Therapeutic Bodywork

Therapeutic — is a combination of Swedish relaxation and Deep Tissue Massage tailored to one's individual needs.

Swedish — is a general systemic massage incorporating 5 main strokes of effleurage, pétrissage, compression, vibration, and tapotement to induce relaxation, promote circulation, and increase range of motion.

Deep Tissue Massage — is a method where as the practitioner frees the body of the myofascial connective tissue through deep pressure.

Neuromuscular — is a therapeutic system involving treatment protocols designed in order to facilitate a complete healing response of the musculoskeletal and neuronal system.

Thai Yoga Massage — tracing back 2500 years ago this technique resembles shiatsu where the practitioner applies pressure with palms and fingers to release meridian blockages. It also includes a series of passive stretches to energize and increase range of motion.

Shiatsu — is a technique where practitioners apply pressure from fingers, hands, elbows and knees to pressure points along invisible channels called meridians with the goal being to balance the energy, or ki, of the body.

Prenatal — is a relaxing and nurturing experience for the expectant mother.  Tight muscles with stress reducing strokes are soothed away while promoting well being for two.

Hawaiian Lomi Lomi — Hawaiian Temple Bodywork, Ke Ala Hoku, or Lomi Lomi Nui (the great massage) is an ancient and distinctive form of Lomi Lomi incorporating oil and long rhythmic movements of the practioner's forearm which will embrace you in gentle yet deeply profound cascading waves of relaxation.

Reflexology — is a technique of manipulating hands and feet in order to improve circulation, ease pain, and increase relaxation.

Hot Stone Therapy — is a process that involves use of an assortment of sizes of heated stones that are placed on strategic points or rubbed on the body producing a hydrotherapeutic response.

Reiki — is a very non-invasive energy massage. It soothes, calms and revitalizes one’s jangled nerves and mind. Reiki energy reaches the body down to it’s very cells, providing deep energetic nourishment needed for health and healing. Benefits reported by Reiki recipients include everything from relief of chronic pain to the lifting of insomnia, to the disappearance of cancer cells. Reiki benefits can be positively life transforming or just profoundly relaxing.