Your body is the part of your soul you can touch.  Body focused coaching integrated with massage therapy physically nurtures your physical being as also you grow mentally, emotionally and intellectually. 

For more than a dozen years I have worked with a wide range of people to combine their efforts in these realms.  As you grow in your experience of what it means to be healthy, massage is a means of connecting and freeing your energetic self.  We apply coaching dialogue to massage therapy to bring you deeper in to your body than you thought possible - to awaken your awareness of your body. 

Body focused coaching blended with massage therapy expands profoundly your body-mind connection.  The cornerstone of the work is Bhakti Yoga - devotional yoga.  Where conventional massage therapists are looking for the tension and working to release that, I approach you with curiosity and appreciation to discover where your body is already alive and moving freely, and then expand that energy through your body-mind.   The result is that muscular tension is released without inflicting trauma on your tissue, as a byproduct of your awareness of what it is to be fully and joyfully alive and awake in your body.  The massage is a meditation on the body, a celebration of being embodied as an integration of the part of you that feels and the part of you that thinks - total presence. 

As we explore we can address chronic injuries or body image concerns.  I do this within the context that you are intrinsically healthy and your body wants to restore itself to health.  Injuries and concerns provide an opportunity to listen in to address the needs of your body-wisdom (and yes, at times they can shout quite loudly).  As you come to dialogue with the injury, physical limit or concern, you gain the wisdom of your your unique body functions. 

At the same time this blend offers you a set of tools to overcome or accommodate these issues so you can have a healthy relationship with your body.  So your body and mind are working together.   Ultimately, regardless of shape, or size, athletic capability, or age, having a human body is a tremendous gift.   You may be familiar with Yogi Berra's quip:  Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.  One could just as easily say life is 90% mental and the other half is physical.

Some of my most rewarding clients have been adult athletes who have welcomed this combined coaching-massage therapy combination.  In 2009, I was fortunate to work with a mid-40s marathoner who combined this approach and set a personal record in the half marathon (1 hour, 35 minutes) and went on to qualify for the Boston Marathon.  He shared with me how running for 3 to 4 hours straight was physically demanding, but success depended on the mental, spiritual and emotional connection of celebrating his body in motion to overcome the physical limits that such endurance running imposes.

I welcome the opportunity to explore with you how coaching integrated with massage therapy can allow you to set new records in your life.

Warmly,

Jen
 
Rates are $150/hr with a two hour minimum in my home office in Sandy, Utah.