Massage & Bodywork Services
Heartwood will continue to offer quality bodywork, from expertly delivered traditional Swedish massage to an array of Ayurvedic services such as oil-based massage, herbal poultice, and lovely steam treatments, as well as specialty treatments—cranials therapy, sound and vibration therapy, cupping, hot stone, and more.
Heartwood bodywork goes a step beyond
Heartwood offers a gorgeous massage space and a splendid variety of bodywork services to help you achieve your best overall health. Our therapists are experienced bodywork specialists with additional training in yoga therapy, ayurveda, sound healing, reiki, and more. New clients are always provided with an assessment and guidance to choose the very best treatment for their current state of wellness. Our hope is to be an advocate for each individual's healing journey and working with the client to help them achieve the optimal state of health is our number one goal.
A step beyond - Specialty Ayurveda massage services
In addition to traditional bodywork therapies, our specialized Ayurveda therapies come from thousands of years of Ayurvedic medicine, where practitioners assess the energetic and elemental energies of the individual and prescribe specific treatments that promote balance and well-being. Your therapist will assess your Dosha type in an intake interview and make recommendations for regimens that can help support better health. These sessions are often recommended to be repeated 3-5 times for best results. You may also decide to try an Ayurvedic treatment out of curiosity and self-discovery! Feel free to call to talk to one of our therapists if you have any questions or want more information.
How to Book your massage
Call Heartwood at (941) 745-5719 with any questions or to inquire about a booking with any of our massage therapists. You can also book online directly at the link below.
Heartwood Massage services
Swedish Massage
Vishesh Stimulating Massage
Hot Stone Massage
Our therapist will use firm, but gentle pressure to increase circulation, relieve muscle aches, ease tension, improve flexibility, and induce overall relaxation. Complimentary aromatherapy, organic foot scrub, and warm towels are included to enhance the experience and the therapist may use deep tissue, pressure point work, reflexology, cupping, or energy healing if applicable and desired by the client.
Massage:
60 minutes - $100
75 minutes - $125
90 minutes - $145
Swedish for youth (under 12)
30 minutes - $40
Hot Stone Massage
Vishesh Stimulating Massage
Hot Stone Massage
Hot stone massage is a specialty massage that uses smooth, heated, basalt stones, a black volcanic rock that absorbs and retains heat well. The heat is both deeply relaxing and helps tight muscles release. During the massage, the therapist warms up the body with traditional Swedish massage and then massages you while holding a heated stone. As the stone cools, the therapist replaces it with another. The therapist might also leave heated stones at specific points along your spine, in the palms of your hand, on your belly, or even between your toes to improve the flow of energy in your body.
60 minutes - $110
90 minutes - $155
Vishesh Stimulating Massage
Vishesh Stimulating Massage
Vishesh Stimulating Massage
Vishesh is a vigorous, stimulating Ayurvedic massage that activates circulation, breaks up toxic adhesions, stimulates lymphatic flow, and guides impurities out of the body. Warm Ayurvedic herbalized oil, selected according to one’s Ayurvedic constitution and condition, is used.
60 minutes - $110
90 minutes - $155
Abyanga Oil Massage
Shirodhara Oil Streaming
Vishesh Stimulating Massage
The Sanskrit word Sneha can be translated as both “oil” and “love.” It is believed that the effects of Abhyanga are similar to those received when one is saturated with love. Like the experience of being loved, Abhyanga can give a deep feeling of stability and warmth. Oils are chosen according to the constitution of the individual and then a rhythmic massage is performed to deeply relax and calm the nervous system, stimulate the circulatory and lymphatic systems, and bring energetic balance to the individual. The entire body, face, and head are oiled for deep therapeutic benefit. This massage can also improve skin tone and is deeply grounding.
60 minutes - $110
90 minutes - $155
Shirodhara Oil Streaming
Shirodhara Oil Streaming
Shirodhara Oil Streaming
Shirodhara is the most relaxing and inner practice we offer. A thin stream of specially selected warmed oil is poured onto the third eye area of the forehead to balance the entire neurological system and activate both hemispheres. People generally feel in an altered and lovely state at the end of a half-hour session. You may shower here but many clients take advantage of our complimentary oversize bandannas to leave the beneficial oil on the hair and scalp.
30 minutes - $70
60 minutes - $95
Nasya/Sans Treatment
Shirodhara Oil Streaming
Shirodhara Oil Streaming
Nasya/Sans Treatment is used as a sinus and allergy treatment that also balances energy and promotes clarity. It is a full head, neck, shoulder, and face massage, followed by aromatic full body steam and Ayurvedic nose oil that clear impurities from the head and neck, open sinuses, and the lymphatic system and stimulate detoxification, circulation and energy flow. This procedure can relieve neck pain, remove impurities from the sinuses, head and neck, strengthen the nasal passages, and balance the nervous system and is effective for sinus congestion and allergies.
30 minutes - $60
60 minutes - $115
(Includes Bashpa Swedana full body treatment - see below)
Bashpa Swedana
Garshana Raw Silk Glove Massage
Udhvartana Massage and Scrub
Bashpa Swedana is a full body steam treatment used to stimulate sweating and often utilizing essential oils or Ayurvedic herbs according to the person’s Ayurvedic constitution and condition.
30 minutes - $60
60 minutes - $115
Udhvartana Massage and Scrub
Garshana Raw Silk Glove Massage
Udhvartana Massage and Scrub
Udhvartana is a stimulating massage and body scrub with Ayurvedic dry powder or powder and warm oil that is known for its lymphatic drainage and ability to detox and rejuvenate. It is often used therapeutically when there is an excess of kapha dosha or heaviness in the body.
