Dawson’s Stress Reduction · The mind and body tune-up center
Thirty, sixty or ninety minutes, at your home, your office or on the table, and the first consultation is free.
Rejuvenate Your Body with Massage Therapy
No twelve-item treatment menu to decode. Choose a length, say what is bothering you, and the techniques follow from that.
30min
Shoulders and neck before a long workday, or a reset on a lunch break. Short is not rushed when the session is only asked to do one thing.
60min
Time to warm the soft tissue first, then work where it is needed, and still finish the whole body so nothing feels left out.
90min
Deep tissue work is slower strokes and more pressure, and slow takes time. Ninety minutes lets the depth arrive without forcing it.
A session, in order
The same three beats whether it is ninety minutes on the table or fifteen in a chair at your office.
Consultation
Before the table, a few minutes about what is tight, what you do all day, anything recent, and how much pressure you like. The initial consultation is free of charge, so you can ask before you commit to anything.
Warm-up
Lighter, longer strokes come first. Deeper muscle groups are worked only after the tissue is warmed up, because pressing hard on cold muscle is how a massage turns into an endurance test.
The work, then the finish
Swedish, deep tissue, trigger point, acupressure or sports techniques, chosen for what you came in with rather than read off a menu. Pressure is checked as the session goes. The last minutes bring everything back together, so you leave feeling well rounded, not just worked on.
Massage and treatments
Any session can draw on Swedish, acupressure, reflexology, sports, trigger point and pregnancy massage. These are the services people ask for by name.
Slower strokes and more pressure into the deeper muscle groups, after the soft tissue is warmed up. Sports massage and trigger point work fold in here for chronic or acute pain issues.
Deep tissue details
Work-Site Chair MassageAn ergonomically designed massage chair, brought to your office. Given clothed, billed by the minute, easy to fit between meetings.At work
Foot Soak & ReflexologyA warm foot soak followed by reflexology. Ion Cell Foot Cleanse treatments are offered alongside it in packages.Feet
Ear CandlingOffered as a traditional home remedy, never as a medical procedure, and never instead of seeing a doctor.Ear candling
Stress ManagementRegular, shorter tune-ups for the weeks that keep winding you tight. The mind and body tune-up center, taken at its word.Tune-ups
On site and work site
On-site and work-site massage is the core of this practice, not an add-on. Chair sessions use an ergonomically designed massage chair that does the job of a table, given clothed, and billed by the minute, so a whole team can rotate through a morning without anyone leaving the building.
“I specialize in providing on-site, and work site massage therapy.”
Flexible hours, Monday to Friday from 7 in the morning to 8 at night, by appointment.
The register
I became a certified massage therapist in 1985 and graduated from the National Holistic Institute in 1986, one of the largest massage schools in California.
…personalized my massage to pay extra attention to my problem areas while still making sure to finish the session feeling very well rounded and like nothing was left out. I’ll definitely be returning.
“One of the best deep tissue massages I’ve had! Cute space too - will definitely return.”Stephanie J., Google, October 2020
“…totally stress free environment and top notch service”Leila L., Google, May 2025
Before you book
Anything not here, ask at (510) 229-0214. The consultation is free.
Oakland, CA 94609