Moving Meditations

Moving Meditations Movement in stillness. Stillness in movement. Thai massage, yoga, mobility, strength training 💪🙏🙌 Now in Portland, Oregon! #29057/MA67263

06/15/2026

It’s all connected 💆‍♀️

Thai massage features assisted stretching, dynamic massage, and holistic balancing. Schedule online with Rissa in SE Portland!

06/14/2026

Box jump progressions!

Here’s one way to progress your box jump over time as your skill, strength, and agility grow 👏

The single leg variations help build strength and give some controlled lowering as you build confidence and comfort with the height of the box (start with a height that makes sense for you! You can always go taller over time). You can even develop your quickness and reactivity with a single leg hop and switch at the top, still feeling supported in the lowering phase by keeping one foot up on the box. Next, you can work with jumping up with both feet and stepping down. Jumping up and hopping back and down comes after that before jumping forward and down. Finally, work on reactive “landing” at the top of the box, continued forward into your jump down. All of these elements can be applied creatively in different ways - different directions, orientations, and patterns of jumping!

Feel free to DM me with any questions or assistance in troubleshooting your roadblocks you may have in progressing your box jumps!

Honored and delighted to share these amazing Thai massage photos by the wonderful ! 📸 It has been *years* since I’ve had...
06/06/2026

Honored and delighted to share these amazing Thai massage photos by the wonderful ! 📸 It has been *years* since I’ve had professional photos taken, and I’ve been reflecting on the ways my practice looks different and the ways it looks the same 💆‍♀️

In general, my Thai massage practice has gotten a lot simpler and more straightforward. For many years, I believed massage was both more complex and more effective at accomplishing certain goals (physically breaking up fascia “adhesions,” for example), when in reality many popular claims are not supported by the evidence. Now, thanks to more interdisciplinary education (and lots of great practitioners and researchers here on social media!), I feel more humble and accepting of the role that manual bodywork plays in pain reduction and movement support. Like all healthcare, the quality of the therapeutic relationship plays a large role! And, ultimately, factors beyond our control like the social determinants of health will have the largest impact.

At the end of the day, we try to help the people as they are in the ways we can - shifting what we are able to shift while accepting our current limitations. This is where my yoga practice leads the way: in devotion to doing the work while encouraging self-determination and autonomy. Ultimately, my practice has become so much more about connecting with clients by trying to understand them in the context of their lives, by providing respite, comfort, and reassurance, and by encouraging whatever feasible action is possible - the next best step. Sometimes this means we keep working together, sometimes it doesn’t! I would rather my clients take the next best step even if that means not continuing to receive Thai massage or practice yoga, mobility, or strength training with me. I want what’s best for them!

So, my Thai massage practice looks humbler now, because it is humbler now. And I’m so grateful to and to and to for also helping make this photo shoot possible. I couldn’t do my work without the support of my friends, family, and clients!

05/27/2026

Grateful for ’s artistic eye, ’s patience/poise/beauty, and ’s talent and amazing attention to detail! 🥰 Behind every “small business” - in my case, just me and my private practice - is a team/family/community of supporters without whom I wouldn’t be able to do what I do 🙏 Stay tuned for Shawn’s final shots! 📸 I’m already blown away by her work 👏

Special shout out to the man behind the “behind the scenes” shots too - the stealthy 💞

05/12/2026

Join Mondays and Wednesdays at 6pm at for a workout that is anything but boring!

Cardio Hip Hip features a thorough warmup, bodyweight exercises and stretches, and unique choreography that you get to practice and refine over the course of a few weeks. 💃🏼

Reach out to Leaux or to LAC today for membership options that fit your needs!

05/04/2026

Treat mom to a relaxing Thai Massage for Mother’s Day! Take $35 off her 1hr Thai massage 💆‍♀️ Now through May 10th only!

BOGO THAI MASSAGE + STRENGTH SESSION in Portland, Oregon 💆‍♀️💪 Buy a One Hour Thai Massage and get a FREE One Hour Stren...
04/28/2026

BOGO THAI MASSAGE + STRENGTH SESSION in Portland, Oregon 💆‍♀️💪

Buy a One Hour Thai Massage and get a FREE One Hour Strength Training Session with Rissa!

• Thai Massage Sessions take place at Moving Meditations Massage, located at 1600 SE Ankeny St (enter the door on the corner, not through the gates).

• Strength Sessions take place at Slow Steady Strength Training, located at 1408 E Burnside St (inside ).

Please text Rissa with any comments, questions, or concerns: (727) 222-7074

*In-home sessions are also available with a small travel fee if outside 5-mile radius service area.

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT STRENGTH TRAINING WITH RISSA, VISIT

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04/20/2026

in my headphones 🎧 trying to practice what I preach!

Unlearning technique-focused coaching is hard! I think it’s tempting to want to justify your certification/expertise, but as Dr. Ben Geierman and Dr. Josh Davis point out in this podcast episode, it’s even more challenging to focus on the “simple” principles of progressive overload, flexible consistency, modifying for pain, working on healthy diet, sleep, supportive relationships, etc.

Modern life in the States makes it hard, and it’s all too tempting to focus on minutia instead of taking care of the basics… But too many of us simply aren’t moving enough!

Consistency comes first. Easy to understand, hard to execute 💪

04/15/2026

Thai Massage, also called Thai Yoga Massage, is the folk bodywork of Thailand. It features assisted range of motion and compression along sen (energy pathways of the body) in order to balance the flow of lom (“winds,” or animating movement).

The therapist uses their hands, thumbs, elbows, knees and feet to apply pressure to your muscles and leverage range of motion in various positions. This type of massage can be both relaxing and energizing as it helps to reduce stress while restoring ease.

Each session is catered to the individual needs of each client - whether athletes, working people, retirees, yogis, or people with special conditions. For these sessions - which take place on a futon-like mat on the ground - clients should wear comfortable clothing in which they can stretch and move around easily.

If you need movement, relaxation, and tension relief, come see Rissa in SE PDX for Thai massage!

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