BOSTON MASSAGE + REIKI STUDIO
MASSAGE THERAPY
I specialize in precise + focused, deeply healing massage with Reiki, especially for pain and restriction near chakra four, the heart chakra, which often accompanies upper back pain, rounded forward posture, sore shoulders, and an aching neck and head. Read below for more about "heart opening" massage below.
"Lisa's massage is energy-laced body medicine." client M.B.
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People often ask what kind of massage I do. It is:
Reiki Infused
Regardless of the "technique" I'm using, my treatment is informed by the state of energy present in the tissues. Clients often comment on the warmth emanating from my hands.
Slow and Focused
I hold pressure on constricted, painful muscles until they loosen and feel comfortable again. I let healing energy flow into sore, stuck tendons until they begin to glide and move more easily. That takes time and patience.
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Deep Not Wide
If my clients have been dissatisfied by massage in the past, often they tell me it's because the person seems to have a set routine aimed at getting the body "covered" in a set amount of time. I aim to craft your session intuitively and precisely, based on what you and your body tell me.
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Crown to Root
The backbone houses the spinal cord, which descends from the brain and branches out through the vertebrae into various nerves. Our nerves enliven our muscles, internal organs, all of our being. Having a relaxed and healthy nervous system encourages the healing process, regardless of your concern. That's why I like to spend a lot of time on the back, neck, and head, calming the nervous system, from tailbone to crown.
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HEART-OPENING MASSAGE
TO HELP RELIEVE ANXIETY
When a body feels anxious, overwhelmed, flighty or irritable, there is often an accompanying posture of rounded shoulders and a caving-in around the heart.
There is usually pain near the shoulder blades and spine, and often neck pain or headaches. Sometimes there is migraine, dizziness, brain fog, jaw pain or dysfunction, or tingling in the arms and hands as well.
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My particular strength lies in helping heads and necks, shoulders and upper backs to relax so the area around the heart feels more "open."
Addressing this "caved in" state in the front and sides* of the body often helps ease pain, anxiety, low energy, stuckness, even hidden grief or anger, overwhelm and lack of confidence.
*​I often use pressure points and/or reiki on sternum, ribs, sides of ribcage, abdomen and under arms.
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NO PAIN NO GAIN?
NO WAY
According to the research*, the best results of therapeutic massage come from calming the body, not beating it up. Saying "I can take it!" only causes stress. You don't need to tolerate pain to receive the benefits of massage therapy.
There's no evidence that proves the no pain no gain theory. It's a myth that massage must hurt to be effective. Doesn't it make sense that pain would put you into "fight or flight" mode?
Isn't what we want the opposite, the "relaxation response," where healing can take place? That's what I make of the research anyway. That's why there is no "butt-kicking" in my treatment room.
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*Check this eye-opening review of the evidence-based effects of massage therapy
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PAIN SCIENCE: DOES MASSAGE THERAPY WORK
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