Corey Costanzo, manager of Still Point Wellness, has been offering healing-arts classes at LEAF since he and his wife, Robin Fann-Costanzo, moved to the area five years ago. The couple lead a restorative yoga class with didgeridoo music, and they will also have two booths at the festival to represent their spa.

“It’s an incredible way to be at the festival, mainly because there is so much stimulation going on,” says Corey Costanzo. “There are a lot of people that really need a retreat into themselves. What I notice is that a lot people come to us with headaches or feeling really tired or drained. Or they’re sleeping on the floor camping, so their bodies are aching, and I really think that having an hour massage or even a 20-minute chair massage can really help somebody to just get away to have a little miniretreat into their bodies and into wellness that will help them to enjoy the festival even more.”

Corey Costanzo says growing up in a mafia ridden neighborhood helped him understand the challenges that plague today's at-risk youth. Join Food Sleuth Radio Host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Costanzo, coordinator of Kids at Work!, an Ashville, N.C.-based program that empowers youth through the culinary arts. Costanzo grew up in his father's pizzeria in Brooklyn, NY, and started cooking professionally at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA. He also holds a Master's degree in clinical psychology, which enables him to use the magic of mealtime to counsel youth.

The World Massage Festival and Massage Therapy Hall of Fame is not your usual "massage convention". Open to therapists, instructors and the general public, the Festival offers affordable, world class, hands-on continuing education.

A head-on motorcycle collision in Thailand sent Corey Costanzo, co-owner of Still Point Wellness, on an unexpected journey. “It was the middle of the night, and another motorcycle veered into my lane. It was really scary,” Costanzo recalls. “The other guy died.”