The massage begins with presence, which brings me awareness of your needs through breath, touch, sound, visual cues and intuition. The intention is to provide a deeply relaxing experience, quiet the mind and leave you with a feeling of interconnected wholeness.
I look at underlying bony structures, check muscle tensions and joint mobility, freedom of breath and sense of energetic flow. Using a combination of long gliding strokes, varying pressures, specific focused work, rocking, passive movement and stretching, I seek to help you unlock the bound places, connect the torso and limbs, and give your body a happy sense of differentiation from its' habitual patterns. Frequent hands-on pauses further the process by letting me access your energy while giving your consciousness a chance to integrate its' experience. Gravity assists the work as you settle more and more into yourself, losing awareness of daily concerns and experiencing the peace of letting go.
Esalen® Massage, with its' Swedish roots, is informed by the work of Ida Rolf, Moishe Feldenkreis, Milton Trager, cranio-sacral practices, somatic education, yoga, dance and more.
A typical session lasts for 75 minutes.
Rates: $80 for a massage. $216 for a series of three.
"I can't honestly remember ever getting a bad massage. But there's Good and then there's Great. And Lee falls into the latter category in every way. From start to finish he managed to find just about all of my knots and kinks and gave them all the attention they so sorely needed using techniques I had never experienced before. Ahhhh... I went in tight and I came out right. Lee is an outstanding masseur."
- G.M.S., General Contractor, Haydenville, Mass.
