Our therapists are trained in deep tissue, swedish, various shiatsu, reflexology,thai massage, myofacial, cranio sacral, trigger point therapy, and more.

We start with client intake and health history, and do a postural analysis. Based on your requests, and our findings, we will tailor a unique treatment that addresses your body at the present moment. This approach gets long lasting, structurally correcting change and improved overall health. You will leave with better posture than you arrived with.

Our therapists are trained in deep tissue, swedish, various shiatsu, reflexology,thai massage, myofacial, cranio sacral, trigger point therapy, and more. You are in the hands of the best. We focus on keeping our therapists in constant training.

All of this takes place in a private treatment space in a beautiful San Francisco edwardian flat, by appointment only.

Combine this treatment with a detoxifying aloe vera kelp body wrap to treat your body in its entirety.

More about specific types of massage below:

Deep tissue
Swedish strokes combined with specific techniques to get rid of knots and tension, lengthen muscle fibers,treat muscle tears, sprains, and strains. Perfect for injuries old and new, posture improvement, and preventing repetitive stress injuries.

Swedish
Relaxing rhythmic strokes to improve circulation, increase nutrient fow to muscle fibers, stimulate the endocrine, digestive, and circulatory systems, calm the nervous system, and boost the function of the immune system. Great to encourage daily radiant health and an overwhelming sense of well being.

Cranio-sacral therapy
This therapy works with the pulse of the cerebral spinal fluid. The skull expands and contracts 6-12x per minute in response to this rhythm and all the bones in the body move in response to the skull. It is a very subtle pulse most people cannot feel, or are generally unaweare of. This pulse is an indicator of your over all well being. This technique unwinds stress from the bones on out to the skin, affecting the cranial nerves which innervate the entire body. Created by osteopath dr Upledger, this technique is wonderfully relaxing and will leave you deeply calm and with improved posture.

Manual lymphatic drainage
A 90 minute technique which which drains the entire lymphatic system, pushing fluid trapped in the vessels up to the lymph nodes. It is a gentle , detoxifying treatment. The lmphatic system has vessels and valves, just like the cuculatory system, but it has no pump. So, you lymoh relys on muscle contractions and gravity to move it through the body. This treatment does the entire body manually. Perfect in conjuction with fasting, body wrapping, or substance detox programs.

Sports massage
A clothes on treatment combining compressions, cross fiber friction, knot work,and stretching. Ideal for athletes in training opr office employees who want a clothes on treatment. This can be a 10 to 60 minute treatment.

Cryokinetics
Emergency muscle treatment for an injury that must heal at an accelerated rate. For example, an athlete who must continue the game with a new injury. The tissue is frozen and then stretched back to its proper length, restoring range of motion.

Trigger point therapy/Stress point therapy
A massage technique to treat and eliminate specific points of pain wdhich are tender where you touch them, or which refer pain to another part of the body when you touch them. The tissue is met with the exact amount of pressure it is putting out, and in this way, the tension releases one layer at a time. Treatment per area could be 5 to 90 minutes. It is a very deep release which will restore muscle fibers to correct position within the body.

Taikyo Zen Shiatsu
A Japanese body work modality. Clothes on compressions, point work, stretching, and energy work designed to balance the chi or energy in the body and stimulate the flow of chi along the meridians (energy pathways) . Designed ot promote and maintain overall health, and to treat specific injury.

Carpal tunnel/RSI treatment and prevention
An upper torso, deep tissue treatment focusing on the muscles and nerves that serve the neck and arms. Highly effective. I have used these techniques to successfully treat thousands of computer/wrist users in coporate and private settings since 1994. An excellent alternative to surgery.

Neck and shoulder pain management/treatment
Chronic neck and shoulder pain can be released and in most cases cured by releasing long time muscular tension and adhesions. This deep tissue treatment targets areas of locked up muscle tissue. Tension is melted from the surface in toward the bone attachments proper range of motion to the neck and shoulders,decreasing pain, and eventually restoring the area to health and comfort. The neck, back, chest, and arms are treated with trigger point therapy, stress point therapy, hydrotherapy,cross fiber friction, taikyo zen shiatsu, and cranio sacral.