PUT YOUR BODY
IN GOOD HANDS
Heal, Release, Learn, Feel, Create, Breathe, Empower
What Clients Say
"Heidi is a Miraculous Muscle Magician! I am so fortunate & forever grateful to find her as I was desperately trying to get back in shape after childbirth, suffering a major injury along the way. I had lost my confidence in my ability to fully recover & worried that I was destined to suffer from some degree of pain & limited mobility for the rest of my life. Heidi saved me with her extreme knowledge of human body mechanics & muscle connections. She worked with me to regain my confidence believing in my body again. Not only did I recover, but I was able to build my body unlike I have ever done before. If not for Heidi, I know I wouldn’t have the strength, mobility, confidence, & knowledge about my body that keeps me pain-free, strong and fit."
Erin Daniels-Lagarde, Veterinarian
Bodywork
Heidi is a Licensed Massage Therapist with 9 years of experience and excels at helping people restore and maintain pain-free movement.
A session combines advanced bodywork techniques and sophisticated neuromuscular analysis into a highly effective method for the treatment of myofascial pain and dysfunction. The neuromuscular analysis is informed by contemporary insights from functional anatomy and neuroscience.
Pain Treatments take place on a Shiatsu mat similar to a futon mat wearing comfy, loose clothing.
A session consists of the assessment & treatment of dysfunctional muscles & nervous system behaviors integrating techniques from:
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Trigger Point Therapy
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Myofascial Release
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Neuromuscular Therapy
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Deep Tissue Compression
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Thai Bodywork
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Muscle Energy Technique
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PNF Stretching + Vibration
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Functional Movement Coaching
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Pain Neuroscience Education
Conditions commonly treated are:
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Shoulder pain & rotator cuff issue
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Sciatica & low back pain
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Sacroiliac (SI) joint dysfunction
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Neck pain, TMJ, and headaches
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Hip, groin, and knee pain
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Plantar fasciitis, Tennis elbow
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Tingling, numbness, nerve pain
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Chronic and unresolved pain
Pain Treatment Offerings:
- Client Home; travel fees start at $75
“In order to change, people need to become aware of their sensations and the way that their bodies interact with the world around them. Physical self-awareness is the first step in releasing the tyranny of the past.”
- Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score
Pilates
The process depends on the clients body. We start by going real slow, learning how to breathe, engaging/stretching muscles correctly, learning how opposition is the mission to create great posture and a powerful core. Once this mind-body, breath-core connection is there — then only then — we grow and evolve creating stability, strength, and endurance.
My mission is always to get the client out of pain and make them strong. Using the springs helps to make engagement safe as it dynamically changes the structure and mobility of the body.
I am a 600+ Comprehensive Classically trained pilates instructor by REAL Pilates in New York and am also trained in Baptiste Power Yoga.
Pilates Offerings:
Home studio - Wednesday AM and after 12PM daily, some Weekends
--- privates, virtual privates
--- virtual mat classes coming soon...
The Pilates Loft on Old Metairie Rd. - Tuesday and Friday AM
--- privates only
Grace Pilates and Yoga on Magazine St. - Monday and Thursday AM
--- privates
--- equipment class at 11AM on Mondays
--- mat class at 8AM on Thursdays
"You will feel better in ten sessions, look better in twenty sessions, and have a completely new body in thirty sessions."
"Change happens through movement and movement heals."
- Joseph H. Pilates
Art
Healing bodies and my own have been so fulfilling that my art career took a pause. I am an artist --- always & forever --- through & through. Recently learned woodworking and welding to build my own classical pilates equipment! My creation now is taking anatomy into functional movement in each body I work with.
I have been dreaming of my next series of art spiraling around the theme of the sacred divine dance, empowerment of the organic spirit and soul. But my next goal is to host weekend art workshops.
Teaching processes of creating original batik paintings, hand-beaded earrings, ceramics, printmaking, and watercolor.
I have a BA in Fine Art, AS in Graphic Design, created a few series of artwork, a human, and have taught gifted & talented art for years!
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
- Pablo Picasso
