MarQuis KR | Ritual Foundations of-A Warrior Poet
“How Therapeutic Massage Changed My Life — and My Desire to Help Others Change.”
From the start
I did not simply choose massage — massage chose me. Years ago, my own body carried the weight of stress, travel, and unspoken emotion. What began as a search for relief opened into transformation: therapeutic massage unraveled not only knots in my muscles, but knots in my spirit. Each session was like turning a page in a book I didn’t know I had written — a book of resilience, healing, and renewal.
That change awakened my calling. Massage became more than touch — it became a way to write poetry into the body, a dialogue where pain could be released, strength could be remembered, and balance could be restored.
From Poetry to Bodywork
For as long as I can remember, I have loved writing poetry — shaping words into rhythm and weaving language into my personal healing. Over time, I began to realize that the same passion that drives me to write could also be expressed through touch.
My massage practice became poetry in motion, with each stroke and stretch like a stanza and each session like a living poem created on skin and muscle. From this union of art and healing, BodyPoet was born. The name reflects both my love for words and my dedication to transforming bodies, infusing creativity, rhythm, and meaning into the therapeutic experience.
Beyond the ordinary
My Craft
With sixteen years of global training etched into my hands — the precision of Singapore, the artistry of Barcelona, the grounding of South Africa, and the structure of America — I have cultivated a craft that is more than massage; it is ritual. My work is not a pattern to be repeated nor a script to follow. Each session begins with listening to the body’s stance, to the rhythm of breath, and to the silent confessions of tension.
From that listening comes response: deep tissue work for endurance, sports massage for renewal, energy work for the spirit that aches unseen. My degree in psychology weaves through it all, reminding me that the stress and tension the flesh experiences do so to protect the emotional spirit. Stress, grief, expectation — these forces hollow us, tighten us, steal from us. And so, my craft seeks to mobilize aliveness and promote peace everywhere.
My work is to unbind what the world has fastened: healing not only the muscle but the memory, not only the posture but the presence. Every touch is an act of restoration — physical, emotional, spiritual — so that when you rise from my table, you do not simply move with more ease. You move with more of yourself.
The Warrior’s Path
My Celtic symbol is The Warrior, embodying strength and honor. I bring this archetype into my work: disciplined, precise, but always guided by compassion. As the Warrior protects, I support — helping clients shed their burdens, so they can stand taller, breathe more deeply, and walk more freely.
Massage transformed my life by helping me reconnect with myself. Now, it’s my purpose to guide others toward the same renewal.
I am BodyPoet — a healer shaped by touch, words, and the silent transformations that happen when one surrenders to care. Massage restored my body and breath; poetry gave me the language to understand it. Together, they created my craft: a practice where muscle and meaning come together, where every stretch becomes a stanza, and every session a verse of renewal. My work isn’t just technique, but a testament to resilience, to change, and to the quiet truth that healing is a shared experience. Whether with travelers passing through, athletes pushing limits, or neighbors seeking balance, I hold the same vow: to help each soul leave lighter, stronger, and more in tune with the rhythm of their own life. This is my offering, my purpose, and my art — the poetry of touch, written not on paper but on the living body.
“I am BodyPoet — where touch becomes verse,
where healing is shared, and change flows like breath.
Each session a stanza, each stretch a line,
together composing the quiet poetry of renewal.”