Meet Our Team
Specializing in integrating massage, health and wellness.
Here at Hands and Soul we love what we do, we love our patients and we love that you leave here better than when you arrived. Meet our practitioners below and explore the treatment options available and the best fit specialist for you.

Our Story
Hands and Soul Integrative Massage Health and Wellness is where you come to heal. We have brought together an elite group of healers to best customize your healing needs. We offer massage therapy, medical massage, oncology massage, & neuromuscular cupping therapy with our athletic trainer, earth based healing, reiki healing as well as reiki master training. We pride ourselves in healing the mind body and spirit.
We provide:
Pain relief; pain management, stress relief, a better sense of well being.
Meet The Team

Amanda Thomes
Owner, LMT, Reiki Master Teacher
P: (207) 272-4274. E: amanda.thomes@gmail.com
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Amanda graduated from Spa Tech Institute in 2002 as a Licensed Massage Therapist. Spa Tech i s now located in Westbrook, Maine.
In 2013 Amanda completed her certification training in releasing the rotator cuff. She adds, “shoulder problems and injury are my specialty”. In 2016 Amanda went on to complete her certification in Holy Fire ll Karuna Reiki Master Training.
Amanda began her first five years in practice at Moore Chiropractic Center alongside Roy Moore, in Windham, ME. She then ventured out renting space at Innovations Hair Salon where she practiced massage therapy and Reiki healing. Since then Amanda opened her own practice Hands And Soul Integrative Massage, Health, and Wellness in 2019. Amanda’s practice is now located back to her roots at Moore Chiropractic Center in Windham, ME.
At the age of nine years old she knew, and told her parents, that she would be a body worker. She attributes her calling to her loving Mother and Father.
Amanda has said “I love this work and continuing my education/training in many other healing modalities, to better suit the needs of many. I’m enjoying creating a space for various types of healers and therapists to come and tailor/treat with their own individual specific needs. I am honored to have these gifts and the ability to share them with others. The Earth and people need healing now more than ever before”
Amanda is excited to bring a team of healers together with all different techniques and modalities. To create a sacred healing space, that all are welcome. Healing is never ending. Hands and Soul. “Where you come to heal.”

Kendra Jensen Gobeil
LMT, CLT, Reiki Healer
P: (207) 577-2759 E: KJmassagetherapy@yahoo.com
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Kendra graduated from Spa Tech Institute’s Therapeutic Program in 2009, giving her over 14 years of experience. Since then, she has taken many continuing education courses, including Reiki Level II training, Stretch and Flexibility Coach certification through NASM and most recently her Lymphedema Therapist Certification, completing a 135 hour course through ACOLS. As a Massage Therapist, she is best known for her Deep Tissue technique.
As a Certified Lymphedema Therapist, she is excited to be able to help the lymphedema community, and the general public with her Manual Lymphatic Drainage techniques. Kendra is known for her ability to achieve her clients' exact goals and needs through one-on-one assessments and her intuition. She is so eager to provide members of the community with the healing power of massage and lymphatic therapy to assist in living a more serene, pain free life.

India Bell
ATC, Neuromuscular Cupping Therapy
P: (207) 595-2213 E: indiaraebell@gmail.com
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India is our Certified Athletic Trainer who provides cupping, reiki and therapeutic exercise services. She was board certified in 2014 and also works as a sports medicine professional for local high school sports. She has additional training in nutrition, massage and functional exercise. It is her intention to address the root cause of your pain and treat holistically so that you can return to the activities that empower you to grow.

Samantha Hale
Aesthetician
P: (207) 572-1072 E: samanthahale10@yahoo.com
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Samantha has worked in the wellness industry for over two decades as both a licensed massage therapist and licensed aesthetician. For the last several years she has focused her energy in the medical aesthetics setting. Gathering a wealth of education and experience on the latest medical treatments such as, microneedling, laser, coolsculpting, emsculpt, and more. Samantha is now offering her years of experience at Hands and Soul. Every treatment she offers is tailored to your individual needs. Whether you want a relaxing facial to help hydrate your dry skin and relax your mind or, a more in depth peel to erase signs of aging and sun damage. It can all be achieved here at Hands and Soul.

Kora Hunter
Tarot & Astrological Chart Reading, Reiki Healer
P: (207) 899-9794 E: warriorhealing21@gmail.com
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Kora combines Healing-based Tarot and Astrology readings to provide you with the confirmation and information to give you direction and faith in yourself and the universe.
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Alison Bender, LMT
P: (207)520-7626
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Alison graduated in April 2023 from Spatech. Though new to the industry, she is fresh off absorbing all the techniques taught in the therapeutic massage program, giving her a variety of tools to draw from during treatments. Alison is especially proficient in combining deep tissue massage and myofascial release, with the intent of getting the most lasting results from each session. Each treatment is designed with the client to address the client’s specific needs, but generally a whole body approach is taken, as Alison firmly believes that everything in the body is connected.

Kat Darling, LMT
Kathryn Darling graduated from Spa Tech in 2022. Since, she has worked to hone and dedicate her craft; she’s practiced cupping, assisted stretching and other various forms of PNF, pregnancy, oncology, polarity, and much more! She’s an incredibly passionate individual who specializes in cranial work, polarity, swedish, and deep tissue! She both believes and values healing touch and guarantees you’ll leave her table feeling cared for. Her plans for her practice will continue to grow and should include myofascial release, sports massage, and hospice! Book with her and your body will thank you.
