Opening

It's been a long journey, but the moment has finally arrived: Professional Human MT LLC is OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR BUSINESS! After over three years of dedication, training, and planning, I am thrilled to open the doors to a space I’ve crafted with care, designed to support our community’s health and well-being. Along the way, I’ve had the privilege of learning from some of the most respected massage and bodywork professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area. This invaluable experience has given me both the skills and the confidence to create a practice centered around your comfort, relaxation, and healing. At Professional Human MT, every detail has been considered to offer you a sanctuary where you can rejuvenate both body and soul. I am excited to share this space with you and look forward to supporting your wellness journey.

How did we get here?

With a diverse background from ceramic art, education and hospice care, I bring both intuitive skill and deep empathy to supporting clients, especially those healing from grief, addiction, or trauma.

Fascinated by the mind-body connection, I began my journey in massage therapy in the mid-1990s before pursuing art education and ceramic sculpture. After retiring as an Emeritus Professor of Fine Art from Sonoma State University in 2021, I returned to bodywork, inspired anew by the caregiving demands of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now, after working on well-over 1000 clients, I view massage therapy as an intimate dialogue. By blending attentive listening with skilled technique, I tailor each session to the unique needs of my clients.

For more about my life in art and education, visit www.studioc2.squarespace.com.

  • No, the techniques I engage with are meant to be pain free for my clients, while still targeting chronic tension in muscles that lie far below the body's surface. Deep muscle techniques involve slow strokes, direct pressure or friction movements that go across the muscle grain.

  • During myofascial release therapy, the therapist applies light pressure by hand to find myofascial areas that feel stiff instead of elastic and movable. These stiff areas, or trigger points, are thought to limit muscle and joint movements, which can play a part in widespread muscle pain.

  • ~ It’s me circa the 1992. I relocated to San Francisco in 1991 to begin an art career in San Francisco. While working towards my MFA in Fine Art from Mills College, began experimenting with performance art. The pieces was called ‘Job Security’, where I would set up desks on Market Street at Post and fold each page of the San Francisco yellow pages (A-L) to create ‘Products from Meditation’. For more, please visit: https://studioc2.squarespace.com/past-press-and-postcards/