Joel brings a compassionate, trauma-informed approach to his sessions, blending satisfyingly therapeutic pressure as needed with gentle moments of stillness and space for whatever is ready to unfold. A graduate of the Denver Integrative Massage School, Joel's training blends a variety of Eastern and Western modalities from traditional Thai massage to Swedish, Deep Tissue, and Myofascial Release.
Originally from Massachusetts where he grew up practicing and later teaching Chinese martial arts, Joel is a lifelong student of the human body: the ways we unconsciously create and hold chronic tension and pain, and the ways we can access freedom and ease, whether through therapeutic touch, movement, or mindfulness and awareness. He also enjoys humor, music, and dance, and can be found outside the studio at local Sacred Harp singings, contact improv jams, or the occasional clown class.