Jodie Hughes, LMT -- Owner and Director
A 2019 graduate of the Marquette School of Therapeutic Massage, Jodie returned to school twenty years after receiving her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Illinois Springfield. This is her fourth career. She started as a day care teacher before raising her children. In between motherhood, she ran a non-profit youth sports league with her husband.
After moving to the U.P. ten years ago with her husband and four children, she fell in love with the greenest earth and bluest skies she'd ever seen. As an amateur photographer, she tried to capture that essence and pass that serenity to others through Earth & Sky Photography. It also gave her time to hone her writing skills. Accepting a contract through a traditional publishing company, she spent her days polishing her craft, and her first books were marketed through Crimson Frost.
Six years later, after nursing her teenage son through brain cancer, she wanted to do something to provide people with comfort, relaxation, and relief. She spent a year becoming licensed in massage therapy to do just that. Using Traditional Swedish massage techniques, she can help you relax, rejuvenate, and heal tired and sore muscles. She is trained in a variety of modalities including focused work, deep tissue, sports massage, focused Theragun sessions, pregnancy massage, and basic relaxation. She also does our cupping therapy, hot stones, and our hand and foot therapies.
In her spare time, she escapes the real world by writing novels in a variety of genres. A published author since 2015, she's written eleven novels to date. Someone once told her she'd have to give up writing when she got her LMT, but she told the person, "I can't stop writing. There are too many stories in my head to keep them bottled up."
After moving to the U.P. ten years ago with her husband and four children, she fell in love with the greenest earth and bluest skies she'd ever seen. As an amateur photographer, she tried to capture that essence and pass that serenity to others through Earth & Sky Photography. It also gave her time to hone her writing skills. Accepting a contract through a traditional publishing company, she spent her days polishing her craft, and her first books were marketed through Crimson Frost.
Six years later, after nursing her teenage son through brain cancer, she wanted to do something to provide people with comfort, relaxation, and relief. She spent a year becoming licensed in massage therapy to do just that. Using Traditional Swedish massage techniques, she can help you relax, rejuvenate, and heal tired and sore muscles. She is trained in a variety of modalities including focused work, deep tissue, sports massage, focused Theragun sessions, pregnancy massage, and basic relaxation. She also does our cupping therapy, hot stones, and our hand and foot therapies.
In her spare time, she escapes the real world by writing novels in a variety of genres. A published author since 2015, she's written eleven novels to date. Someone once told her she'd have to give up writing when she got her LMT, but she told the person, "I can't stop writing. There are too many stories in my head to keep them bottled up."
Ashlee Ramme, Assistant Director
With us since the beginning, Ash has been an invaluable part of building our spa. A native of Ironwood and 2015 graduate of Luther L. Wright High School, she spent some time in Colorado before returning to the U.P. She was promoted to Assistant Manager in 2021 and is in charge of all scheduling and She is currently taking business classes and hopes to have her degree finished in the next year. Her bubbly personality completes our team perfectly.
Our Independent Contractors
Teresa Cox, LMT
A transplant from Rockford, Illinois, Teresa has over thirty years of experience in massage therapy. While she is a master at Swedish massage techniques, she is also trained in other modalities such as cupping, use of essential oils, pregnancy massage, and craniosacral therapy. She also does many of our hand and foot treatments. She loves to try new massage therapy instruments, and she'd love you to ask about them!
In her spare time, she and her husband enjoy riding the outback of our beautiful U.P. in their side-by-side, and her Dobermans "Mello" and "Dawg" are her babies.
In her spare time, she and her husband enjoy riding the outback of our beautiful U.P. in their side-by-side, and her Dobermans "Mello" and "Dawg" are her babies.
Rebecca Koivisto, LMT
Licensed Massage Therapist
Born and raised in Wakefield, Becky joined the Air Force out of high school and was stationed in Alaska during her tour of duty. Afterward, she enrolled in the Utah College of Massage in Linton, UT. She practiced in Colorado before returning to Wakefield to enroll in nursing school. She received her BSN from Western Governor's University and spent years as a traveling nurse in the Northwest. After living in Washington state for seven years, she returned to the area and is currently fulfilling her lifelong dream of living on a farm in Saxon, WI.
She's currently a utilization review nurse for Aspirus Ironwood, but she still maintains her massage therapy licensure to do part time massage. She's planning on training in Raindrop Therapy, and we'll have that available soon!
She's currently a utilization review nurse for Aspirus Ironwood, but she still maintains her massage therapy licensure to do part time massage. She's planning on training in Raindrop Therapy, and we'll have that available soon!
Gloria Kennedy, Licensed Esthetician
