Bodywork

For the purposes of this directory, Bodywork therapy is an umbrella term encompassing therapies that use manual techniques to manipulate the physical body to soothe the nervous system, release muscle tension, relieve pain, improve circulation and more.

This category includes massage therapists, myofascial release, chi nei tsang and physical therapies.

Massage Therapies

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Lisa • Mindful Body Healing Arts

  • Mindful Body healing massage sessions are designed to regulate the nervous system while profoundly grounding and relaxing the body. Gentle invitations to bring presence and breath to the body, along with skillful, deep, nurturing massage strokes, energy work, and stretches guide clients into a profound state of relaxation and well-being that lingers and ripples into their life.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

  • www.lisachipkin.com

    lisachipkin@gmail.com

    (415) 845-3568

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Ryan • Harmony Ridge Healing

  • During your holistic session you will receive the following:

    Guided Meditation (grounding), Energy Clearing (reiki), Intuitive Mindset Coaching (if called to receive), Facia Release, Light Stretching and Intuitive Full Body Massage to clear and relax.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

    • I travel to clients

  • Visit the Illumination section for more information on Ryan and Harmony Ridge Healing!

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Meegan • 3 Circle Healing

  • 14 years experience. My work is in reverence to the human body. I have skilled hands and a present heart— working with the body never against it.

    Sessions with me are deepy nourishing and restorative integrated massage experiences.

  • I offer Pre & Postnatal Massage, Lymphatic Breast Massage, Uterine Realignment Massage and Herbal Peristeam (womb steam).

    I was taught Breast massage through an ayurvedic approach by Deanna Batdorf of Dhyana Essentials. The breast work I offer is ceremonial, layered with care and centering for the heart.

    I am passionate about educating my clients how to care for their breasts empowered and without fear.

    • I practice out of my own space in Grass Valley

    • I travel to clients

Melanie • Bela Flor Apothecary

  • A luxurious full-body experience using our specially crafted herbal tri-doshic body oil. This ancient Ayurvedic therapy is designed to reduce stress, enhance lymphatic circulation, and provide relief for sore muscles.

  • A traditional acupressure massage, enriched with gentle stretching techniques. Performed on a comfortable mat and fully clothed, Shiatsu is a holistic approach to energy balancing.

    This ancient practice effectively relieves stress, reduces pain, and alleviates anxiety.

  • Experience the ancient healing art of Reiki, a gentle hands-on technique that harnesses universal healing energy to promote peace, health, vitality, and balance within the body.

    During a Reiki session, you remain fully clothed as revitalizing energy is channeled to support your overall well-being.

    Reiki is a holistic approach to healing that helps restore harmony within, leaving you feeling rejuvenated and re-energized.

    • I work out of my own space in Grass Valley

    • I travel to clients

Nina Noel Bodywork

  • My favorite modality that I offer is Thai massage, aka "lazy man's yoga." combines elements of yoga, acupressure, and stretching. It involves using the therapist's body weight and hands to apply pressure, stretch muscles, and adjust joints.

    This modality improves flexibility, releases tension, and promotes energy flow throughout the channels of the body.

    I aim to make a lasting difference in the body, with the goal of moving energy from stuck places, and recalibrating the nervous system.

  • Deep tissue massage is a specialized massage that targets the deeper layers of muscles and tissues within the body. It involves the application of slow, firm pressure to release chronic muscle tension and knots.

  • Ideal for people experiencing mental fog, emotional overwhelm, or nervous system imbalance, taking one out of fight or flight mode and into the parasympathetic, you're body's natural healing state, homeostasis. It is a gentle yet powerful process.

    I love to pair any alignment with a massage, allowing the nervous system of the body to be in the relaxed parasympathetic state before starting a deep bodywork session.

    • I work out of my own space in the Miner's Village in Nevada City

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Samantha • Integrative Health

  • I offer a fusion of Ancient Traditional Health Philosophies and modalities; combining Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese, Maya Abdominal and various other therapeutic techniques to address the Individual's acute or chronic condition.