60 minutes - $130
90 minutes - $190
Garshana Raw Silk Glove Massage
Garshana Raw Silk Glove Massage
Garshana Raw Silk Glove Massage
Garshana Massage is a silk glove massage that exfoliates the skin and stimulates lymphatic flow and drainage and is an optimal preparation for Abhyanga Massage.
30 minutes - $45
Marma Chikitsa Treatment
Marma Chikitsa Treatment
Garshana Raw Silk Glove Massage
Marma points (Marmani) are vital energy points on the body that are important junctures to the energy pathways for healing. Similar to acupuncture or shiatsu, the system and knowledge of Marma Chikitsa has been used as an assessment tool, as well as a therapeutic modality for healing body, mind and consciousness for thousands of years. Marmani are classified according to their location on the body, the tissue of which they are composed, and the effects felt if injured. Ayurvedic massage therapy is based upon the knowledge of these sensitive, vital anatomical points, where structures pulsate and pain can exist. They are reflex anatomical sites, where flesh, veins, arteries, tendons, bones, and joints meet and connect by subtle channels similar to meridians that carry energy and impulses that vitalize us.
60 minutes - $45
90 minutes - $90
Basti Warm Oil Treatment
Marma Chikitsa Treatment
Basti Warm Oil Treatment
Basti treatments are warm oil applications with a variety of indications for circulation, musculoskeletal problems, nourishment, and rejuvenation of organs, muscles, joints, bones, and tendons. Kati Basti is a useful treatment for back, kidney, adrenal, excretory, and urinary conditions. A well made of flour is placed around the spine and then filled with warm Ayurvedic herbalized oil, selected according to Ayurvedic constitution and condition. Hridaya Basti- is an oil bath on the heart and chest region, effective for cardiac health, improves circulation and respiration, relieves deep-seated stress, anger, and grief and provides a sense of peace and happiness. Janu Basti- is the same procedure done on the knees. The reduction of pain and stiffness helps to improve mobility and is used in conditions such as osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, that involve chronic pain of the knee joints.
30 minutes - $70
45 minutes - $95
60 minutes - $120
Pinda Poultice Swedana
Marma Chikitsa Treatment
Basti Warm Oil Treatment
Pure linen wrapped tightly over various medicinal and aromatic herbs, along with rice or sand, applied dry or dipped in hot oils, forms a poultice made specifically for your doshic balance and current needs. This poultice is used for deeply soothing and invigorating work to regulate your systems.
30 minutes - $70
60 minutes - $120
Craniosacral Therapy 10 Step Protocol
Craniosacral Therapy 10 Step Protocol
Craniosacral Therapy 10 Step Protocol
Craniosacral therapy is a holistic healing practice that uses very light touching to balance the craniosacral system in the body, which includes the bones, nerves, fluids, and connective tissues of the cranium and spinal area. A therapist uses a very gentle touch to balance the flow of the CSR. Once the cerebrospinal fluid moves freely, the body's natural healing responses can function. A craniosacral session generally lasts 30-90 minutes. The client remains fully clothed and lays down on a massage table while the therapist gently assesses the flow of the CSR. Advanced Craniosacral - level 2 helps to work with TMJ and deep-seated physical/mental/emotional issues such as anxiety or chronic pain.
Please book with David for Craniosacral therapy.
60 minutes - $95
Advanced Craniosacral - Level 2
60 minutes - $120
Reiki Treatments
Craniosacral Therapy 10 Step Protocol
Craniosacral Therapy 10 Step Protocol
An all-natural, ancient Japanese technique to relax, rejuvenate, and heal with a certified, experienced Reiki Master. Reiki promotes your body's natural healing ability while removing energy blockages and detoxifying your system. During a treatment, the client will lay fully clothed on a massage table. The practitioner places their hands in various positions on or near the body. Reiki is non-invasive, gentle and safe, with limitless benefits available. It is a perfect complementary treatment for anyone with a chronic condition or illness and is capable of producing amazing results when used in conjunction with traditional therapies. *You may also choose to use part of your massage session for Reiki treatment at no additional charge.
30 minutes - $45
60 minutes - $85
Sound and Energy Healing
Craniosacral Therapy 10 Step Protocol
Sound and Energy Healing
Sound & energy healing is a practice that uses vibrations (incorporating crystals and instruments like gongs, Tibetan singing bowls, and crystal tuning forks to relax your mind and body and promote healing on an energetic level. Clients may wish to book a full session of vibration healing or can request a portion of their massage treatment session to be devoted to this practice.
15 minute add on - $25
30 minutes - $45
60 minutes - $65
Heartwood Massage Therapists
David Shaddock
LMT - #MA95440
David Shaddock is an ERYT-500 yoga teacher, C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, Licensed LMT and Cranio Sacral therapist, and Reiki Master, as well as a shamanism enthusiast. He is our "science guy" teaching anatomy, physiology and the science of, crystals, energy, and more in Heartwood's Yoga YTT and Yoga Therapy programs. His medical background (he was one of the first five Certified Emergency Cardiac Technicians in Illinois, and one of the first privately registered paramedics there as well) gives him powerful perspective on anatomy and physiology. He specializes in therapeutic massage, Ayurvedic massage, hot stone, and many specialty techniques and enjoys spending time with clients to learn about their needs and to help them develop healthful practices to enhance their quality of life.