Carlie Love, LMBT, CIMI provides one on one elder care in Western North Carolina
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Carlie Love, LMBT, CIMI provides infant massage instruction to parents, caregivers, foster families, adoptive parents, and to families with children who have special needs in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Carlie Love, LMBT, CIMI | NC License #4470

Carlie Love is a seasoned Licensed Massage & Bodywork Therapist (LMBT) and a Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI) through the International Association of Infant Massage, founded by Vimala McClure. With over 20 years of experience, Carlie is passionate about supporting individuals and families through life’s most vulnerable and transformative seasons. As the founding mother of Hamsa Hands, her work bridges therapeutic bodywork, infant development, and compassionate elder support.

Her extensive education spans Deep Tissue Massage, Thai Bodywork, Lymphatic Drainage, Swedish Massage, Hawaiian Lomi Lomi, Aromatherapy, Reiki, Craniosacral Therapy, professional Infant Massage Instruction and more. This diverse clinical training allows her to create customized, results-oriented sessions designed to relieve pain, regulate the nervous system, and promote long-term wellness.

But Carlie’s work is more than professional training — it is generational.

Her mother was an orphaned at birth — a beginning that impressed upon Carlie the importance and lifelong impact of presence, protection, and being truly seen. Years later, when her own daughter was born three months premature and spent eight weeks in the Neo-natal Intenstive Care Unit (NICU), those early lessons deepened into purpose.

During that time, Carlie practiced Kangaroo Care daily — skin-to-skin contact proven to stabilize heart rate, breathing, temperature, and neurological development in premature infants. Witnessing the measurable power of therapeutic touch transformed her path. She pursued formal training and became a Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI), blending evidence-based practice with lived maternal experience.

From that season, K.I.M.™ — Kangaroo Infant Massage — was born. The name honors Kangaroo Care, Infant Massage, and her mother, Kim. It represents generational continuity, regulated presence, and intentional healing through touch.

Today, as a professional massage therapist and infant massage educator, Carlie supports clients from newborn days through elder years. Whether providing therapeutic massage for chronic pain, teaching parents how to build strong bonds with their babies, or sitting beside an aging adult in companion care, her approach remains consistent:

Skilled hands.
Steady presence.
Integrity in every season.

Carlie believes wellness is not just physical — it is relational, neurological, and generational. Her work integrates clinical knowledge with maternal leadership, creating a calm, grounded space where healing unfolds naturally.

Book with Carlie Love and experience the difference that intentional, informed touch can make.

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  • “Carlie’s work is skillful , attentive, and decadent. I was a client with her once a month for an extended period of time until I moved. I enjoyed how she was able to balance therapeutic body mechanics to ease long standing injuries with added elements of relaxation to help ease tensions from every day stress. I have recommended her to friends and will see her again when back in Asheville!”

    Rhiannon Joy, Yoga Instructor

  • “Having chronic pain from a long ago pinch nerve from my nursing days to neuropathy after a freak accident inflicting 2nd & 3rd degree burns to my everyday mal-alignment after long days working on a computer, Carlie has this intuitive ability to identify with a few simple touches what areas need which type of massaging techniques to leave you feeling less kinked, deeply relaxed, and lighter spirit than when you first walked into her beautiful studio. Carlie will be one of the best investments for your mind-body-spirit wellbeing.”

    Victoria Leigh, Registered Dietitian

  • “As a pediatric Physical Therapist primarily working with babies, whenever I recognize that my clients need the healing touch of infant massage, I turn to Carlie. Whether she is addressing GI discomfort, disregulated sleep patterns or muscle tension, Carlie’s highly skilled hands along with her gentle, intuitive nature always work their magic. As she provides her massage coaching, I’ve witnessed countless times mother and baby relax and attach in new ways under Carlie’s sensitive loving guidance.”

    Elizabeth McKinsey, Pediatric Physical Therapist

  • “Carlie is an exceptional massage therapist. I have a few compressed discs and have to be careful who o see. Carlie always leaves me feeling so much better, more flexible and deeply relaxed and at ease. I love her one and a half hour sessions especially and wish I could go more often. She is also wonderful with children’s massage.”

    Jeanne Lambert, Realtor

  • “If you are lucky enough to get on her books for a massage, it will be the best one you’ve ever had! I have been going exclusively to Carlie for 7 years now, and she just keeps getting better and better. How is that even possible? I suspect a lot of knowledge and skill. And bit of Magic…”

    Daniel Vincent, Web Designer

  • “I am so appreciative to have such an amazing, intuitive and knowledgeable massage therapist! Carlie is the only massage therapist I will go to now. Her heart is in her work and she is a true healer.”

    Katy Brooks, Registered Nurse

  • “Get ready to float away to a peaceful and gentle realm of relaxation! Carlie truly is a Massage Goddess. Her technique is superior, and her care is comprehensive. During our sessions, I'm in the liminal space between being awake and dreaming before I know it, unwinding from the stresses of life. Thank you, Carlie!!”

    Katy Ray, Licensed Massage Therapist