A New Chapter
I'm closing the chapter on the last five years and opening something new.
Our new healing space!
When I opened this practice five years ago, I was fresh out of massage school and eager to earn a living with my new trade. In school, I was taught to prioritize techniques that feel good so that people keep coming back. Now, five years later, my intentions for this work have completely shifted.
The goal of my practice is no longer for people to feel better, but for my clients to better feel.
This means changing the way we relate to pain, stress, or discomfort, so that rather than avoiding it we can listen to it and respond to what our body is trying to say.
So, I'm closing the chapter on the last five years and opening something new. I feel I can no longer offer “massage” as that label comes with certain expectations, and doesn't allow me to serve you to the fullest.
Instead, I'll be offering two options: Restorative Healing Sessions, and Myofascial Healing Sessions (descriptions below). Both will be 90-minutes total, with about 60-minutes of hands-on time. All sessions will cost $125, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you want to work with me, reach out and I can accommodate you.
This change will take place over the next few weeks, and doesn't affect current clients using the existing price structure (including packages).
Another exciting development is that my fiancé Jesse Rose and I will be joining our practices together! Jesse Rose is an indigenous herbalist, yoga teacher, and movement specialist with over ten years of experience working with the human body. I'll send another email about this soon, so stay tuned!
Hakim's Offerings
Restorative Healing Sessions
These holistic healing sessions allow me to use all the tools I have available to support you. We will start by grounding together, seeing if there is anything that wants to be shared in words, before moving to the shiatsu mat or table. The sessions will flow between gentle touch/bodywork and sound healing using crystal singing bowls and tuning forks, guided meditation, and energy work. It may performed on the floor on a shiatsu mat or on the massage table.
Myofascial Healing Sessions
I have been studying fascia for five years now, and I find that when specific issues / injuries are present, it is the most long-lasting form of bodywork that I have encountered in terms of its ability to free up adhesions and remove patterns of blocked energy and movement. These sessions are participatory — I might ask you to move intuitively as I work, as it is through movement that the fascia releases stuck patterns and finds a new state of openness.
Coaching for Spiritual and Emotional Health
Coaching sessions with Hakim are an opportunity to be deeply heard, held, and supported on your journey into your deeper self. We begin by starting where you are at — we look at your current lifestyle, and ask where you want to arrive. You will walk away feeling more centered, grounded, and with some practical places from which to start in order to improve your physical, spiritual, and emotional health.
Sacred Mushroom Integration Coaching
I have a deep relationship with sacred psilocybin mushrooms, and they have instructed me to work with them and bring their message to the world. These sessions are purely educational, and no psilocybin is provided, but I have been able to support many people in their exploration of these medicines. We meet before and/or after a psilocybin journey, so that you can be prepared for how to conduct the ceremony in a sacred way, and supported in your integration process as you return to your daily life.