting sea glass and surfing.  She can also be found running around Victoria with her running group normally followed by a good coffee and brunch!

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Cara graduated the West Coast College of Massage Therapy in 2004. Listening to patients stories in an effort to understand their unique situations, expectations and goals are at the heart of Cara’s patient centred practice. Her treatments are rooted in best practices, based on current evidence, and use a myriad of techniques to help patients reach their goals.

Even after almost 20 years as a RMT, Cara continues to be fascinated with the human body. Over the last 5 or so years, Cara has taken many courses with regards to pain, current research around it, and how it can be influenced.

In addition to being a RMT at Mandala, she has worked with the National Senior Women’s Rugby 7’s Team for many years, has volunteered at the International Track Events at UVIC, the Good Life Marathon, Goddess Runs, wellness days at the Naden Base and has done running talks to TC 10K participants.

Cara is a member in good standing of the College of Massage Therapists of BC and the Registered Massage Therapists Association of BC.

Outside of work you can find her enjoying many of the outdoor activities the island has to offer, or on one of the many tennis courts around Victoria!

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Bringing a broad spectrum of life and professional experience to his role as a Clinical Counsellor, Ian Mackintosh works with a wide range of age groups with a focus on children, youth and families.

Ian operates from a strength-based, trauma-informed, dynamic systems approach, using a variety of arts-based and somatic experiential tools/techniques to help clients explore creative solutions and new perspectives.

Areas of focus:

• Trauma

• Anxiety

• Depression

• ADHD/ADD

• Emotional dysregulation

• Existential angst

• Life transitions/managing change

Ian addresses and integrates client experience using a variety of non-judgmental evidence-based therapies, incorporating aspects of creative and expressive techniques in part influenced by his background in massage therapy and professional theatre.

In addition to child, youth and family counselling, Ian has been working with individuals experiencing homelessness and addiction in the supported housing and crisis-housing sector in both Vancouver and Victoria for more than a decade. This has given him a pragmatic optimism to provide quality, practical service for all clients to dream a better existence for themselves.

Ian holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology from the University of Victoria, as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from UVic, and Massage Therapy certification from Mount Royal College in Calgary.

Ian is married with two children (and three cats) and lives on the West Shore.

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Dallas started her exploration of Chinese medicine when she was 14. She sought treatment for sports related injuries and found the medicine was able to help with much more than pain management.

After a few years at Vancouver Island University studying psychology, it became clear that alternative health was something she wanted to explore further. Having found so much benefit from Chinese medicine when she was young, this seemed the natural progression. She began her pursuit of her Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diploma, and officially became licensed with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners of BC as a Registered Acupuncturist in 2013.

Dallas’ interests lay within mental health and addiction including depression and anxiety. She also enjoys including various forms of therapy into her practice including Gua Sha Massage and Cupping. Dallas believes that everyone needs to be aware of their options in regards to health care and that it is her job to assist them on their journey to wellness. Traditional Chinese Medicine is a great modality to treat a variety of illnesses and conditions, including digestive system problems, pain, allergies, and respiratory conditions like the common cold and bronchitis, which are all very common complaints of modern day. ​

Dallas is also trained in cosmetic acupuncture and is more than able to address these issues in addition to other health concerns. She looks forward to encouraging her clients at Mandala on their own unique journey of wellness…whatever that may be. Through her assistance, clients can rest assured that they will have the support needed with their holistic health needs.

“I first came to Dallas after suffering with severe back pain for over a month. I had been getting massage therapy for about a month with Carly Britton for chronic neck & shoulder pain and debilitating headaches. Carly helped me tremendously. However in between these sessions I injured my back somehow.I continued going however my back was not improving & by Sep 29 it was at the point that it hurt just to touch my skin. It even hurt when my pants rubbed up against my back. My back also began seizing up very badly landing me in the hospital. At this point Carly referred me to Dallas Nye. There was no way Carly would be able to massage me because of how sensitive my skin was.From my first appointment with Dallas she made humongous strides. After only one visit my back & neck were no longer sensitive to the touch & I could move!! It only took about 3-4 visits for me to feel normal again. Thank you Dallas! You are a life saver.”

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Lori Race began her post secondary career in the area of health and fitness, graduating with honors from the University of Victoria’s Kinesiology program in 1996. After working as a personal trainer and an exercise rehabilitation specialist for several years, she found herself longing for more in her career. After meeting a wonderful mentor who was an Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner, Lori decided to take a leap into alternative medicine. A natural and intuitive healer, Lori has been successfully practicing Acupuncture in Victoria B.C, for twenty-five. Her background in human movement and as a collegiate and university level athlete allow her an intimate understanding of the human body and her gifts as an empathetic and gentle listener and teacher make her a sought after practitioner in the city.

Lori has trained extensively with top Sports Acupuncturist, Matt Callison in the area of pain and muscle & joint dysfunction. She has also spent many hours studying women’s health with a specific focus on gynecology, fertility and obstetrics working with such esteemed leaders in the fields as Randine Lewis, Debra Betts and Jane Lyttleton.

In 2009, Lori embarked on Life Coach training and in 2011, she received her Master Life Coach Certification. The combination of Life Coaching and Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine has been a very positive one for Lori, allowing her to fulfil her calling to help ignite healing and inspiration in people’s lives.

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Jacqueline’s personal journey into alternative medicine began over 20 years ago when she herself was a patient. She continues to be inspired by the amazing healing acupuncture can bring to a person’s life. She loves working with patients to determine the best treatment for their personal needs and enjoys applying different techniques in conjunction with acupuncture, whether it be cupping, gua sha, ear seeds, or reiki.

As a former 911 operator, Jacqueline has a great respect for the varying effects that stress can have on our bodies. She knows the importance of treating not only the body, but giving the mind a safe and calming space to heal as well.

Acupuncture can be used to treat a wide range of health disharmonies and Jacqueline would love to help you find peace and balance within your body.​ Although she operates a general practice, she has a professional interest in the following areas:​

Stress Management and Sleep

Skin Conditions ​

Abdominal Issues and Digestion

Pain Management

Jacqueline is a registered acupuncturist in good standing with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of British Columbia (CTCMA) and a summa cum laude graduate of Pacific Rim College. She received her Level 2 Reiki Practitioner certificate from Sister Eileen Curteis at Queenswood Holistic Healing and Spirituality Society in 2007. She also holds a B.Sc. in Linguistics and Psychology from the University of Victoria

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Caitlin graduated from West Coast College of Massage Therapy in August 2019. Within the school she has had the opportunity to work with a very diverse population. With the many different in-reach clinics she has experience treating pregnancy, multiple sclerosis, scoliosis, Parkinson’s and arthritis. She has also been to many outreaches and treated patients with cognitive impairments at The Heights and Nigel House along with geriatric care patients in places like Mount St. Mary’s and Berwick House. Caitlin also really enjoys working with athletes pre and post events and has been to multiple sports outreaches.

In the school clinic she has treated all age ranges with many different considerations. From regular muscle tension and relaxation massage to much more complex chronic pain. Caitlin is incredibly passionate about patient care and helping others reach their wellness goals. She used to suffer from chronic tension type headaches almost every day, after receiving regular massage therapy at Mandala, they drastically decreased in both their intensity and frequency. It was this that lead her on the path of seeking massage therapy as her future career as she wants to pass along the wonderful benefits that massage therapy can bring to people’s quality of life.

Caitlin is very excited to continue her career with Mandala which holds a special place in her heart already, and is very eager to continue learning and growing as well as be able to treat the community she has grown up in.

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