They say you give the massage you want to recieve
For many many years, I was in pain and wanted--no needed--someone to give me an effective massage, but no matter how incredible the massage was, my body would almost immediately drift back to its old, painful patterns.
Nothing worked because the pain didn't come from bad posture or a discrete accident--the pain was a result of the way I was in the world.
A lifetime of obsessiveness, daydreaming, and reading had warped my posture. People would say "stand up straight," and I'd try, futilely tugging against the shortened muscles of my abdomen and ribcage. The result: standing "up straight" felt horrible and foreign. And made my back hurt worse.
By my mid-twenties, joint pain, TMJ dysfunction, and migraines, became the primary problem area in my life. It interfered with everything. I began to research, eventually studying yoga, reiki, and massage. During the program, I found myself drawn to neuromuscular therapy--a modality that relies on using referral patterns to help trace pain back to an originating trigger point(s). Releasing trigger points can sometimes allow for an entire chain of muscles to reorient itself. It's an incredible tool for helping us remodel ourselves. But while bodywork can be lifechanging and profoundly effective, for results to last, body work has to be seen as one way of reclaiming one's relationship with being.
No one treatment could stick until I found a way to be okay with being alive. At some point early on, some part of me rejected the whole idea of "being a person." As I worked on my body, I uncovered foundational beliefs that being alive is a disgusting series of embarrassments. Out of disgust, I had learned to operate as a watcher of my life, conceptualizing my body as somehow outside of myself. This led to extreme dissociation. By my late thirties, I couldn't feel present in large sections of my body. They I could only move forward once I paired healing my relationship with embodiment with specific, effective NMT based massage. By treating myself as a whole, I was able to rebuild my physical self. To become my actual self. It was not easy. In my most stubborn muscles, I found old feelings, memories and outdated stories. My ego would act up, wanting to turn away, and so I learned the value of sitting with the discomfort, bearing quiet witness. By re-learning how to be, I reclaimed myself. And with that reclamation, came a great treasure: the incredible experience of body-thinking. A deep, old intelligence.
I graduated from a 1290 clock hour program in Massage Therapy where I received extensive training in anatomy/physiology and many massage modalities. Since graduating from massage school, I've worked with chiropractors on hundreds of patients. Her experience has taught her how to listen to and collaborate with people to provide effective care and educate people on how their body works and what they can do for themselves to continue their healing journey.
Nothing worked because the pain didn't come from bad posture or a discrete accident--the pain was a result of the way I was in the world.
A lifetime of obsessiveness, daydreaming, and reading had warped my posture. People would say "stand up straight," and I'd try, futilely tugging against the shortened muscles of my abdomen and ribcage. The result: standing "up straight" felt horrible and foreign. And made my back hurt worse.
By my mid-twenties, joint pain, TMJ dysfunction, and migraines, became the primary problem area in my life. It interfered with everything. I began to research, eventually studying yoga, reiki, and massage. During the program, I found myself drawn to neuromuscular therapy--a modality that relies on using referral patterns to help trace pain back to an originating trigger point(s). Releasing trigger points can sometimes allow for an entire chain of muscles to reorient itself. It's an incredible tool for helping us remodel ourselves. But while bodywork can be lifechanging and profoundly effective, for results to last, body work has to be seen as one way of reclaiming one's relationship with being.
No one treatment could stick until I found a way to be okay with being alive. At some point early on, some part of me rejected the whole idea of "being a person." As I worked on my body, I uncovered foundational beliefs that being alive is a disgusting series of embarrassments. Out of disgust, I had learned to operate as a watcher of my life, conceptualizing my body as somehow outside of myself. This led to extreme dissociation. By my late thirties, I couldn't feel present in large sections of my body. They I could only move forward once I paired healing my relationship with embodiment with specific, effective NMT based massage. By treating myself as a whole, I was able to rebuild my physical self. To become my actual self. It was not easy. In my most stubborn muscles, I found old feelings, memories and outdated stories. My ego would act up, wanting to turn away, and so I learned the value of sitting with the discomfort, bearing quiet witness. By re-learning how to be, I reclaimed myself. And with that reclamation, came a great treasure: the incredible experience of body-thinking. A deep, old intelligence.
I graduated from a 1290 clock hour program in Massage Therapy where I received extensive training in anatomy/physiology and many massage modalities. Since graduating from massage school, I've worked with chiropractors on hundreds of patients. Her experience has taught her how to listen to and collaborate with people to provide effective care and educate people on how their body works and what they can do for themselves to continue their healing journey.
Pricing
1 Hour Session: $75.00
Available by appointment Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays
Available by appointment Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays