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About Calming Body Effects Wellness Studio

Calming Body Effects is your getaway to physical and spiritual wellness in Arizona’s Mesa, Gilbert, Apache Junction, Gold Canyon and Chandler communities at an affordable price.

Are you ready to embrace physical and spiritual health?

Now the East Valley can enjoy yoga, massage, and other wellness products and services in a calming spa-like atmosphere.

Our Mesa wellness center was developed with one goal in mind: to help you enhance your physical and spiritual wellness.

We offer the following services and products:

  • Yoga classes in a setting free of Eastern mysticism.

    Enjoy classes with either a religion-neutral or Christ-centered focus.
    Please see our class descriptions for details of class offerings.

  • Therapeutic massage

    Our licensed therapists are adept at customizing a massage to meet your specific needs.
    See our therapeutic massage page to read about our massage services.

  • Meditation room

    Our serene meditation room gives you a place to de-compress and relax.
    Read about reserving a meditation room.

  • Workshops and seminars

    There is always something new and beneficial to learn about wellness at Calming Body Effects! Please see our workshops page for details on events or go to our online schedule to pre-register.

  • Parties and custom events

    Calming Body Effects is the perfect place for a fun and relaxing bridal, birthday, or children’s party.
    Learn more about our event services.

  • Natural personal care products

    We offer custom lotions, essential oils, lip balms, and organic bath items created especially for you by an experienced herbalist or by our staff in our on-site blending lab.
    Find out more about our personal care products.

  • Yoga apparel, accessories, and jewelry

    We carry quality yoga apparel and yoga accessories to aid you with your practice as well as beautifully hand-crafted jewelry.
    Read about our apparel, accessories, and jewelry.

  • Delicious organic teas

    Our favorite way to relax after yoga and massage is with a nice cup of warming tea. We seek out tasty blends and offer them in several convenient sizes.
    Learn about our organic tea selection.

Our Philosophy

Your physical and spiritual health is our only priority.

Our mission is to provide our clients with quality massage therapy, secular yoga, and Christ-centered yoga by experienced, licensed, and certified staff
in a clean, calming environment.

We believe in providing a place where people in the Valley can reduce stress and anxiety from their lives while increasing wellness.

About Terri Flippen:

Calming Body Effects Co-Owner, Yoga Alliance Member

“When I embraced a desire for a career in wellness, God showed me the way.”

I began my interest in yoga for health and wellness in 2006 after my husband Greg expressed a desire to teach yoga. At the time, all I knew about yoga was how to spell it!

Greg gave me a yoga video to try and I was surprised at how what a wonderful personal challenge the workout was. As someone who had been exercising since age 15, this was new and invigorating for me.

On the last day possible to register for yoga teacher training, God spoke to me and said:

Are you really going to let Greg do this without you? You need to do this with him.

So of course I did. Becoming a yoga teacher changed my life completely in a way I never expected. My professional career had, up until that point, been in accounting, managerial, and sales roles. I never imagined I would ever be practicing yoga –much less opening a yoga studio.

The lesson I learned from this experience is this: When you ask Jesus to take control of your life, your life changes in ways, that before Jesus, you never imagined.

A Little Bit about Me

I have done all kinds of exercise in my life, and can truly say that yoga has impacted my mental outlook and physical abilities more than anything else.

About Greg Flippen:

Calming Body Effects Co-Owner, Yoga Alliance Member

“People need to take ownership over their health and learn how to manage their overall health to avoid spending as much on skyrocketing health care costs.”

My path to teaching yoga began after taking a yoga class and finding it to be one of the tougher workouts that I had experienced. I had been regularly working out at the gym with weights for two to three hours a day, five to six days a week, so once I was challenged by that yoga class, I decided this health practice was something I needed to learn more about.

After my wife, Terri, and I obtained our certification as Christian Yoga instructors in 2006, we began discussing opening our own yoga and wellness studio.

My professional expertise as a certified project manager and over 25 years in the Information Technology field prepared me for the rigor involved in opening the Calming Body Effects wellness studio.

I feel blessed that I can help share how beneficial yoga and massage are for health and that my company can provide an avenue to share the Christian Yoga experience with others.

A Little Bit about Me

I enjoy working in my garage fixing or building pretty much anything. I’ve built three tables, a waterbed, and workbenches. I also like growing fruits and veggies in our home garden.

About Renee Johnson:

Calming Body Effects Massage Supervisor

“My background includes expertise in using ‘positive touch’ to allow healing in the settings of hospice care, hospitals, and women’s shelters.”

I have been in the massage field for 20 years. I have worked as a therapist, a massage instructor and manager of massage programs for schools in Arizona, Minnesota and Oklahoma.

During this time, I also studied with neurologists and chiropractors to enhance my knowledge of medical massage.

Educational Highlights

I have had continuing education in the following:

  • Aromatherapy
  • Infant and pregnancy massage
  • Myofascial release
  • Reflexology
  • Healing touch
  • Reiki energy work
  • Sports massage
  • Elderly and hospice massage

Before entering the massage field, I was a nurse in the fields of rehabilitation, chronic illness, and hospice.

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About Breanna Flippen:

Calming Body Effects – Front Desk/Retail Manager

I was first introduced to yoga and enjoy the many benefits that it has to offer.  I hope to become a certified yoga instructor in the future and remain in the family business and sharing my passion for yoga with others.

I have 4 years of experience working in retail management and 2 years education in apparel merchandising.

Educational Highlights

I obtained my Associates of Arts degree in 2009 and currently pursuing my Bachelors of Science in Psychology at ASU.   My future plans are to continue my education in a graduate program to become a Clinical Psychologist.