Holistic Massage Therapy and Energy Work
Physical Pain Relief. Mental & Emotional Balance. Relaxation & Wellbeing.
Of course massage therapy helps you relax and feel good. But why is that, and how far do the benefits of massage really go?
Because of the demands and distractions of today’s world, most people are living in “stress-mode”, also known as a highly-active sympathetic nervous system. In order for the body to engage in healing, the body must switch to “rest and digest” mode, the parasympathetic nervous system.
The power of massage therapy lies in its ability to turn on the parasympathetic nervous system. It increases blood and lymph circulation, increases the movement of nutrients and oxygen throughout the body, and frees up energy to support literally EVERY bodily process.
Some practitioners follow a “formula” and just go through the motions and techniques they were taught. I have found this limiting to the client’s healing process.
Instead, I approach your body with intention, listening will my senses and energetic awareness. Allowing your body to achieve a state of ease and relaxation is a given—but more interesting to me is offering the personalized care and conditions to address your body’s most immediate needs.
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Here are 3 important facets of my approach to massage therapy.
Fascia
To find the root cause of pain, we often need to look beyond the site of physical pain. Why? Because the entire body—bones, muscles, and organs—are interconnected by a spiderweb-like network of connective tissue known as fascia.
Fascia literally covers everything in the body—every nerve, blood vessel, organ, bone and tendon. Not only does fascia physically hold the body together, it provides the structure for fluid movement—and the movement of fluid is essential to EVERY single biological function that the body performs.
This means that caring for your fascia could help you avoid or deal with nearly any health issue. Here are some of the main issues clients come to me with:
Injuries
Inflammation
Back Pain
Joint Pain - hips, knees, ankles
Digestive Issues
Emotions
Stress and Anxiety
Low Energy or Fatigue
Luckily, fascia is highly adaptive. Taking care of the body through movement, rest, hydration, and diet go a long way—and receiving personalized, hands-on support from a bodywork professional can be a real turning point in your recovery.
Abdominal Work
Many Eastern medicine traditions believe that all disease and illness tends to have its origin in the abdominal region of the body. In the West, we’re seeing a slow adoption of this knowing—and it’s revolutionizing the way we see and care for our organs!
Abdominal massage is an important component of Hawaiian LomiLomi Massage Therapy, from which my work draws great influence from. Abdominal massage not only assists with digestion and elimination, it can offer relief from nearly any symptom of dis-ease since the organs are involved in nearly every function the body performs.
Finding Emotional and Mental Ease
Emotionally, the abdomen plays a significant role in healing. Just like the heart is known to hold positive emotions of love and happiness, so too does the heart hold emotions of disconnection and sadness. That’s right—organs store emotions, and there’s always a positive and negative pole that seeks to be balanced. Emotions are not expressed in the mind—thoughts are. And this is what causes much of our mental unrest.
By incorporating Abdominal Work with more traditional massage therapy, as well as energy therapy, I’m able to tune into more subtle aspects of healing. I can sense and resolve emotional connections to physical ailments in ways that still feel miraculous to me.
360-Degree Spherical Approach
Massage therapists are taught to work above the body and to apply pressure downward. I’ve found this 2-dimensional approach to be limiting.
Restoring Physical and Energetic Wellbeing
In particular, it limits my ability to connect with what’s happening in the client’s body. By using my hands more spherically 360-degrees around the body, I’m able to better sense the source of dis-ease and any emotional or psychological tethering, which assists in restores the physical and energetic wellbeing.
My Healing Philosophy is based on 4 Insights.
Jake Goldas, LMT, CMLDT
Licensed Massage Therapist
Certified Manual Lymphatic Drainage Therapist
“I offer a rehabilitative approach to massage therapy combined with an energetic awareness of the body so your treatments can be subtle, yet produce powerful results.”