    Individual massage treatments include:

    • Therapeutic Bodywork/Massage, including Maya Abdominal Therapy (ATMAT) Master

    • Medical Breast Massage

    • Ayurvedic Massage

    • Prenatal and Postpartum Massage, Infant Massage

    • Cranial Sacral Therapy

    • Reflexology

    • Uterine, prostate, digestion, pain and stress therapeutical treatment and management

    I also offer reiki, cupping and moxibustion.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City (and Half Moon Bay)

    • I travel when necessary to clients in pregnancy, labor and postpartum

Kelly • Vitality Massage & Steam Therapy

  • I am certified massage therapist with 8 years of experience specializing in:

    🌷LomiLomi – Flowing rhythmic Hawaiian massage
    🌷Structural Integration – Improves posture & movement
    🌷Abdominal Therapy – Supports digestion & circulation
    🌷Swedish & Deep Tissue – Perfect for relaxation & tension relief
    🌷Myofascial Release – Reduces pain & increase mobility

    ✨ Experience a massage that’s tailored to your body’s needs. Whether you’re struggling with stress, muscle tension, or just need a moment of peace, I’m here to help you feel calm, capable, and comfortable in your body.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City (Inner Path)

    • I travel to clients

Darby • Body Essence Day Spa

  • I specialize in massage therapy services including therapeutic, deep tissue, neuromuscular therapy, myofascial release, with some Swedish influence & stretch integration.

    I also offer organic facials & body scrub treatments.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

    • The building is a 150 year old historic Victorian located downtown. An Airbnb is located on the back of the building & a 10% discount on spa services is available for guests who rent the Airbnb. https://www.airbnb.com/h/coyotestreetstudionevadacity

Erin • Illuminance Integrative Medicine

  • I offer traditional Swedish Massage, integrating aspects of TCM and Shiatsu, with add-ons such as Deep Tissue Massage, SomaVeda Thai Yoga Massage, Aromatherapy, Gem & Mineral Therapy, Frequency Balancing, Cupping and Hot/Cold Stone Therapy.

    • I practice out of my own space in Grass Valley

Jennifer • Strong & Sultry Collective

  • Pleasure expands alongside safety in the nervous system. Jennifer brings her embodiment expertise with tools like neuroeffective touch, sensual and therapeutic massage, breath-work, pleasure mapping, guided meditations, sound healing, and possible internal mouth and pelvic work to help guide the body back to its wholeness.

    Remembering how to activate our authentic voice and choice allows us to reclaim parts of ourselves cut off/frozen/disconnected or “taken” from us and to step into deeper layers of peace, health, and joy. 

    • I travel to clients

    • I offer services remotely

Swig Miller Rolfing

  • I’ve been practicing intuitive Rolfing for 25 years. I feel my biggest gift is to be able to listen to what a body wants and provide it.

    • I work out of my own space

    • I travel to clients

  • swigmiller@gmail.com

    (310) 498-0360

L. Rose Coaching and Bodywork

  • I am a local massage practitioner and bodyworker who has been certified as a professional masseuse by the École International du Spa in Paris, France.

    My massage modalities include Well-being Massage, Thaï Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Abhyanga Massage, and Californian Massage.

    • I work out of my own space in Grass Valley

    • I travel to clients

Ericha • Wholistic Heart Pathways

  • My massage offerings include Traditional Thai massage and deep oil massage, each supporting the body through distinct yet complementary approaches.

    Traditional Thai massage works with assisted stretching, rhythmic compression, and energy lines to support mobility, circulation, and whole-body integration, while deep oil massage focuses on muscular tension, tissue release, and grounding the nervous system.

    Sessions are highly individualized and may weave these styles together based on your body’s needs and intentions. A variety of therapeutic add-ons can be integrated to support pain relief, relaxation, and deeper restorative balance.

    • I work out of Inner Path in Nevada City

    • I travel to clients

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Massage Therapy by Rose

  • I offer restorative massage and bodywork along with sound healing and holistic health services to help support people on a physical, emotional, and energetic level.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

    • I travel to clients

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Lukasz Kruk

  • Integrative bodywork encourages community well-being and strives to create more peace in your body. It incorporates a range of massage techniques and manual therapy to relieve tension patterns resulting in headaches and back, neck, and joint pain.

    This bodywork session encourages deep listening, attentive work within soft tissue, and mobilization of body parts to inspire easy flow in the entire system. The result is an altered state of relaxation and a profound connection to your inner being.

