About Tina

Anxiety Coach and Wellness Expert Cultivating Mind-Body-Spirit Health in St. Petersburg

Hello, I’m Tina Tongen, an Anxiety Coach helping to stop anxiety and reduce pain. Using the tools of Integrative Massage Therapy (LMT #MA97820), Somatic Coaching, and Positive Intelligence® Coaching, I help people reclaim the joy of being in a happy and healthy body. As a Somatic Coach and massage therapist, I work with your nervous system to let go of chronic holding patterns, relieve mental and physical stress. As a Positive Intelligence® Coach, I help train your mental fitness as we catch negative thinking patterns and engage your Sage wisdom to improve your health.

I Love Supporting People with Neurodivergence

I especially love supporting people with heightened stress response and anxiety to build emotional resilience by connecting with their embodied awareness. As a “2e” neurodivergent woman, I’ve required kind and focused support to help me develop a sense of safety and the ability to take good care of myself. With gratitude, I offer compassionate support as I provide somatic and mental fitness coaching that calms your nervous system during times of change and transition. Facing new challenges and opportunities helps us to grow both personally and professionally. I’ll help you stretch into new skills that decrease anxiety and pain while increasing your quality of life as you engage with creativity, connection, and health.

Transformative Mind-Body Services:

• Tongen Touch™ Integrative Massage Therapy: 60-minute, 90-minute, and 2-hour sessions.

• Somatic Coaching: 6-week series of sessions.

• Positive Intelligence® Coaching: 8-week or 12-week training and coaching.

Life is so much better when you feel at home in your body.

I’m your coach on the path to holistic well-being, here to help you experience the joy of everyday life. Connect with me for a unique journey toward mind-body health with heart.

Credentials and Experience:

• 1000-hr Massage Therapy Certification from the Boulder College of Massage Therapy

• 500-hr Associate Degree in Occupational Studies (AOS) from BCMT

• 200-hr Certified Yoga Teacher (CYT) and 7-month residence at the ShambhavAnanda Yoga™ Ashram

• 600-hr Master Practitioner in Phenomenal Touch Massage (MPPTM)

• 32 years practicing Hatha Yoga

• 16+ years of experience offering massage therapy, yoga, and other wellness modalities

• 16+ years of experience with embodied meditation as a practitioner and coach

• Positive Intelligence® Coaching trained

• Authentic Relating trained with ART International

• Nonviolent Communication trained with the Rocky Mountain Center for Compassionate Communication

• 3-Day Immersion in Conscious Dying Support with the Conscious Dying Institute

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What is Tongen Touch™?

Tongen Touch™ is my holistic approach to healing and well-being that combines massage therapy with yoga, breath awareness, and other modalities. I created Tongen Touch™ after years of experience working with clients from all walks of life. I found that a holistic mind-body approach was the most effective way to help my clients achieve their wellness goals. I help my clients to reduce stress and anxiety, improve sleep quality, boost energy levels, relieve pain and tension, and experience self-love and connection.

I’m truly grateful to be able to help people return home to their bodies and relieve pain as I provide a listening ear, compassionate heart, and a skillful mind that works in service to healing!

Devotion to Listening Makes My Life a Pilgrimage…

I learn so much when I listen! I love the process of healing that happens when I listen in service to reconnecting heart + mind + body.

I moved to Colorado in 2008 to live in a yoga ashram for 7 months, where I learned the value of working within community, singing, and meditating everyday. Ayurvedic health practices were my introduction to working with people 1-1 and I was hooked! I earned my 200-hr Yoga Teacher Certification at the Shambhava School of Yoga.

I officially moved to Boulder to study at the Boulder College of Massage Therapy for 2 years, where I earned my 1000-hr Certification in Massage Therapy and 500-hr Associate Degree in Occupational Studies. Manual Therapy and Integrative Massage Sessions are based on this work.

After studying Orthopedic Massage, I entered a community intent on healing not just the body, but the spirit. I studied with the Institute for Phenomenal Touch for 4 years, earning a Master Practitioner Certification in Phenomenal Touch Massage. Within this community I was blessed to experience the kind of compassion that is truly rare, and I’m a *much* happier person for it! The Ocean Session is inspired by this work.

I’m incredibly grateful also to the Ridhwan School in Boulder, where I practiced The Diamond Approach for 6 years. The capacity to slow down and sense the present moment allows me to provide space for your mind-body-spirit integration. All of my sessions are deepened by this work.

Since 2016, I’ve been in deep relationship with a partner, and in 2021 I returned home to Florida to reunite with my birth family. Authentic Relating, Nonviolent Communication, and practicing Positive Intelligence® everyday has become invaluable! And I’m grateful to offer these same applied practices to you!

Tongen Touch™ is a blend of all of these and more, from my studies over the past 30+ years.

Being in community with massage therapists, yoga practitioners, acupuncturists, talk therapists, movement and meditation teachers allows me to experience the real joy of connecting within responsive environments where we practice being present with ourselves and others, and I’m so grateful for this life.

💜 Embodied Blessings, Tina