Barefoot Movement offers floor-based, clothes-on bodywork sessions in a range of different styles and techniques. Our experienced practitioners provide personalized wellness treatments.
Relieves pain. Reduces pain caused by acute or chronic injury, stress, arthritis, overworked muscles, repetitive activities.
- Reduces stress. Enhances sleep quality, improves energy, decreases anxiety, and promotes calmness and wellbeing.
- Increases immunity and overall health. Stimulates blood and lymph circulation, pumping oxygen and nutrients into tissues and organs.
Enhances your yoga practice. Increases range of motion and flexibility, stretching muscles, and mobilizing joints.
What is bodywork?
Bodywork encompasses different modalities of therapeutic touch; at Barefoot Movement we offer sessions in shiatsu-style massage, Thai massage, cupping, Tok Sen (a Thai practice that involves the use of a special wooden hammer and wedge to relax muscles in a rhythmically tapping motion), & acupuncture. These techniques all lend themselves to healing injuries, improving general functioning, and harmonizing body systems.
What should I expect during a session?
Bodywork sessions at Barefoot Movement take place on a padded mat on the floor, and involve movement, stretching, and application of direct pressure. In a session you will be taken through yoga-like movements with the assistance of your therapist. Rocking, rhythmic pressure is applied to the muscles, and often the therapist uses their thumbs, hands, forearms, elbows, knees, and feet. It is a much more dynamic form of massage, and often will include techniques with you lying on your back, stomach, and sides as well as in sitting positions. Through stretching and direct pressure, the therapist helps to promote circulation and openness in the body, using assisted yoga poses to release restrictions in your joints and compression to release muscular tension.
Please note that multiple sessions may take place in the room simultaneously.
Tips for a successful session:
- Have an essentially empty stomach.
Wear loose, comfortable clothing (think: pajamas or long sleeved/long legged exercise clothes). You may wear socks if you like; the practitioner is the one with the bare feet. 🙂
- The practitioner will ask you whether you have had any surgeries, broken bones, about any your family health history or, for women, whether there’s any chance that you might be pregnant; your answers will inform the work.
If you would like to tip your practitioner, please bring cash or check for them (Joel does not accept tips).
Bodywork Practitioners
Erin Bremond
with Ground Wellness
Bodywork Sessions
Sliding Scale
60 min | $60 – $100
90 min | $80 – $125
120 min | $105 – $155
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Please Note: There may be session times available that are not shown in our booking system, depending on studio and practitioner availability. Please contact us to inquire.
If you have any trouble with our online booking system, please contact us for assistance or to schedule an appointment.
A credit card is required to complete booking. • 24 hour cancellation notice is required or ½ the lower price applies
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Erin is a trained sports medicine health care professional, beginning Doula, and manual therapy practitioner. She uses movement patterns, muscle activation, massage, breath, manual therapy and the occasional tape application to correct and improve muscle and joint pain from head to toe. Specializing in prenatal body work she focuses on alignment and the balance between mobility and stability, working to help prepare the body for birth while relieving muscle and joint pain associated with pregnancy. Having a Masters Degree in Sports Medicine, she is well versed in musculoskeletal rehabilitation, injury prevention and treatment. Following a session with her you can expect to leave with much less pain and valuable knowledge, along with practical application strategies to utilize at home. Patients who sign up with Erin will take an active role in their healing process performing movement patterns and stretches before and after treatment. She also practices Myofascial Decompression (Cupping), Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (Graston or Guasha), and Kinesiology Taping Techniques. Her skills in body work are not only beneficial for the pregnant body but for the dancer, athlete, and yogi as well.