Rising Stars: Meet Hannah Inglish of Ohio

Today we’d like to introduce you to Hannah Inglish.

Hi Hannah, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
My path to massage therapy wasn’t a straight line — but looking back, every turn makes sense.

I’ve always been drawn to holistic health, yoga, meditation, philosophy — the whole picture of what it means to live well in a body. Before massage school I spent time working on a dairy farm in the Adirondacks, working closely with the earth, happy grass fed cows and making cheese. It was unusual work for someone on their way to becoming a massage therapist, but it was part of my unfolding. There’s something about working with your hands, being present, paying attention — it prepared me more than I realized.

Massage had been a lifelong dream. When I was ready to pursue it I chose the Finger Lakes School of Massage — a highly regarded program that unfortunately no longer exists. The teachers were excellent and inspiring, and from the very first days of school I knew exactly what I wanted. I didn’t want to work at a spa or franchise. I wanted to genuinely help people.

After graduating I worked at a chiropractic office treating clients recovering from car accidents. I filled remaining hours with spa work that paid well but left me unfulfilled. Each experience taught me something, but I was always moving toward something more.

I eventually started my own practice and worked out of an orthopedic acupuncture clinic in Syracuse, New York where I learned enormously — particularly around palpation. The acupuncturist there was renowned for his dry needling, a skill that demands exceptional ability to feel tissue. What I learned there changed how I work with bodies forever.

In 2025 I made the decision to come home to Lakewood, Ohio — my hometown — and build my practice here. Lakewood’s diverse, walkable, close knit community felt right. And having family here, watching my niece blossom, has been a great joy.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Building a business is genuinely my least favorite part of this work. All I want to do in my free time is learn more about massage — and instead I’m navigating Google Ads and Instagram algorithms. It’s necessary and I’ve embraced it, but it’s not where my heart lives.

Moving from New York to Ohio has also been a learning curve. In New York, massage was widely understood as a medical service — people sought it out for specific therapeutic reasons and understood its long term value. In Ohio my experience has been different. There’s more education involved — helping people understand that massage isn’t just a spa treat, that it can be transformative and ongoing.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I specialize in therapeutic and integrative bodywork with advanced training in myoskeletal alignment, craniosacral therapy, abdominal massage, lymphatic drainage, fire cupping, and more. Each session is built around the individual — their history, their goals, how they present that day.

What I hear most often when someone gets off my table is “that’s the best massage I’ve ever had” — sometimes from people who receive massage regularly. What I think they’re responding to is presence and palpation. I’ve spent years developing my ability to feel tissue changes — to sense what the body needs before it tells me in words. That’s not something that comes from a weekend course. It comes from years of study, practice, and genuine curiosity about the human body.

I’m particularly proud of my continuing education. My most transformative experiences have been studying myoskeletal alignment under Erik Dalton — a leading educator in the field whose warmth and passion for this work inspired me deeply — and completing a human dissection course with Gil Hedley. That experience was one of the most awakening of my life. Seeing and feeling the body’s layers firsthand changed everything about how I understand and approach my work.

I also try to stay intellectually honest. My first continuing education course taught me that even expensive courses can be filled with ideas that don’t hold up to scrutiny. I’ve learned to hold a healthy skepticism — while remaining open to what science hasn’t caught up to yet, particularly around the emotional body and how stress lives in tissue.

What truly sets me apart is the intake process. I don’t believe in getting someone on the table after a thirty second introduction. I want to know who you are — how your week was, what your stress looks like, what you do for work, what’s been nagging at you. That conversation is where the session actually begins. Everything becomes information I use to build what I intuitively feel is the best session for that person on that day.

So, before we go, how can our readers or others connect or collaborate with you? How can they support you?
The best way to support my work is to share me with someone you think could benefit from real therapeutic bodywork, and follow along on social media where I share education, updates, and a peek into the work.

I love collaborating on events — women’s wellness gatherings, self care retreats, employee appreciation days, chair massage at community events. If you’re organizing something and think massage belongs there, reach out. It probably does.

Pricing:

• Integrative Massage 60 min — $120 | 90 min — $180 | 120 min — $225
• Craniosacral Therapy — 60 min — $120
• Myoskeletal Alignment — 60 min — $120
• Abdominal Therapy — 60 min — $120
• Fire Cupping — 90 min — $120

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.massagetherapycleveland.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anandawellness/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnandaWellnessSyr/