I’ve been doing massage for about 50 years. As far as formal education, I graduated with the first class of the first massage school in the state of Texas in June of 1983, and in May of 2007 I got my diploma from the Therapeutic Massage Institute in Albuquerque, NM. In March of 2019 I received my LMT license in Oregon.

For a few years here and there it’s been a full-time profession, but mostly it’s been part-time. For the last ten years it’s just been friends and family. But I’ve recently cut back at my primary job, and I’m opening up a few hours a week to take appointments.

I would say that my massage style is “orthopedic”—as opposed to “spa,” or “energy work,” for example. I'm particularly interested in connective tissue, which is a big category—muscles, bones, tendons, ligaments, fascia, the whole structural web. Connective tissue is the scaffolding and substance that holds us together and lets us move and change and process and live. Mysterious and beautiful. And fascinating.

And sometimes kind of ouchy.

I work a lot with trigger points and myofascial release techniques. I also use passive and active stretching and movement, as well as the usual toolbox of manual techniques I’ve acquired over my life and found to be effective.

Mostly I let my hands and my client’s tissues make suggestions, and do my best to listen and respond with care and respect. It generally works.