Exploring Body – Mind Freedom

I have been an athlete in all sports on land and water for my entire life and am no stranger to injuries. I have tried every rehab therapy possible and been to every type of massage therapy out there. I live in Piedmont and have tried alot of massage therapists in the area, needless to say i wasn’t impressed. Hayley has been blessed with the gift of healing hands. I didnt have to tell her where my injuries where because the sensitivity in her touch could sense where they were. The perfect amount of pressure combined with internal energy equals an one of a kind experience. You only have to try it once and your body and soul will beg you for more.

I just received my 4^th massage from Hayley today and booked my next one before I floated out of her studio. I’ve received A LOT of massages and it takes a tuned-​in touch to keep me coming back. She has an incredibly intuitive touch and gets in there DEEP to loosen up tight muscles. I feel like I’m able to drop in and relax under her touch. I’ve cried on her table a number of times now :) Feels amazing.
I spend a lot of time sitting at a computer these days, which my neck, shoulders and back hate. Every time I’ve been to see Hayley I’ve been amazed at how much of the tight knotty crunchy mess she’s able to release into feeling more limber, flexible and mobile. I usually go in with neck or shoulder pain, and always leave feeling taller and more at ease, and breathing much deeper and easier.
I’d describe her massage style as deep muscle, though she always starts gently. She often uses long, very slow deep pressure and movement to get into muscle fibers, especially along my spine. She’ll hold those hard, crunchy, tender spots so you can breathe into them and allow them relax.
Hayley herself has such positive, grounded and intensely present energy. She always asks what’s going on with me (and I mean body, mind and soul) before we get started. I love that she leaves little pieces of paper for me to write down my intentions for the session.
The ambiance and little thoughtful details behind the office too are gorgeous. The massage table has a super comfy headpiece and always somehow deliciously vanilla smelling flannel sheets. Music is delightful, melodic, meandering. Free parking in the back lot (down the super tiny thin little driveway)!
Love love love her! This woman is a true healer and knows how to hold incredibly safe, sacred space for letting go whatever you need to let go of. Oh, and she gives great preventative/​treatment pointers for how to stretch/​sit/​stand/​do yoga. Appreciated!

With sore aching body I entered Hayley’s Clinic. It is beautiful, the clinic is beautiful it gave me the perfect visual relaxation I needed.
I felt like I could be fragile in her hands and she will hold and support me even before the work begun. at the table I felt comfortable and warm.
she worked through all the muscles of my body and gave me metaphors who were related to the relaxation of the muscles. It is super helpful.
She was concentrated on me and my needs, I fell right away into the beautiful interesting meditation which I usually seek for in body work.
I left the clinic calm and relaxed.
Thank you Hayley :)

I had a great massage experience with Hayley. Her healing space is quite cozy and before the session began she asked me to think of something I wanted to let go in my life and something I wanted to cultivate, so that during the massage I could purge out physically what I don’t need mentally, and make space for things I want to cultivate. This was a super positive exchange, something I have not been offered in any massage before.
Hayley did exactly what I requested! Also, not always the case with every masseuse. She has an amazing touch. Just the right combination of strong and therapeutic. She worked extra on my hands and arms like I had asked. I felt immediate release during the session and felt great the remainder of the week.
Hayley is highly recommended. I’m definitely scheduling another session with her soon!

Hayley is a gifted healer. As a person with chronic back pain finding her was such a blessing. She’s talented, caring and professional with a unique ability to find problem areas with very little guidance. She provided me with great feedback and advice specific to my body, which has helped a lot to improve my overall health. I have seen a number of massage therapists and physical therapists over the years and she is by far the most talented, passionate and helpful.

