Services & Rates

Habitue Therapeutic Ashiatsu

Customized ashiatsu to your areas of specific concern.  Sheila's 17 years of experience come into play to address chronic tension with a therapeutic touch.  

Ashiatsu  (foot pressure)   is a barefoot massage technique using comfortably deep gliding pressure over your body.  Bars over head are used by the therapist during the massage session for balance and support.  Combining gravitational force with centripetal and centrifugal movements, Ashiatsu is used to create a structural change in chronically tight muscles and soft tissues.  This translates to a deeper relaxation with pain-free gliding strokes that stimulate the lymphatic system, creating a full-body calmness and well being.  

Canyon Deep Tissue

Canyon Deep Tissue addresses the deeper muscles, to break up adhesions, and hypertension

caused by stress, past injuries, repetitive movement, computer work, sports, overuse, gardening, snow shoveling,

traveling, sitting to long, and driving, whiplash, back pain, shoulder pain, hip pain, and more.  Lessons chronic pain caused

by muscle aches.  

CranioSacral (SM)

CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle yet powerful technique that is effective in releasing neck pain, back pain, and mental stress (among other things). It does this by optimizing the movement of cerebrospinal fluid through the spine and around the skull. Developed by physician William Sutherland, this therapy provides a very soothing and relaxing healing experience.

Heart Stone Himalayan Salt

From the remnants of the ancient primal sea beneath the towering peaks of the Himalayan Mountains in the Punjab region of Pakistan comes salt crystals with renounced healing properties within Eastern Medicine for centuries.  Himalayan sea salt , characterized by it's pinkish hue, has made its way west in recent years.  Some benefits of this ancient salt include the promotion of healthy blood sugar, lowered blood pressure, and improved circulation.  The healing effects of the sea salt are not limited to the blood.  Himalayan sea salt contains 84 minerals, also supports a robust respiratory system, helps to prevent muscle cramps and promote bone health, and can even relieve anxiety and insomnia.

Benefits of Himalayan Salt Massage:

Promotes healthy blood sugar

Helps lower blood pressure

Supports healthy respiratory system and sinuses

Boots bone health and prevents muscle cramps

Relieves anxiety and addresses insomnia

Lightly exfoliates the skin and is highly relaxing

By The Sea Stone Massage

Relax and warm your muscles with a hot stone massage done with river rocks,

accompanied by a seaside playlist designed especially for Mer massage & ashiatsu.

Mer massage & ashiatsu seaside spa

Mer massage & ashiatsu seaside spa treatment includes Wayfarer's Ocean Breeze Massage, combined with Mountain Meadows Swedish Massage; or Habitue Ashiatsu combined with Canyon Deep Tissue, and hot stones, exfoliation, and pain relieveing salve by Yoga Balm for a luxurious 2 hours.

Lavender flowers & Vanilla Bean or Espresso Mint body polish

A full body massage including

Exfoliate for your back or your feet with an exquisite small batch, handmade sugar scrub.  Including  hot towels, infused with essential oils and  your choice of relaxing or therapeutic massage.

Book the 2 hour massage and get both your back and your feet exfoliated, instead of choosing one or the other.

Now featuring:

Lavender flowers & Vanilla Bean from Qet Botanicals

Expresso Mint body scrub from Qet Botanicals

Sunny Day Side Lying Massage

A gentle side lying massage technique for a sunny disposition.  Great for treating depression.

This positioning also allows for better access to hips, It band, and latissimus dorsi, and serratus anterior attachments.  Accessing these attachments can help with relief from rotator cuff and low to mid back tension.

Baby and Me Oasis Side lying massage

Pregnancy Massage is a style of bodywork designed specifically for pregnant women. Pregnancy is a time when a woman's body endures tremendous stress due to dramatic physical and emotional changes. Using various techniques specially developed for the expecting mother, Pregnancy Massage helps release the pain and discomfort experienced throughout pregnancy. The benefits are profound, including emotional support, the relief of joint pain due to extra weight and postural imbalance, and improved breathing and relaxation.

Pregnancy massage is done in a side lying position, and uses a gentle to medium gentle touch focusing on the hips, feet, neck and shoulders.  Sheila studied with Carole Osbourne.

15 minute add on services

These 15 minute extras can be added on to any of the massage services for an extra 15 minutes of luxury, or mobility lessons.

Reiki 

exfoliating sugar scrub for you feet or back

Mer mobility class to show how to use RAD SMR tools

extra foot massage

Mer mobility class /session

Sheila Neumann LMT will teach a cite specific area SMR (self myofacial release) class on an area that is causing you chronic problems.  We will use RAD SMR tools to show you how to relieve pain and keep yourself mobile at home inbetween your massages. 

Each class you will be half the time with your instructor, and half the time in the infrared sauna.

If the infrared sauna is not your thing, use this time to relax and enjoy the Mer mobility room.  

Use your time here to focus on your body and how you can maintain better mobility, relaxation, and the ultimate goal

of getting yourself into the parasympathetic nervous system.  

Please always remember to bring your own water bottle for Mer mobility.  Please be respectful of the space and understand that this not a commercial grade sauna, it is a home use sauna.  We are all sharing this, and making sure it is respected as a shared space, vulnerable to overuse.  Continued use of infrared sauna has shown many health benefits, and I am excited to share this tool with you to help you  increase your mobility.  

Lunchbox pain relief

The Lunchbox 30 minute special is designed  for treatment of a cite specific area of chronic pain, for people who are on the move, and don't have time for a whole hour.  A vacationer needing to join a group, but wants to work out the kinks first.  Those  who have a chronic problem in a cite specific area to address. A new client who wants to try the tecnique first before committing to a full hour.   Featuring yoga balm pain relieving salve.

Infrared Sauna

Before your massage indulge in our Finnleo Infrared Sauna, featuring detoxifying Himalayan Salt stones to cool your feet while you sit in the sauna.

Cold therapy tools will be provided for cite specific cold therapy treatment.

Wash off after your sauna with a lavender infused cold towel to refresh before your massage.

Neuromuscular Therapy

Neuromuscular therapy is a system of massage techniques that were developed in the 1930's by Dr. Stanley Lief in England. It uses a holistic approach towards healing, emphasizing and stimulating the body's natural ability to heal itself. Neuromuscular therapy also enhances the function of joints and muscles, and accelerates the overall healing process by facilitating the release of endorphins.

Motor vehicle accident claim

This is a massage for people who have been in a car accident.

You will need to bring with you a prescription from your doctor, chiropractor or physical therapist

including a duration of the number of weeks you will need massage therapy,  diagnosis codes 

for medical billing, your adjuster's name and phone number, and any other insurance information.

  Only the prescribed areas that were injured due to the car accident will be addressed.  

Any additional areas of concern must be paid for separately, as an add on, and will be paid for on the day of the service,

with a separate fee from the insurance billing.