Massage Therapy & Bodywork

While therapists can deliver a full body relaxing massage, therapeutic massage sessions at Bellingham Yoga Collective generally have a target focus and aim to address pain, injury, or postural imbalance. Pressures range from light to deep pressure depending on each body’s unique response. Sessions are available in 60 or 90 minute increments.

Structural Integration (SI) is a whole-body educational undertaking in which you and your practitioner work closely together to cultivate more sustainable body alignment, connecting with and awakening your full being, so you can embody the person you truly want to be.

This approach to bodywork involves deeply effective touch therapy that is both relaxing and energizing. Skillful touch affects all body tissues but especially targets the fascial system—the connective and structural fabric of the entire body and richest network of sensory reception. SI bodywork uses touch to have a conversation with your structure, increasing your self-awareness, and allowing your nervous system to perceive the world in new ways.

Structural Integration is a pathway to creating long-lasting physical change and personal growth. A key part of this work involves your active participation as you inquire into how you relate with your body and environment, explore new movement possibilities, and adapt your life to better reflect the wellness you want to have.

The most powerful way to experience SI bodywork is to receive the crafted series of 11 sessions that systematically address the relationships between structures of the body. Rather than chasing symptoms, SI helps your whole body function in harmony, so any pain or injury you’re experiencing can truly move toward resolution.

The 11-series begins by seeking to open space between layers, allowing for more freedom of movement, and creating availability for a supportive foundation. In the middle of the series, focus is on developing a more responsive core, decreasing sense of effort and increasing tensional balance. The final sessions stimulate connection and flow between the many components of your being, fostering changes that continue to evolve after treatment conclusion. While each session has a “recipe” of goals and body regions to address, all the work is individualized to your needs.

Structural Integration can be performed with pregnant bodies, although some modifications will likely be necessary depending on the stage of pregnancy. SI is a great way to prepare and empower you during your pregnancy, and can effectively support you during the physically demanding post-natal years.

Ultimately, how your session time is spent is determined through conversation between client and therapist. Your needs always come first. If you say, "I just want to relax today," or "Please work on my shoulder today," then that's what we'll do! You are the one who lives in your body and knows it best.

$160 — 90 Minutes

Pregnancy is a time of exciting (and tiring!) change. While your body grows an entire new human, you deserve to nurture yourself further. A 60 or 90-minute Restorative Perinatal Massage is a great way to ease discomfort and provide much-needed relaxation during this transformative time. Massage during the perinatal period can help reduce stress, soothe muscle aches and cramps, improve blood and lymph flow, manage swelling, alleviate stress on joints, support the immune system, reduce prenatal complications, and improve body awareness (which can be especially helpful during the birth process). Most of all, receiving individualized care during this time helps you build the resources to then care for your baby. Post-natal massage is also a great way to support your body that’s doing so much to care for baby. Massage can help you recover from birth, ease shoulder and neck tension from constantly holding that bundle of joy, and facilitate healing of injuries such as C-section scars, diastasis recti, and pelvic floor dysfunctions.
$90 — 60 Minutes
$130 — 90 Minutes

If you’re looking for a comprehensive and holistic approach to prenatal care, consider a 90-minute Structural Integration session with Caroline. S.I. not only relaxes but also realigns your body’s structure, addressing the deeper layers of connective tissue and your nervous system to help you adapt to the physical changes of pregnancy with greater ease and balance. Click the "Structural Integration" drop-down tab above to learn more about S.I. Therapy.

$160 — 90 Minutes

Join Caroline in learning foundational massage techniques that you can trade with your partner, family, or friends. After completing this class, you will be able to provide a massage that helps reduce stress and anxiety, relieves aches and sore muscles, improves mental clarity, enhances body awareness, and supports overall wellness.⁠

A partner massage class makes an amazing gift, date night, anniversary celebration, or bonding time with your family or friend. Spend two hours having fun, relaxing, and learning skills you can take home to use for a lifetime.⁠

$160 — two-hour class (session is intended for 2-4 people)

To schedule a session email: claire@bellinghamyogacollective.com