KIT NEWTON
MASSAGE
Custom Therapeutic Massage
About
Welcome to my website! First off, I am deeply in love with the work that I do. My approach to bodywork is both rooted in and mirrors my goals as an athlete, father, and more generally to be the best that I can be. I aim to create a safe and supportive, collaborative and communicative, healthy space for folks to feel better in and to empower everyone's sense of well being.
My path to becoming a bodyworker hasn't been linear. It began when I was a young athlete. I would receive regular sports massage to maintain peak performance and to recover from injuries. Getting therapeutic/deep tissue massages as a teenager was at first uncomfortable, painful, and sometimes awkward (I was a teenager). I quickly began to see in my performances faster recovery times, less injury, more body awareness, and less stress. Thus, began my interest in the human body as a dynamic magical puzzle.
I am still an athlete at heart. I have turned to running in the past few years. I still love how it feels to set goals, train hard, and feel my best.
Services
My training has been in both Eastern and Western massage techniques. My practice has been dynamic and evolving over the past 9 years. Working with clients individual needs to create a session that will best address their goals. I generally draw from all the techniques I've learned into a hybrid session. Using both shiatsu and therapeutic massage techniques enables me to offer the widest range of care for my clients specific needs.
Therapeutic Massage
This is generally classified and called a few different things like deep tissue or sports massage. What I take it to mean is massage targeted to specific ailments or for a specific area of the body. Using a myriad of techniques to help relieve muscle tension and improve range of motion. Goals for these sessions are to: relieve pain, speed recovery, gain body awareness, understand what muscles are involved, and offer any stretching or postural adjustments that could help prevent future pain or discomfort.
Shiatsu
Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shiatsu originates from Japan, and translates to 'thumb pressure.' It is a modality that uses the same theory and principles as acupuncture. There are a lot of really usefull assisted stretching and active release techniques that I like to use during sessions.
Cupping
Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which special cups are applied to your skin for a few minutes to create suction. These sessions are best geared towards someone looking to manage pain, inflammation, blood flow, relaxation and well-being. Cupping can be used as a type of deep-tissue massage. The cups can leave marks for generally a week or two.
"I have struggled to feel an exchange of acceptance and healing in other massage experiences. Kit has a soothing energy, but is not at all "poser-namaste." You know exactly what I mean - his zen is not forced or colonized. We joked, we were silent, we checked in. I felt that what mattered was my body, my experience, my comfort."
“Kit's bodywork is both restorative and wonderfully relaxing. He has a keen sense of each individual's needs and doesn't hesitate to tailor his bodywork to YOUR body. It was the best massage I've had. I'll definitely be back. Again and again.”
