One on One

Private Sessions are available for more concentrated, specific work that addresses your individual needs. One on one sessions with Leah Gillman are for private yoga classes, Barefoot Bodywork sessions or Barefoot Bodywork tutorials.

Barefoot Bodywork is an outgrowth of Ashiatsu and Barefoot Shiatsu. It is a form of Acupressure, its roots are in Eastern Medicine. Sessions take place on a mat with the recipient in loose, comfortable clothing, without shoes, though perhaps socks. The practitioner promotes a deep sense of nurturance and healing using her bare feet on the recipient in rocking and leaning motions. Because of her upright posture, the practitioner is an efficient conductor of universal energy, or chi. Hands are used for smaller, more specific work and for work that simply requires opposable thumbs. Lying down and submitting to gravity in a deep state of relaxation, the recipient is fully engaged with the earth. This relaxation enables desired changes and healing to take place.

Why schedule a Barefoot Bodywork Session?
Barefoot Bodywork sessions are scheduled for the same reasons as other forms of massage. However, it is distinct in that it informs the recipient about the ways they have defined themselves while creating an opportunity for them to consider something different. It is for all people who want to come into a greater consciousness of their physical, spiritual and emotional selves. It is appropriate for any age or body type–large and petite, young and old and everyone in between…