Susan offers therapeutic massage sessions in her Brooklyn and Manhattan offices, and performs house calls. She also coordinates and supervises an excellent roster of therapists for other house calls.She blends several techniques to meet the needs of the individual client, creating nurturing and rejuvenating sessions. These techniques include:
- Swedish Massage
- Myofascial Release (deep release)
- Polarity Therapy (energy balancing, chakra work)
- Reiki Third Degree
- Shiatsu
- Passive and Active Stretching
Susan incorporates her understanding of the body in movement, the breath, and attentive listening to assist clients to meet their goals and full potential.
She has vast experience with muscular skeletal tension and injury, back pain, MS, scoliosis, fibromyalgia and generalized stress.
Susan graduated from the Swedish Institute of Massage Therapy in New York City in 1993 and received her New York State License the same year. She has maintained a private practice while continuing to study. She did a year-long private tutorial in Heller Work, studied Reiki to Third Degree with Howard Dugan, and completed earlier studies in Polarity Therapy.
She focuses on communicating with clients about their needs and sensations, adjusting the hands-on work to suit the situation, and incorporating yoga to further the healing.
Susan welcomes the opportunity to share her skills, knowledge, compassion and humor with you.