Maria Festa | Elite Massage Therapist

Education: Cortiva Institute of Massage
Favorite Area Of Focus: Tigger Points
Specialties: Deep Tissue and Cupping
Joined Elements Team: Dec. 2, 2025

Meet Maria

Maria graduated from the Cortiva Institute of Massage Therapy in Crystal Lake in 2011, and she’s been dedicated to helping people feel their best ever since. She discovered early on that her passion lies in deep tissue work and therapeutic trigger-point massage, and she has built a career focused on true rehabilitation and pain relief.

Over the years, Maria has worked alongside chiropractors, naturopaths, acupuncturists, medical spas, and physicians, giving her a well-rounded understanding of holistic and clinical healing. She continued her education at the Midwest College of Oriental Medicine, where she refined her natural gift for helping clients heal with a whole-body approach.

Maria is known for getting to the root of the issue. Depending on her client’s needs, she blends advanced skills such as:

• Advanced cupping

• Deep tissue techniques

• Trigger point therapy

• Myofascial work

• Acupressure

• Himalayan salt stone therapy

• Hot stone massage

• Lymphatic body and facial release

Clients appreciate not only her technical expertise but also her warm, intuitive nature.

Maria is proudly Italian American and believes that family — and good food — are at the heart of everything. Her motto is: “If you feed them well, they’ll always come back.”

She brings that same warmth, care, and generosity to every client she works with.