Integrated Bodywork

Integrated Massage –  60 and 90 minute sessions available. Each treatment is customized to the individual needs of each client. Integrative massage uses a mind-body-spirit approach to wellness. A unique bodywork experience is created in each session by blending extensive trainings of Esalen® Massage and its beautiful long, slow and flowing strokes, Swedish Massage, Deep Tissue, Rolfing, Myofascial Release Techniques , Craniosacral Therapy and Chi Nei Tsang, an ancient Chinese Abdominal massage for proper organ alignment.  Your massage will leave you feeling balanced and deeply relaxed by integrating these gentle and restorative modalities from my heart and hands.

What Is Chi Nei Tsang?

Chi Nei Tsang came into being millennia ago in the mountain ranges of Taoist China. It was used by monks in monasteries to help detoxify, strengthen and refine their bodies in order to maintain the high energy required to perform the highest levels of spiritual practices.

Today CNT is Mainly Used for Four Different Reasons:

1 – CNT detoxifies: CNT manipulations help relieve the body of excess stagnation, improving elimination and stimulating the lymphatic and the circulatory systems. CNT also strengthens the immune system and resistance to diseases. In doing so, CNT augments other health care modalities with optimal results. (Clients using CNT before and after surgery recover better and faster.

2 – CNT helps to restructure and strengthen the body: because it addresses the visceral structures and positioning of internal organs, CNT stimulates them to work better and also helps correct the postural problems resulting from visceral imbalances. It releases deep-seated tensions and restores vitality. CNT has been helpful with chronic pains such as back, neck and shoulder pains and problems related to misalignment of the feet, legs and pelvis.

3 – CNT helps practitioners and clients to deal better with their emotional life: all of our unprocessed emotional life is stored in our digestive system waiting to be addressed. Poor emotional digestion is also one of the main reasons for ill health. CNT facilitates the unfolding of emotions and the clarification of our emotional life. This makes it possible for us to evolve and grow in the direction of our better self. CNT has also been successfully used in combination with psychotherapy.

4 – CNT teaches clients to know themselves better: at the Chi Nei Tsang Institute, we believe that we are all responsible for our own health and that healing comes from within. We teach you techniques to improve your breathing as well as fundamental self-help techniques. We also provide: guidance in personalizing your diet and other health-related lifestyle matters, and specific and relevant visualization and meditation practices to further enhance the effect of manual treatments.