Feldenkrais Vancouver

Holistic Massage for Health & Relaxation

         Benefits of Massage




~ Relaxation, Relaxation, Relaxation      ~ Rejuvenating

~ Feel better                                                 ~ Detox

~ Lower your blood pressure                     ~ Diminish nervous tension               
~ Look Younger                                           ~ Improve your circulation

~ Experience an overall relaxed state     ~ Be energized

~ Recover from muscle fatigue                   ~ Create a peaceful state

 
  Prices by sliding scale
  Introductory offer for $35/first session

Holistic Massage         
  • 1hour - $45 - $65
  • 5x1hour - $225- $300
  add $20 per
appointment for home calls
 
Free parking at Our Town Cafe


lJoseph & Massage

Joseph has  studied Massage Therapy at the Canadian College for Massage & Hydrothereapy in Toronto, and practice massage since 14 years.
Five years of those in San Francisco where he had the opportunity to work with many professional and amarture athletes from NFL players to triatletes, dancers and acrobats.
Today he practices Massage for relaxation and muscle health, for more serious challenges he applies the Feldenkrais Method because of it's effectiveness.
He has blended both with great success.


The History of Massage

The Chinese developed massage as a therapeutic tool over four thousand years ago. Egyptian wall paintings from 2330 B.C. depict a physician’s practice of massage. The ancient Greeks and Romans used massage as one of their principal means of healing and relieving pain.

In the early fifth-century B.C., Hippocrates, the father of medicine, prescribed its use and wrote, "The physician must be experienced...in rubbing...For rubbing can bind a joint that is too loose, and loosen a joint that is too rigid."

After the fall of Rome in the fifth century A.D. the Western world lost touch with the use of massage. However, the Arabians continued to study classical teachings on the healing arts. Shiatsu was introduced to the Japanese Buddhist monks in the sixth-century, and ancient Tibet developed its own style of massage. Western massage was revived in the sixteenth-century through the work of a French doctor, Ambroise Pare.

At the beginning of the nineteenth-century, a Swedish fencing master named Per Henrik Ling, combined his knowledge of gymnastics and physiology with ancient techniques, creating smooth, kneading manipulations, small circular movements, and brisk, rapid blows. Ling’s techniques today are referred to as “Swedish Massage”

         To make your appointment, or for more information contact                me by phone 778.233.0889 or fjsoma@gmail.com