Restorative Bodywork

Couple's massage
Enjoy a massage side by side with your partner. Perfect for birthdays and anniversaries.

Pregnancy Massage
Pre-natal massage is specifically tailored for the expectant mother's needs. The mother's body must be properly positioned and supported during the massage, using pillows and padding. Proper positioning ensures comfort and safety for the mother and baby.

Swedish
This style of massage encourages development of muscular system by stimulating circulation, nerve supply and cell function. The work of the heart is reduced, production of blood cells is increased, and the vessel walls are toned.

Deep Tissue
Firm, constant compressions and strokes are applied parallel to the muscle fibers. This increases circulation to congested muscle groups.  The techniques are intended to affect the deeper structures of the musculoskeletal system.

Thai Massage
Also known as Nuad Bo Rarn, Thai is a beautiful and elegant 2,500 year old healing modality. This work consists of slow rhythmic compressions on the muscles, deep flowing stretches and thumb presses on specific energetic pathways. The basic theory of the work is to open and create space within the body, balancing it and allowing it the freedom to move and work harmoniously..
Thai Massage has been found to oxygenate the blood which aids in good circulation, and it "creates space in the body."

Tui Na
Tui Na is based upon the theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a system of thought and practice that has been painstakingly developed during 2000 years of critical thinking, clinical observation and testing.
A variety of hand techniques are used to apply force to the body in order to effect changes in the physical and energetic systems. It features primarily grasping, pressing, penetrating, rubbing methods that are used to stimulate acupoints, activate the channels and collaterals of the Qi energy system, and manipulate the soft tissue and articular relationships of the physical body.

Cranio Sacral
"Listening through the hands" to the body's subtle rhythms and any patterns of inertia or congestion. Through the development of subtle palpatory skills the practitioner can read the story of the body, identify places where issues are held and then follow the natural priorities for healing as directed by the patient’s own physiology.

Reiki
Reiki is a healing, balancing energy that comes through the Reiki channel. It is a cosmic energy that enters through the crown chakra at the top of the head, flows down through the body, expands the auric field and flows out through the hands.