The Alternative Health Guides
Healthy Resources for Body, Mind & Spirit ~ Serving Vermont and New Hampshire
BODYWORK ---- Also see MASSAGE THERAPY
Bodywork is a broad term covering many different techniques of physical touch
and manipulation. Sometimes traditional massage is used in conjunction with one
or more of these techniques.
BODYWORK- POLARITY
Polarity Therapy is a natural health care system based on the assertion that
energy fields and currents exist everywhere in nature, and that the flow and
balance of this energy in the human body is the underlying foundation of
health. Polarity has four inter-related therapeutic methods: Bodywork, Diet,
Exercise and Self-Awareness. In Polarity Bodywork a variety of contacts and
manipulations are used to stimulate and balance the body’s electromagnetic fields.
UPPER VALLEY REGION
Healing Arts Clinic 802-674-7037
Adjacent to the Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
289 County Road, Windsor, VT 05089
Strong House Spa 802-295-1718
694 Main Street
Quechee, VT 05059
and
Ascutney Mountain Resort 802-484-0020
223 Hotel Road, Brownsville, VT 05037
See listing under SKIN CARE, SPAS, AROMATHERAPY, YOGA, MASSAGE THERAPY, EXERCISE—Pilates, HOLISTIC HEALTH EDUCATION
Transformational Healing Center 802-785-4894
Thetford and White River Jct, VT
Suzanne M. Trumbore-Leitschuh, RPP
The Happy Medium
P.O. Box 153, Thetford, VT 05074
Email: chakras@wildblue.net
See full listing under ENERGY WORK and see TRANSFORMATIONAL WORK.
BODYWORK- REIKI
Reiki (pronounced Ray-kee) is Japanese for universal life force energy. Reiki
therapy activates and balances the life force energy and is applied to the
whole body. It involves the gentle laying-on of hands to direct the energy flow.
UPPER VALLEY REGION
A Healing Partner 802-674-7037
Sylvia Newberry
Healing Arts Clinic
393 County Road, Windsor, VT 05089
See BODYWORK—Healing Touch, COACHING, HERBS/HERBALISTS
Complementary Arts 802-728-5244
Rev. Gertrude “Trudi” Denison, DD, MscD,
Reiki Master
2983 East Bethel Road, Randolph Center, VT 05061
E-mail: trudi4light@innevi.com
See full listing under SPIRITUAL COUNSELING including list of Reiki classes.
Peggy Willey Fogg, LMT 802-333-4155
1181 Wild Hill Road
Fairlee, VT 05045
(West Fairlee Township – 5 miles from Bradford)
Email:peggyfogg@valley.net
and
Two Rivers Clinic
Rte. 113, Thetford Center, VT 05075
See BODYWORK—Healing Touch, ENERGY
THERAPY & full listing under MASSAGE THERAPY.
THERAPY & full listing under MASSAGE THERAPY.
Sharon Gauthier 802-333-9694
Hands and Paws Healing
Awakenings, Reiki, Nature Coning, Animal Telepathic Communication
1942 Terry Hill Road, Fairlee, VT 05045
Email: SVGPaws@gmail.com
See full listing under Animals and Transformational work.
The Healing Arts Clinic 802-674-7037
Adjacent to the Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
393 County Road, Windsor, VT 05089
P J Morgan Massage 802-296-7040
P J Morgan
527 Center of Town Road, White River Jct., VT 05001
Email: pjm.massage@yahoo.com
Also see MASSAGE THERAPY.
BODYWORK - STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION - ROLFING® & KMI™
There are different types of body work called structural integration. One of
these is Rolfing®, a specific kind of structural integration technique which involves hands on
therapy to lengthen and loosen—stretching and moving the connective tissue to balance the body along its
natural, vertical axis. Another type is called KMI™ taught by Thomas Myers, a Rolfer® who deveoped a theory of Anatomy Trains or myofascial meridians which focuses
not on individual muscles but on the connections of muscles and tissues within
and across the body.
UPPER VALLEY REGION
Anne Perry, LMT, NCTMB, IASI, ABMP 603-526-7438
Traditional Thai Massage
P.O. Box 1691
New London, NH 03257
Email: Gypsyhands@hotmail.com
KMI™ Structural Integration certified. See full listing under MASSAGE THERAPY and also THAI MASSAGE
BODYWORK - SHIATSU
Shiatsu, meaning finger pressure, is a Japanese healing art. It is based on the
same theory as acupuncture in terms of Qi (Ki in Japan) and the meridian
networks. The client is usually clothed and lying on a mat or table.
UPPER VALLEY REGION
Abraham Oort, Ph.D. 802-436-1136
AOBTA Certified Shiatsu Practitioner
Hartland Yoga Center
2 Quechee Road
Hartland, VT 05048
aoort@vermontel.net
Shiatsu restores natural flow of energy, leads to an overall sense of well
being. It boosts the immune system, increases energy, vitalizes internal
organs, reduces stiffness and tensions, gives relief for back and sciatic
pains, improves digestion, etc. Trained at the International School of Shiatsu,
Kushi Institute for Macrobiotic Studies, and Upledger’s Institute for CranioSacral studies. Certified practitioner of the American
Organization for Bodywork Therapy of Asia (AOBTA). Mindfulness meditation. Also
see
BODYWORK—CranioSacral.
Sanctuary Wellness 802-356-1156
Jenny Gelfan, MA, NCTMB, AOBTA
P.O. Box 1512
Quechee, VT 05059
Email: maybeyes@sover.net
See full listing under MASSAGE THERAPY, and HOLISTIC HEALTH EDUCATION.
SOUTHERN VERMONT REGION: AND
CENTRAL VERMONT REGION:
Abraham Oort, Ph.D. 802-436-1136
AOBTA Certified Shiatsu Practitioner
Hartland Yoga Center
2 Quechee Road
Hartland, VT 05048
aoort@vermontel.net
Shiatsu restores natural flow of energy, leads to an overall sense of well
being. It boosts the immune system, increases energy, vitalizes internal
organs, reduces stiffness and tensions, gives relief for back and sciatic
pains, improves digestion, etc. Trained at the International School of Shiatsu,
Kushi Institute for Macrobiotic Studies, and Upledger’s Institute for CranioSacral studies. Certified practitioner of the American
Organization for Bodywork Therapy of Asia (AOBTA). Mindfulness meditation. Also
see
BODYWORK—CranioSacral.
BODYWORK - Zero Balancing
Liz Blum, OTR 802-649-2030
48 Cliff Street, Norwich, VT 05055
Fax: 802-649-5234
E-mail: elizblum@gmail.com
See Occupational therapy and full listing under LYMPH DRAINAGE