Meet Kassandra Ghuloum-Plambeck

Kassandra Ghuloum-Plambeck (She/They) is a Neuromuscular Massage Therapist and Health Educator who graduated from the National Holistic Institute (NHI) Core and Advanced Neuromuscular Massage Therapy programs in San Jose, CA/Tamien|Muwekma Ohlone land in 2022. She is Queer and of mixed heritage (Central American, European and African ancestry) residing on Minneapolis, MN/Dakota and Anishinaabe land.

Massages with Kassandra will be unique to each individual and center each client's needs. The style of her work draws from a spectrum of traditional, scientific and intuitive modalities such as Neuromuscular Therapy, Swedish, Energy Work, Deep Tissue, Myofascial Therapies, and Shiatsu. Kassandra began her healing path through her own experiences of her autoimmune condition and mental health struggles. She has dedicated her life to studying and bringing healing to herself to facilitate healing for others. Through this lens, this is how she practices and she provides a space that is respectful and honors each individual.

In addition to her work as a massage therapist, Kassandra holds a BA in Sociology from San Francisco State University. She has worked in the arts as a community program manager, vendor coordinator & expressive arts instructor, in non-profits for youth, figure skating coach, social media designer, assistant florist, administrative roles and has volunteered on an herbal farm to connect with the land and bees. She is a lifelong student of the healing arts, energy work, herbalism rooted in her ancestry, remembrance, and reclamation of her ancestral practices and the medicine of grief. She is an intuitive artist primarily working with jewelry, collaging & creating candles under the name of Wild Roseheart. She enjoys spending time with their spouse and their furry companions Wilson (frenchie) & Rue (tortie), baking, creating, crocheting & being outside.

Education and Training

  • Adagio Holistic Therapies | Minneapolis, MN

    • Cupping Level 1 2024 (20 hours)

  • National Holistic Institute College of Massage Therapy | San Jose, CA

    • Neuromuscular Massage Therapist and Health Educator 2022 (450 hours)

    • Professional Massage Therapist and Health Educator 2021 - 2022 (800 hours)

    • Nominated as one of two torchbearers for Massage Cohort

    • Graduated with honors

  • Ancestral Apothecary Cecemmana | Oakland, CA

    • Herbalism Certificate 2021 (250 hours)

  • San Francisco State University | San Francisco, CA

    • B.A. degree in Sociology 2017

    • Multicultural Diversity and Arts Chair - PSS

  • Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine | Online

    • Online Herbal Medicine Making Course 2018 (150 hours)

  • Herbal Academy (in progress)

    • Materia Medica