04/06/2026
After more than 15 years as a massage therapist, the most valuable skill I’ve learned isn’t a technique, but an ability to listen beyond just words.
When I place my hands on a person, I don’t just go through the motions of a mechanical massage. Instead, I listen to what they tell me verbally, and what their body, breath, and presence have to say, too.
I quietly observe how you walk and sit. The way you hold your neck, shoulders, and pelvis. And the quality of your breathing and emotional state before you lie on my table or begin your yoga therapy session.
With massage, I’ve learned to feel not just where the tension is, but how much pressure wants to be applied and for how long. I feel the adhesions within tissue fibers. As I stretch your body, I sense the edge of resistance and know how far to take it. One of the most satisfying feelings is noticing a muscle soften beneath my fingertips.
In yoga therapy, I weigh how effective a posture or other technique I use is by watching the retention in your breath and the tension you’re carrying in your jaw or elsewhere in your body.
In Reiki, I sense your subtle energy body and imbalances or stagnation within your flow of ki (life-force energy).
I approach not just the anatomy with my offerings, I see your whole self: your mind, your emotions, your ki, and the elements as they are all intrinsically woven together.
This gift I’ve cultivated as a therapist has carried into every part of my life. As I continue to learn the art of listening, I notice I’m able to navigate life with less reactivity, more adaptability, and openness, while allowing for more peace and grace to easefully flow through.
So, when you come into contact with others, may you remember to listen. To sync up with their presence instead of imposing your own thoughts, emotions, or reactions onto them. May you bring understanding and compassion to every soul, no matter their background, or beliefs. And may we all continue to support one another through the waves of life as we come into sacred relationship with all parts of ourselves and re-member our inherent wholeness.
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