Heart-Centered Healing Modalities
Bodywork Menu
We offer individual sessions for either 60, 90, or 120 minutes. This can include any combination of our bodywork offerings listed below. Each modality has a recommended duration in the description, so if you want more than one modality, add up the durations and book the closest duration (it doesn't have to be exact).
You can also book an Open-Ended "Personal Healing Session which will include any of the modalities you want and has no time restrictions, leaving more space for dialogue, meditation, breathwork, etc.
We also offer Couples Massage and Tandem Lomi in 60 and 90 minute sessions which require both Benj and Sara as well as Private Yoga Lessons and Herbal Consultations with Sara.
If you have any questions about what modalities would be best suited for you, please email us and descripe your goals or intentions for receiving bodywork, and we will be happy to discuss it with you!
Personalized Healing Session
In these personalized sessions, Benj draws from all his tools including dialogue, meditation, breathwork, and bodywork (descriptions below) to facilitate a transformative experience. The focus is on personal evolution through healing the whole being...physical, psychological, and spiritual. This holistic approach creates long-lasting positive change.
Recommended Duration: These sessions are open-ended, allowing space for whatever comes up, and usually take 3-5 hours.
Hawaiian Lomilomi Massage
Lomilomi is the traditional style of massage from Hawaii. There are many lineages of Lomi that have been passed down since ancient times. They all share a holistic approach, treating body, mind, and spirit as one.
Traditional Lomilomi Massage
This style of Lomilomi uses full-body strokes that emulate ocean waves to integrate the whole body, move energy, and release pain, tension, and blockages. It improves circulation and helps the lymphatic system eliminate toxins from the body.
Lomilomi can also have profound impacts on mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. It promotes deep relaxation and stress relief, and can be used to access and release emotional baggage and traumas. Sessions are very meditative in nature and can help us reconnect with our sense of purpose and potential in life.
Recommended Duration: 60 or 90 minutes
Temple-Style Lomi
Temple-Style is a modern lineage of Lomi that uses cascading waves of forearm and elbow stokes. It is ideal for those who prefer deeper bodywork.
It has all the physical and psychological benefits of Traditional Lomi, and also incorporates manual stretches, deep twists, and joint rotations to improve flexibility and range of motion.
Recommended Duration: 90 minutes or 2 hours
Deep Joint Rotations
Deep Joint Rotations are a traditional component of Temple-Style Lomi sessions. This unique modality involves slowly rotating each joint (shoulders, hips, knees, elbows, wrists, and ankles) at its maximum range of motion. This process clears out the joint sockets and increases range of motion. Receivers love experiencing deeper stretches than they can achieve themselves.
Recommended Duration: 2 hours (including Temple-Style massage)
Lomi HA Breathwork
Lomi HA is Hawaiian-Style Breathwork that creates deep, lasting change. This is a very effective method for letting go of baggage and trauma, clearing the way for your goals to manifest.
This can be booked on its own or incorporated into a Lomi Massage.
Recommended Duration: 30-60 minutes
Tandem Lomi Massage
Tandem (4-Hands) Lomi involves two practitioners working in synchronicity. This feels amazing and has a balancing effect on the nervous system. It also allows for an even greater depth of work to take place during a single session. With four hands moving around the body in harmony, the mind is lulled into a trance, and deep healing can take place.
Recommended Duration: 60 or 90 minutes
Couples Lomi Massage
Receive the blissful benefits of Lomi Lomi side-by-side with your partner, family member, or friend.
This is a great treat for a birthday, anniversary, date night, holiday, or any day you want to make special!
Recommended Duration: 60 or 90 minutes
The Body Tune Up
The Body Tune Up is a two-part system designed to improve your health and wellbeing. You can receive either part individually or as a pair. We recommend combining them with a Lomilomi massage to give your system a thorough detox.
Digestive System Rebalancing
All health begins in the gut. When people take on too much stress, it overloads valves in the digestive tract, causing toxin recycling. This breaks down the colon lining and can cause a variety of symptoms throughout the body/mind. This is known as Leaky Gut Syndrome.
In this session, we use muscle testing to check for Leaky Gut and manual adjustments to reset any valves that are not working properly. We also balance the meridian system and use acupressure points to detox the colon. For most people, this work requires a 14 day meal plan to allow the gut to heal. The combination of adjustments and meal plan is very effective at healing the root cause of Leaky Gut.
Click here for more info: What Leaky Gut Is & How We Treat It.
Click here to learn more about: THE MEAL PLAN.
Recommended Duration: 1 Hour
Passive Structural Alignment
In this session, we use muscle testing to check the alignment of vertebrae, ribs, hips, cranials, and more. Then we use a gentle technique based on the principles of Orthobionomy to press any misaligned bones back into place. This can drastically relieve back/neck pain as well as headaches/migraines. It can also improve posture, range of motion, and energy flow.
Recommended Duration: 10-20 Minutes
Followup Maintenance Sessions are $20 each or 3/$50 and last about 10 minutes.
Other Offerings
Touch for Health ~ Applied Kinesiology
Touch For Health (TFH) is a very effective modality for working with chronic or acute pain, stress, anxiety, tight muscles, low energy, decreased mobility, and more. TFH is so effective because it focuses on treating the underlying cause of the symptoms.
In a basic session, we will do a Meridian Balance. Using muscle testing, we communicate directly with your body's intuitive wisdom and locate any blockages in your various systems that create physical or emotional stress. Then we use a variety of simple techniques to release them, allowing the body to return to its natural state of health and vitality. Many people leave these sessions feeling empowered to achieve their goals and maintain their wellbeing.
Recommended Duration: 30-45 minutes
Private Yoga Session
In these classes, Sara can help you develop your yoga practice, whether you need help learning the basics or want to deepen your practice. She focuses on learning yoga in the traditional way, by incorporating meditation, breathing techniques and postures.
She can share simple techniques for pain and stress relief or advanced postures that will challenge your body and mind. This can help you develop greater strength, flexibility, and a deeper sense of inner peace.
Recommended Duration: 60 or 90 minutes
For multiple students, each additional person is 50% off.
Herbal Consultations & Remedies
Sara makes herbal tinctures and salves which can be purchased at Milldale Farm.
She is also happy to meet in person or online for private consultations to discuss using herbs to address your health concerns. She can recommend herbs for you to use or can make custom products for your needs.
In person sessions can be booked through the link below. To schedule online consultations, email us.
Gift Certificates
Give the gift of wellbeing! Gift certificates are available for all our services in any amount! You can fill out this form to order one or email us!
Home Visits
Prefer to receive your session at home? Benj offers home visits!
Add $15 + 50¢ per mile to the cost of the offering.
Email vermontholisticbodywork@gmail.com to schedule a home visit!