"Nyssa's hands are strong, soft and sure."
Who I am:
All my life I have been an embodied person, both as an athlete - long distance cycling, running, playing hockey, and weightlifting; and working with my hands - bike mechanics, plastering, carpentry, woodworking, and gardening. In 2025 I completed a politicized somatics course and realized that, despite all the time I spent in my body, I actually understood very little about it. A deep desire to understand more about my body led me to enroll in a massage therapy and bodywork certification program. It has been a privilege to learn from Dawn Mulheron, who has been practicing for over thirty years and teaching for over twenty-five.
Why Bodywork & Massage Therapy:
We are what we practice. Our daily posture, movement, and habits all literally shape our bodies. Our muscles and our skeletal system shift in response to how we move, sit and stand. Consistent massage therapy and bodywork can:
- decrease inflammation
- increase blood flow and circulation
- lower blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate
- stimulate the immune system
- relieve muscle pain and tightness
- assist in posture re-patterning
- improve range of motion and mobility
- relieve muscle spasms
- calm the nervous system
- decrease anxiety and depression
- help move and eliminate toxins
- relieve edema (chronic swelling)
- support digestion and healthy bowels movements
- and more
My Approach:
In bodywork, I see each of my clients as the experts of their own bodies. I use a trauma informed, consent-based approach to facilitate each body re-membering looseness, relaxation, and relief where there has been tension, constriction, or inflammation. Together, we will move whatever is no longer serving you, and work with your body to tell a new story.
I am committed to learning from each client I work with, as well as pursuing formal continuing education.
Modalities I’m Trained In:
Swedish
Deep Tissue
Shiatsu
Reflexology
Thai Massage
Cupping