Body-Positive Massage
All bodies of all sizes deserve great massage.
You deserve a nonjudgmental, body-positive massage environment that supports you in the body you are living in now. No body shaming. No fat blaming. No diet culture.
Bring on the dimples of cellulite, stretch marks, curves, extra skin, and rolls of fat. Those are all parts of you, and they are welcome in our massage treatment room. Our massage therapists will partner with you to adjust the massage — pressure and even positioning on the table — to accommodate your body. You don’t just deserve a massage; you deserve a great massage.
No Judgement Zone
Equilibrio works hard to build a body-positive and nonjudgmental atmosphere both for our team and all of our clients.
No Fat Blaming. Too many people head to the doctor with pains and concerns about their health, and it’s too frequently dismissed with, “Well, you just need to lose weight.” There’s usually more to the story.
No Shaming. We won’t judge your size, your questions, your decisions, or your journey. It’s your body, your journey, your choices. Your decisions on dieting, surgery, and medication are all supported.
Being body-positive is hard work. You don’t have to love your body every day, but you do deserve great massage in a judgement-free environment.
No body shaming. No fat blaming. No diet culture. Every body of every size and shape deserves great massage.
Your massage needs to be customized.
Bodies come in all shapes and sizes. That means that sometimes the standard massage equipment and positioning are not always ideal for every body type and size. Getting the positioning right is important for your comfort in every massage.
A truly customized massage might use specialized pillows to accommodate bellies and breasts. Sometimes, we’ll change the positioning on the table so that the massage therapist can work with your body, not against it. What does that look like? Sometimes, we will work in a side-lying position with lots of special pillows. Or perhaps we will have you positioned in a reclined position. We’ll partner with you to find the best positions.
Fat is an important tissue, too.
Fat is among the most vilified tissues in the human body. When it’s not vilified, it’s ignored. Yet, it’s an important and essential tissue. It’s so essential to human survival that we start developing fat tissue in utero at just 14 weeks gestation! The fat under our skin is a heavily vascularized and dynamic zone. It supports our skin and our immune system. And it turns out it houses a lot of nerves and might be among the most sensitive tissues in the body (seriously!).
Here at Equilibrio, our team is educated on the importance of fat tissue and how to massage fat. Sometimes, massage therapists don’t know what to do with ample fat tissue and end up creating pain as they dig for the more familiar muscles. We will partner with you to treat all your tissues (skin, fat, muscle, bones!) as important and will work with your tissues.
Our founder, Nicole Trombley, writes and teaches about fat anatomy through AnatomySCAPES. She has a forthcoming article on massage and the anatomy of fat tissue in Massage & Bodywork magazine.
All of our massages are customized for you. That means we spend time talking before the massage and adapting the massage techniques, positioning and bolstering to support your body.
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No, you don’t. While most of our sessions work directly on bare skin, we can work over clothing as needed and requested.
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Massage should not hurt. The depth, speed and location on the body of every massage can be customized and modified. You and your massage therapist will communicate and work to customize all these details.
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If you are concerned if we can accommodate your size, please contact us. We will chat with you and talk about accommodations and options. We want you to feel safe and respected.