Gretchen Rivas has been a massage therapist for seven years in Wilmington N.C. She attended The Coastal Carolina Institute of Massage Therapy and graduated in 2001. Rivas is currently a part-time instructor in the massage department at Miller Motte College and owns and operates her own business, Relax to the Max Massage Therapy. She has taken hundreds of continuing education credit hours, some of which include, craniosacral therapy, aromatherapy, myofascial release, Reiki, ashiatsu oriental bar therapy, and qigong. Rivas is certified in ashiatsu oriental bar therapy, is a certified qigong instructor through the Supreme Science Qigong Foundation and is a Reiki master/instructor.