My Offerings

Neuromuscular Pain Relief Therapy

NMT is a combination of soft tissue manipulation techniques which can include deep tissue massage along with specific trigger point release, myofascial release, acupressure and other specific techniques to address each individuals current needs.

NMT is designed to structurally balance the central nervous system and the musculoskeletal system to attain balance or"homeostasis" in the body/mind system as well as to reduce pain and regain structural alignment. NMT can also be applied with a 'lighter touch' for individuals who are experiencing higher pain sensitivities to obtain excellent relieving results.

Myofascial Release

Myofascial Release is a form of soft tissue therapy intended to eliminate pain, increase range of motion, and rebalance the entire body. It does this by using massage techniques to stretch the fascia and release the bonds that exist between the fascia, muscles and bones. Fascia is the connective tissue that connects and covers all muscles, organs, and skeletal structures of the body. Direct myofascial release is sometimes known as deep tissue work, contacting specific "trigger points" that are held until released. Indirect release applies light pressure and gently stretches the fascia; this allows for increased blood circulation and relief from pain and addresses the fascial system throughout the body.

Healing Touch®...A Nuturing Energy Therapy

Marcía McGetrick-West, Certified Healing Touch Practitioner 

Healing Touch is a relaxing, nurturing energy therapy.

HT enhances the body's natural innate ability to heal through the human bio-field consisting of the energy centers and energy field around and in the body.

HT uses gentle, heart-centered touch to assist in balancing physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

A Healing Touch session feels like a nurturing radiance that flows through and around you. Each individual experience is unique and based upon your individual needs.

HT research suggests that there are many benefits. 

HT works in harmony with standard medical care and is complementary to other health care systems. It is safe for all ages.

How can Healing Touch benefit You?

*Calming anxiety & depression  

*Decreasing pain  

*Strengthening the immune system  

*Enhancing recovery from surgery 

*Complementing care for neck & back problems

*Deepening your spiritual connection

*Supporting cancer care

*Creating a sense of well being

*Easing acute & chronic conditions

Jin Shin Do Acupressure

Yamuna® BodyRolling

Restorative Yoga

What is Restorative Yoga? In order to reduce stress, our body, mind and heart need relaxation. Restorative Yoga is a restful and renewing way of doing yoga in comfortable positions, usually lying down, supported by yoga props and bolsters, while following simple breathing techniques as you deeply relax. As your body and mind rest, when you finish you will arise with a greater sense of being fully awake, aware, refreshed and rejuvenated.

Benefits of Restorative yoga

• Enhances flexibility.
• Deeply relaxes the body.
• Stills the mind.
• Improves capacity for healing and balancing.
• Balances the nervous system.
• Boosts the immune system.
• Develops qualities of compassion and understanding toward others and self.
• Enhances mood states
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• Here are 10 good reasons to enjoy restorative yoga.
• Reduce anxiety
• Manage pain
• Lose weight
• Increase flexibility
• Heal emotional pain
• Get better sleep
• Practice just about anywhere.
• Helps with recovery from illness and surgery

Four Big Benefits of Restorative Yoga

1. Restorative yoga helps us cultivate the skill of conscious relaxation.

A restorative practice is more of a yin "inward" style of yoga, as opposed to a more yang "outward" style that involves more movement and muscular effort. Restorative yoga uses long-held, supported resting poses to create the conditions for us to cultivate the skill of conscious relaxation and most importantly to release unnecessary habitual tension in the body and mind. It's a little bit closer to a meditation practice than a movement practice—it's a way of practicing "meditation" as a somatic, embodied experience. For many of us, hatha yoga practices can easily become another opportunity to over-effort or get caught up in accomplishing or striving to get better at a pose. Restorative yoga is about, "How can I let my body and mind unwind? How can I do less?" 

2. Restorative yoga helps us discover where we are holding tension.

The actual effort involved in restorative yoga is the willingness to look at how and where we are holding tension, and to relax our body on the ground, allowing the breath to come in more, so the tension that we find can be softened or less gripping. Discovering where and how we hold tension helps us find room for change, so that tension won’t limit our physical, emotional, and mental wellness and our comfort in our body.

We tend to favor activities that ask us to use our muscular body, but we are already doing that all day. In restorative yoga, we let go of all muscular effort, trust the earth to hold us completely, then if we find we are still holding ourselves up somewhere, we let go again in the next breath. This creates deep release and ease in the body and teaches us how we keep working and doing even when it’s not necessary, so we go back into our regular activities in more articulate and wise ways. 

3. Restorative yoga creates the conditions for the relaxation response to kick in...

The grounding; complete, full breathing; and quietness of restorative yoga help us elicit the relaxation response, a neurological response that tells us we are safe, pulls us out of "flight or fight" mode, and initiates the body's self-healing process. We switch over from worrying about staying "safe" to fostering the longevity systems of long term health, including digestion, elimination, reproduction, growth and repair, and immunity. 

4. Restorative yoga helps us face what we are avoiding about ourselves.

Most of us are programed to "do" a lot—it keeps us engaged and makes us feel productive and in control. But our habit of running around, conquering our to-do lists, and fueling ourselves with coffee and ambition can often be a way we avoid deep discomforts and unwelcome feelings in the body and mind. Restorative yoga asks us to stop engaging in all the doing and face what we really need to look at about ourselves. To learn about, befriend, and care for the whole of ourselves in a way we are not used to. This is an essential step for health and healing, for true renewal. A lot of people think relaxing is about letting go, but rather than throwing out, we are trying to make space for what’s uncomfortable and to allow more space for the full experience of who we are.

iRest Yoga Nidra

As an iRest® Level-1 Instructor, Marcía has been influenced by the teachings of the Integrative Restoration Institute or iRest® and the teachings of Richard Miller, PhD, founder of the Institute for iRest Integrative Restoration.

Marcía incorporates iRest® into restorative & gentle yoga, therapeutic massage and energy therapy sessions to enhance your relaxation and self-healing that will benefit all aspects of your well-being...body, mind & heart!