NirvanaLand Wellness was started by ME!! Vanessa Hazzard-Tillman, a certified massage therapist/reiki practitioner.
I have been a massage therapist and reiki practitioner since 2005. After the birth of my son in the summer of 2007, I started working as a customer service and marketing assistant at a local massage and spa supply company. Working as a massage therapist and supplying other MT's with their products, I started to learn what was in the creams and lotions we were using. Most of the more popular companies use paraffin, preservatives, and other ingredients that are known for being toxic. That just didn't sit well with me. I thought, how can I offer people relaxation and well-being and use products that are potentially harmful to myself and my clients? Combining my experience as a wellness professional with my growing eco-consciousness, I decided to give people an alternative and start my own company!
I bought some candle making supplies from a company in Doylestown, PA and taught myself how to make soy and beeswax candles. The company I work for, GotYourBack.com, started selling them in their showroom. As far as the body butters and oils, I simply used recipes that I used in my own skincare regimen and bottled them up! For example, I had a lovely souvenir from childbirth called stretch marks. I knew from selling and working with essential oils what would help fade them. So I added lavender, tea tree, lemon, lemongrass, may chang, vegetable oils, and vitamin E to raw shea butter. My marks are fading more now than they did when I used more expensive products!
I'm not claiming to have the "cure-all" but I know what has worked for myself, my family and friends, and those who lived thousands of generations ago. Before there were million dollar cosmetic companies using synthetic ingredients, there were people like myself. A neighbor,a fellow parent, a friend, who simply aims to help others feel their best using what nature has generously provided all around us!
This is the essence of NirvanaLand Wellness.