Elevation Massage and Spa

10/05/2026

Happy Fall, Y'all!

Hi Elevation family,

Earlier this year, I shared that after many years of working six-day weeks and nearly every weekend, I was making an intentional shift toward a five-day workweek and significantly reducing my weekend schedule.

That change has been a very good one, and one I’m committed to maintaining. At the same time, I know weekend appointments remain important for many of you, so rather than eliminating them altogether, I’ll continue opening **two-three select weekend days each month**.

To make limited weekend availability sustainable, appointments with me on Saturdays and Sundays are now offered at separate weekend pricing:

**60 minutes — $200**
**75 minutes — $225**
**90 minutes — $250**

My weekday massage pricing will remain unchanged, and there will be **no change to Somatic Experiencing pricing** including weekend appointments. If you book a weekend appointment with my online, we will be adjusting the price at checkout.

Each month, I’ll send out my available weekend dates so those who specifically need or prefer a weekend appointment can plan ahead. Current weekend dates for October, November, and December are:

October: 10/3/26, 10/10/26, 10/31/26
November: 11/14/26, 11/21/26
December: 12/5/26, 12/12/26, 12/20/26
I believe the October dates are already filled, but you're welcome to join my waitlist for those dates. :)

And remember: Elevation has an incredible team of highly skilled massage therapists with much broader weekend availability. If your schedule is flexible as to who you see, our front desk is always happy to help match you with the therapist best suited to your needs.

This allows me to continue making a limited number of weekend appointments available while protecting the more sustainable schedule I’ve worked hard to create.

As always, thank you for trusting me, and the entire Elevation team, with your care. I’m incredibly grateful to have built a practice that has kept me this busy for so many years, and I’m looking forward to continuing to do this work for many more.

Warmly,
Maria
Elevation Massage & Spa

P.S. if you don't see something available online please feel free to reach out to the office directly 713-550-3330, or respond to this email. We've currently been keeping the weekend days blocked from online bookings so we can hold them for those of you with less week day flexibility, so if you don't see something please reach out.

Stop Acting so Small. You are the Universe in Ecstatic Motion. - Rumi

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09/09/2026

More availability, 11+ years of wellness experience & 20% off your first massage.

✨Meet Desiree! ✨

We’re so excited to welcome Desiree to the Elevation family beginning Wednesday, September 16th!

If you’ve been with us for a while, you know we’re pretty particular about who we bring onto our team. Experience matters, of course, but so does warmth, genuine care for clients, and finding practitioners who want to build lasting relationships with the people who trust us with their care.

Desiree checks all of those boxes.

A Houston native and dual-licensed Massage Therapist & Esthetician, Desiree brings more than a decade of experience in wellness and a beautifully well-rounded background in therapeutic massage, luxury spa care, skincare, and body treatments. Her approach is warm, intuitive, and individualized—taking the time to understand what your body needs and creating a treatment around you.

She is also trained in Manual Lymphatic Drainage, and after getting acquainted with Elevation’s specific protocols, she’ll be joining our MLD team as well. Her professional background has consistently emphasized customized treatments and helping clients address pain and discomfort while supporting their ongoing wellness.

Come Meet Her — Your First Massage with Desiree is 20% Off!

To welcome Desiree and help her get to know our wonderful Elevation clients, enjoy 20% off your first massage with her.

Her regular schedule will be:
Wednesday–Friday: 11 AM–6 PM
Saturday: 11 AM–5:30 PM

Appointments are available beginning September 16th. Pre-booking is currently live.

Whether you’re looking for a new regular therapist, need more flexibility getting onto our schedule, or have been saying “I really need a massage” for the last month… consider this your sign. 😉

We’re thrilled to have Desiree joining us and can’t wait for you to meet her!

With love & gratitude,
Maria & The Elevation Team

Stop Acting so Small. You are the Universe in Ecstatic Motion. - Rumi

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09/08/2026

2026 has been… a year. 😂🍂

There have been new chapters, goodbyes, new faces, a whole lot of change I definitely did not request, and plenty of reminders about what makes Elevation so special in the first place.

