Every journey into motherhood is different, here’s ours…

Read about how our founder, Nichole Alarcon, decided to pursue a passion for supporting and empowering those within the motherhood and birth community.

 

I didn’t always know I wanted to nurture mama’s through their motherhood journey. In fact starting out, prenatal massage was my least favorite thing to do. Who knew I would end up completely changing my mobile massage practice, into one that would fully support women and families just like me.

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  • In 2014, I initially began serving my San Antonio community by creating a completely mobile massage therapy practice called Massage Móvil. At the time, this little practice was something that I was only supposed to do part time, as I had a full-time career working in the corporate office of a major massage franchise. As my experience grew in the massage franchising field, so did my love for working one on one with clients. In 2017, I decided to take a leap, leaving the stability of an office job to pursue mobile massage therapy.

    Three months into full time self-employment, I found out that I was expecting a sweet little boy. This was so exciting for me, but I knew it would come with challenges, especially as a mobile massage therapist. I began searching for a massage therapist for myself because I knew for me to continue working through my pregnancy, self-care was going to be essential. It took me forever to find someone who wasn’t afraid to provide decent pressure or work on the areas that really needed attention.

    It seemed like most massage therapists that I saw, didn’t have the confidence, or training, or both to provide a good therapeutic massage for me until I found someone who specialized in it. She was so amazing, and I attribute having her on my birth team allowed me to work up until my due date. This journey through my own pregnancy, coupled with massage showed me just how much birthing people need this work.

    As I grew in my motherhood and in my mobile massage practice, I began to realize that a gap needed to be filled. Mothers, who tend to everyone and everything, needed a supportive space where they could renourish their own needs. And as my own son started growing, I realized the role that safe and nurturing touch could play not only in our relationship, but in his own development. I wanted to fill this gap for families just like mine, for women just like me.

    I fell in love with working in the perinatal and family community, and I wanted to create a nurturing space that provides not only compassion, but support, education, and community.

    In June 2022, I decided to completely rebrand and change direction of my massage practice, to fulfill that dream to support mothers and their families. After eight years of operating under Massage Móvil, we have proudly evolved into Nurture Massage Therapy.

Our mission.

Our mission is to nurture the physical and emotional wellbeing of mothers and their families. We know how important it is for you and your family to feel supported during this crucial time, and we do this by offering therapeutic massage, meeting you wherever you are in your season of motherhood.

We have a passion for educating you on how best to help your body feel better, not just through our detailed pre and post consultations, but we have a community of trusted professional partners we are able to refer out to, if extra care is needed.

Lastly, we know that community in motherhood is powerful, and we don’t want you to feel like you are moving through this on your own. This is why we strive to provide various avenues to cultivate community within the San Antonio area.

Motherhood can be a difficult but beautiful season in a person’s life, and we are truly honored to have the opportunity to support those on this journey.

 

Meet our team.