Brad Schmaling returned to massage therapy after stepping away in 2020 during the pandemic, carrying with him a renewed passion for healing touch and holistic wellness. During his time away, he dedicated himself to personal growth, physical health, and emotional clarity, emerging stronger, wiser, and deeply grounded in his practice.
With years of hands-on experience and a commitment to each client’s unique journey, Brad specializes in myofascial work and muscle tissue rehabilitation. He is particularly skilled at identifying and releasing adhesions that develop from years of misuse or overuse, helping clients move with greater ease and confidence. His sessions focus on both immediate relief and long-term strategies for maintaining a balanced, pain-free lifestyle.
Clients appreciate Brad’s ability to combine technical expertise with clear communication and deep presence, ensuring that every massage is collaborative and client-centered. Whether supporting recovery, providing relaxation, or creating space for reconnection, he brings focused skill and compassion to each session.
As a partner at Chapel Hill Massage, Brad is excited to share his knowledge of massage therapy’s restorative benefits with the community and looks forward to supporting the wellness journeys of all who come to his table.
With years of hands-on experience and a commitment to each client’s unique journey, Brad specializes in myofascial work and muscle tissue rehabilitation. He is particularly skilled at identifying and releasing adhesions that develop from years of misuse or overuse, helping clients move with greater ease and confidence. His sessions focus on both immediate relief and long-term strategies for maintaining a balanced, pain-free lifestyle.
Clients appreciate Brad’s ability to combine technical expertise with clear communication and deep presence, ensuring that every massage is collaborative and client-centered. Whether supporting recovery, providing relaxation, or creating space for reconnection, he brings focused skill and compassion to each session.
As a partner at Chapel Hill Massage, Brad is excited to share his knowledge of massage therapy’s restorative benefits with the community and looks forward to supporting the wellness journeys of all who come to his table.
Danshel Williams has been sharing her gift of massage and therapeutic touch since 2010. Her philosophy is rooted in the belief that our fast-paced, stressful world needs more therapeutic touch and healing positive energy. Danshel offers a range of modalities, including Swedish, acupressure, cupping, prenatal, and infant massage, complemented by lymphatic drainage, reflexology, trigger point, myofascial release, and TMD (TMJ Disorder) work. Her extensive experience includes working with the NBA, Duke University, retirement homes, dental offices, and corporate massage events.
A graduate of ECPI School of Technology in 2010, where she served as class president and was inducted into the National Honor Society, Danshel's journey into massage therapy was preceded by 12 years of dedicated work with mentally and physically challenged adults, where she honed her passion for helping others.
Beyond her profession, Danshel enjoys yoga and boxing and cherishes quality time with her daughter, who actively participates in her Girl Scouts and cheerleading. As a devoted mother and skilled therapist, Danshel invites you to experience her healing hands, enhancing your health, future, and peace of mind through her therapeutic touch.
Danshel is an active member of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA).
A graduate of ECPI School of Technology in 2010, where she served as class president and was inducted into the National Honor Society, Danshel's journey into massage therapy was preceded by 12 years of dedicated work with mentally and physically challenged adults, where she honed her passion for helping others.
Beyond her profession, Danshel enjoys yoga and boxing and cherishes quality time with her daughter, who actively participates in her Girl Scouts and cheerleading. As a devoted mother and skilled therapist, Danshel invites you to experience her healing hands, enhancing your health, future, and peace of mind through her therapeutic touch.
Danshel is an active member of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA).
A dedicated practitioner of healing touch, Susan’s clients value her clinical skill and therapeutic presence. She has honed sensitivity from years of work in a nursing home, accuracy from serving 15 years in the University of North Carolina medical library and particular empathy for caregivers due to years of personally care giving for a spouse with stroke-induced brain damage. Susan has been in practice since she graduated from the Body Therapy Institute in 2014.
Susan has pursued in-depth training in medical massage, oncology massage, reflexology, neuromuscular techniques, and lymphatic drainage. Although her focus is on integrating multiple modalities to provide customized therapeutic sessions for her clients, she enjoys treating others to the extra touches that help create the ultimate massage experience, such as hot stones, contrast baths, herbal scrubs, and paraffin wax treatments.
Along with her technical abilities, Susan is well known for the empathy and emotional support, which underlines her approach. Devoted to unconditional positive regard for all her clients, she combines expertise with compassion that helps others heal and regain equilibrium. Kindness is the foundation of her skill set as a massage therapist.
In addition to long-term experience as the primary caregiver for loved ones, Susan volunteered for seven years at the Caring House, an adult care facility for those undergoing cancer treatments. She is especially attuned to the emotional and physiological needs of caregivers. She holds them in special regard, understanding the immense challenges they often face which can be overwhelming both physically and psychologically.
For Susan, massage is more than a means to an end; it is a calling. Her warm personality, openness to a diverse clientele, maturity, innate nurturing qualities, insistence on the highest standards for professional integrity, and impressive capability all come together to serve you.
Susan is an active member of the Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP).
Susan has pursued in-depth training in medical massage, oncology massage, reflexology, neuromuscular techniques, and lymphatic drainage. Although her focus is on integrating multiple modalities to provide customized therapeutic sessions for her clients, she enjoys treating others to the extra touches that help create the ultimate massage experience, such as hot stones, contrast baths, herbal scrubs, and paraffin wax treatments.
Along with her technical abilities, Susan is well known for the empathy and emotional support, which underlines her approach. Devoted to unconditional positive regard for all her clients, she combines expertise with compassion that helps others heal and regain equilibrium. Kindness is the foundation of her skill set as a massage therapist.
In addition to long-term experience as the primary caregiver for loved ones, Susan volunteered for seven years at the Caring House, an adult care facility for those undergoing cancer treatments. She is especially attuned to the emotional and physiological needs of caregivers. She holds them in special regard, understanding the immense challenges they often face which can be overwhelming both physically and psychologically.
For Susan, massage is more than a means to an end; it is a calling. Her warm personality, openness to a diverse clientele, maturity, innate nurturing qualities, insistence on the highest standards for professional integrity, and impressive capability all come together to serve you.
Susan is an active member of the Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP).