about
I am Rachel Hathaway Cardillo. I am a licensed massage therapist and certified reflexologist. I am a daughter, mother of four, artist & student of life. I seek to experience and learn and share the arts that have been medicine to me throughout my life.
The name — Ianua — is a word in Latin, meaning a double-doored entrance, a threshold, doorway, or portal — a place of endings & beginnings, of choice, of stepping forward, of rebirth. It is in the word January & the name of the Roman god, Janus. It hints at the way I intend to facilitate through my work.
is to share therapeutic touch, movement, sound, energetic & sensory experiences — to guide you into a highly parasympathetic state — to activate the body's powerful & innate healing abilities — to invite the return of the flow of energy to blocked areas — to assist you to access your own center, and embody your soul more fully in this world.
Would you like me to serve you in this way? It would be my honor.
my mission
“I believe in all that has never yet been spoken.
I want to free what waits within me
so that what no one has dared to wish for
may for once spring clear…”
—Rainer Maria Rilke
foundational education
Massage Therapy (600-hour) — The Academy of Massage Therapy & Bodyworks, Pottstown, Pa. — Swedish and deep tissue massage, anatomy + physiology, and clinical experience
Reflexology program (200-hour) — The Academy of Massage Therapy & Bodyworks, Pottstown, Pa. — focused on foot reflexology to treat the entire body through the feet with clinical practice
additional trainings
Foundations of Nuad Bo Rarn Thai Massage 3 Day Intensive Workshop — with John Terribili of Living Sabai
Fascia Training Camp — with Carly Brand of Magic Body, Jeannie Miranda of Turning Point Therapy & Ellis Kantrowitz
Sound Therapy Fundamentals Training — with Kirk Jones of evolvlove Sound & Light Academy