Erin Vaughan is a licensed and nationally certified massage therapist. Her primary specialties are trigger point therapy and combining deeper physical work with an understanding of energetic principles. She has provided massage to patients in cardiac, arthritis, cancer, and pulmonary rehabilitation and weight loss programs at Duke. She is also certified in prenatal massage.
Vaughan has studied Oriental diagnosis and Shiatsu with master teacher Ohashi. She also completed a two-year apprenticeship combining Eastern and Western massage techniques. The practices of yoga, including physical exercises, meditation, and chanting, bring a depth to Vaughan's understanding of the body and mind and inform her work as a massage therapist. Vaughan has studied yoga since 1996, completing a teacher training and over 400 hours in advanced studies.
She received a BS in biology in 1996 from Wake Forest University, where she studied cell biology, microscopy, and anatomy. She has completed graduate work in electron microscopy, neurophysiology, and cadaver anatomy. In addition to her massage work and teaching yoga classes, she teaches courses in trigger point therapy, anatomy, pathology, and comparative physical and energetic anatomy.
