About Us
Patricia Kulish
Salon Owner
Master Massage Therapist ~ Instructor
Naturopathic Aesthetician
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With over three decades of dedicated practice since 1991, Patricia brings a wealth of experience and genuine passion to her healing work as a Master Massage Therapist and Licensed Naturopathic Aesthetician. Her gentle, intuitive approach draws from a rich tapestry of therapeutic traditions, seamlessly blending the soothing benefits of Swedish massage and Lymphatic Drainage with targeted Trigger Point and Myofascial Release techniques when deeper work is needed.
Patricia's holistic philosophy embraces wisdom from around the world, incorporating elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Indian Ayurveda, Hawaiian Lomi Lomi, and Reiki Energy healing. Each session is thoughtfully customized to honor your unique needs and support your personal wellness journey.
Beginning her career as a theatrical makeup artist and designer, Patricia discovered her calling in skincare and aesthetics. As a Licensed Naturopathic Aesthetician, she offers rejuvenating anti-aging facials, customized peels, and specialized facial massage techniques that nurture both skin and spirit. Her aesthetic services include custom and specialty facials as well as traditional Ayurvedic facials paired with the deeply relaxing Shiro Abhyanga massage.
Patricia's commitment to excellence extends beyond her practice through her work as an educator and mentor. As a certified instructor and continuing education provider, she has guided undergraduate Massage Therapy students and continues to share her expertise with Licensed Massage Therapists. Her holistic approach also encompasses Reiki energy work, reflexology, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), and hypnotherapy, offering clients multiple pathways to wellness. Her greatest joy comes from inspiring others and witnessing the profound healing that occurs when mind, body, and spirit are brought into harmony.
Alicia Courtney
Salon Manager
Massage Therapist ~ Holistic Aesthetician
Energy Healer
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Alicia brings over 20 years of compassionate, trauma-informed practice to her work as a holistic healer and wellness guide. Her journey has been one of deep personal transformation, which profoundly shapes her understanding of the healing process and her commitment to creating truly safe, sacred spaces for every individual who seeks her care.
Drawing from her lived experience with c-PTSD, generational trauma, neurodiversity, and chronic pain, Alicia approaches each session with profound empathy and understanding. She recognizes that healing happens not just in the body, but in the heart and spirit as well. Her extensive continued training as a Trauma-Conscious Practitioner, Reiki Master, Shamanic Art Life Coach, and Doula enables her to hold space for clients through all stages of their wellness journey, honoring both their vulnerability and their innate wisdom.
Alicia's practice encompasses a beautiful integration of therapeutic modalities designed to nurture whole-person healing. Her signature Sacred Reiki Lomi Flow Healings blend ancient Hawaiian massage traditions with energy work, while her Swedish and Lomi-Lomi sessions incorporate chakra balancing and sound healing to address both physical tension and energetic imbalances. She specializes in prenatal and postpartum care, understanding the profound transformation that occurs during these sacred transitions. For those experiencing chronic pain, she offers gentle yet effective techniques including therapeutic scraping, cupping, hot stone therapy, and specialized headache relief—always adapting her approach to honor each person's unique needs and comfort level.
At the heart of Alicia's practice is her belief that every person deserves to feel seen, heard, understood, and valued. She views each interaction as a sacred opportunity for transformation and connection, recognizing that true healing occurs when we feel safe to be vulnerable and authentic. She loves witnessing clients reconnect with their inner wisdom, embrace their natural beauty, and step into their own sovereignty.
Alicia considers it both an honor and a privilege to walk alongside others on their healing journey, creating a sanctuary where self-care becomes not just a practice, but a pathway to profound personal transformation.
Jacques Morris
Master Stylist
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Jacques Morris moved to Fayetteville 23 years ago to begin their career as a stylist. They spent the first two years of their styling career as an apprentice to further their education, and maximize their skills. Jacques learned early into their career that communication with clients is the key that unlocks the door to people looking and feeling their best. They have been nationally published twice for hair cutting and coloring, and specialize in color formulation, hair cutting, and most of all, communicating in such a way that sharing your vision of style will be effortless. In 2012, Jacques' passion for communicating led them to be certified as a life and business coach. They own a coaching company called THE CENTRE OF YOU, and they believes their certification has just furthered their ability to connect with clients. Jacques sees clients on a by-appointment basis, and always welcomes new clients into their chair. They also believes that when people feel good about themselves, they make others feel good, and it is their delight and honor to continue spreading that energy into our world.
Ivy Shaffer
Master Stylist
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Ivy Shaffer moved to Fayetteville from Eureka Springs over a decade ago and found her work family with White Lotus in 2016 and hasn't looked back since. She has been in the beauty industry for over 20 years and is passionate about creating bonds with her clients. Ivy was confident at an early age that making others feel good about themselves is something she wanted to do for the rest of her life. Her specialties include modern cuts for men, women, and children, color, highlights, Ombre, Balayage, Brazilian blowout, and eyebrow and lip waxing.
