Meet
Dwan Elani
MASSAGE THERAPIST, WELLNESS COACH, SPA DEVELOPER AND CONSULTANT • DWAN ELANI LLC.
DWAN ELANI REMEMBERS A TRANSFORMATIONAL MOMENT
IN HER LIFE. She was watching TV and the show featured a
massage therapist. She was only in third grade.
Intrigued with the movements of the massage therapist, she
thought, “I want to do that!”
“It was weird because at that stage in life, your imagination is
full throttle with ideas of careers,” Elani says. “You know the
typical things like doctor, police officer, firefighter, etc.
“For me, it was very different. It wasn’t my imagination at all.
I knew I would be a massage therapist like I knew how to spell
my name.”
Ever since, Elani has followed her childhood dream in Albany,
Georgia, which is where she was born and raised and later
graduated from Albany State University.
Now in her 11th year in the spa
industry, Elani is a licensed
massage therapist, wellness
coach, spa developer and
“For me, it was very
different. It wasn’t
my imagination at
all. I knew I would
be a massage
therapist like I knew
how to spell my name.”
consultant at DwanElani
LLC.
Her dream has evolved
from just being a massage
therapist to someone who
advocates for total wellness.
After being diagnosed with
Crohn’s Disease in 2009, Elani
decided to dive deeper. She
learned from her studies in massage
school that the body reacts to everything,
so she looked at wellness from a comprehensive
aspect and learned that the disease was a physical response to
emotional trauma from earlier in her life.
“Wellness is my passion and my assignment,” Elani says. “We
all have an assignment; some spend their lives trying to figure it
out. I am so thankful I discovered mine at an early age.”
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