Services
Treatments may be combined in one visit or scheduled individually.
Please see "Contact" page to request an appointment.
Please see "Contact" page to request an appointment.
THE TRAGER APPROACH (student-in-training)
The Trager Approach, developed by Dr. Milton Trager (1902-1997), is a form of mind/body education that invites the receiver to explore: "What could be easier? Lighter? More spacious? Freer?" It is practiced clothed and uses no oils or lotions. In tablework, the practitioner invites the receiver to explore these questions with a soft, curious touch that rocks, jiggles, softens, invites elongation, and a letting go of weight and tension, Off the table, we explore, through images and movement ("Mentastics"), creative and easeful ways the body can move throughout the day, to sustain learning and a relaxed ease of being between visits. I have recently returned from the 2nd of 3 levels of professional training. My required practice sessions are offered by donation. I learn more every day through giving and receiving, reading, watching videos of Dr. Trager's teaching, and my own coaching sessions.
My experience with Trager also adds depth and deliciousness to Swedish massage which I continue to practice as well.
By donation. Recommended time: 75 minutes.
See below for an introductory video by one of my Trager instructors.
The Trager Approach, developed by Dr. Milton Trager (1902-1997), is a form of mind/body education that invites the receiver to explore: "What could be easier? Lighter? More spacious? Freer?" It is practiced clothed and uses no oils or lotions. In tablework, the practitioner invites the receiver to explore these questions with a soft, curious touch that rocks, jiggles, softens, invites elongation, and a letting go of weight and tension, Off the table, we explore, through images and movement ("Mentastics"), creative and easeful ways the body can move throughout the day, to sustain learning and a relaxed ease of being between visits. I have recently returned from the 2nd of 3 levels of professional training. My required practice sessions are offered by donation. I learn more every day through giving and receiving, reading, watching videos of Dr. Trager's teaching, and my own coaching sessions.
My experience with Trager also adds depth and deliciousness to Swedish massage which I continue to practice as well.
By donation. Recommended time: 75 minutes.
See below for an introductory video by one of my Trager instructors.
SWEDISH RELAXATION & PROBLEM FOCUSED MASSAGE
Swedish massage is performed without clothing with you tucked under a sheet/blanket and typically employs oil/lotion. Techniques include gliding, friction, squeezing/kneading, vibration and various percussive uses of the hands. It is performed at various levels of depth and pressure. Together we will fine-tune the degree of pressure & depth of work that produces the most relief for your body. Sessions can be full body, relaxation-based, or more specific and problem-focused. Gentle assisted stretching may also be used to mobilize stiff joints, increase circulation and lengthen soft tissues.
Bringing a deep background with the structure and function of the body developed through over 20 years of professional yoga teaching also allows me to be able to offer you safe, supportive suggestions of exercises you can perform on your own to support the progress we make together in these sessions.
$45/80/95/115
30/60/75/90 minutes
Swedish massage is performed without clothing with you tucked under a sheet/blanket and typically employs oil/lotion. Techniques include gliding, friction, squeezing/kneading, vibration and various percussive uses of the hands. It is performed at various levels of depth and pressure. Together we will fine-tune the degree of pressure & depth of work that produces the most relief for your body. Sessions can be full body, relaxation-based, or more specific and problem-focused. Gentle assisted stretching may also be used to mobilize stiff joints, increase circulation and lengthen soft tissues.
Bringing a deep background with the structure and function of the body developed through over 20 years of professional yoga teaching also allows me to be able to offer you safe, supportive suggestions of exercises you can perform on your own to support the progress we make together in these sessions.
