A little about how I got here & how I work
Two decades of practice. One belief: the body knows what it's doing.
How I Got Here
[Placeholder paragraph 1 — origin story: I came to bodywork [when / how]. What started as [initial interest / personal experience] became a calling. Over the years I've trained in [list of modalities / certifications], and each one has taught me something the others couldn't.]
Today, I hold licensure as a Massage Therapist (LMT) and certification as a Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP). I'm in the final stages of a PhD in Natural Medicine — not because I needed another credential, but because the questions keep getting more interesting. The body is the most complicated and the most elegant thing I've ever studied, and I don't expect to be done learning about it.
[Placeholder paragraph 3 — philosophy and how I work: what clients can expect from a session, what I prioritize, why I serve seniors, what makes the work in Chelsea different from a big-city spa.]
Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT)
State-licensed in therapeutic bodywork, credential required of massage therapists working in hospitals, physical therapy clinics, and medical settings.
Holistic Health
Practitioner (HHP)
Advanced certification in integrated whole-body wellness, combining nutrition, lifestyle, manual therapy, and energy-based modalities into a single coordinated approach to care.
PhD in Natural Medicine, In Progress
Doctoral-level study in evidence-based natural and complementary medicine, the most rigorous training path in the holistic field.
My Philosophy Of Healing
There are three ideas that shape everything I do here.
One: the body is a system, not a list of parts.
A tight shoulder is rarely just a tight shoulder. It's often connected to how you breathe, how you sleep, what you've been carrying emotionally, and how an injury from years ago is still echoing through your fascia. Good work treats the whole system.
Two: slow is faster.
Real change in the body happens at the pace the body is willing to change. Rushing it produces short-term results and long-term frustration. I'd rather see you four times and have it actually stick than ten times for a fix that fades.
Three: aging is not a problem to solve.
It's a season to be lived well. The clients I work with in their 70s and 80s teach me more about resilience than any textbook ever has. My job is to support that resilience, not to fight it.
Why My Practice Centers Seniors
Most holistic practitioners build their practice around clients in their 30s and 40s. I understand the math. Younger bodies bounce back faster, and the marketing is easier.
But the clients who have changed how I think about this work, the ones who taught me what hands-on care can really do, have almost all been over 65. They come in knowing their bodies. They have decades of context about what helps and what doesn't. They're not looking to be impressed; they're looking to feel better. And when the work is right, the results are sometimes profound.
So I built a practice around what they actually need: longer sessions, gentler hands when needed, real conversation, no condescension, and care that takes seriously the complexity of an experienced body.
Opening Hours
Monday - Friday:
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday:
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday: Closed