So instead of our usual “here’s what’s new” post, I wanted to share a little personal update from me about where we’ve been, who’s joining us, and where we’re headed next.

Most importantly, this is a love letter to the clients who have grown right alongside us. Whether you found us this year or have been lying on our massage tables telling us your life story for the last decade — thank you for continuing to choose Elevation. 🤎

Swipe through for a little fall letter from me. 🍂

— Maria

09/07/2026

Happy fall, Elevation family! 🍂

I thought I would do something a little different with this email.

Usually, when you hear from us, we're telling you about a new treatment, introducing someone, reminding you to take care of yourself, or shamelessly tempting you into booking a massage (a burden we carry bravely). But after the year we've had, I felt like our longtime clients deserved a little more of a personal update.

First and foremost, thank you.

Some of you have been with Elevation for years. We've watched pregnancies become babies, injuries heal, careers change, families grow, relationships evolve and life happen — and you've watched Elevation grow and change right alongside it. Those relationships mean more to me than I can adequately put into a marketing email.

And speaking of change...

2026 has apparently decided that I needed some practice with it.

For years, I have been incredibly fortunate to have the same familiar faces working alongside me. Our team was remarkably consistent, and many of you developed relationships with your therapists and estheticians that lasted for years.

Then, seemingly all at once, about half of those familiar faces moved into new chapters of their lives.

Motherhood. Moving home. Following a spouse's career. New opportunities. Life doing what life does.

I am genuinely so happy for the people who have moved on to beautiful new chapters.

I would also like it formally documented that I personally did not request this much change. 😂

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a slow-and-steady kind of gal. Give me consistency, familiar faces and a good five-year plan and I'm perfectly content. So having years of stability followed by what felt like a revolving door for a few months was...character building.

And it taught me something important:

You don't replace human beings.

I've caught myself using the word "replacement" many times this year, but the truth is, you cannot replace a person. Every therapist and esthetician brings their own energy, personality, experience and way of caring for people into the treatment room.

So I stopped trying to find the "next version" of someone who left and started focusing instead on finding talented people who could bring something uniquely their own to Elevation — and, just as importantly, people who wanted to put down roots here.

Through all of that change, I have been incredibly grateful for the people who helped keep us anchored.

Kate, Rosy, and Michelle have been three of those steady, familiar faces. They have taken on more, cared for clients who suddenly found themselves without their longtime therapist, helped welcome new team members and continued showing up with the consistency and level of care that Elevation has always been built around.

And, well...you've still got me. For better or worse, you're not getting rid of me that easily. 😉

Our esthetics department has also entered an entirely new era this year.

I'm thrilled to have Juliet as our Lead Esthetician, and we've spent much of 2026 completely reimagining our facial program. We've brought in new professional skincare, new technology and some truly incredible treatments, while becoming much more intentional about offering corrective and results-driven skincare alongside the relaxing experience you've always expected from us.

If you haven't looked at our facial menu (https://www.elevationmassagehou.com/facial-services/) lately, you might actually be surprised by how much has changed.

And now, after a few bumps along the road, I feel incredibly excited about the massage team we're building again.

Blake recently joined us and has already brought such a thoughtful approach to bodywork. His background and interests in myofascial work, chronic pain, migraines, athletic recovery and trauma-informed care fit beautifully with the kind of work we do at Elevation, and I'm really excited for more of you to meet him.

We're also welcoming Desiree, who comes to us from The Post Oak Spa and brings experience as both a massage therapist and esthetician. Finding someone who is talented, versatile and understands the level of service we expect is no small feat, and I think she is going to be another wonderful anchor for our team.

I also want to acknowledge Savannah's departure, because I know many of you had built genuine relationships with her and, for some, that transition happened very suddenly. We know that was frustrating and disappointing for clients whose appointments were affected, and I am enormously grateful for the grace many of you extended to us while we worked to take care of everyone and get our footing underneath us again.

Owning a small business has taught me many things over the years, but 2026 has been a particularly enthusiastic teacher.

