Meet the Team
Shannon Korn, Manager, LMT
Shannon is the Manager for Manton Massage Clinic. Customers can expect excellent service and compassion upon entering the clinic. She believes that the Manton Massage Clinic is a place of healing and wellbeing, and invites you experience massage that facilitates profound growth within the body.
Shannon is a licensed massage therapist, and master level Reiki practitioner. She carries joy, and a noticeable passion for the healing arts. Shannon holds a knowledge and understanding of the human body, which comes through in her interaction with guests. As a former graduate of Massage Therapy Institute of Colorado, she realizes the importance of receiving massage that is properly focused, and facilitates insight, balance, growth and healing.
Manton Massage Clinic guests can expect to receive Shannon's full presence, and appreciation at the time of service. Shannon hopes that upon leaving the clinic, each guest feels refreshed, fully acknowledged, and nourished by their experience.
Sky Daina, CMT
I am a recent graduate of MTIC and look forward to developing my skills and technique in Massage Therapy, which in my perspective is a very exciting and effective way of making changes in one’s life. I have been practicing massage therapy for one year and find such personal fulfillment in observing my clients make and feel drastic changes in their health.
I enjoy helping people and making them feel at home. I have several years customer service and time with people from diverse parts of the world and backgrounds. My goal is to foster a welcoming environment for the clients.
Phillip Gaskin, CMT
I am a certified massage therapist and a recent graduate of MTIC. I am grateful for the opportunity to help facilitate health and wellbeing with all those I encounter. I have been practicing bodywork for nearly two years, and provide a relaxing, invigorating, and restorative massage experience.
As well as massage therapy, you'll also find me at the reception desk. Several years of front desk, and customer service, along with great communication, help in keeping Manton professional Massage clinic running smoothly.
Patrick Cross, LMT
Patrick Cross is a licensed massage therapist and an instructor of massage for the last nine years specializing in pain management, sports massage, stress relief, and self care coaching.
Along with his training in Deep tissue, Swedish, Trigger point, Structural integration, Cranial sacral, and Somato Emotional Release therapies, he is also an Instructor of Sports massage, Tai Chi, and Self care at The Massage Therapy Institute of Colorado.
When he is not in the treatment rooms or in the classroom he is the director of the Student clinics at both MTIC and Inner City Health Hospital, and works with improving performance and injury management for athletes at competitive events.
Living in Denver for most of his life, when he’s not working, you might find him training for his next event, or just enjoying himself running some beautiful mountain trails with his dog Sokka.
Eli Dempsey, LMT
Eli was born in Leadville, CO into a loving home of alternative thinkers. Weekly visits to the chiropractic and massage clinics growing up helped direct him towards a career in body work. After moving to Denver in 2012 he began the program at the Massage Institute of Colorado. Passing the program with a 4.0 GPA, he immediately started working in the field and has been practicing for over two years. Eli provides excellent care using a plethora of techniques including Deep tissue, Swedish, Structural Integration, Joint range of motion, neuromuscular therapy, myofascial release and more. Eli uses focused work to provide the maximum relief of pain and daily discomfort while also providing the most relaxing experience possible.
Bruce Kenyon, LMT
At a young age I picked up a massage technique and occasionally when my sisters started to bug me, I would charge them a quarter for a couple minutes of massage. After I graduated from CU Boulder with a Studio Arts degree, I took four months to travel in Central and South America. While traveling, living, and working in various communities in Panama and Colombia, I enjoyed exchanging knowledge of those things that make life worth living.
On occasion I was able to share massage and yoga and after I got back I realized some things. I realized I want to keep traveling and that intentional bodywork is needed everywhere. But perhaps the most significant realization was that when I am able to aid in another person’s ability to be fully content in the present moment – I feel deep elation.
For as long as I can remember I have been developing my own energy clearing and recharging techniques that have centered on meditations with nature, art and music. Human interaction as a meditation towards self-actualization was, for the most part, only an abstract concept.
Over the past year I have been humbled as the seemingly endless potential massage has to offer becomes more apparent to me. The skill and quality of humans I’ve been exchanging with has inspired me to dedicate this chapter of my life to the practice and study of massage. Moreover, blending my unique perspectives on wellbeing with everything I’ve been picking up at MTIC, is a thrilling adventure I am looking forward to continuing.
Lori Schultz, LMT
Before I found massage therapy, I was a psychologist working in the schools and I first turned to massage to help me decompress and reduce my stress levels. After receiving some skilled therapeutic massages, I was “hooked” and became determined to make mindful changes to improve my quality of life and health. I attended Massage Therapy Institute of Colorado, graduating with honors in December of 2013. At MTIC, I was taught several modalities including Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, trigger point or neuromuscular therapy and reflexotherapy. But beyond the basic massage modalities I began to understand how one’s mind, body and spirit is connected to their overall wellness.
While a student at MTIC, I began working at Swedish and Craig Hospital first as an intern and then was hired on as a professional massage therapist. I continue to work at Swedish hospital providing hand and foot massage to post- partum and oncology patients. Currently, I am enrolled in advanced training at MTIC (Year 2) and am happily learning joint mobilization, myofascial treatments and integration of the body’s structures to improve posture, alleviate pain and improve circulation. I have also completed additional training in oncology massage. I know I have chosen a career that allows for continual learning – and I love that! I am thrilled to join the Manton Professional Clinic team. This is a special place to come and receive therapeutic massage. My techniques and modalities will differ depending on the needs of my client, varying from deep therapeutic work, joint mobilization to relaxing traditional massage. As Lao Tzu once said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step.” I look forward to working with you as you take a step towards wellness of your mind, body, and spirit.
Kellen Smith, LMT
Kellen studied at the Massage Therapy Institute of Colorado; graduated in 2010, and has been working in the massage therapy profession since that time. His training is in Swedish, Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular Therapy, Myofascial Release, and is currently enrolled at MTIC for the second year program. The year two program focuses on more structural ideas that is allowing him to grow with love and appreciation for the body everyday.
