GRAFTON — The inner peace and emotional joy that Danielle Autotte has felt since opening Full Bloom Wellness just over two weeks ago is exactly the product she is offering to others.
The business at 1003 Washington St. in downtown Grafton provides wellness from within, with an integrative approach that treats the body as well as the mind.
“I have a really holistic whole body approach,” Autotte said. “I want people to live their best, healthiest, clearest version of themselves.”
She accomplishes that with a suite of products, including medical massages, red light sauna therapy, health coaching, foot soaks, detoxification and more.
Autotte is a passionate licensed massage therapist and integrative health practitioner. She has spent the last three years in the industry, mostly working within chiropractic offices. The massages she offers can bring relaxation to those feeling life’s stresses, but she is also trained to provide medical massages, focusing on clients’ aches, pains and range of motion issues, she said.
Autotte will host an open house and ribbon cutting from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday.
“I would love to talk to the public regarding all of the Full Bloom Wellness news and coming services in the near future,” she said.
Preparing her new space — a former pet grooming salon — included a complete gutting and rehabbing of the bathroom as well as adding a wall in the main room to create two treatment rooms.
She also replaced ceiling tiles and painted the space herself.
“I’ve never done that in my entire life,” laughed Autotte, an Oregon native.
Autotte will also add a store with nutritional supplements and books on an array of wellness topics, including spiritual health, mental health, physical health and healthy eating.
She also plans to provide gentle liver detoxes and a foot soak that pulls toxins from the body. Clients can follow that with time in the sauna, further detoxing the body, and finishing it off with a massage, Autotte said.
She is also partnering with a psychotherapist to allow clients to care for their mental health.
Autotte is thrilled with the response from the public so far. Her schedule has been filling up quickly, but said she always keeps several hours open a week for people who need urgent attention.
Her open house will give the public a chance to tour the new space, try out the red light therapy sauna, enjoy some food and get a chance to win gifts. Autotte will raffle off three 60–minute massage therapy sessions, three 30-minute red light sauna sessions, three 60-minute red light sauna sessions and one 60-minute massage and a 60-minute sauna.
“It’s a breath of fresh air. I feel like I’m walking in the most genuine part of me‚” she said of her new undertaking. “I want to help people feel that as well.”
To learn more, go to www.fullbloomwellness.life.