Andrea Hammond
Master Stylist
Andrea has been in the beauty industry for over thirty years and owned "Salon on the Square" in downtown Fayetteville for seven years. Her professional passions are curly hair, color, highlights, special occasion hair, and cutting/styling hair for men, women, and children. She is an advocate for healthy hair and uses ammonia-free organic color and perms as well as Redken color. "My focus is to help others feel beautiful on the inside as well as the outside. I believe that how we feel about ourselves determines how we see others in this world. We should strive every day to become happier, healthier and wiser to make our world a better place ."
Janice Stone
Master Stylist
Janice brings over 30 years of professional experience to Northwest Arkansas. She is the former owner of De Leon and Stone ~ The Salon on Third in Little Rock, Arkansas, and relocated with her family to Fayetteville in 2021 and joined the team. Janice specializes in cuts and color with an emphasis on quality customer care. She receives high praise from her Little Rock Clientele and looks forward to bringing her same signature service to White Lotus Salon. We welcome her!
Leah Parsons
Massage Therapist ~ Reiki Master
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Leah is an Arkansas Native and has been devoted to the healing art of massage therapy since beginning massage school in 2016. She has been blessed to receive guidance from many practitioners over the years and has used massage therapy as the top treatment for her own healing and management of PTSD and chronic pain. Leah is a Highly Sensitive Person and feels that massage therapy and reiki healing are essential to maintaining her health and vitality. Needless to say, her heart and passion is in this work. Leah has been studying Reiki Healing for 3 years and recently completed her Reiki Master Training. She is trained in Deep Tissue, Swedish, Prenatal, Cranial Sacral, Lomi Lomi, Usui/Holy Fire Reiki, and Barefoot Myofascial Massage. She blends the techniques she has developed into a unique service for each client that is based on their specific needs and focuses on holistic treatment of chronic stress and pain. Music is a massive component to Leah's sessions as she believes in the power of healing music and believes that it assists in releasing stagnant emotional energy. In her free time, you can find her learning new skills to offer on the massage table, enjoying Mother Nature with her pup Zoe, spending time with friends and family, meditating and cooking nutritious meals for herself and loved ones. Leah is a devoted therapist and is greatly honored to share this ancient work with her fellow humans!
Cecillee Duncan
Massage Therapist
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Cecillee has been licensed since 2009. In addition to being an LMT she holds a certification in personal training with a specialization in corrective exercise.
This makes her an excellent choice for anyone looking for education on how to increase postural awareness, improve movement patterns, and balance muscles. She seeks to create understanding for her clients that goes with them long after their massage session.
Sessions are highly tailored to each individual client. Sometimes clients arrive and really just want to relax. In these cases sessions can feel more passive while she works with modalities designed to activate the parasympathetic nervous system like cranial sacral, still point induction, and slow sustained pressure.
In other situations, clients may have a more specific issue and sessions may be more active with more engagement through PNF stretching, muscle balancing, and isometric contractions. These approaches help to reset nerve firing patterns and allow the client to develop a greater mind/body connection.
Cecillee has built a solid foundation of regular clients that return to her again and again as well as strong word of mouth referrals. Let this testify to her skill and care for this work.
You can reach out to her directly at 479-966-9811 to book an appointment or schedule with her online.
KELLY LUKER
Aesthetician ~ Massage Therapist
Brow & Lash Artist
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With a passion for integrative healing, Kelly has been a licensed aesthetician since 2006 and brings a thoughtful and personalized approach to massage therapy and aesthetics. Her treatments are grounded in an evidence-based philosophy that blends holistic wellness with proven therapeutic techniques. She specializes in Swedish and deep tissue massage, offering sessions that promote deep relaxation, relieve chronic muscle tension, and restore physical and emotional balance.
Kelly’s approach to massage is intuitive yet structured, combining her extensive knowledge of anatomy and body systems with a nurturing, intentional touch. Whether addressing muscular strain, stress, or overall wellness, her sessions are tailored to meet the unique needs of each client.
Outside of her practice, Kelly is a devoted mother and the steward of a 70-acre ranch in Eureka Springs, where she raises an eclectic mix of animals, including purebred Maine Coon cats and fainting goats. Her connection to the land and the animals she cares for brings a grounded, calming energy to her work. This harmony between science, nature, and healing is at the heart of her philosophy: that wellness begins with feeling safe, supported, and seen.
Kelly is honored to be part of the White Lotus team and looks forward to helping clients find comfort, relief, and renewed vitality through her therapeutic bodywork and holistic skin care services.