The Still Point Massage Therapy

For our October Workshop Wednesday, we were immersed in the expansive realm of somatic listening. Led by the wise and wonderful Carla Weichman, we explored the landscape of our inner voice. And through that exploration, we discovered how vast the human experience is, and how limitless responses to those experiences can be.

We came out the other side better listeners and better understanders of how our clients may be communicating or experiencing their own lives.

You can see in our faces what the experience of being heard and seen can do. Light-love-openness.

What beautiful, magical work it is that we get to be a part of!
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Class is back in session!

After a summer off, we warmly welcomed to our Workshop Wednesday, Breathwork for Bodyworkers, taught by Michelle Quigley Pearson. What a warming workshop it was.

We first visited our own breath experience. With the comforting guidance of Michelle, we explored the potential of ease and rhythm in our own breathing, and the myriad of ways breath affects our own bodies.

Then, we moved to the tables where we practiced using verbal and non-verbal cues to help a client discover ease in their breath, without being told to “take a deep breath”, as this can often have a limited range within its intended affect.

Instead, self-discovery through ease was the name of this game.

Some of the skills that we explored were:
placing a heavy bag on the belly, breathing into your back instead of your chest/belly, asking the client to breathe down into their feet, and various hand placement locations with guidance.

Our emotions influence our breath. This, we all experience all day/every day. Receiving some easeful breath tending (not work) while receiving massage can be transformative to your emotions as well as your breathing.
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We have been dear friends for 25 years. And now we are lucky enough to work alongside each other here at The Still Point. Me, Diedra, owner, pictured left. She, Heather, pictured right.

Heather has a background in marketing, editing and also consulting heart-centered businesses like the ones that I’ve always run.
Back when I was in private practice, she was an invaluable source of support in helping me to develop my professional voice.

We have facilitated women’s groups and retreats together, we have worked on big projects together, we have been through thick and thin as friends.

Heather is the engine of support for me and the crew. She makes sure our books and communication runs smoothly and kindly, she is a pillar of insight and wisdom for how this place is run.

I am so grateful to have her here with the crew. I can’t imagine doing this with anyone else.

Tiny businesses are known to have a whole lot of heart behind them! Pictured here are two.

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A warm welcome to Hana, who joined our team this month. It feels as if they have always been a part of our team, we are so glad to have them!

Hana offers a unique blend of massage therapy and reiki energy. Their massage therapy work can draw from Swedish, deep tissue, acupressure and craniosacral therapy. They are additionally skilled in grief massage.

Their style is intuitive and emergent - listening to the signals of the body and letting each session unfold according to the clients specific needs. Guided by a profound belief in the body’s innate capacity to heal, they masterfully create a space where clients can slow down, release pain and integrate healing.
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I’m here after hours to tend to a few things, and while I’m here, I’m struck by the beauty of the shadows.
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Summertime Lunchtime

I have so much gratitude for our crew and the magic that we make in our beautiful spaceship.
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New Therapist Announcement: Welcome, Bridget! We are so glad that you are here.

Bridget is a bodyworker whose intuitive, trauma-sensitive approach blends Swedish massage, Myofascial Release, Lymphatic Facilitation, and Craniosacral-inspired touch, shaped to meet each person’s body exactly where it is.

Drawing on holistic healing traditions including energy work and Curanderismo, she creates a space where clients can slow down, soften, and listen inward, gently supporting the nervous system toward rest and integration.
Her work resonates especially with highly sensitive people, caregivers, helping professionals, and anyone navigating chronic illness, fatigue, grief, stress, or a season of transition.

Whatever brings you in — physical discomfort, nervous system support, or simply a place to exhale — you’re welcome exactly as you are, and you’ll leave her table feeling more grounded, more present, and more at home in your own body.

Bridget is here on Saturdays and Tuesdays.

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