In the 1980's, as an act of political and career survival, Larry created a massage organization entitled, the United Bodywork and Massage Practitioners of NJ. This group was as large as the NJ Chapter of AMTA and was directly created to prevent the AMTA from enacting an exclusive Swedish massage license that would wipe out every massage modality except Swedish massage. To stop that monopoly from occurring Larry had an inclusive massage certification bill created specifically by a bill writer in the N.Y. Legislature that became the model for a fair and just certification bill in the Garden State. His personal activism culminated on television with then Governor Christie Todd Whitman, where the Governor made it clear that a bodywork monopoly would not be tolerated and that the AMTA had better relent and listen to the other bodywork voices. Larry's United Bodywork organization then became one of the founding member groups of the ABMP.
Deep Tissue Massage
"Colleagues often ask me how I have been able to last so long in such a grueling profession as massage therapy, particularly after performing nearly 60,000 deep tissue massages over a forty year period. My secret has always been a complex carb plant based diet and these great, handpicked supplements! "
Sports Massage
Jim specializes in Sports Massage and has been working with athletes in various sports for the past 27 years.
Hot Stone Massage
Bianca is an extraordinary woman with special massage therapy talents who has been offering massage therapy since the 1980’s. Offering many styles of therapy including Swedish and deep tissue massage, cancer and hot stone massage, shiatsu and her specialty: traditional Hawaiian Lomi Lomi which she also teaches.
Prenatal Massage
Chair Massage
Great seminars, and our staff just loved the on-site chair massage. These folks are the difference makers.
Thai Massage
Al taught and worked in the graphics and professional dance theater world for over 30 years; most notably employed by Ogilvy & Mather and, as a Simonson Jazz Dance instructor; trained by Jazz Dance pioneer Lynn Simonson. He began massage therapy in 1995; studying with renowned anatomist Irene Dowd and Thai massage teachers Libba Harriman, Michelle Manna and Rose Griscom.
Hawaiian Lomi-Lomi Massage
Medical Massage
Her passion for health and wellness began when she decided to quit her full time corporate job to pursue a career in massage therapy. While in school, she began to work at a physical therapy clinic where she was mentored and taught by a well educated DPT. Graduating in 2017, she was already proficient in medical massage for injuries. Her pursuit of knowledge brought her to New Jersey Massage where she was then mentored by Larry Heisler, MA, LMT and Cheryl Chapman, RN, HN-BC, LMT. Since then, she has completed her Traditional Usui Reiki Master Teacher certification and completed her Integrative Nutrition Health Coaching certification. She now teaches Healthy Breast Massage and Ethics for other massage therapy professionals.
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Full Body Massage
Aromatherapy Massage
Reflexology Massage
Craniosacral Massage
Dr. Saskia Coté, D.C.Ed., LMT is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Teacher and Doctor of C.O.R.E. Education. Healing and learning go hand in hand for her and have been her passion for over 30 years. Saskia was called to the Holistic Health field after spending time at the Light Institute in Galisteo, NM. Her education continued back in the Netherlands studying Craniosacral with The Upledger Institute Europe in 1990. The next year Saskia moved from the Netherlands to Santa Fe, NM to study at the New Mexico Academy for Healing Arts. Having always enjoyed the educational aspects of her work, it is with that energy and intention that Saskia guides her classes, conducts her sessions and runs her business. She is excited to bring Manual Lymphatic Drainage and Craniosacral Therapy to you at Pursue Wellness.
Reiki Massage
Shiatsu Massage
At the forefront of this holistic approach to living is massage therapy. Massage therapy spans many disciplines, including shiatsu (Japanese for
Neuromuscular Therapy
As a young Adult, Al dabbled and studied the rich and ancient history of “Hands-On Healing” with great interest in both Eastern and Western approaches. Then, in mid-Life, he decided to commit to this Profession, and he enrolled in The Somerset School of Massage Therapy to earn a certification. With a goal of providing only remedial Therapy, and a recognition that he needed comprehensive fundamentals, he followed graduation with immediate in-depth study, earning certifications in Neuromuscular and Myofascial modalities. His “Graduate” studies included classes with The Rolf Institute, Orthopedic Assessment with Whitney Lowe, NeuroMuscular Therapy, with Leon Chaitow, D.O., and Judith Walker Delaney, Myofascial Therapy with Robert King, Trager Work, Cranial-Sacral Therapy, and several other introductory courses. Al considers himself “a Lifetime Student,” and seeks out any other point of perspective that he thinks might add something to his therapeutic arsenal.
His early career included a five-year stint running the largest private special education summer camp in the United States, Camp Lymelight; as a special education classroom teacher; a three-year stint as a special education Assistant Principal and as an adjunct professor of Counseling for three years at Montclair State University. Larry became Director of Nutrition for the Parsippany Medical Complex after attending two alternative nutrition programs; the Kushi Institute and the Donsbach School of Nutrition. It was at the K.I. that Larry learned how to combine the macrobiotic nutritional counseling with traditional barefoot shiatsu. In fact, the first 8,000 massages Larry performed was exclusively Traditional Macrobiotic Barefoot Shiatsu. Larry's skills were so dynamic, that within a few years, Larry had a substantial massage therapy clientele and dozens of students apprenticing with him. To counteract the negative sexual implications associated with massage that was rampart in the early 1980's, Larry required his students to perform five massages a week, a minimum total of 150, hour and a half massages on the professionals in their lives. Their family doctor, attorney, dentist, broker, etc. each professional had to fill in a two-page evaluation form and personally sign it after each session. So in essence, tens of thousands of free massage sessions were given to professionals throughout northern N.J. Larry says it made a dramatic difference in legitimizing the profession in the tri-state. By the mid-eighties, Larry had a full-fledged massage therapy program with a cutting-edge curriculum combining a fusion of Eastern and Western medical massage applications.
Stretching
Myofascial Therapy
Acupressure
Nancy received her Yoga and Ayurvedic certifications from the Kripalu Schools of Ayurveda and Yoga (MA). She received her Marma certification (Ayurvedic Acupressure) from the Ayurvedic Institute (NM), her Integrated Massage certification from the Lehigh Valley Healing Arts Academy (PA) and her Level III Reiki Master Practitioner from Dogca Wellness Center (NJ) in conjunction with learning her teaching techniques by assisting a seven day Reiki program at Kripalu with Reiki Master Libby Barnet, assisting her with Reiki I, II and being Reiki.
Acupuncture
Larry’s personal revolutionary approach to bodywork is based on the direct influence the acupuncture meridian system (Energetic System) has on the human musculature. His book...
Nancy became a Panchakarma Massage Specialist at Greens Ayurvedic Hospital, Mahe, Kerala, India in 2007. This experience in India allows her to apply the essence of authentic Indian panchakarma massage modified for the optimal American experience. She has been a dedicated Yoga Instructor and Reiki Master Teacher since 2001. She continues advanced Ayurvedic studies in addition to advanced Yoga Studies with MeriLynn Blum, MA, MAT, RYT (peacefulyoga.com) and a 700 hour Yoga Therapist through International Institute of Yoga Therapy with Nancy Candea. (nancycandea.com)