    • I travel to clients

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Makia Mullen

  • Your body speaks in the language of sensation, tension, and movement, telling the stories of your lived experience through your posture, pains and movement patterns.

    We will address pain patterns, structural imbalances, and the emotional patterns held in your tissues through this body-centered therapeutic approach.

    With this integrative blend of hands-on bodywork, massage, somatic therapy, nervous system literacy and trauma-repair + release techniques to support you in reinhabiting your body.

  • The pelvis is the centre of our body. My approach to pelvic care integrates hands-on and hands-in techniques to support pelvic health, embodiment, sexual and reproductive wellness.

    While integrating traumas, restoring fludity to the tissues from physiological, energetic, and emotional stagnation. These sessions are deeply supportive for those experiencing pelvic pain, discomfort, scar tissue, numbness, birth or recovering from surgery, or simply wanting to forge a greater sense of embodiment.

    Rooted in a gender-inclusive, whole-person centric approach, this work invites you to return to safety, sensation, and sovereignty within your body & pelvis.

    • I offer day long and multi-day private retreats and immersions out of my own space in Nevada City, CA.

    • I offer sessions remotely from Dublin, Ireland.

Emily • Bright Ages Integrative Healing

  • Come November 2025 Emily Jenkins will be offering Touch For Health (TFH), an alternative, natural, and complementary method of balancing the physical body and energy system. It's a brilliant integration of both Western and Eastern medicine's approach to well-being.

    TFH is designed to increase vitality, achieve optimum performance, enhance healing & recovery, discover bodily autonomy, release physical & energetic blocks, and relieve mental & emotional stress.

    Please contact Emily for more information using her info as provided.

    • I work out of Inner Path in Nevada City

    • I offer services remotely

    • I travel to clients

Cassidy • Detox+Massage

  • ALT is wonderful treatment using the XP2 machine to clear the lymph system and get it flowing again. It uses the gases Xenon, Argon, and Krypton to detoxify the body while supporting the immune system.

    This can help to drain the lymph nodes, clear the sinuses, may clear skin, and relax the muscles.

  • Hawaiian Lomi Massage uses hot stones and long strokes along the body to soothe tight muscles, then goes deep to relieve specific issues for a client.

    Cassidy also offers other massage modalities, including Neuromuscular Therapy, Deep Tissue, and Prenatal massage.

    • I practice out of my own space in Grass Valley

    • I travel to clients

Ramona • Akaal Bodyworks

  • Unlock deep relaxation with Akaal Integrative Massage. Experience the perfect blend of Swedish techniques and Eastern healing, relieving muscle tension and rejuvenating your spirit.

    Feel long, soothing strokes open pathways to tranquility, enhanced by energy work and acupressure. This holistic experience harmonizes mind, body, and soul.

    Although this is not a “deep tissue” experience - you will feel your body release in depths you never imagined.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

Heather • Intuitive Touch

  • I specialize in Manual Lymphatic Drainage for pre/post surgeries, injury, trauma, detoxification and water retention.

    I also offer deep tissue, myofascial release, acupressure, Chinese cupping, botanical oils, reiki and energy work.

    I use an ADA Compliant massage table.

    • I practice out of my own space in Grass Valley

Justin Burkett Acupuncture and Rejuvenation

  • This is a non needle technique that use a special pen with a head that has 100 tiny silicon tip that hammer at up to 18000 RPM.

    This is a technique I developed to release deep tension stored in the ligaments and tendons leading to chronic guarding.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

Massage by Ciara

  • I bridge the gap between very deep sports medicine / structural massage and somatic work.

    I will work with your body to release specific tigger points that connect to trapped emotions stored in the body that cause pain and dis-ease.

    My work gives a whole new meaning to DEEP TISSUE.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City & Grass Valley

    • I travel to clients

  • www.massagebyciara.com

    massagebyciara@gmail.com

    (832) 881-7151

Jaime • Balancing Bodyworks

  • Utilizing her 30 years of experience, Jaime offers an incredibly unique and effective approach to bodywork. Specializing in craniosacral, trigger point, myofascial, neuromuscular, muscle energy and deep sports therapies.