It has reminded me that businesses like ours aren't really built on services. They're built on relationships.

Every time you book your monthly massage, trust us with your skin, send your spouse in because their shoulder has been bothering them, buy your mom a gift card, tell your coworker about us, leave us a review (https://g.page/r/CYGm2iJQW_GlEBM/review) , or simply keep choosing Elevation when there are hundreds of places you could go — you are supporting real people.

You're helping me employ an incredible team. You're helping those people build careers doing work they love. And you're allowing me to continue growing this slightly crazy little idea I started all those years ago: that exceptional bodywork and skincare could exist in a place where people are treated like human beings rather than appointment numbers.

That part has never changed. And it won't.

So after a year that has asked me to become significantly more comfortable with change than I ever volunteered for, I can finally say that I feel really good about where we're headed.

There are new faces to meet, familiar ones still here, new treatments to try, and plenty more happening behind the scenes that I can't wait to share with you.

But mostly, heading into fall, I just wanted to say thank you.

Thank you for sticking with us through transitions.

Thank you for welcoming new members of our team.

Thank you for trusting us with your bodies, your skin, your stress, your stories and sometimes a surprisingly detailed account of everything currently happening in your life. (Don't worry. What happens in the treatment room stays in the treatment room. HIPPA BABY😂)

Thank you for allowing us to be part of your lives — and for being such an enormous part of ours.

Here's to a beautiful fall, a little more stability, and perhaps a slightly less "interesting" remainder of 2026.

Although I'm probably tempting fate by putting that in writing.

With so much love and gratitude,
Maria
Owner, Elevation Massage & Spa

Stop Acting so Small. You are the Universe in Ecstatic Motion. - Rumi

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08/25/2026

New treatments. Advanced skincare. A facial for what your skin actually needs.

We’ve been quietly doing some serious work behind the scenes at Elevation, and we’re finally ready to show you what we’ve been creating.

We’ve revamped our facial menu, expanded our professional GlyMed+ skincare offerings, and created a collection of targeted treatments designed around the concerns we hear about every day: aging, pigmentation, acne, redness, sensitivity, pregnancy-related skin changes, dehydration, dullness, and uneven texture.
Because your skin isn’t one-size-fits-all. Your facial shouldn’t be either.

NEW: NAD+ CELLULAR RENEWAL FACIAL
Exfoliate. Energize. Illuminate.
60 Minutes | $225
Yes, that NAD+.
Inspired by one of the biggest conversations in longevity and skin science, our newest advanced GlyMed+ facial pairs NAD+-focused skincare with intensive professional resurfacing, peptides, antioxidants, and restorative hydration.
Designed to improve the appearance of hyperpigmentation, uneven tone, sun damage, rough texture, dullness, dehydration, and visible signs of aging, this is your skin’s ultimate reset.
Expect to leave smoother, brighter, deeply hydrated, and beautifully luminous.
[BOOK NAD+ CELLULAR RENEWAL] (https://www.elevationmassagehou.com/facial-services/)

GLYMED+ AGE RENEWAL FACIAL
Rejuvenate. Firm. Renew.
75 Minutes | $225
For skin ready for a little more intervention.
Our advanced age-management facial combines GlyMed+ professional skincare, diamond microdermabrasion, corrective exfoliation, and therapeutic ultrasound infusion to target fine lines, loss of firmness, dehydration, uneven texture, and dullness.
The star? Ultrasound technology, used to enhance product infusion while supporting hydration and a firmer, more rejuvenated appearance.
Think advanced corrective skincare meets luxury facial.
[BOOK AGE RENEWAL] (https://www.elevationmassagehou.com/facial-services/)

VITAMIN C BRIGHTENING FACIAL
Brighten. Refine. Illuminate.
60 Minutes | $195
If pigmentation, sun damage, uneven tone, or lackluster skin has you reaching for another filter, start here.
This antioxidant-rich treatment pairs professional Vitamin C skincare with diamond microdermabrasion, corrective exfoliation, brightening oxygen therapy, and restorative hydration to reveal a smoother, more radiant and even-looking complexion.
Your glow called. We answered.
[BOOK VITAMIN C BRIGHTENING] (https://www.elevationmassagehou.com/facial-services/)

