Massage Therapists

Wenonah Carter Schedule
Deep Tissue, Shiatsu, Accupressure, Reflexology, Thai Massage techniques, Swedish, Polarity Therapy, Core-Syncronism, Marma Therapy, Aromatherapy, and Stretching, Prenatal

Wenonah was fortunate to grow-up as an athlete in a holistic, body-mind centered community that emphasized balance and natural living. Her roots lead her to the New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics where she completed an 850-hour massage training program. She went on to explore and study Yoga and Ayurveda for a year at the Ayurvedic Institute, as well as completing a 5-week Thai massage training in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She is a lifelong student and teacher of body-mind healing and integrative health practices.

While her wide array of studies and experience have enriched her practice, Wenonah says her truest teacher is each person's body, and the art of her practice is in deep listening. She is often told that her warm and intuitive hands go right to client's problem areas, releasing deep-rooted tension. She takes great pleasure in providing a healing space for rest and rejuvenation.

Wenonah enjoys giving both subtle and deep work, combining Deep Tissue, Shiatsu, Accupressure, Reflexology, and Thai Massage techniques, as well as Swedish strokes, Polarity Therapy, Core-Syncronism, Marma Therapy, Aromatherapy, and Stretching.

One of her favorites is working on not just one but two, that being Pre-natal massage.

K. 'Tank' Conner Schedule
Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, Fascial Stretching and Skin Rolling, Swedish, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) Stretching

Tank began her path as a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist & Health Educator following her own struggle with injury and chronic pain. She has a unique style that blends Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, Fascial Stretching/Skin Rolling, and Swedish with a focus on providing lasting therapeutic results. Her style is warm and intuitive, and she especially enjoys opportunities to address specific complaints thoroughly -- particularly in the upper back, shoulders, and hips. Tank has a B.S. in Plant Biology, an artistic background in lost wax casting, and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Oriental Medicine at Berkeley's Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College (AIMC).

Bill Kester Schedule
Esalen™, Cranial Sacral, Structural Bodywork

Bill is certified as an Esalen® Massage Practitioner by Esalen Institute in Big Sur. He is also certified as a Craniosacral Therapy Practitioner and as an Advanced Massage Therapist by Body Therapy Center in Palo Alto, CA.

Bill’s Esalen® work is relaxing (like swedish) with long strokes that smooth out the roughness of life, attention to stretching, joint mobility, and focus on any tight, tired or sore places that need special attention.

Craniosacral Therapy nurtures and supports the nervous system of the brain and spine through a series of gentle, sustained contacts that release tension, ease pain, and allow the body to get in tune with itself.

In his advanced work, Bill uses Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Release, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) stretching, and other deep tissue approaches to augment his basic technique. Bill focuses or integrates as needed from any or all of these techniques in working with clients.

Sliding Scale

Anna Lazo Schedule
Swedish, Deep Tissue

Anna is trained in Swedish and Deep Tissue modalities. Using a structural approach combined with intuitive touch, she offers an individually tailored massage that effectively facilitates tension release, greater mobility and flexibility, pain reduction, and relaxation.

Analisa Madron Schedule

Bio Coming Soon!

Sliding Scale

60 min: $80-65

75 min: $100-80

90 min: $120-95

Sai Mayi Magram Schedule
Myofascial, Deep Tissue, Swedish, Pre-natal, Trigger Point, Cranial Sacral, Polarity

Sai Mayi's unique blend of Myofascial, Deep Tissue and Energy Work is a truly effective way to balance body, mind and spirit.  Following each clients rhythm, this work focuses on all layers of the human body and psyche releasing muscle tension, helping to restore energetic health as well as allowing space to release built up emotions and stress.

Sai Mayi is a Certified Massage Therapist and Health Educator, and has been practicing out of the Bay Area for the last 3 years.  Her highly intuitive touch, healing nature, and open heart, as well as extensive training, welcomes a complete and incredibly enjoyable healing experience!

Laura Malouf-Renning Schedule
Swedish, Deep Tissue, Zen Shiatsu, Acupressure, Pregnancy Massage, Thai Massage, Hot Stone, Lymphatic, Sports

Before Laura Malouf-Renning was a massage therapist, she taught ballet for beginning teenagers and adults. She soon discovered that if she massaged her students' backs while they stretched, they gained flexibility more quickly. Several of those students complimented her on her intuitive touch and encouraged her to expand her skills. In November of 2000, she emerged from Twin Lakes College of the Healing Arts in Santa Cruz as a Massage Practitioner. After moving to the Bay Area in 2003 and working for several years, she decided to go back to school to re-hone her established skills and expand her repertoire. In November 2006, she graduated from the National Holistic Institute as a Massage Therapist and Health Educator. She greatly enjoys helping people live and move comfortably in their bodies.

Kiki Murashima Schedule
Modalities: Shiatsu, Swedish, Deep Tissue, Prenatal

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Hisako Oba Schedule
Modalities: Acupressure-Oil Massage, Deep Tissue, Swedish, Shiatsu, Tui Na, Prenatal, Jin Shin Jyutsu

Hisako recieved 850-hour Advanced Training Program in Acupressure Therapy after 150-hour Basic Program at Acupressure Insitute in Berkeley. She offers pressure point/energy line focused massage in various styles depending on the needs of each individual. The goal of her work is to enhance the life energy flow in the body and to balance its whole network. Her clients find the experience relaxing, nurturing and effective for reducing stress and pain. They walk out the door feeling light and tall after the session.

