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Current Offerings

Currently, I am booking appointments by request or referral on Mondays between 9am-6pm at the Paloma Healing Center 146 Green Street  in Hudson, NY.  For session  information, questions, or to book an appointment, please click on the 'Request an Appointment' button and fill out the Contact Form:

Swedish Massage

This classic, 'all purpose' Western style therapeutic massage remains the modality of choice for those seeking straightforward, uncomplicated maintenance massage for non-specific conditions, overall relaxation, health, and wellbeing. More than just a ‘Spa’ or ‘fluff & buff’ massage, traditional Swedish is the basis of all Western massage modalities and ranges greatly from from gentle and relaxing to very firm and invigorating. This session is fully person-centered and so technique, rate, flow, depth of pressure, and therapeutic effects will be customized as needed.

60 minute session $120

90 minute session $180

Why I love it...

  • Resets the parasympathetic nervous system [the ‘rest & digest’ function]

  • Relieves general minor muscular pain

  • Helps to prevent injury

  • Promotes circulation

  • Nourishes skin and tissues

  • Speeds injury recovery

  • Supports digestion and sleep

  • Lowers blood pressure

  • Reduces stress

Musculoskeletal Massage

This is clinical massage therapy intended for those seeking  [real] orthopedic, medical, sports massage, or pain management related to subacute and chronic muscle, tissue, tendon, ligament, joint injury. 

  The approach here is simple:  focus on therapeutic and  musculoskeletal therapy work with regards to a specific region(s), muscle, joint, muscle group,  as indicated fully per individual resiliance and then create a  goal-based plan. Techniques and  pressure level  are fully  determined by the individual's health and  wellness goals,  presenting conditions/contraindications, injuries, tramas, surgeries, needs preferences, resilience, and  pressure tolerances, etc. 

 60 minute session $130

90 minute session $195

Why I love it...

  • Allows for specific focus and attention

  • Improves joint function and mobility

  • Increases range of motion

  • Targets localized adhesion

  • Decreases localized/systemic pain and stress

  • Speeds injury/surgery recovery and healing time

  • Reduces or breaks up scar tissue

  • Promotes circulation and tissue repair

Women's Wellness Massage

Swedish massage is par excellence for promoting and supporting health and wellness in women specific to the female reproductive system, menses, pregnancy, post-natal, and menopause as well as for women who have undergone or are recovering from injury, trauma, abortion or miscarriage, illness, or surgery.

60 minute session $120

90 minute session $180

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Why I love it...

  • Helps prepare for labor and improve post-partum recovery

  • Eases low back and pelvic girdle pain and discomfort

  • Helps ease menstrual pain and improve cycle

  • Lessens postoperative pain [such as abortion, gender reassignment, mastectomy, C section, etc]

  • Improve/support for mental health and emotional wellbeing

  • Reduces anxiety, depression, stress

Hands & Feet

Often overworked, ignored, and generally underappreciated, our hands and feet are precious appendages enabling us to interact with the physical world and take in sensory experiences. This session is devoted to the care and nourishment of the feet and hands only and is suitable for wellness and/or clinical application. Therapy draws from a blend of Western and holistic modalities including reflexology,  lympharic drainage, musculoskeletal, Amma Shiatsu, and aromatherapy. 

60 minute session $120

Why I love it...

  • Reduces general to specific pain and fatigue

  • Improves/relaxes/hightens mental functioning

  • Energizes entire system

  • Promotes systemic wellness

  • Opens Chi/Prana flow

  • Encourages venous return

  • Supports lymph circulation and systemic detoxification

  • Nourishes and/or detoxifies skin  and palmar/plantar connective tissues

  • Preventative for repetitive motion injury or strain

 [Real] Aromatherapeutic  Massage w/Mini Consult

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Massage is considered one of the most effective and important means of receiving the therapeutic benefits of those plants via the  essential oils that can be extracted, and it goes without saying that quality matters. I work with essential oils- and  that are vibrant,  alive, pure, unadulterated, ethically sourced, and of premium quality. While, 'what smells good' is an important consideration, essential oil singles and/or synergies will be also be considered and recomended for their specific therapeutic  properties, actions, and energetics supportive and relevant to your wellness goals with regards to your olefactory preferences. This session includes a 15 minute mini consult.

75 minute session $175

105 minute session $235

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Why I love it...​

  • Delights the senses

  • Encourages and supports overal mental, emotional, and spiritual well being

  • Soothes and relieves mental, emotional and physical [dis]stress

  • Nourishes and improves skin health & appearance

  • Includes face, scalp, hair, and foot care

  • Improves sleep, lifts spirits, and enhances sense of well-being

  • Reduces muscle, tissue, joint, and nerve pain

  • Builds, reduces, or balanaces digestion (agni)

  • Reduces systemic toxins (ama), inflammation, excess tissue and fluids

Seasonal Resilience Massage w/Mini Consult

This fully person-centered holistic therapy focuses on balancing the specific effects of climate, seasonal changes and conditions can have on the body, mind, emotions, and spirit- such as increased phlegm, congestion depression, sinus irritation, dryness, irritation , heat, irritability and   inflamation.  Integrating traditional Ayurvedic constitutional typography, holistic aromatherapy, and herbalism with Western massage and  bodywork therapies, this session  is intended to  support and harmonize the individual with the current external seasonal/climatic and their own internal 'climatic conditions' .  While I will offer general approaches and recommendations, session goals will vary greatly per individual: how specific climate/seasonal discomfort, imbalances, or conditions manifest.  This session includes a 15 minute mini consult.