Hayley is a true healer. As a trained professional in the holistic health field, I can testify that Hayley’s work goes far beyond massage. She provides space for psychosomatic release, and is truly interested in healing the whole individual through the power of healing presence.
I had been suffering from chronic psoas pain for over a year before I started working with Hayley. After tons of research and investments in various modes of healing, I decided this was something I would have to live with, and decided to work with a massage therapist as part of my chronic-​pain management plan. After 3 – 4 sessions with Hayley, my chronic pain dissipated. I no longer suffer from the psoas pain that used to constantly bother me.
I promise, if you start working with Hayley, you’ll get more than you expected. Her heart is in this work, and this work is in her hands.

Hayley is absolutely wonderful!
I am full time musician that often experiences tension or pain throughout my body, yet I can not always pin point where exactly it is coming from, and even if I can locate it, the discomfort does not always correlate to the spots think it does.
What I love about Hayley’s work is that through a process of real anatomical knowledge and deep seated intuition she is able to find exactly the spots I need worked on in precisely the most relieving ways, and with the perfect touch. Therefore I’m able to blissfully relax and enjoy my massage with full trust that she is really listening to my body and responding appropriately with her full, powerful healing energy and presence.
Every time I see Hayley I am reminded of her dynamic approach. She can open and sooth my body with the deepest of pressure, melt my muscles with a gentle touch or unexpected stretch, and invigorate my senses with a delightful mix of calming herbal sprays and lotions that she hand picks for each experience.
Hayley is definitely the only massage therapist I will need to see again! Thank you Hayley!

I was extremely fortunate to «find» Hayley through a Yoga class at my gym and because of how impressed I was with the quality of her teaching, arranged some private sessions with her. Being someone who had a bad accident that effected various parts of my spine, movement and comfort, Hayley was able to offer me specific movements and a focus on healing that was very unique and special. I am truly grateful for the gifts Hayley offers in the healing arts and would highly recommend her.

I’ve been honored to grow up only a year apart from Hayley. Not only has she persistently shown a deep wisdom when it comes to health and the body, I’ve been able to reap all the benefits of her wealth of holistic experience working with the mind/​body/​soul. She is well interwoven within the Northern and Southern California wellness circles and always has an endless array of books and relevant reading material on her list to review. She recently described her New Year’s intentions, detailing a beautiful list of goals for each month, parts of her body she will be working on, poses/​meditations/​bodywork to match that work, and gaining a deeper understanding about how processes in the body reflect larger emotional/​spiritual processes in the soul. Truly inspirational and always uplifting, Hayley can be trusted to provide a safe, nurturing, and meaningful experience.

Hayley is awesome! Very happy, cheerful and positive to get work from.
She’s super dedicated to health as a way of life and is always smiling.
Spare some time and go see her!

Hayley is super inspired in her work. She has strong, sensitive, nurturing hands and can read the body like a book! She is also incredibly warm, kind, positive, and supportive. Highly, highly recommend!

If the most positive, sunny person you knew told you to get a massage from the most talented, intuitive person she knew, would you do it?
Of course you would.
And you probably don’t know me, so don’t think that this review is a way for me to subtly call myself positive and sunny.
But the point is, I met Hayley, and was instantly glad that I had. I’m still glad.
She creates beautiful rituals and rhythms around massage. A hot foot bath. A deck of cards with images to pick from. A candle to burn a piece of paper with something you’ve written with hopes of letting go. A guided meditation before the massage.
I like the ambiance she creates wherever she works, and the bodywork studio in Oakland is very pleasant with three different cozy treatment rooms, and plenty of tea.
All extra-​awesome-​bonus details aside, her first massage saved my shoulder. I had been unable to lift my left arm straight out and up above my head. It got stuck somewhere along the way and would go no further. In my first session, she worked deep into the annex between the bicep muscle and the chest muscle/​tissue so that by the end of the session I had almost regained all of my rotation in my shoulder. I could barely believe it. My boyfriend, who can be blasé about these things, was wowed.
So I bought a package deal with Hayley and have gone to see her three times so far. Each session is different, enriching, and has a lot of helpful visualization techniques that I bring with me into the big, bad world beyond.
This is powerful stuff. Hayley is gifted. See for yourself!