Our Biographies

Susan Novy founded BranchView Body Therapy in the fall of 2000. She is a Kripalu-inspired yoga teacher and a North Carolina Licensed Massage and Bodywork therapist.  She brings a strong understanding of anatomy and movement to her practice and enjoys teaching with humor and light heartedness.  It is her intention to create a compassionate and welcoming environment in all of her classes and empower her students to be the masters of their own health and wellness. Kripalu is a hatha based yoga style. Her yoga sessions focus on restoring the body to it’s natural state of alignment and balance by increasing body awareness and awakening prana (lifeforce) in the body. She refers to it as compassionate meditation in motion.

Susan teaches Yoga through Rowan Cabarrus Community College and offers Private Yoga sessions at BranchView Body Therapy.

Susan is also trained in Swedish Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Acupressure, Ashiatsu, Prenatal/Pregnancy Massage, Infant Massage, Reiki and Cranio-sacral Therapy. She continues to take continuing education courses to offer her clients the most beneficial techniques in therapeutic bodywork.

A Washington, DC native, Susan has lived in Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Indiana and Florida. She moved to North Carolina in 1997 from Montreal, PQ, Canada. She attended Indiana University and Vermont College. Her passions include writing, a wide variety of music, yoga, traveling, seeking spiritual enlightenment and a challenging game of scrabble!

Rayann is a passionate, dedicated massage therapist and energy healer. She has been a nationally certified and state licensed massage therapist for ten years and a Reiki master for six. She recently expanded her energy work to include Sacred fire energy.

Rayann has always had a strong desire to improve the life of others and feels her career is a perfect way to accomplish this goal. She believes restoring a person’s body and spirit enables them to more fully engage their own life and passions.

She continually updates her education so she can offer the most effective treatment for your specific needs.

I am a graduate of the Edmund Morgan School of Neuromuscular & Massage Therapy. I am skilled in Swedish and licensed in Neuromuscular Therapy. My goal is to make each treatment an individualized session based on each client's unique needs. I have lived abroad in the Netherlands and traveled to many other countries including Costa Rica, Spain, Italy and Honduras. I look forward to working with you in the near future.

I first became interested in massage when I had my son. Massaging him as an infant then as a toddler gave me the love I have for massage today! I graduated from Southeastern Institute with the same love and devotion for massage.

I am certified in the master level of Reiki and Cancer massage, a technique used on clients experiencing nausea, sleep deprivation and pain, as a result from chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy side effects. I have certifications in Medical massage for the Neck and Lower Back, and Rotator Cuff release, along with extensive training and experience in Deep tissue, Prenatal, Neuromuscular Therapy and Hot Stone massage!

It is my job as a massage therapist to inform my clients that massage can not only be used as a luxury, but for many people, massage is used as therapeutic therapy. So that while we live our lives the best way we can, we can also live without pain and discomfort.

Lindsay is a Certified 200 hour Yoga Instructor who graduated from Savannah Yoga Center in Savannah, Georgia where she studied Hatha Yoga. Her teaching style incorporates linking breath with movement, focusing on individual needs and compassion toward her clients.

Lindsay graduated from UNC Asheville with a Bachelors degree in Psychology and graduated with a Masters Certificate in Community Health from UNC Charlotte. Her drive to become a Yoga Instructor developed while studying Psychology and Health and Wellness. Intrigued by both the mind and body, she strove to find a way to incorporate the whole self with regards to health. Lindsay believes we all must take care of our physical, mental and spiritual self to be truly healthy and balanced. Through yoga, she feels we can incorporate all three areas of health, thus becoming more comfortable and confident in our bodies.

Along with teaching private, group and corporate yoga classes, Lindsay is also BranchView Body Therapy's Office Manager.