MiBoHe Wellness

Loyo's massage and stretching techniques can help relax tension, reduce stress and realign the body, she said.

"Someone who sits at a computer all day rolling their back [and] their neck, we can talk to them about [their] ergonomics," Loyo said.

With the new year, Loyo advises those resolving to increase their wellness in 2013 to consider incorporating massage into their plans for its physical and psychological benefits.

"There's a huge psychosomatic relationship between you and your body," Loyo said. "So when you get a massage, people will suddenly have a thought come up, or have an emotion. They'll have some kind of realization that, 'Oh gosh, I've been carrying the stress of this for a really long time. I just need to let this go.'"

Loyo also advises anyone who sets a resolution to lose weight, eat healthier or exercise more to set small, attainable goals. Wellness and nutrition coaching can help set incremental goals depending on each client's overall goal for the year.

"Many people set big goals at the beginning of the year, but they never really quantify it," Loyo said. That's part of what health coaching does, is it helps you set realistic goals and then figure out ways in which you can overcome the barriers that you're going to be encountering."

In the future, Loyo hopes to establish massage therapy as a viable health treatment and make MiBoHe a household name in massage.

"I want to be the Scott & White of massage therapy ... [when] you hear the name MiBoHe, you know you're going to get the best massage, the best-trained therapists, and they're going to be able to work with you," she said.

For now, she continues to show people massage therapy's physical benefits and how massage keeps the mind, body and heart aligned.

"That's really in line with the name that we chose for the company—the mind, body, heart—because it really is all connected," Loyo said.

MiBoHe Wellness, 501 S. Austin Ave., 512-686-1107, www.mibohe.com