Jo practices massage, and loves to receive good work, in the Community Referral pages, are some of the folk you dance with who are worth a visit.

I am trained in Esalen Massage (a combination of modalities, with Swedish, Shiatsu, Deep Tissue, and Esalen’s own long integrative strokes, using the body, rather than technique as the guide) with additions of Cranio Sacral and Somato Emotional Release work, as well as Trigger Point, and Energy work. I continue to learn, and find fascination in all that is being discovered.

I have led a massage workshop in Bali, and love being able to share this most exquisite way of connecting with others.

To me, good massage develops a connection through listening, attending to breath, bringing in all the most profound elements of great dance: the pause, the relationship to other through connection to self, movement, repetition, and observation. Massage is more than touch of skin and release of muscle, it is contact of spirit, and it is eternally humbling and inspiring.

The work was developed at Esalen Institute in Big Sur CA which is a magnificent place to study in central California. I recommend a massage, a workshop, a retreat, an extended stay (831-667 3000 for catalog 831 667 3005 for reservations http://www.Esalen.org).

I also love languishing in hot water:

I love the baths at Esalen and we have also taught at Harbin Hot Springs. Besides reveling in the warm waters, and being utterly indulged in the watsu and water dance that was born there, the springs and grounds are lovingly maintained. I recommend a visit, a massage, a training, a retreat (800 622 2477 in CA or 707 987 2477 outside CA http://www.harbin.org).

if you can’t get to Esalen or Harbin In Los Angeles?
Try the the many Korean spas; for women only
Olympic Spa on Olympic just 2 bl east of Crenshaw,

for both sexes: Aroma spa and sport on Wilshire aroma spa

Beverly Hot Springs: 308 N. Oxford Ave, Los Angeles, 90004 323 734 7000...open 7 days a week 9-9 except Jan. 1

There are other spas and places to go, and we recommend getting watsu and water dance by
Davida Taurek http://www.davidadance.com/