ACNE CLARIFYING FACIAL
Clarify. Calm. Restore.
75 Minutes | $195
Our longtime Deep Cleanse Facial got an upgrade.
Created for congestion, breakouts, blackheads, excess oil, and acne-prone skin, this corrective treatment combines professional GlyMed+ skincare, customized exfoliation, thorough extractions, and 10 minutes of bacteria-targeting blue LED light therapy.
Because acne needs more than an aggressive scrub and crossed fingers.
[BOOK ACNE CLARIFYING] (https://www.elevationmassagehou.com/facial-services/)

ROSACEA RECOVERY FACIAL
Calm. Repair. Restore.
60 Minutes | $175
Reactive skin deserves thoughtful skincare.
Our Rosacea Recovery Facial was created specifically for complexions struggling with persistent redness, sensitivity, reactivity, inflammation, and a compromised skin barrier.
Rather than aggressively resurfacing already-stressed skin, this treatment focuses on soothing, replenishing hydration, and supporting the skin barrier with carefully selected professional skincare.
Your sensitive skin doesn’t need to be fought. It needs to be understood.
[BOOK ROSACEA RECOVERY] (https://www.elevationmassagehou.com/facial-services/)

PRENATAL CALM & GLOW FACIAL
Nurture. Nourish. Glow.
60 Minutes | $150
We’ve been caring for Houston moms through prenatal massage for years. Now their skin gets some extra love, too.
Our pregnancy-safe GlyMed+ facial is thoughtfully designed for the hormonal changes that can bring breakouts, dryness, pigmentation, and increased sensitivity during pregnancy.
Gentle exfoliation, nourishing hydration, massage, and carefully selected pregnancy-safe professional skincare leave both you and your complexion feeling refreshed, restored, and cared for.
Because growing a human is enough work for one day.
[BOOK PRENATAL CALM & GLOW] (https://www.elevationmassagehou.com/facial-services/)

NOT SURE WHICH ONE YOUR SKIN NEEDS?
Good. You don’t have to be.
You don’t need to diagnose your own skin, decipher ingredient labels, or figure out whether you need Vitamin C, NAD+, ultrasound, acids, LED, or something gentler.
That’s our job.

Book based on your primary concern, and your Elevation esthetician will assess your skin and help guide you toward the treatment that makes the most sense for your skin, your goals, and where your skin is today.
Because sometimes the most advanced treatment on the menu isn’t the best treatment. The right one is.

PROFESSIONAL SKINCARE DOESN’T END WHEN YOUR FACIAL DOES

We’ve also expanded Elevation beyond the treatment room with our GlyMed+ Online Skin Boutique. (https://glymedplus.com/launch/9330766709896)
You can now shop professional GlyMed+ skincare through Elevation and have your products shipped directly to your door.
Not sure what to buy? Ask your esthetician at your next appointment. We’d much rather help you build a smart, effective routine than send you home with twelve products your skin never asked for.
[SHOP THE GLYMED+ BOUTIQUE] (https://glymedplus.com/launch/9330766709896)

✨ YOUR SKIN HAS OPTIONS. ✨
Whether you’re battling breakouts, calming rosacea, navigating pregnancy skin changes, correcting years of sun exposure, working on pigmentation, or simply realizing your skin could use a serious reset, there’s a place for you on our new facial menu.
This is a new chapter for skincare at Elevation, and we couldn’t be more excited about what we’ve built.
Advanced when your skin needs correction.
Gentle when your skin needs care.
Always customized to you.

EXPLORE OUR NEW FACIAL MENU (https://www.elevationmassagehou.com/facial-services/)

See you in the treatment room,
xoxo - The Elevation Team

Stop Acting so Small. You are the Universe in Ecstatic Motion. - Rumi

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08/17/2026

Meet Blake, the newest addition to the Elevation team ✨

Blake is a Licensed Massage Therapist with a gift for blending therapeutic depth with deeply relaxing, restorative bodywork. His sessions combine Swedish massage, deep tissue techniques, and myofascial release to address tension and restriction while still giving your nervous system space to slow down and reset.