    Jaime understands the body clearly and strives to facilitate your total wellness goals. You will see and feel results throughout your tailored session, learn wellness strategies, corrective exercises and design a home program.

    Results have included increased efficiency in mobility and strength, pain relief, reduced recovery and an overall balanced body.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

    • I travel to clients

Myofascial Release

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Angela • Sol Bodyworks

  • I am a Myofascial Release Therapist and an Injury Specialist. I have been doing fascial work since 2004 and healing work since 1999.

    • I practice out of my own space in Grass Valley

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Alexeis • Gold City Wellness

Abdominal Massage Therapies

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Karley • The Timeless Muse

  • I hold a sacred, non-judgmental space for deep transformation—my offerings are for women, men, and all beings ready to reconnect with their body’s wisdom and emotional truth

    Rooted in reverence for the body and the Earth, my sessions blend ancient ritual, intuitive touch, and somatic guidance. I welcome clients who are open to healing through both structure and softness.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

April "CoraLuz" • ABeMedicine

  • I am Dr. April “CoraLuz” Bolding, PT. I offer Maya Abdominal massage; Womb Oracle massage, where your womb and ovaries transmit messages to me that guide healing, connection and improved function, menstrual cycling, fertility preparation, postbirth or post-loss or trauma clearing, & creativity activation; Pregnancy massage and communication with your baby to relay any messages they want to share with you; Postpartum massage; ARISE & Remember massage (2 hours immersive).

    All of my bodywork is done while I emit a high frequency signal that your body picks up on and uses to catalyze healing. Your body knows what to do to heal. We optimize the setting and work together to create the environment for healing, reconnecting, relaxing and awakening to your next level.

    MEN: I work with men who are actively actioning their awakening and evolution. Modalities offered: Clearing & Activation bodywork sessions; immersive two-hour ARISE & Remember session; virtual or in-person Wise Guidance sessions on removing blocks around creativity, intuition, relationships and learning how to work with the new creation energies coming through now; assistance with dark night of the soul. I believe your time for rising is now.

    • I work out of my own space in Nevada City

    • I offere services remotely

Katherine • The Belly Practitioner

  • I offer Chi Nei Tsang, a hands-on abdominal therapy that supports people dealing with symptoms like bloating, constipation, anxiety, fatigue, or a general sense of holding in the belly.

    This work gently helps the organs release tension, improves digestion, and supports emotional regulation.

    It’s a grounded, body-based approach to restoring flow and reconnecting with your center.

    I am trained and certified in Chi Nei Tsang through Grandmaster Mantak Chia and the Universal Healing Tao.

  • Mapping the Belly is a guided self-massage series based on Chi Nei Tsang, designed to help you release tension, improve digestion, and connect more deeply with your body.

    Each class focuses on a different organ system, combining breath, touch, and Taoist principles to support emotional and physical well-being.

    It’s a practical, empowering way to care for your belly from the inside out.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City (at the Wild Lily Healing Collective in the Searls Avenue neighborhood)

    • I travel to clients

    • I teach classes online

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Hiroko • Chi Nei Tsang Practitioner

  • I offer abdominal massage therapy called CHI NEI TSANG. It is an ancient Taoist practice which helps you release stress, digestive issues, and much more.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

    • I travel to clients

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Julie • Bridge for Healing

  • This healing is effective for both men and women and corrects poor blood flow in the abdomen and the organs vital to digestion, assimilation, elimination, secretions and reproduction.

    • I practice out of my own space in Grass Valley

    • I travel to clients

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Kendall Nichole

  • Allow yourself to unwind with a somatic full body experience that unwinds physical and emotional tension within the body, and guides you to unravel whole lines of tension and patterns you’ve been carrying. This methodology blends somatic experiencing, energy work, and full body massage, including abdominal.

    A byproduct of these sessions is that it can support your connection to your body and nervous system and deepen your capacity. We can go as deep into the somatic/emotional healing as you’d like, or this can be a more restful bodywork experience.

    These can be supportive for pain patterns within the body or patterns in your nervous system and emotional responses by helping you to isolate relaxation of regions that are holding and to let energy freely move through the body. Experience both deep relaxation and learn to be an active participant in the process of your own unwinding.

