Eradicate chronic pain

Accelerate injury recovery

Restore tissue resilience

Friction Therapy involves strumming across the grain of a damaged structure such as a ligament, tendon, joint capsule, fascial sheath, or muscle belly.

The strumming action breaks up adhesive scar tissue and stimulates the production of new capillaries to nourish and clean up the micro-environment of the tissue, and the activity of fibroblast cells which lay down new collagen to restore most of the structure’s original strength and springiness.

The great majority of chronic pain can be eliminated by these means.

This method feels a little annoying, and may leave you a little sore, maybe even with a small bruise in some cases, but after a number of sessions you will notice improvement, and after a few more, the pain you were experiencing will be gone.

Ease tension

Interrupt old patterns

Process shock and trauma

Increase fluid movement

Cranio Sacral Therapy involves very light touch, which works with the tiny rhythmic motions that occur throughout the body.  Many people have found relief from a range of health issues from headaches to cerebral palsy with the help of Cranio Sacral Therapy.

CST’s theory is predicated on the idea that the fluid which surrounds the brain and spinal cord has a rhythm by which it increases and decreases in pressure, and every system throughout the body responds to this rhythm.  With practice, the rhythm can be felt and interacted with, sometimes resulting in profound benefit.

The main guiding principle of CST is to assist the process of healing that is already present within the client.

I’m currently enrolled in the Cranio Sacral Therapist certification program through the Upledger Institute.

Take your wellness into your own hands!

Massage is like restoring the hardware, and movement work is like updating the software.

Prevent future tension and pain, increase your coordination, move with ease, comfort, efficiency, and power.

If you already live an active lifestyle, Movement Education will enhance your performance and endurance.

Unlike typical exercise, the movement lessons you will learn are all done in a slow, comfortable fashion, with a focus on feeling the details of the movement.

If offer five to ten minute movement lessons as part of some bodywork sessions.

Ease pain and free up movement restrictions

Treat unexplained chronic pain

A lot of people think that if they feel pain somewhere, it’s because there’s something wrong with the tissue in the part of the body they feel the pain.  This is not always the case.  In fact, much chronic pain is felt in areas of the body which have no tissue damage, and no irregular muscle tension.  Even though you may feel like those muscles are tight, it is actually a feeling of pain which you are interpreting as tension, combined with an automatic limiting of your range of motion by involuntary contractions when you try to do certain movements.  This is a protective mechanism, but it can sometimes overreact.

The nerve fibers which pick up painful signals all have their outer-most ends in the skin.  By moving certain areas of the skin very gently, the entire nerve can be stimulated without the perception of any type of threat.  This resets the pain signal by replacing it with the sensation of the skin stretch and interrupts the neurological pattern that has been producing the pain and movement limitation.

Speed injury recovery, and revitalize deep muscles.

This therapy focuses on remodeling the deeper muscles and fascial tissue, as well as flushing out areas of poor circulation.  Deep Tissue Massage is perfect for those who benefit from an intense tissue overhaul.

Improve posture, free movement restrictions, refine muscle control, and enhance overall health.

If you’ve benefited from Rolfing, Structural Integration, Myofascial Release, or any type of Somatic Education, you’ll love this work!

This therapy uses slow, specific myofascial strokes combined with active movement techniques and nervous system retraining exercises to free the client from the cycle that results in imbalances in the body’s tensile structure.

Structural Bodywork is offered as a series, including postural and gait analyses.

All sessions are a combination of therapies, but if myofascial work interests you the most, and your system responds well to it, it will be emphasized over the others.

Improve coordination and balance

Improve structural alignment

Resolve emotional tensions

Enhance clarity and effortlessness

During a Zero Balancing session, the client remains fully clothed and lies face up, while the practitioner applies a series of curved pulls to key areas of the skeleton.  The touch can be gentle or firm, but always feels safe and supportive.

Zero Balancing addresses the physical structure as well as the energy flow of the deepest and most enduring part of a person, the bones.

Standing up after a Zero Balancing, the client feels a new organization of their body and mind, including easier balance and a sense of peace and simplicity.  This work not only helps with bodily issues, but makes one’s life easier to navigate.

Because we are working at a level which is deeper than thoughts and emotions, there is nothing dramatic or cathartic about the session.  Issues seem to be resolved from underneath their feet, without the need to relive any trauma or examine any personal story.

I’m currently enrolled in the Zero Balancing certification program through the Zero Balancing Health Association.

Maintain muscle and nerve health, maximize performance, speed recovery, and feel great to get the rest you need.

Sports massage covers a wide range of techniques, but tends to include a combination of circulatory and deep tissue work, as well as movement education, passive and active stretching, and active muscle release.

Sooth away stress and tension, enhance circulation, reduce muscle soreness, accelerate injury recovery.

Swedish Massage uses luxurious gliding strokes, kneading, wringing, cross fiber, and jostling techniques as well as passive stretching to maintain the health and chemical balance of your muscles, skin, and fascia, and to sooth and comfort your nerves.

All sessions are a combination of therapies, but more Swedish Massage may be emphasized if it meets your needs and preferences the best.

Ease bodily tension, enhance a naturally restorative state, leave feeling brand new, even days later!

A combination of Structural Bodywork and Energetic Bodywork, Deep Massage is one of the most profoundly effective therapies for restoring overall balance.  Done with little or no lotion, this technique uses firm gliding strokes, deep fiber spreading, myofascial lengthening, and pressure point techniques, all with a keen focus on nervous system activity and client comfort to gently unwind tension in both the superficial and deep muscle layers.

All sessions are a combination of therapies, but Deep Massage may be emphasized if that fits the needs and preferences of the client.  Deep Massage goes great with Zero Balancing.