With a background in social work and a passion for neuroscience, Blake brings a thoughtful, collaborative, trauma-informed approach to the table. He especially enjoys working with chronic tension, migraines, head and neck discomfort, athletic recovery, pregnancy, neurodivergent clients, and the physical effects of stress.

Warm, grounded, and genuinely easy to feel comfortable with, Blake is a natural fit for Elevation, and we are so excited to welcome him to our team.

And because meeting someone new is even better with a little incentive…

For a limited time, enjoy 20% off your first appointment with Blake.

If you love effective deep work but still want your massage to feel like an escape, we have a feeling you’re going to love him.

Welcome to Elevation, Blake. 🤍

08/17/2026

There’s a new face at Elevation, and we have a feeling many of you are going to love him.

We’re so excited to welcome Blake, Licensed Massage Therapist, to the Elevation team.

When we bring a new practitioner into Elevation, we’re looking for more than technical skill. Great bodywork matters, of course, but so does presence. We look for therapists who listen well, work with intention, understand that no two bodies are the same, and genuinely care about the experience they create for the person on their table.

Blake checked all of those boxes.

His work lives in one of our favorite sweet spots: deeply relaxing while still being genuinely therapeutic. Blake blends Swedish massage, deep tissue techniques, and myofascial release into sessions that address tension and restriction without losing flow or leaving your nervous system wondering what just happened.

His approach is thoughtful, unhurried, and collaborative. He especially enjoys working with chronic tension, migraines, head and neck discomfort, athletic recovery, pregnancy, neurodivergent clients, and those carrying the physical effects of prolonged stress.

Bodywork + the nervous system

What makes Blake particularly unique is the perspective he brings beyond massage therapy.

Blake holds a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Michigan-Flint and is currently pursuing his Master of Social Work through the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. With a strong interest in neuroscience and the nervous system, he brings a trauma-informed lens to bodywork and understands just how interconnected our physical and emotional experiences can be.

For Blake, effective massage isn't something that simply happens to you. It's collaborative care built around communication, trust, and listening to what your body needs that day. And that philosophy feels very much at home at Elevation.

A space where everyone can exhale

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Blake is also passionate about creating an inclusive, affirming treatment space where clients of every identity and background can feel comfortable, respected, and completely at ease.

Outside the treatment room, Blake recently celebrated something pretty wonderful of his own: he and his partner got engaged! We couldn't resist sharing a little congratulations as he begins two exciting new chapters at once.

Who should book with Blake?

If you love therapeutic pressure but still want your massage to feel like an escape, Blake is your guy.

He's an especially wonderful fit if you want deep work without an overly aggressive approach, carry chronic stress or upper-body tension, experience migraines or head and neck discomfort, need recovery work alongside an active lifestyle, or simply want to quiet your nervous system for an hour (or two) and come back to yourself.

Most importantly, Blake brings the kind of warmth, professionalism, and genuine care we value deeply at Elevation.

We are incredibly selective about the practitioners we invite onto our team because we know the trust you place in us every time you walk through our doors. Our commitment is, and always will be, to surround you with talented, thoughtful professionals who uphold the standard of care you've come to expect from Elevation.

We couldn't be happier to have Blake joining us.

Come meet him, Blake is accepting appointments on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays. We think you're going to understand very quickly why we chose him.

Welcome to Elevation, Blake. We're so glad you're here.

P.S. For a limited time, enjoy 20% off your first appointment with Blake. Consider it the perfect excuse to come meet the newest hands at Elevation.

Stop Acting so Small. You are the Universe in Ecstatic Motion. - Rumi

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08/12/2026

Summer Surprise

We wanted to let you know, Maria has 2 surprise spots available this week: Wednesday 8/12/26 (tomorrow) at 5:30pm for 60 or 75 min, and Friday 8/14/26 at 10:30am. Godspeed, and see you on the table!

