Where physical recovery meets spiritual restoration.

Lets find the root of your pain physical, spiritual, or both.

Therapeutic massage, Reiki, and holistic healing in Austin, Texas.

Where physical recovery meets spiritual restoration.

Lets find the root of your pain physical, spiritual, or both.

Therapeutic massage, Reiki, and holistic healing in Austin, Texas.

"What fuels your spirit fuels your body." — Caroline Myss

"What fuels your spirit fuels your body." — Caroline Myss

Care for Body & Soul

Healing the physical and metaphysical

Healing is not one thing. Your body holds stress, tension, and the weight of everyday life, and it asks for different care on different days. Melissa works with the whole picture: the physical and the energetic, the nervous system and the spirit. Some sessions are hands-on bodywork. Some go deeper. Every one is shaped around what you actually need.

Services

Different phases of healing.

Every session is different because every body is different.

Lymphatic Drainage
Lymphatic Drainage

Gentle lymphatic drainage massage to reduce swelling, support circulation, and restore flow. 60 or 90 min.

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Special Services

Deep work. By request only.

These sessions are for people who are ready to go further. Melissa screens each client personally before booking.

Kambo
Kambo

A ceremonial purge used for physical and spiritual clearing. Melissa screens each client personally before booking.

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Somatic Release Breathwork
Somatic Release Breathwork

Breathwork that accesses and releases stored tension from the nervous system at a cellular level.

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Sound Healing
Sound Healing

Singing bowls and vibrational tools to shift your body's state from the inside out. Deeply restorative.

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Ceremonial Cacao
Ceremonial Cacao

Heart-opening plant medicine used in intentional ceremony. Shared space. Real connection.

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About Melissa

Melissa has been doing this work for over 15 years.

She is licensed, experienced, and deeply committed to meeting each client exactly where they are. You will not get a cookie-cutter session. You will get her full attention, her full toolkit, and real communication throughout. Athletes come to her for recovery. People come to her with things they have never said out loud. Both leave feeling seen.

Melissa Loya headshot, owner of Moon Moth Body care and soul

Licensed Practitioner

15+ years of bodywork and energy healing

Inside Big Tex Gym

Austin, TX — in-person sessions

Physical + Spiritual

Sports massage, Reiki, Kambo, Somatic work, and more

What Clients Say

Real sessions. Real results.

Real sessions. Real results.

From athletes recovering from injury to people working through things they'd never said out loud.

From athletes recovering from injury to people working through things they'd never said out loud.

Working with Melissa has genuinely changed my life.

If you've been looking for real support, real guidance, and healing work that actually works, this is it. You found her. Truly, stop here. Do not pass up this invitation.

I've come to Melissa through many different seasons of transformation, and every single time, she has met me exactly where I was. Whether through massage, bodywork, Reiki, breathwork, hapé, or Kambo ceremony, Melissa brings a level of skill, compassion, honesty, and attunement that is rare to find.

She is not performing healing work. She is living it.

Melissa is the kind of healer who does not make you dependent on her. She empowers you to trust yourself. She reflects your own wisdom, strength, and capacity back to you until you can feel your own power again.

My willingness to let Melissa hold and steward sacred space for me has supported me in accessing something I can only describe as heaven on earth, even in the middle of life's most painful seasons.

In a world saturated with marketing, misinformation, and people claiming to "do the work," Melissa is the real deal. I've worked with many spiritual teachers, healers, and practitioners over the last 13 years, and there are only a few I would describe as truly exceptional. Melissa is one of them.

She is deeply gifted, deeply grounded, and deeply devoted to helping people come home to themselves. If life has brought you to her, I believe it is worth paying attention.

Liv Thompson

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Book what your body needs.

Most services are booked directly through Square. Pick your service and choose a time that works.

Energy Work

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Some forms of healing ask for a different kind of space. These sessions support emotional release, energetic clearing, and deeper connection, and begin with a personal consultation with Melissa.

Kambo

Somatic Release Breathwork

Sound Healing

Ceremonial Cacao

Massage

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Melissa adapts each session to support your body's needs that day. Additional techniques such as cupping, gua sha, or hot stone therapy may be used when helpful and are included at no extra cost.

30, 60, or 90 min available

Prenatal massage

Sports massage

Deep tissue

Lymphatic Drainage

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Using light, intentional pressure, this treatment supports healthy lymphatic flow and circulation. Popular before travel, events, and competition to help manage fluid retention and puffiness.

Reduces puffiness and swelling

Bodybuilder peak week / pre-event

Light, gentle pressure

Deeply relaxing

FAQ

Got questions?

Everything you need to know before booking your first session with Melissa.

Where is Moon Moth Body Care & Soul located?

Moon Moth BCS is inside Big Tex Gym in Austin, TX. All sessions with Melissa are in person at that location.

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