Touch that shifts your baseline healthier - whether you’re struggling, or already quite healthy.

Via high-resolution tactile sensing and hypnagogic relaxation, I help clients clear physical and emotional restrictions and pains, and feel what it’s like for their souls to land in their bodies.

Hi, I’m Elena! I’m probably the only bodyworker in the world with a degree from MIT in Math, Computer Science, and Physics. Then after graduating, I spent two years as a machine learning engineer at Meta (then known as Facebook). I learned a lot on that life path - including the heavy toll that stress takes on bodies and spirits. So, I pivoted. Now my second chapter of life is devoted to holistic healing for helping people shed layers of stress and baggage, so they can return to feeling the joy of their authentic lives.

I am trained in Esalen massage, craniosacral (a light-touch, non-massage style of bodywork that’s very relaxing), and visceral manipulation (an organ-centric form of bodywork centered on light micromovements of the fascia). I practice a combination of these approaches that also integrates unique fascial techniques of my own. Overall my work is about 50% mechanical-structural, 50% energetic, and deeply relaxing. I work primarily with the nervous system, and I find that emotional and structural releases and realignments happen naturally downstream of that.

What people have said after working with me:

  • "Elena's touch made me feel better and I don't really understand how. I asked her for an explanation, and it was extremely detailed, obviously betraying rigorous thinking, but I still didn't understand. This is what you expect from wizards, I guess, so I am comfortable with the hypothesis that she is one, and, fortunately for us, a good wizard."

    - Sasha Chapin

  • "I had some pain in my arm for weeks and had tried to massage it myself, but when Elena touched it I instantly started to experience emotional and physical release. Over the course of our session I felt not only improvement in pain symptoms but my mind clear up as well — notable increases in mental clarity. Whatever her method is, it has consistent and overwhelmingly positive effects on my physical and mental wellbeing. Highly recommend."

  • "Elena spent ten minutes on a lump on my neck that’s been there for my entire twenties (physical therapists said it was maybe a cyst). I felt waves of sensation all along the left side of my body, and now it’s about half the size and I feel much more relaxed."

  • "After our session something really interesting happened. I journaled for about 45 minutes and had stunning clarity about some things that I've been conflicted/unclear about for the past year or so."

  • “That went beyond physical healing and into spiritual healing. It's hard for me to cry but I genuinely teared up in joy. There were moments of that session where, if I could have just bottled up that feeling, I would have cured world poverty and all diseases in about five - or six - minutes.”

  • "I was extremely happy with the bodywork I received from Elena! I play roller derby and have a hobby that requires lots of physical labor. I was shocked at how much relief I received from just one session, both physical and emotional. Her type of bodywork was new to me and as someone who has a lot of pain I was very appreciative of the lighter touch. I went into my weekend feeling relaxed with less physical tension. I would definitely recommend Elena! 10/10 I will for sure be getting more work done!"

  • "I feel so relaxed and happy. And you know, I hate when people say 'massages are relaxing'. Most massages at spas feel too shallow to be relaxing - I'd call them 'pampering'. But Elena's sessions aren't pampering. They're real wellness."

  • "I had one session with Elena and it changed my life. It not only eased pain, but it helped me release long held trauma from my body. It opened space to let something go that was connected to deep grief and to my ex. It felt like some kind of restricting energy that really needed to get out of my body finally found a way out. The gentle rocking movements were a big part of this."

  • "I can finally breath without pain! Usually there's a sharp pain at the top of my inhale. It's gone now. I feel lucky to live near enough to Elena to receive these sessions."

  • "I've had multiple-gram mushroom trips that were less intense than that. In the best way! It helped with my emotional processing. Months later, I still have more capacity, as a lasting result of this session."

  • "If you live in the Bay Area you absolutely need to have a session with Elena. She has a gift at figuring out what your body needs and giving it exactly that. After both of my sessions with her I felt a sense of relaxation, both physically and emotionally, that I haven't felt otherwise. We tend to neglect the connection our minds have with our bodies, and she will help you rebuild it. I can't recommend Elena highly enough."

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