massage therapists

 

Jodie Linver, LMT & CERTIFIED Thai Therapist

 

    

“May all beings be peaceful. May all beings be happy.
May all beings be safe. May all beings awaken to the light of their

true nature. May all beings be free.”
                   -Metta Prayer

 

Jodie has been a massage therapist with the Alliance Institute for Integrative Medicine since 1999.

 

Jodie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati’s prestigious College Conservatory of Music in Theatre.  While there, she was constantly intrigued by the body’s way of connecting to the mind, and the mind’s way of impacting the body.  Continuing to focus on forms that expressed these concepts (muscle memory work, Alexander Technique, breath work and dance), massage seemed like a natural life path progression.

 

As a Massage Therapist, Jodie focuses on the therapeutic and clinical aspects of massage.  Receiving the longest lasting benefits for every patient that walks in the door is the goal of her work.  Helping patients to find that place of pain relief or support, or moment of peacefulness, is her greatest life work.

 

In 2007, Jodie’s path took a whole new direction in work.  It was at this time that she met her first Thai Massage teacher which eventually led her to travel to Thailand to study at the very well-respected Wat Po School of Massage and Medicine in Bangkok.  This journey opened up new concepts in massage that are rarely practiced much outside Thailand.  She feels honored to have studied with such amazing teachers and the gifts that they shared with her.  Thai Massage is not yoga or merely massage; true Thai Massage is real medicine that is real healing bodywork.  Thailand continues to be a second home to her, still so much to learn, so much to share.

 

Specific trainings include Neuromuscular/Myoneural (upper and lower extremity), Trager 1, Trigger Point Therapy, hot stones, Himalayan Rejuvenation/Rebalancing, Swedish, sports, cold stone headache treatments, Thai massage, Thai basic (Northern and Southern style), advanced Thai massage (Northern and Southern), women’s Thai and herbal, Nerve Touch, and Luk Pra Kob (herbal pack).

 

Certifications also held from Wat Po Medicine School, Bangkok, Thailand; Lotus Palm School, Montreal, Quebec.

 

Jodie continues to blend work into art and still works as a performer/dancer in Cincinnati.  “The universe loves the body to express itself, as long as you allow it to move.”