Atibala Sarasvati Schedule

Atibala Sarasvati started his studies of health cultivation with Western herbalism, and grassroots American nutrition. This inevitably led to a deep interest in Ayurveda, and its incorporated philosophy. He apprenticed with his Sat Guru, Dharmanidhi Sarasvati, in Berkeley for two years. Last winter he traveled to India to train intensively with a Doctor of Ayurveda, with whom he studied classical texts in the traditional fashion. With over a decade of experience in jewelry making and metallurgy, he now incorporates his understanding of alchemical changes into his treatments of health and illness.

Durgasakti Sarasvati Schedule
Modalities: Swedish, Practical Intent

Durgasakti is certified by the Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute. She is trained in Swedish, Thai, and Barefoot Deep Tissue Massage. She offers a fantastic traditional Swedish massage, which she accents with Thai massage techniques. Her swedish massage is very effective for releasing tensions and< aches within the body.

In addition, Durgasakti now offers "Practical Intent" healing sessions. A brief description follows:

Awareness is established around the area in need of healing, an intent is stated, and the client is then allowed to consciously move through their experience of the issue while receiving therapeutic massage, in a safe, contained, and confidential environment. For more information on this modality, and to read testimonials, please contact Durgasakti.

Durgasakti has her BA in Religious Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Her passion for religious studies, spirituality, and Indian culture lead her to Delhi University in India where she lived for six months, completing her degree in her field.

In addition to her Religious Studies background and her certification in massage therapy, Durgasakti possesses a genuine gift of intuition, which has provided her clients with the opportunity to connect with their own healing process in a powerful way. She brings a focused and compassionate approach to her healing sessions. She is also a student of Dharmanidhi Sarasvati.

Hrimati Sarasvati Schedule

Hrimati Sarasvati began practicing yoga 12 years ago and began teaching 5 years ago after returning from 1 1/2 years living in India where she studied hatha yoga, massage therapy and Ayurveda. Upon returning from that first trip to India she dove into a deeper study of Ayurveda with her teacher Dharmanidhi Sarasvati (with whom she has been studying since 2001). In 2005, issues with her own health led her back to India for treatment in Kerala, where she met and began studying with three of the few remaining practitioners of classical Ayurveda, learning to read and write Sanskrit and memorizing slokas from one of the main classical texts of Ayurvedic medicine, Ashtanga Hridayam. Last winter she returned to India and spent 5 months apprenticing in an in-patient Ayurvedic clinic.

Hrimati’s emphasis when working with her clients is upon helping each person to experience their life through the lens of the 5 elements so that they are better able to make decisions that stimulate and support the body’s natural healing mechanisms. Her focus is upon diet and lifestyle, however, she often uses western, Chinese and Indian herbs to support the process of bringing the body towards balance. She brings her experience as a body-worker, her knowledge of yogic anatomy and her own experiences with illness and healing into her practice. She views herself as an educator, partner and cheerleader in the healing process. She is available for Ayurvedic consultations, private yoga sessions and massage.

Sumanasa Sarasvati Schedule
Ayurvedic Mind Counseling, Private Yoga Therapy

Sumanasa Sarasvati completed her B.Sc. Honors in Psychology and Religion at the University of Toronto in 1999.  At that time she began apprenticing with a psychiatrist, counseling clients under his supervision.  Disenchanted by traditional models of psychotherapy she began expanding her search for effective modes of transformation and healing.  In 2001, after six years of yoga practice, Sumanasa completed an intensive yoga teacher training and began teaching Hatha yoga. Shortly thereafter she met her Guru, Dharmanidhi Sarasvati with whom she continues to study yoga, ayurveda and Tantrik approaches to mind/body therapies.  In addition to her studies with Dharmanidhi, Sumanasa is currently earning her Masters in Transpersonal Psychology at JFK University.

Niki Sellers Schedule

Bio Coming Soon!

Taylor Shogren Schedule
Deep Integrative Massage, Trigger Point, Joint Mobilization, Stretching, and Swedish

Taylor began doing massage early in life, and has been practicing full time as a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist for the last 4 years. Certification training was taken at National Holistic Institute in Swedish, Shiatsu,and other modalities. Taylor works in an active and intuitive style that focuses on long term mobility and relaxation, while addressing the body in a very deep and occasionally intense fashion.

Eliza Schwindt Schedule
Modalities: Acupressure, Craniosacral therapy, Deep Tissue, Pre-Natal, Swedish

Eliza knew she had found her passion the moment she began bodywork immersion studies in Nevada City. Her therapeutic style is composed of a menagerie of modalities (to include but not limited to: acupressure, craniosacral, deep tissue, swedish) depending upon the body's needs. Clients frequently express gratitude for her therapeutic ability to hold space, her intuition in recognizing problematic areas, and her ability facilitate deep relaxation throughout the body. Her enthusiasm for learning new techniques to listen, meld and work with the body is a constant in her life.

Yoko Welch
Oil Acupressure, Shiatsu, Aromatherapy, Deep & Soft Tissue, Champissage (Indian head massage), Prenatal, Zen Facelift, Energy Healing

Special $10 off Discount Available for mature clients (55+) and regular clients (twice a month+)

Yoko learned her unique bodywork technique both from her family tradition in Japan and at the Acupressure Institute of Berkeley. She uses variety of style in her work, and strives to capture a unique balance that is right for each individual. Ultimately, her goal is to balance the clinical styles of work with soothing, relaxing results.

Her humility and reverence for the body has a way of putting everyone she comes in contact with at ease. Her style provides deep relaxation by incorporating western and eastern bodywork techniques. Her clients often call her work, “relaxing”, “intuitive”, and “nurturing”. For women and couples only.

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