Expect More from Your Massage

Traditional massage feels good, but it is temporary.
Over time, traditional massage leaves you helpless and dependent.
Ongoing tension and pain do not have to be accepted as normal.
Acceptance doesn't solve or prevent problems in life or in our body.

Never satisfied with the status quo and determined to make an important difference, Ms. Mae alters and introduces massage techniques to bring about permanent change, not temporary relief.
For over 20 years her methods have evolved - and continue to evolve - and likely always will.

Clients who have had hundreds of bodywork treatments throughout the world, admit that Ms. Mae's work is unlike any other.
Clients who've been to countless clinicians, mainstream and alternative, get results they never knew were possible when they come to Ms. Mae.
And if she can't help solve your problem? She will help find someone who will.  
​In select cases, she will even show you how to do on yourself what she does for you.

Ms. Mae's clients don't come to her for massage, they come to her for solid solutions to their injuries, pain, tension, and movement-related problems.
If you are ready for a change, Ms. Mae just might be for you. 

The Manual Therapy Journey

Ms. Mae's classical, holistic training was wonderful, but her curious nature had her pushing boundaries even before graduation, and 20 years later, there is no end to her discoveries or desire for solutions:

• First she discovered that a muscle's connection at the joint was behind those knots. Clear the joint and the knot melts. She is not the first to discover this. Ida Rolf figured it out, too, but saw and explained it differently.
• Then she discovered that connective tissue focus brought dramatic, biochemical changes not felt when muscles are the focus. Even adhesions from decades ago could be melted away, giving the client new life. Connective tissue research backs up this claim. Where we put our focus in life and in the body, makes a real difference, so we are wise to not limit focus!
• She was stunned to discover, along with others, the diagnostic benefits of reflexology. Those informative insights are possible only when the client pool consists of people with significant health problems. Ms. Mae had the courage to embrace the health-challenged, which gifted her in return with insights that made her a full-body palpation expert.
• Vibration therapies were not initially welcome, but when she felt what they did for her, the door opened to super sophisticated systems like Biosyntonie, only to discover years later that the super-simple ancient systems, like tok sen, worked, too, and maybe even better. Yet, how tok sen is taught and how Ms. Mae uses it, are not the same; the difference is honed specificity.
• She initially scoffed at the idea of "smooth gua sha" and "massage cupping", figuring the teachers were uniquely gifted. She was wrong. Yet she needed to innovate with these tools, too, to fit her growing theories about health and healing. 
• None of the above prepared her for what was next: Our bones are talking and they have much to say about what ails us. And Ms. Mae's Osteo Therapy was born. If your muscles "ache" or you have calcific tendonitis, arthritis, or feel worse after you exercise, your bones are talking. Ms. Mae invites you to try her therapies.

The Scientific Approach to Complex Problems

Ms. Mae evaluates a wide variety of methods to discover their underlying principles, then enhances their use based on those principles combined with her knowledge of connective tissue and biology.

This evaluation cannot be done through traditional reductionist science - that only works with complicated problems. Health problems are complex, not complicated. Solving complex problems means understanding the simplicity underneath, first.

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein.

The ancients focused on what worked, but people became dogmatic in their stories about how they worked. They took what was meant to be a model, and let it become mechanism. Ms. Mae encourages modern scientists to dismiss the dogma and get to work discovering the true mechanisms of ancient methods, so that more people can be helped.​

Don't Be Afraid

Long before pain presents itself and long before a diagnosis of disease is made, sub-clinical problems exist. Identifying and clearing the sub-clinical problems means you not only get your current issues addressed, but you likely eliminate future issues by getting to them before they get to you: This, is true prevention.

However, it can take clients by surprise or frighten them to feel the pain of an underlying issue. Don't be frightened, be glad you know sooner rather than later - it's all for your benefit! An ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure!

Adaptability

​Ms. Mae's years of experience, compassion, and palpation skills make her highly adept at intuitively adjusting pressure from light to deep, allowing her to care for the very ill to the very robust, for the very tender to the very tough. Always seeking new challenges, Ms. Mae welcomes the widest variety of client complaints. If she is unable to resolve your problem, she will do her best to find someone who can. ​

All Bodies are Beautiful!

Whatever your body's shape or condition, you have a beautiful, amazing body that only wants to serve you. Ms. Mae is here to help.