    Abdominal work stimulates our many internal organs housed within the abdomen and is incredibly healing for the digestive system. Support your internal organs and whole body system to move stagnant energy and revitalize.

  • Kendall works within the intersection of Functional Hormonal Health, Somatics & Energy, and the physical integration of the pelvis, womb & heart. This manual therapy can support with hormonal health, tissue opening & pelvic floor unwinding/strengthening, increased milk production, scar tissue remediation, re-sensitization, and emotional balance.

    • I would out of my own space in downtown Nevada City or the Ridge

    • I travel to clients

    • I offer services remotely

Matia • Integrative Bodywork Practitioner

  • Matia offers Chi Nei Tsang, a deeply integrative form of abdominal massage rooted in Taoist healing traditions.

    This practice works directly with the organs, breath, and energy pathways to support emotional release, digestive health, and overall vitality.

    Each session invites reconnection to the body’s inner intelligence, helping energy flow freely and restoring harmony from the center outward.

    • I practice out of my own space in downtown Nevada City

    • I offer services remotely

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Teja Love Wellness

  • I offer Chi Nei Tsang and applied Chi Kung as a healing modality that works with the energy of the internal organs through abdominal massage and breathwork

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

Physical Therapies

Amanda • Built to Move

  • Using a combination of targeted stretching, gentle mobility work, and fascia release techniques, I guide your body through supported movements that reduce stiffness, improve circulation, and enhance range of motion.

    Whether you're managing chronic tension or simply looking to maintain your flexibility and mobility, these sessions offer safe, hands-on support to help you stay active and pain-free.

    Benefits include:

    • Increased flexibility and joint range of motion

    • Reduced muscle tension and pain

    • Enhanced posture and alignment

    • Improved recovery

    • Support for injury prevention

    • I travel to clients

Mia Gleason Bodywork

  • I’m passionate about supporting folks to love and enjoy their bodies. Some things I love to focus on are spinal mobility, balance and anything that supports aging gracefully with ease, pleasure and power.

    I enjoy working with women, especially in the postpartum and perimenopause seasons. Also with folks who’ve experienced ruptures through the medical industrial complex. I continually follow my curiosity and learn new methods to explore the endless fascination of the human body and its ability to move.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

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Amy • RECUR Therapy

  • Anatomy Trains Structural Integration uses an in-depth understanding of myofascial relationships and anatomical specificity to improve postural awareness, balance, whole body relationships and increase movement capacity.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City (and Roseville)

Eric • Form is Function

  • Form is Function serves men and women who want to heal injuries and reduce their ongoing pain, so they can move with confidence, exercise, and be physically active to do all the things they want to do, pain free.

    We train people all over the world.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City, Grass Valley and Sacramento

    • I travel to clients

    • I offer remote sessions

Bob • Integrative Manual Therapeutics

  • Osteopathically trained, gentle, effective, transformative somatic work for long term resolution of pain, imbalance, injury, or trauma.

  • Movement therapy with the Huber 360, a smart movement tool from France. Interactive and responsive way to engage your whole body and integrate the core into all movement. Very helpful for stroke survivors, athletes looking to improve body mechanics, rehab from injury or surgery, fine tuning body awareness and anyone with a body!

  • For orthopedic injuries and degenerative issues, Softwave Therapy brings extracorporeal shockwave therapy to a whole new level. By activating stem cell migration, stimulating angiogenesis (production of new blood vessels), and quickly reducing inflammation, Softwave Therapy dramatically reduces pain and can help avoid the need for many surgical interventions in just a few treatments. Examples include torn ACL, rotator cuff, hip conditions, etc... even "bone on bone" responds very well.


    Applications beyond joint problems include: Plantar Fascitis, Peripheral Neuropathy, Diabetic Ulcers, Burns, Scars, Wrinkles, Chronic sinus problems, non union fracture, soft tissue injuries, and much more. Highly recommended for many situations pre/post surgery for better outcomes.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City & South Auburn

Sheri • In Balance Wellness

  • Years of experience with the body, my services include Craniosacral, Myofascial Release, Lymphatic Massage and Visceral Mobilization.

    I read the body and emphasize nervous system regulation.

    With a Master’s degree in physical therapy, this work is a great passion of mine.

    • I work out of my own space in Nevada City

    • I offer services remotely