Healing Bodywork
Take a moment for yourself to sink onto the massage table in our cozy San Mateo Studio. Receive unique light touch therapy drawn from the ancient wisdom and modern practices of Tui Na, Acupressure, Shiatsu, Reiki, and Craniosacral Therapy. Each session is different and individualized for your needs.
Life can be chaotic and the world today is filled with uncertainty and ground-shifting energy. Our incredible bodies are built to survive and thrive, yet we cannot fully process all of the stressors that come our way. We need to regularly tend to our wellbeing and provide stillness, nourishment, rest, and self-care for our physical, mental, and emotional form.
We offer integrated, curated, hands-on healing sessions in the Discovering Hara Studio and Distant (remote) Reiki healing sessions from afar.
All Healing Bodywork Sessions are fully clothed and suitable for people of all ages—from infants to our wisest beings. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and socks.
Book your session today and feel the difference in your mind, body, and spirit.
Balance and Restore Your Energy
About the Modalities
Tui Na
Tui Na (“tway-nah”) is a fully-clothed massage performed on a massage table that opens the energy pathways—known as meridians—in the body to unblock and harmonize stuck energy. Through a variety of hand movements and gentle mobilization techniques, we facilitate a smooth flow of life force energy throughout the body, mind, and spirit. In this gentle session, we activate all the meridian energies within by sweeping across the back of the body before turning over for an Acupressure treatment.
Shiatsu
Shiatsu is rooted in the wisdom of Tui Na and developed in Japan as a blend of Eastern healing principles with modern understanding of anatomy and physiology. The word Shiatsu means “finger pressure,” and this technique involves applying gentle yet firm pressure along the body’s meridians using the thumbs, palms, and sometimes elbows or knees. Shiatsu aims to restore balance to the body’s vital energy (Qi or Ki or Prana), supporting overall health and well-being.
Acupressure
An Acupressure treatment is quiet, still and relaxing. You lay on your back and receive subtle energy shifts as the practitioner uses light finger touch on specific points along the meridians of the body. Each session is customized to best support the client’s needs today, with an individualized protocol to help promote a nourished and harmonized energetic flow among all Five Elements in the body for optimal balance and wellness.
Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral Therapy is a subtle light-touch, hands-on treatment that works with the body’s natural rhythms to release tension, improve nervous system function, and promote deep relaxation. By gently working with the bones of the skull, spine, and sacrum, this therapy supports the body’s ability to self-correct—reducing pain, calming the mind, and enhancing overall well-being.
Reiki
Reiki (“ray-key”) is a gentle, hands-on energy healing technique that channels universal life force energy to where it’s needed most. Through intuition and intention, your Reiki Practitioner gently holds on or just above the body areas of imbalance, tension, or blockages, supporting your body’s own innate ability to heal and restore harmony through deep relaxation.
Chakra Balancing
Chakra Balancing is an energy-healing practice that focuses on restoring flow and harmony within the body’s seven main energy centers, known as chakras (“tcha-kras”). These chakras correspond to different physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of your wellbeing—from grounding and stability to communication, intuition, and self-awareness. Whether you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or simply out of sync, Chakra Balancing offers a powerful reset and connection to your inner self.
What I Can Expect: Healing Sessions
Our restorative bodywork sessions are primarily rooted in the ancient healing practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where we use the Five Element Theory to evaluate how the energies of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water show up in your body, emotions, and personality.
We begin each session with a brief 5 Element Assessment to provide a holistic look at your current state of well-being, and reveal where your energy is balanced and where support is most needed before you lay face-down on the massage table. Our time together is individualized based on what your body needs and whether you have a specific modality preference. We generally draw upon multiple modalities to create a unique session for you.
Our cozy studio provides a safe space for you to relax and let go of all that you hold, so that you may rest in stillness, restore your energy, and find balance and harmony as a rhythmic peace takes over. This is your moment to recharge, to heal, and to simply be present in space and time without demands.
All Healing Bodywork Sessions are fully clothed—please wear loose, comfortable clothing and socks.