My Approach

Whether addressing a chronic condition, accident, injury, or reducing stress, you can expect exceptional care and clear communication during every massage, which is customized for each session combining a variety of modalities (a few listed below) to support recovery.

MODALITIES

Clients may disrobe to their comfort level or wear comfortable workout clothing, depending on the intention and modalities used in the session.

Manual Ligament Therapy: a subtle technique that uses light pressure on ligaments to relax muscles and fascia. Calms the nervous system, corrects how muscles fire and increases mobility.

Cupping: An ancient healing method that uses negative pressure to lift muscle fibers and increase blood flow to the affected area. It can help resolve chronic muscle tightness and pain, increase circulation, reduce anxiety, and encourages tissues to release toxins. It is common to have red round marks on your skin after a treatment.

Intraoral massage: A manual technique that focuses on the muscles inside and outside of the mouth. These muscles tend to be sensitive, tight, and overworked. Using gentle intentional pressure, while using gloves, intraoral massage works to relieve tension and pain.

Abdominal massage: This technique can be beneficial for patients who suffer from digestive issues or low back pain. Depending on the issue, the focus could be on the muscle tissue, organs, energy (chi) flow, or all three.

Pin and Stretch Technique: Assisted or passive stretches where the therapist holds (pins) a muscle and stretches it by moving a muscle attachment away from a pinned point. This is great for the neck and low back, which often get tight from sitting long hours.

Chakra Balancing: Chakras refer to various energy centers in your body that correspond to specific nerve bundles and internal organs. The seven major chakras run from the base of your spine to the top of your head. If these energy centers get blocked, you may experience physical or emotional symptoms related to a particular chakra.

Energy Work: Intuitive energy work based on Healing Touch. This can help with stress-reduction, grounding, regulating the nervous system, and boosting immune system.

"Your health is what you make of it. Everything you do and think either adds to the vitality, energy and spirit you possess or takes away from it."

- Ann Wigmore

What Massage Clients Say

Laura C.

Jo helped me work through a seizing hip ligament that I've been to multiple body workers and massage therapists for over the last decade with no progress.

Her MLT techniques in particular were the first thing (ever) to make headway on reducing the frequency of seizing, and lower the baseline tension causing me to walk slightly bent. The skills she left me with have allowed me to quickly address flare ups at home and move differently to improve overall walking and movement mobility.