I offer trauma-informed sports massage.
Anatomically Focused, Holistically Minded
I start each session with a gentle overall rocking warm up to ease your nervous system, connect you with your breath, and help calm anxiety. I then shift to focused work on 1-2 body regions to adequately address the root of your needs. I include moments of softer physical release and gently-guided breathwork throughout the session so your body can remain most receptive to the deeper work, and to help you access and maintain a felt sense of safety in your nervous system. My bodywork is tailored to support injury mitigation + recovery, reducing chronic + acute pain, and increasing mobility, all in a trauma-informed container prioritizing your felt sense of safety.
I also provide recommendations for at-home exercises and stretches tailored to the unique needs of your body to deepen the benefit + integration of the work between sessions. This work might be appropriate for you if you exercise or play sports, have a physical job, have a desk job, spend time wrangling kids, have recurring pain from an old injury, or are generally a busy person.
I do not offer spa-style full body massage.
You can read testimonials of my work here.
Modalities I use include, but are not limited to:
Deep tissue
Therapeutic stretching
Lomi lomi
Myofascial release
Trigger point therapy
Trager release
Joint mobilization
What does “trauma-informed”mean?
A trauma-informed framework is a client-forward approach that recognizes the lived experience of carrying trauma physically, and prioritizes the client having a felt sense of safety and agency whenever possible. This framework can be applied to any modality of care.
For massage, this includes cues of physical connection to what’s touching the body, gently guided breathwork, and changing the pace and pressure of the work based on communication with the client and felt tissue response. Because sports massage specifically involves physical discomfort, the trauma-informed approach is essential, as being able to maintain a felt sense of safety while navigating physically uncomfortable experiences is a key component to managing trauma.
*All clients are required to wear a surgical or respirator mask regardless of vaccination status
and/or previous COVID infection*
Book your appointment below! My office is in the Grand Lake neighborhood of Oakland.
Regular Rates
60 minutes - $135
90 minutes - $180
120 minutes - $220
-Reduced Rate Sessions-
At least 3 reduced rate sessions ($1/minute) available per week, available to book below on a first come, first served basis. More are added as allowed by contributions to the Pay It Forward fund.These sessions are available for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) who are interested, and anyone who needs it fincially. There is not a specific income limit in order to book at the reduced rate. I offer these on the honor system, knowing everyone has a unique financial situation. If you genuinely can’t afford the regular rate, the reduced rate option is for you. I offer reduced rate sessions in support of reparations, equity, and accessibility. You can sign up for the email waitlist for last minute reduced rate session openings here.
Unfortunately my office is not wheelchair accessible. There are 15 steps to the main entrance and 6 steps to the side entrance. I highly recommend my friend and colleague Sebastian Stratton-Clarke who is trauma-informed and an extremely skilled massage therapist, and offers outcall massage sessions to your home or location of your choice. You can reach out via his website: www.allbodiesmassage.love