In keeping with Dr. Barnett’s commitment and love of education and teaching, Mandala Med-Spa & Yoga Shala offers you many service providers that share her vision. We are in the process of updating this information. Please check back with us to learn about more of our staff.
Angela Nisbet~ Spa Manager
We are proud to announce Angela Nisbet as Mandala’s Med Spa & Yoga Shala’s new Spa Director. Not only does Angela add to our team her knowledge as a business manager with over 13 years experience in the cosmetic / beauty industry, she also brings her skills as a renowned make-up artist. Angela is a graduate of the University of South Florida with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology.
Angela is dedicated to supporting Dr Barnett’s vision of a holistic approach to beauty and wellness.
Lisa Goswick
“Offering the tools for personal transformation is truly what I love about this industry!”
Lisa has been a massage therapist since 2003, completing her program of studies in Intergarted Massage Therapy at the Atlanta School of Massage. Shortly after completing massage school, Lisa completed her 200 hour Yoga teacher’s certification in the Kripalu tradition. Her teacher, Christopher Baxter, was one of the founders of the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and the originator of the teachers training program. With the intention of offering yoga and its healing benefits as homework for her massage clients, Lisa quickly found that she also enjoyed the exchange of energy and seeing the progress and growth in her students in the class setting that came with teaching. Utilizing movement studies and body reading from yoga training and massage school, she is able to offer counteractions to chronic holding and repetitive usage stressors and tension in her clients’ bodies.
Lisa is a member of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association and the Yoga Alliance. She is nationally certified through the National Board for Therapuetic Massage and Bodywork and a member of Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals. Lisa has been affiliated with Mandala since 2006 as a massage therapist, and was thrilled to join as Yoga Director in 2010.
Lisa is certified in Swedish, Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular therapy, Thai Massage, Sacred Hawaiian Lomi Lomi massage and Reiki.
“By integrating a mindful and intuitive touch with a unique blend of Eastern and Western influences I am able to help facilitate each client’s individual path towards optimal health and well being.” Stephanie Churn Lubow
Licensed in Florida for massage therapy since 1994 and certified as a Neuromuscular Therapist in 1996, Stephanie has blessed the Sarasota area for nearly 15 years by teaching yoga and providing therapy through the power of touch. In her efforts to give back to the industry that she so loves, she joined the Sarasota School of Massage Therapy from 2000-2007 where she served as Co-Director and as an Instructor of massage therapy, anatomy & physiology, body awareness and personal growth.
In 2006 Stephanie became certified as a Thai Massage Practitioner and is currently a National Spa Educator in Thai Herbal Poultice Massage.
Stephanie specializes in a wide range of bodywork therapies and body treatments including Deep tissue, Thai massage, Hot Stone Massage, Shirodara, Prenatal Massage, Krachap, Samunprai and Lular.
Melissa is one of our newest members of Mandala. She has been a licensed massage therapist since 2007 and graduated from the Nevada Career Academy in Reno, Nevada. Becoming a massage therapist was a given for Melissa, she has in her own words “always possesed a desire to help people through the power of touch.” Her love for what she does is positively energizing and her clients experience this through her love, compassion, and dedication to helping people. Her favorite thing to do for her clients is to give them the most relaxing deep tissue massage they have ever experienced. Melissa performs all modalities of massage including: Hot Stone, Deep Tissue, Prenatal, and Body Wraps and Scrubs.