thai massage in new york

hello east coasters,

hope you have been getting plenty of H2O in every form: bottles of the spring variety, sea, rain, etc during these waves of heat.

i am in philly but head back to brooklyn in a couple of hours. i am around for massages so please contact me if you would like to book a house call. i have availability tomorrow (7/13) and wednesday, plus the 19th of july through the 23rd or so. i might make a beach getaway.

my special summer rates are:

1 hr -$75
90 min - $100

**sliding scale: pay what you can, between $50-65 for 1 hr and $75-90 for a 90-minute session to dancers and artists.

be well, or as they say in german: mach's gut! (make good)

j

now offering three styles of mat work...

hello, it's another incredibly grey day in berlin. you would think it's winter still - but there is a lot to be grateful for and a lot of good changes. i am sitting next to rebecca rainey, who flew from new york to berlin exactly a year after me. it's one of those serendipitous things in life: we met at erika bloom pilates, where i was giving thai massages. i talked about moving to berlin and then i did it. then i got an email from rebecca, and then she did it. yeah!

now we are sitting in kreuzberg at a cafe called pfeiffers. we have been brainstorming a new zine idea for the last three hours or so. and now it is time for the business of blogging. she is wearing an orange scarf, kind of like the orange icon on this blogger. she is an amazing human being and teaches a mean pilates mat. so, this is real-time introduction folks: meet rebecca.



hallo! thank you jenn for the lovely introduction. i'm very excited to join jenn and every buddha body. berlin has been good to me so far and with my new bike rainbow i'm discovering more and more. so fun. without further ado i'll share my bio with you.

Rebecca Rainey is a certified Pilates mat instructor and professional dancer. She is certified through Erika Bloom Pilates Plus in NYC, an internationally recognized certification. After studying Pilates since 1999, working as an assistant manager at Erika Bloom and from a curiosity to learn more about the mechanics of the body Rebecca was compelled to become certified. Using her kinesthetic awareness of the body from her dance background, a regular yoga practice, and her Pilates knowledge, she guides clients to a new level of fitness - in mind and body.

Initially from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Rebecca moved to Berlin in January 2010 after living in NYC for seven years.



jenn and i have been talking a lot recently about expanding every buddha body and clarifying its vision. this is the first step towards making every buddha body a broader collective - we hope that more practitioners and explorers of the body-mind-spirit connection will join us in the future.

we are very excited to share our latest thoughts and ever-evolving vision - (check it! hot off the press!) (ich habe das gehört! - rebecca's latest favorite german phrase).


every buddha body is a collective of bodywork and yoga practitioners built on the idea that everyone is a buddha - an "awakened one" - and every body deserves to feel like one. we believe that you - no matter your background or body type - have the potential to experience health and balance in your body and mind. through the mediums of traditional thai massage, yoga, movement, pilates and conscious nutrition, we have created a space where you can reclaim your body and receive guidance in the realization of your optimal physical and mental manifestation of self - simply a state of bliss.


if you would like to schedule a thai massage, pilates or yoga session with one of us, you can find us on these days. we love to ride our bikes, especially to your house (of course within reason, within AB zones).


rebecca for pilates: tuesday, thursday, saturday 10-19 h

pilates rates: 60 min - 40€ (sliding scale 25-35€)


jenn for thai massage & yoga: tuesday, wednesday, saturday 10-19 h

thai massage rates: 60 min - 50€ (sliding scale for artists and low incomes: 35-45€) ; 90 min - 65€ (sliding scale: 50-60€)
yoga rates: 60 min - 40€ (sliding scale 25-35€)


if you are interested in small group yoga or pilates classes, we are taking steps towards finding a space for this - in the meantime we are always happy to teach if you have a space to offer us. we are also taking names for a community dance/movement class - stay tuned... it's in the works! (think flashdance...)



once again, thanks for all of the love you've given every buddha body this past year. we hope you will enjoy the newest modality on the mat.

happy finally almost kinda sorta springtime. stay warm berliners.

xo jenn and rebecca

goodbye frankfurt (for now) ... hello (again) berlin

it is my last day in frankfurt. since the trip to new york i spent about ten days in berlin and then hopped in a car (on my very first autobahn ride) to frankfurt. the drive was mostly white fields of snow, six hours of fields of snow and a stop at mcdonald´s where all i got was a mediocre cappucino. not so bad hurtling across germany at a rate of 120 km/h (once i got used to the speed, which at first made my stomach lurch like on a rollercoaster).

my visit to frankfurt has been very good. i gave a massage (or several) every day but sunday. so many backs transformed. so many tight hamstrings loosened. i watched so many chests exhale and release, so many faces and tight jaws relax and open. most of the feedback i got was that people felt "new." what a nice start to their new year. it has been lovely and i look forward to next time. i also celebrated my friend´s birthday with her and made a super rich dark chocolate flourless cake. and a lot of khichari (mung beans and rice with vegetables like carrots and sweet potatoes, an ayurvedic staple and my favorite dish on earth). it has been a full couple of weeks, very full of work and also relaxation, some good wine in the evenings and great company. i feel very blessed.

now i go back to berlin and live a bit of the nomad life until my next trip back to frankfurt. what i enjoy about work and life is that it is so mobile, that i don´t need so much to have a good existence and to have good exchanges with people. i am looking forward to having a temporary home in march though, and also to searching for a flat of my own in berlin, though a new york trip is also in the works... so who knows. i am flowing with life right now, enjoying the work, enjoying the practice of thai massage and all of the things i am learning both about the bodywork itself and about myself through the practice. today i really understood the idea behind working on the legs first, as if i were squeezing the sap, the life force of a tree back up from the roots to the center. transforming a stiff body into a fluid body from the bottom up. i am able to make quicker connections about how things work because i have given so many massages in a row. my work is clarifying itself and my energy is growing too. it is good, i like what i do and the opportunities for learning and being present that i am presented with through it.