75 minutes – $125

90 minutes – $140

Group Rates: 60 minutes for 3-5 people – $115

I combine both Swedish and Deep Tissue with all of my massages (unless only Swedish is preferred).

Swedish massage is comprised of long, flowy movements that promotes relaxation and feelings of well-being. Swedish massage stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, which helps slow the heart rate and relax the muscles.

Swedish massage prepares the body before working into deeper massage. Digging into muscles right out of the gate can cause the body to involuntarily tense up and ultimately cause more harm than good. Both Swedish and deep tissue massage helps to relieve tense muscles, aches, and pains.

I prefer 75 or 90 minutes over 60 so there’s ample time to treat the whole body. I always include a hands, feet, scalp, and face massage in all of my treatments.

What can massage help with?

Our modern lifestyle sends us in a constant state of stress throughout the day, triggering the sympathetic nervous system (fight and flight) and this wears us down emotionally and physically over time. The sympathetic nervous system is crucial for survival, it’s when the heightened senses and quick reactions take over and how our ancestors reacted when faced with, say, a bear. Once the danger had passed they would return to the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest). The problem is, most modern humans are in a constant state of stress; dealing with traffic, worried about bills, being unhappy in their jobs, struggling with sleep and never truly returning to the parasympathetic state. Having the sympathetic nervous system triggered constantly takes a bigger toll on our physical and mental health than most people realize.

Massage therapy is similar to meditation in the way that it allows us to take time out of our busy day to pause, relax, and turn off our busy minds. Meditation has been shown to reduce anxiety, pain, stress, depression, and enhance mood and self-esteem.* Massage can work in that very same way.

*https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14650573/