WELCOME TO ROOTS TO BLOOM
ALL BOOKING OPTIONS:
PLEASE: ​DO NOT BOOK if you are ill, have been ill in the last week, or have symptoms of illness and otherwise feel fine. 
ALL SESSIONS have the option of a 3 session package at a special rate. Simply look for Packages on the booking menu!
60 Min Package of 3: $285
75 Min Package of 3: $335
90 Min Package of 3: $395


60 Minute Session: $99
A great introduction to massage! This offers relaxation, stress release, OR work on a focus area. 
Can be used for prenatal/postpartum if your goal is general relaxation and relief from mild discomfort.

NEW! 75 Minute Session: $119
By popular request is this 75 minute session which feels like just the right amount of extra relaxation above the 60 minute session, with the "just right" extra time for the problem areas. Great for prenatal when a 90 min feels too long for the next bathroom trip - IYKYK!

90 Minute Session: $139
An ideal amount of time to address the whole person, expecting or not!
This is ideal for those who have pain or tension in more than one area, pain areas that needs extra time to release and for integrative sessions that include massage and bodywork with cranial sacral unwinding or healing touch. This is also the ideal session to choose postpartum, especially if you will be bringing the baby with you.

This bodywork is an ideal fit for people experiencing pain or dysfunction relating to:
  • pregnancy at any stage (all trimesters, conception to birth, no restrictions)
  • miscarriage and abortion
  • postpartum and/or birth injury/trauma no matter how long ago
  • your monthly bleed cycle; menses
  • post surgery anytime and those with related scar tissue
  • cancer treatment or any health issue with long treatment as support
  • and those looking for an alternative to massage that makes you feel sore afterwards
SMRT Massage/Cranial Sacral SMRT will feel:
  • Gentle, yet firm
  • Deeply relieving and relaxing to the nervous system
  • No post massage rest period (but you will be relaxed)
  • Effective, respectful, and informed

SMRT: Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique

The origins of Roots to Bloom bodywork began with supporting women in birth, and the comfort measures that naturally evolve while tending women during this time. It is bodywork that works with the central nervous system, as well as presenting movement patterns. What this means is that we never force the tissues, and we listen to what the body is saying. The primary methodology is SMRT (Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique), which is bodywork that is osteopathic in nature. Within the massage therapy field, this would be recognized as "strain/counter-strain",  "joint mobilizations" or "muscle energy techniques". 

SMRT releases deeply without pain, hard pressure, and little to no post session recovery. Because the releases are working with presenting patterns to bring balance (technically, homeostasis) to the muscle, best use of the muscle is available immediately. The releases are initiated by the central nervous system, which creates a very relieving and relaxing sensation in the body. 

The experience feels like firm, palpating (reading or "listening" to the tissues) Swedish style strokes that find the issue, and adding a local joint mobilization (or "hold") that brings the origins and insertions (each end) of the muscle together to mimic a muscular contraction at a very small percentage. This hold creates a conversation between the nervous system and the muscle, allowing it to release.

The beauty of this technique is that it's simple in it's delivery as well as it's outcome, and the results are very muscle specific. Due to it's strong dependency on excellent anatomy skills and vocabulary, it is an ideal adjunct to those working with essential medical providers such as physical therapists, midwives and obgyns, and surgeons.
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