The Fire Session is intense, precise, and deeply therapeutic. It’s designed for those dealing with chronic pain, injuries, or emotional trauma that has settled into the body. Each customized session is about meeting your pain where it lives—and letting it go.
Often described as a “sweet pain release”, this session can be challenging but deeply rewarding.
The Flow Session is rhythmic, nurturing, and meditative. It’s designed to promote mobility, circulation, relaxation, and balance.
Each customized session is about creating a sense of equanimity through light pressure and soothing stretches.
This session is perfect for those seeking gentle movement, stress relief, and calm.
If you’re dealing with pain, injuries, or deep-seated tension, the Fire Session will help you work through it.
If you need gentle restoration, relaxation, and emotional calm, the Flow Session will carry you there.
Both sessions offer profound healing, just in different ways. You can embrace the fire to burn away pain or ride the flow to reconnect with softness. The choice is yours.
Please eat lightly before your session and drink a lot of water the next day. You may not wish to schedule anything after your session as you may feel very different in your body. It is especially important to not engage in any form of physical exercise after the session or the next day. Please also avoid cold for three hours after your session. This includes drinking cold water, eating cold food and taking a cold shower.
Your body needs time to adjust to the bodywork and muscles need time to recuperate. After each session it is important to drink lots of water and allow your body rest for at least 24 hours. Do not lift any heavy weights or move your body too quickly or erratically. Be kind to yourself. After a deep session, your body will open up and could be more prone to injuries for a day to two.
If you are feeling sore, many clients take an Advil or drink Emergence-C with MSM. A warm bath or hot tub soak the next day is also good post-session activity as it further relaxes the muscles and promotes longer-lasting effects.
I want to make wellness accessible to all. If you are suffering from chronic pain and are interested in a session, but are unemployed or a low income household please get in touch and ask about my monthly discounted sessions. I offer two sessions a month at a reduced rate to be discussed. These sessions are photographed and/or filmed for marketing purposes, so clients will be asked to sign a model release.
Tell me if you are pregnant when booking.Let me know if you have any allergies or sensitivities, especially any types of oils, scents, or body positions such as laying on your side for too long.
Remember to breathe deeply and exhale with an open mouth.
Drink lots of water after a session to cleanse and flush toxins out of your body. If you don’t drink enough water, the toxins can remain stagnant and you may feel nauseous and/or hot.
Rest, give your body a break, and let your muscles recuperate.
PLEASE DON’T
Drink alcohol after your session.
Every body reacts differently to this style of work. And depending on how deep you want to work you may experience different reactions.
Most people feel lighter, more flexible, relaxed and energized. Others may feel some soreness in their muscles for about 24-48 hours.
At times you may feel tingling in say a finger or hand. This is just energy still moving within you that was released during your session. These feelings usually dissipate after a day or two.
After about 48 hours you should be able to fully feel the full benefits of your session. I encourage my clients to give me feedback about how they feel after and during a session. This can help me fine tune how I work with you in future sessions.
Matthew Wakem is a State of CT licensed massage therapist License #10997 Is a member of ABMP: Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals – ABMP ID# 1046174 and belongs to THAI: The Thai Healing Alliance.
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