Meet our Massage Therapists
Raquel Flipov, LMT
Raquel Flipov graduated from the American Institute of Clinical Massage in Post Falls in August 2018. After spending the past 20 years as an employee for the Coeur d’ Alene school district, helping students with various health and learning disabilities, Raquel was ready for a change and decided to continue her education. She had always been drawn to the healing arts so become a licensed massage therapist. Her touch ,is firm, soothing as well as relaxing. With compassion for helping others has transferred to her massage techniques.
She enjoys bringing relaxation to her clients that visit her at Body Tech. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her kids and grand kids. She loves living in Idaho and can be found in the great outdoors.
Koy Atkinson, LMT
Koy graduated from AICM massage school in Post Falls in 2021. He formerly served 6 years in the Army and got out in 2017. At that time he decided that he had a passion for helping people take control of their health, so he became a personal trainer. While working as a trainer Koy developed a hunger to learn even more so he could better empower people. While still being a trainer he started to pursue a degree in physical therapy, where he found himself working in a PT office. Koy realized through that job that he could be more involved with health and recovery as a massage therapist on his way to becoming a PT. After working in these fields and becoming more education, he has developed a deep passion for helping others. Koy is a lifelong learner, always in pursuit of additional knowledge. One of Koy’s goals is to become a well-rounded therapist by continuing his education and soaking up as much information as he can.
In his free time, Koy enjoys challenging himself in the gym. He also enjoy spending time with his wife Jenn & his sweet pointer puppy, Wyatt, and their feisty cat Chanchi.
rusti newman, LMT
Rusti graduated from CDA Massage School in May of 2021 and later that year she obtained her Esthetician’s license from Headmasters. She has been trained in many different massage modalities, but specializes in Swedish and relaxation. Rusti’s focus is relieving the body of tension, stress and anxiety to help our body relax so it can function at an optimal level. She finds it very rewarding knowing that when people leave her table, they will leave feeling calm and rejuvenated, no matter what service you choose.
She is a PNW native and loves to spend her free time with her family and friends. Summertime is her favorite season and is always looking for the next big adventure, whether it is a concert, comedy show or something in between.
natalie roberts, LMT
Natalie has been a licensed massage therapist since 2011. Currently licensed with NE, AZ, MT and ID. She is trained in different modalities including swedish, myofacial release, repetitive use injury technique, Raindrop technique, IATSM and is certified in cupping therapy.
She loves the many great benefits of massage therapy and is passionate about helping people find rejuvenation amidst the stresses of life and relief from the pains that show up in their bodies due to that stress.
In her off time, Natalie enjoys being with her family and enjoying the beautiful outdoors.
natasha Stover, LMT
Natasha graduated from the Post Falls AICM in 2021. As a lifelong migraine sufferer and having had neck injuries at a young age her passion from massage started when she discovered that massage helped her with improving quality of life as well as mobility. And so started her journey into a massage education and becoming an anatomy nerd! She loves to stay up to date on the latest massage techniques and science so she can share her knowledge through touch and education of clients. Being a believer that massage equally benefits both the mind and body, from Swedish and relaxation to deep tissue and therapeutic, she strives to create a experience that is just as relaxing as it is physically beneficial.
In her free time she can be found working on her farm at home or up in the mountains with her dogs, on foot or on horseback she is at home in nature.
Bob Murray, LMT
Bob is a 2007 graduate from AICM. He specializes in deep tissue, sports, therapeutic, pregnancy, hot stone, cupping and trigger point massage. Bob enjoys bringing healing and happiness to clients and helping to nurture them to feeling their best. His attention to detail will optimize your session by implementing a variety of approaches to physical and mental restoration. He has started one of our new treatments of Red Light Therapy Massage.
Outside of work he enjoys camping, playing disc golf, fly fishing and traveling.
Lisa mandigo, Certified Manual Lymphatic Drainage
Lisa has been certified in Manual Lymphatic Drainage since 2020. A PNW native, she got into MLD after coming home from an overseas extended trip and had the treatment done on her. She noticed such a huge difference in her body she wanted to share the benefits with clients.
Lisa enjoys spending time with family and friends, kayaking, camping and making amazing pies. She is welcoming her first grandbaby this year.