Welcome to Purple Fox Wellness! My name is Tiana and I am the one woman show that is Purple Fox. Before I was a massage therapist, I made my career in food service. If you can do it in a restaurant, I have done it. My daughter took her first steps in the restaurant I was managing and my son used to help me by taking orders and cleaning when I owned my own restaurant. Like many, my life was changed by COVID. The restaurant, where I was the GM closed permanently and I knew it was time for something new. I had no idea what that looked like until 6 months later when I had a conversation with a friend. He told me had decided to go back to school and become a Massage Therapist. Something clicked in me and by the end of that conversation I had an appointment to tour the school the following week. By the end of the tour I had a February 2021 start date. As soon as I started classes I knew that I had chosen the right path. Wellness and bodywork became my passion. I started Purple Fox as soon as I graduated. In the years since, my passion has only grown. I learned sound bath and completed my 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training, which introduced me to Ayurveda, then I went to India to do another 100 hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training. Thai Massage was something I wanted to learn from the moment I discovered it. So in November 2024 I traveled to Chiang Mai Thailand and spent the next 2 months immersed in studying Thai Massage and Tok Sen under some remarkable teachers. Now I am back in the Grand Valley and offering mobile massage while I complete my studies to become an Ayurvedic Health Counselor.