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Shiatsu Massage
Shiatsu is a form of Asian bodywork based on Chinese medicine and acupuncture principles. Sessions are relaxing and therapeutic. Some benefits include relief of aches and pains, decreased stress levels, and increased relaxation leading to better sleep. For more information on shiatsu, please visit the website for the American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia.
1 hour $65
½ hour $35

Shiatsu with Gua Sha or Cupping
75 minutes $105

Gua Sha
Gua Sha is an East Asian healing technique. Gua Sha literally means "scrape wind" and in Asian cultures, "catching wind" means you caught a cold, although in the context of Gua Sha the Wind is usually pain.

Gua Sha is used whenever a patient has pain whether associated with an acute or chronic disorder. There may be aching, tenderness and/or a knotty feeling in the muscles. The area to be Gua Sha-ed is lubricated with oil. The skin is then rubbed with a round-edged instrument in downward strokes. One area is stroked until the the affected skin surface are completely "raised". In most cases the patient feels an immediate shift in their condition particularly in their pain or sense of constraint. Gua Sha moves stuck qi and blood, releases the exterior mimicking sweating, and moves fluids. In a modern medical construct these fluids contain metabolic waste that congested the surface tissues and muscles. Gua Sha promotes circulation and normalizes metabolic processes. It is a valuable treatment for both external and internal pain, and facilitates the resolution of both acute and chronic disorders.

The Sha petechiae (the reddished raised skin) should fade in 2-4 days.

Cupping
Cupping is the modern term for an ancient medical treatment popular in Asian and Arab cultures.

A partial vacuum is created in cups placed on the skin either by means of heat (lighting a match under a glass cup) or suction (I use the suction method with plastic cups). This draws up the underlying tissues. When the cup is left in place on the skin for a few minutes, blood stasis is formed and localized healing takes place. Cupping therapy has been further developed as a means to open the 'meridians' of the body.

Cupping creates red bruising directly under the cups themselves.