Myofascial Release seeks to rebalance the body by releasing tension in the fascia (connective tissue) that surrounds each muscle and interconnects all of the other internal parts of the body. Long, stretching strokes are utilized to release muscular tension and pain due to injury or stress. Releasing these restrictions allows us to discharge recurring emotional as well as physical pain.

Structural Integration focuses on the connective tissue, or fascia, increased body awareness, and movement education. Fascia surrounds muscles, groups of muscles, blood vessels, organs, and nerves, binding some structures together while permitting others to slide smoothly over each other. Tightened fascia pulls our muscles and skeleton out of proper alignment and posture, which can cause pain and discomfort. Structural Integration works to lengthen, stretch, and soften this tissue to improve body posture, balance, ease of movement, and a feeling of being more empowered.

Deep Tissue Massage is designed to relieve severe tension in the muscle and the connective tissue or fascia. This type of massage focuses on the muscles located below the surface of the top muscles. Deep tissue massage is often recommended for individuals who experience consistent pain, are involved in heavy physical activity, such as athletes, and patients who have sustained physical injury

Swedish Massage  refers to a variety of techniques specifically designed to relax muscles by applying pressure to them against deeper muscles and bones, and rubbing in the same direction as the flow of blood returning to the heart. It involves the use of kneading, stroking, friction, tapping, and vibration and may provide relief from stiffness, numbness, pain, constipation, and other health problems. The main purpose of Swedish Massage is to increase the oxygen flow in the blood and release toxins from the muscles.

CranioSacral Therapy acknowledges the body’s natural ability to self regulate its systems back to their optimal state. If your body has a natural ability to heal, what is stopping it? Your life is full of experiences which have influenced you, causing your operating systems to adapt. These adaptations often cause various dysfunctions. By considering a few situations such as mental traumas, accidents, physical pain, and environmental conditioning which has affected your body, you get an idea of how many different issues may be hindering your healing.

CST works directly with the main governing system of your body that performs this restorative work, the central nervous system, which is comprised of the brain and spinal cord. As a trained CST therapist, I know what a balanced flow state feels like in the craniosacral system. Based upon the feedback information during the evaluation, soft-touch techniques are applied to release blockages and allow the body to self regulate, bringing relief from a variety of symptoms. A CST session may be performed with a client fully clothed or incorporated into a massage therapy session. To learn more about CST visit http://www.upledger.com/therapies/faq.php

The premise of Energetic Healing is that unhealthy conditions, disease and pain are a result of an imbalance in our energy field. Every living thing pulses with energy. We have a human energy field that extends three to four feet from our body acting as a highly sensitive perceptual center that transmits information to and from our body and the environment. This field has been scientifically measured and acknowledged as an important factor that affects the health and well-being of our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual existence. Energetic Healing is the art and science of listening into the subtleties of the energy field, then restoring the distortions and imbalances and depletions caused by stressful lifestyles and traumas. The restoration of the energy field balances the cells in our tissues and organs, bringing a renewed function to all systems in the body and enhancing the body’s abilities to heal itself. The alignment of the energy fields also brings a change in our mental and emotional states allowing good health and well being to be established.