75 minute session $175

105 minute ssession $235

Why I love it...

  • Encourages internal and external harmony with nature

  • Supports one's own natural balance and resilience

  • Calms emotions and mental agitation caused by climatic and seasonal factors

  • Assists in healthy detoxification of seasonal lifestyle habits/allergies: food, emotion, and mental accumulation

  • Nourishes skin, tissues, and digestion according to climatic and seasonal effects.

  • Lifts one’s spirits and boosts positivity

Ayurvedic Head & Face Massage w/Mini Consult

Beauty- real beauty- is integral to health and wellness. In Ayurveda, beauty is part of the daily ritual of self-healing. This treatment nourishes the face, scalp, head, and hair to bring out one's own constitutional radiance from the inside out. Much more than just a massage, this treatment includes a four step ‘facial’ that includes the application of herbal pastes, floral waters [hydrosols] pure oils and essential oils chosen and prepared by hand for your specific constitution and skin type. The head, hair and scalp are generously massaged with warm herbal oil.  Specific emphasis is placed on various marma points. Hands, feet and spine also receive a special visit to activate the flow of Prana (Qi) throughout the whole body. This session includes a 15 minute consult.

75 minute session $175

Why I love it...

  • Improves hair and skin quality

  • Nourishes hair and skin tissues

  • Reduces facial nerve pain and tension

  • Reduces inflammation and soothes skin irritation

  • Balances skin pH

  • Improves overall skin integrity and health

  • Rejuvenates and detoxifies the skin

  • Reduces the appearance of fine lines

  • Hydrates and nourishes face, scalp, and hair without harsh chemicals

  • Improves blood and lymphatic circulation

  • Relaxes, calms, and balances body, mind, and soul

  • Brings out and harmonizes one’s own natural beauty and radiance

*Ayurvedic Rejuv Massage w/Mini Consult

Ayurvedic Rejuvenation Massage is specifically indicated for those who are in a state of mental, emotional, and/or physical [tissue] depletion or exhaustion (high Vata). Generous amounts of warm herbal  oil is applied with long, flowing, rhythmic, and circular strokes intended to nourish depleted tissues, calm the nervous system, build digestive fire (agni), build vitality (ojas), and increase vital energy flow (prana). While I will offer general recommendations for balancing Vata dosha, session goals, oils, and essential oils will be determined via  individual constitution and presenting imbalances. This session includes a 15 minute mini consult.

75 minute session $175.

*Add-on  30 minute  Ayurvedic Facial Treatment  for a total 105 minute session $235.

105 minute session $235. 

*Add-on  30 minute Ayurvedic Facial Treatment  for a total 135  minute session $295.

Why I love it...

  • Increases lymphatic drainage

  • Reduces excess Vata (nervous tension, pain, and anxiety)

  • Directs toxins (Ama) into digestive system for elimination

  • Stimulates digestion (Agni)

  • Increases blood circulation

  • Grounding and stabilizing for excess mental agitation, fear, and anxiety

  • Increases Prana (Qi) flow

  • Nourishes, builds, and rejuvenates tissues (skin, nervous, connective)

  • Supports seasonal wellness for Vata (cold, dry, and brittle) types

*Ayurvedic Detox Massage w/Mini Consult

Ayurvedic Detoxification Massage is indicated for those who are in a state of mental, emotional, and/or physical excess, inflammation, or cumulative stagnation, toxins, and/or lethargy (excess Pitta or excess Kapha). Dry massage using raw silk gloves (garshana) is followed by minimal to moderate amounts of oil applied with medium to firm pressure and calming to vigorous strokes intended to stimulate blood and lymphatic circulation, balance digestion (agni), reduce/eliminate accumulated waste and toxins (ama) in the tissues, and balance vital energy (prana) flow. 

While I will offer general recommendations for balancing Pitta or Kapha doshas, session goals, oils, and essential oils, will be determined via  individual constitution and presenting imbalances. Thi session includes a 15 minute mini consult.

75 minute session $175.

*Add-on  30 minute  Ayurvedic Facial Treatment  for a total 105 minute session $235.

105 minute session $235. 

*Add-on  30 minute Ayurvedic Facial Treatment  for a total 135  minute session $295.

Why I love it...​

  • Helps to break up and eliminate excess mucus and systemic stagnation [gunk]

  • Increases lymphatic and blood flow

  • Reduces excess systemic toxins

  • Balances, reduces, or stimulates digestion (agni)

  • Aids in weight reduction

  • Stimulates or calms mental and emotional lethargy or irritability

  • Reduces the appearance of cellulite

  • Aids in reducing redness and inflammation

  • Nourishes and detoxifies the skin

  • Reduces seasonal discomfort for Kapha(cool, damp, and sticky) and Pitta (hot, moist, and irritable) types

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