Ama Greenrose Manasse, Certified Massage Therapist since 2002, helps to facilitate profound healing. Her work affects your core self, nervous and organ systems, and contributes to improved health, comfort, well-being and sense of connect.

Ama offers a holistic approach to Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. Most sessions are an integration of various techniques drawn from a vast toolbox, gathered from over 20 years of trainings and practice.  Through a thorough intake process, each session is co-designed with clients, to best address symptoms, health goals and interests. 
 
Her specialties include certification in Oncology Massage in which she works with clients before, during, and after treatment for cancer; training in advanced Pre- & Perinatal (Pregnancy) Massage; scar tissue remediation; Vodder-style Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD), grief work, as well as Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) for trauma resolution and increasing regulation and resiliency.
 
Primary techniques utilized include:

• Swedish    

• Reflexology

• Myofascial Release

• Acupressure and Shiatsu

• Still holds, joint range of motion, active and assisted stretching, guided breathing and visualization, and vibration healing (with music, colored light and/or a tuning fork).

 
​In addition, her work is informed by other modalities, including:

• Cranial Sacral Therapy

• Polarity Therapy

• Trager (rocking, shaking and vibration)

 
Clients have the opportunity to experience the benefits of a Biomat Mini, a far-infrared heating pad composed of amethyst and tourmaline (extending from shoulders to hips).
 
Aside from Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, Ama offers Somatic Experiencing.  The primary goal of SE is to assist clients in moving through and beyond present symptoms, stress and overwhelm, towards building capacity to cope and thrive.
 
Clients are witnessed, guided and accompanied on a gentle journey to help increase self-awareness and curiosity, move stuck survival energy, strengthen connection with supportive resources, re-organize and re-integrate the nervous system, build resilience and capacity to respond appropriately to stressors, and gather coherence to live from your core self and thrive in daily life in addition to increased function to deal with unusual circumstances.
 
Working through focus on your body in present time, and re-stabilizing ease and flow in the physical body, nervous system and mind, clients sit in a chair, lay on the massage table or stand and move. Most sessions include some combination of verbal interaction, touch, movements and exercises with playful tools. 
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