$45/80/95/115
30/60/75/90 minutes
REIKI
Described by Reiki masters as "intelligent life force energy". Using the gentle healing power of interpersonal presence & attention, this natural life-force (chi, prana, vitality) flowing through us and all things is shared, unblocked and refreshed. Disruptions in the even flow of our life force can cause all sorts of distress: anxiety/depression, tension, cognitive impairment, insomnia, stagnation, and, left untreated, can lead to a compromised immune system and physical disease. The trained Reiki practitioner offers a channel through which this intelligent, restorative energy flows. Performed by laying hands on, or with the hands hovering over the body, with the receiver fully clothed in a seated or lying down position. Reiki can be added to a massage therapy session or practiced on its own.
$70/hr.
Described by Reiki masters as "intelligent life force energy". Using the gentle healing power of interpersonal presence & attention, this natural life-force (chi, prana, vitality) flowing through us and all things is shared, unblocked and refreshed. Disruptions in the even flow of our life force can cause all sorts of distress: anxiety/depression, tension, cognitive impairment, insomnia, stagnation, and, left untreated, can lead to a compromised immune system and physical disease. The trained Reiki practitioner offers a channel through which this intelligent, restorative energy flows. Performed by laying hands on, or with the hands hovering over the body, with the receiver fully clothed in a seated or lying down position. Reiki can be added to a massage therapy session or practiced on its own.
$70/hr.
INNER BODY FOCUSING
Inner Body Focusing is a therapeutic dialogue process combining elements of three complementary healing traditions:
Rogerian person-centered psychotherapy, mindfulness meditation, and Focusing
Below is a short demonstration of a Focusing-based conversation, which is similar to the work we will do together.
Inner Body Focusing is a therapeutic dialogue process combining elements of three complementary healing traditions:
Rogerian person-centered psychotherapy, mindfulness meditation, and Focusing
- Pioneering psychologist Carl Rogers (1902-1987) trusted his clients to direct their own psychotherapeutic process, believing that each person was born with an innate tendency towards their own growth and fulfillment, given the support of a safe, unconditionally accepting relationship.
- Mindfulness meditation teaches us to recognize, and rest in, awareness itself. Through meditation we can cultivate a compassionate and clear seeing heart & mind which helps us contain and integrate all our life conditions and experiences and live more harmoniously with ourselves and others.
- Inner Relationship Focusing is grounded in an all-inclusive, supportive awareness known as “Self-in-Presence” and teaches how to relate to everything in us from this awareness. It is a gently, empathically facilitated exploration of the places in ourselves where we feel life has gotten stuck, blocked, confused, we feel overwhelmed - where valuable inner experience and knowing waits to be received, understood, and integrated. Focusing was articulated by Eugene Gendlin, a psychology student of Carl Rogers in the mid 20th century. Through research he found that clients who benefitted most in psychotherapy had a natural ability to “focus” in on unclear, unacknowledged parts of themselves in a way which ultimately enabled the creative, forward moving energy of life to flow once more. He spent the rest of his life refining his articulation of the Focusing process, work his students around the world continue to develop and find creative new applications for today.
Below is a short demonstration of a Focusing-based conversation, which is similar to the work we will do together.
INDIVIDUALIZED MOVEMENT COACHING
May include:
YOGA Tailoring a sequence of yoga poses for particular wellness goals, fine tuning your experience of particular poses, and developing a more nurturing and pleasurable experience of your body.
MENTASTICS A playful, creative joining of movement and imagery to offer simpler, more easeful ways of being in your body which you can revisit throughout your day. This continues the learning we achieve in your bodywork sessions. Mentastics is a component of The Trager Approach which also develops a happier and more pleasurable experience of being alive in your body.
$50/hr.
May include:
YOGA Tailoring a sequence of yoga poses for particular wellness goals, fine tuning your experience of particular poses, and developing a more nurturing and pleasurable experience of your body.
MENTASTICS A playful, creative joining of movement and imagery to offer simpler, more easeful ways of being in your body which you can revisit throughout your day. This continues the learning we achieve in your bodywork sessions. Mentastics is a component of The Trager Approach which also develops a happier and more pleasurable experience of being alive in your body.
$50/hr.
