Our Staff
Spa Director
Nico
Nico is a talented Spa Director known for his problem-solving skills and service-oriented leadership. His warm, engaging smile engenders a positive and supportive atmosphere that blends his love of deep work with a sense of fun.
Outside of work, he enjoys equestrian activities, travel photography, and playing Baroque music on his chromatic button accordion.
Outside of work, he enjoys equestrian activities, travel photography, and playing Baroque music on his chromatic button accordion.
Manager
Emily
Emily has been in the spa industry for the past 26 years. She specialized in Esthetics, until coming to be our Spa Manager. Always ready to welcome the guests to Ari. A, she is known for her friendliness and compassion.
Outside of work, she hikes and is an excellent photographer. Always recording her adventures.
Outside of work, she hikes and is an excellent photographer. Always recording her adventures.
Ruby
Ruby was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands and have lived in North Carolina for the past 13 years. She has a sweet cat named Miku who always keeps her company. She enjoys relaxing with music or a good show. Ruby is also bilingual and is always open to learning new things or meeting new people.
Chelsea
Chelsea is a Chapel Hill native and has returned to North Carolina after residing in Northern California for many years. She has 25 years of experience in the healing arts, and is also a visual artist, who leads a healthy lifestyle. She enjoys swimming, being in nature, meditation, witnessing the beauty that surrounds us and sharing it with others.
Rhiannan
Born in Massachusetts, Rhiannon recently moved to the Chapel Hill area and has been enjoying the change of pace. To relax, she likes watching makeup tutorials, crocheting, and listening to music while playing with her cats, Basil and Ivory.
NCML# 16951
Angela
Angela is passionate about providing pain relief to achy muscles and joints through massage therapy.
Her work is a blend of myofascial release techniques, trigger point therapy, Swedish Massage and Deep Tissue. Angela is also certified in prenatal and oncology massage.
Her motto is "Take care of your body, it's the only place you have to live".
NCML# 15793
Julie
In 2014, I embarked on my journey into massage therapy at the Body Therapy Institute in Siler City, NC. Shortly after graduating, I chose to start a family, and I’ve been balancing my passion for massage with motherhood ever since. Over the past 10 years, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed sharing the art of bodywork and helping others feel better in their bodies—it brings me immense joy.
When I’m not in our beautiful spa, I love spending time with my three kids, reading, and tending to my garden.
When I’m not in our beautiful spa, I love spending time with my three kids, reading, and tending to my garden.
NCML# 19897
Mario
Mario is been a certified therapeutic massage therapist practitioner since 2006 with experience on clinical, chiropractic and spa settings.
Mario had worked in the past alongside Doctors of Chiropractic and Physicians where he gained the knowledge to help people to feel better from: sciatic, lower back pain, shoulder problems, neck pain and headaches.
Mario's main techniques are: Deep tissue, Trigger point, Swedish, Reflexology and Myofascial release.
He is driven by the passion of understanding the biomechanics of each individual person to be able to modify every session according to their needs to get the best results out of every massage, without a doubt you are going to be on great hands.
NCML# 15261
Sarah
Sarah first fell in love with bodywork while receiving her education at The Body Therapy Institute in Siler City, NC in 2015 where she immersed herself in anatomy, techniques, and the art of massage therapy. She continued her education, receiving certifications in Lymphatic Massage (Manual Lymph Drainage) from the Norton School in 2018, and most recently in Integrative Reflexology in 2025 from Claire Marie Miller. Sarah considers her bodywork style to be an art form, each session specifically designed to the needs and intentions for your individual session— blending Myofascial techniques, Swedish relaxation techniques, Lymphatic massage, and Reflexology.
When she isn’t practicing bodywork, Sarah’s time is spent being a mom, and loves to cook, sing, create art, weightlifting, and dabbling in herbal medicine for her family and loved ones.
When she isn’t practicing bodywork, Sarah’s time is spent being a mom, and loves to cook, sing, create art, weightlifting, and dabbling in herbal medicine for her family and loved ones.
NCML# 21252
Kaleo
Kaleo has been a massage therapist for 3 years and loves battling stress in the body with deep tissue pain relief. When he’s not working, he enjoys traveling the country or drawing at home surrounded by his plants. His orientation of massage techniques includes deep tissue, Swedish, hot stones, prenatal, and trigger point therapy.