P.S. we now have facial availability 7 days a week, giving you the perfect excuse to not let "back to school week" stress wreak havoc on your skin.

P.P.S. We restocked our Omnilux LED face masks, thank you for making them fly off the shelf, please enjoy 10% off Omnilux all August, this applies to both Omnilux LED products, and Omnilux skincare topicals.

Stop Acting so Small. You are the Universe in Ecstatic Motion. - Rumi

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07/27/2026

We are so happy to announce our partnership with GlyMed Plus Skincare the leaders in effective, clean beauty and skin products. You can officially shop our online boutique 🔗 in bio!

07/27/2026

A new facial. A new skincare philosophy. And a new way to care for your skin between appointments.

At Elevation, we've never believed in chasing trends.
When we introduce something new, it's because we genuinely believe it will help our clients achieve healthier, stronger skin for years to come.
Over the past several months, we've been quietly investing in the future of skincare at Elevation.
We've welcomed two incredibly talented estheticians to our team; Ricky and Juliet.
We've expanded our advanced education and training.
We've partnered with one of the most respected professional skincare companies in the industry. Welcome to the next chapter of skincare at Elevation: Introducing GlyMed+

Not all skincare is created equal.
For more than 30 years, GlyMed+ has been trusted by medical spas, dermatology practices, and skincare professionals for one simple reason:
It delivers results.
Developed with pharmaceutical-grade, clean, ingredients, advanced delivery systems, and decades of clinical research, GlyMed+ is designed to improve skin health at its foundation, helping address concerns like dehydration, Rosacea, fine lines, uneven texture, pigmentation, congestion, and loss of firmness.
For us, bringing GlyMed+ to Elevation wasn't about adding another skincare line.
It was about choosing a partner that reflects the same philosophy we have always believed in:
Invest in quality. Stay consistent. Let the results speak for themselves.

Here's something we tell clients every day: A facial is the catalyst.
Your home care routine is what protects and builds on those results.
One professional treatment each month is incredibly beneficial. What you do during the other 29 days matters just as much.
That's why we're equally excited to introduce something we've wanted to offer for a long time...

Introducing the Elevation GlyMed+ Skin Boutique
Because Healthy Skin Doesn't End in the Treatment Room; for the first time, you'll have access to GlyMed+'s complete professional skincare collection online! Save this link (https://glymedplus.com/launch/9330766709896) to your favorites so you can shop 24/7!
One of our estheticians can recommend products specifically for your skin goals, and when it's time to replenish your routine, your favorites can be shipped directly to your doorstep.
No guessing. No department store beauty counters. No social media trends.
Just professional recommendations from someone who knows your skin.
Because beautiful skin isn't built by constantly switching products.
It's built through consistency, expert guidance, and choosing products that are formulated to work together.

Healthy skin isn't created in a single appointment. It's built through a partnership between professional treatments and a consistent home care routine.

Meet our new GlyMed+ Age Renewal Facial
Your skin tells the story of every laugh, every late night, every sunny vacation, every season of life.
Our job isn't to erase that story. It's to help your skin look as vibrant, healthy, and radiant as you feel.
Juliet built our new GlyMed+ Age Renewal Facial combining advanced GlyMed+ skincare, customized microdermabrasion, and therapeutic ultrasound to support collagen production, improve hydration, refine texture, and restore luminosity.
It's one of the most advanced skin-renewing treatments we've ever offered, delivering visible results without sacrificing the relaxation that makes a facial feel like self-care instead of another appointment.

At Elevation, we've always believed that self-care isn't about indulgence. It's about stewardship.
Taking care of your body. Caring for your skin. Investing in your future self.
The launch of GlyMed+ represents more than a new facial or a new skincare line. It's another step in our commitment to bringing you treatments that are intentional, effective, and rooted in long-term wellness. Because healthy skin isn't something you chase. It's something you cultivate. Thank you for allowing us to be part of that journey.

Experience the GlyMed+ Age Renewal Facial

Explore the Elevation GlyMed+ Skin Boutique (https://glymedplus.com/launch/9330766709896)

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Maria & The Elevation Team.

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