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One of my loves in massage is aligning the body to relate easier in relationship to gravity.  I am a big fan of Ida Rolf’s work because she has placed a light on the horizon for massage therapists to help their client’s find better posture.  The quote below sums her insight of structure very clearly:

“Some individuals may perceive their losing fight with gravity as a sharp pain in their back, others as the unflattering contour of their body, others as constant fatigue, yet others as an unrelentingly threatening environment.  Those over forty may call it old age.  And yet all these signals may be pointing to a single problem so prominent in their own structure, as well as others, that it has been ignored: they are off balance, they are at war with gravity.”

–Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D.

hot stone massage after a structural integration session feels good…

Structural Integration is such a beautiful modality of massage therapy.  It offers opportunities than can’t be found in a basic Swedish massage.  It works with lengthening the fascia and restoring structural integrity for more longterm results.

At the same time,  while I love the Structural Integration work, it does entail some deep feeling of letting go and touching into resistance.  So I like to offer an addition 15 minute massage with hot stones at the end of a massage session to give the body time to integrate and receive what has happened during the session.  If you are a person who enjoys hot stone massage, you may request the additional time for $20.00 extra.