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All bodywork appointments are scheduled directly with the therapist, not through South Boston Yoga. Payments are made directly to the individual bodyworker. Gift cards purchased through South Boston Yoga are for SBY services only, and do not include massage or private sessions (unless specifically stated in a promotion). Please contact the therapist directly to schedule an appointment with the contact information below.

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  • David Vendetti, KMI, ERYT
  • Kinesis Myofacial Integration, Myofascial Yoga Therapist
  • david@southbostonyoga.net; (617) 315-7448

  • After over ten years experience of studying and teaching yoga and various movement modalities, I graduated from Tom Myer's KMI professional certification. I am currently assisting Tom Myer's 500 hour program. In October of 2010 I re-opened South Boston Yoga as a center of health and wellness incorporating hands-on bodywork with yoga instruction and therapy.

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  • Ali Mischke, BCSI, RYT
  • Kinesis Myofascial Integration, Myofascial Yoga Therapist
  • ali.mischke@yahoo.com; (617) 257-6857

  • Ali is a Board Certified Structural Integrator. She holds a BA from Brown University and is a Registered Yoga Teacher, a graduate of David Vendetti’s 500-hour Myofascial Yoga Therapy program. After college, Ali spent 12 years as a software designer. While seeking a new career focused on healing, she discovered structural integration, and found tremendous relief from long-standing discomfort.

    She considers herself a lifelong student of structure, function and the human spirit, and loves the challenge that each client brings to her table. Ali believes the power of structural integration to create lasting change extends beyond the freeing of fascial restriction. Through structural integration, we cultivate curiosity about our physical habits and the connection between body and mind. As the body reaches even tone through structural bodywork, this curiosity and resulting self-awareness allow the client to evolve into healthier and more comfortable patterns of posture and movement.

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  • Chris Brenneck, LMT
  • LMT
  • raschristopher@gmail.com; 617-820-0945

  • Christopher has studied and practices a variety of bodywork and meditation techniques aimed at rejuvenating the body and harmonizing the mind. He began exploring the connections between hands on therapy in relation to health and illness at an early age. These explorations allowed him to spend time studying with traditional medicine practitioners in Ghana, West Africa and to learn from local herbalists Costa Rica. Following these experiences, He received his formal massage education at the Cortiva Institute.

    Christopher incorporates both western and traditional perspectives on health and wellness when working with clients in order to bring the body into a place of harmony and understanding with the mind and spirit. Christopher is also available for one on one or group meditation lessons.

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  • Derik Newton
  • LMT, Myofascial Yoga Therapist
  • deriknewton@gmail.com

  • My journey into the science and art of bodywork has been one of healing and discovery. The extent to which change can occur through sensitively trained human touch was unknown to me as a former athlete living with chronic pain from an incurable lumbar spine injury. I understand how pain and decreased mobility can affect the whole person - body, mind, and soul - and I now revere the potential for healing that bodywork can offer.

    I am a graduate of Cortiva Institute, have studied Myofascial Yoga Therapy with David Vendetti, and trained in Reiki with Shelley Devine. These experiences have helped me to understand that deep tissue manipulation can be performed with sensitivity and compassion, and that profound transformation can flow from the lightest touch. My practice today focuses on effective communication with the client in order to achieve his or her goal, whether it be minor stress reduction or significant structural change.

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  • Joanna Keseberg
  • Movement and Postural Analyst, Myofascial Yoga Therapy, Craniosacral Therapy, Thai Yoga Bodywork
  • elevatingbodyarts@gmail.com

  • I teach aerial yoga here at South Boston Yoga. After years of performing in the circus arts I became interested in how the human body moves, and why it might not always move the way we want or expect. This sent me on a long path exploring the endless mysteries of the body.

    I am a certified Postural and Movement Analyst through Kinesis, and I am a graduate of David Vendetti's 500 hour Myofacial Yoga Therapy program. I am also certified in Thai Yoga Bodywork through Lotus Palm, and Erik Dalton's Myoskeletal Alignment Therapy. I have had the pleasure to investigate the wonders of the human body with Gil Hedley in his anatomy intensive and am currently studying Functional Movement Screen, Visceral Manipulation and Craniosacral Therapy.

    My passion is to assist people on their journey to a greater understanding of their own body and how they can inhabit it with greater freedom of movement and decreased pain. Sessions include postural analysis, light and deep touch hands-on work, and movement work. You can expect to walk away with movement exercises for your daily life activities in order to increase awareness, movement, stability, and integration.

    "The body holds nothing against us, though we hold our bodies in all manner of ways against ourselves, our life, and our longings. When we really let our bodies go, they rise up, move freely, and pulse with joy." ~Gil Hedley, Integral Anatomy

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  • Joseph Welch, LMT
  • LMT: Swedish, Deep Tissue, Thai Yoga Massage, Sports Massage, Myofascial Yoga Therapy
  • josephwelchlmt@gmail.com; 857-719-7629

  • Joseph brings together 5 years of experience in the compassionate touch of traditional massage therapy and the intelligent precision of David Vendetti's Myofascial Yoga Therapy, with the energizing stretching and Ayurvedic basis of Thai Yoga Massage.

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  • Katie Dunn, LMT
  • LMT: Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports Massage/stretching, Myofascial Release and Neuromuscular Therapy
  • katie@kdbodywork.com; (203) 982-1162

  • Whether applying gentle pressure or deeply manipulating tissue, Katie's work emphasizes balance and centeredness through the fluidity of her transitions around the body. She integrates a variety of techniques into each session, including Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports Massage/stretching, Myofascial Release and Neuromuscular Therapy.

    Though Katie sees great value in the relaxing and destressing benefits of massage, she also enjoys providing focused treatment work - addressing tension patterns, reducing pain, improving flexibility, and increasing body awareness. Working with each client to help them better understand their body, she creates an individualized treatment plan with the goal of facilitating positive change in the mind, body, and spirit

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  • Lily Brenneck, LMT
  • LMT: Deep Massage, Pressure Technique, Tension Relesase, Postural Realignment
  • livingtouch@gmail.com; 617-785-9795

  • Massage therapist and yogini graduate of the body awakening 500 hours training. Studied at the muscular therapy institute, a 900 hour intensive training in muscular therapy. Lily practices a variety of bodywork styles from Swedish relaxation pure heaven massage to deep tissue Myofacial release work. Lily tends to magically know where it hurts and how to fix it.

    Lily also offers pregnancy massage and polarity energy work. She is currently studying Craniosacral therapy.

    Lily is no stranger to the movement arts studying with the southern Academy of Ballet arts from age 8 to 19 I believe my first love was movement. The body awareness dance creates has definitely informed my yoga and massage practice deeply.