Vanessa Hein, the owner of Garden Island Massage, is a licensed massage therapist and esthetician serving the state of Hawai'i since 1998. She has dedicated the last 27 years of her career learning the healing arts. She has focused primarily on massage therapy, esthetics, and holistic health. She graduated from Heartwood Institute in 1998 in the Holistic Health Practitioner Program, and from Spa Luna School of Esthetics in 2005. Vanessa has worked in various 5-star resort spas in California and Arizona, as well as several day spas on Kaua'i. She specializes in therapeutic massage for clients that experience chronic pain due to injuries, and she currently works with sports medicine patients doing medical massage.