About your Massage Therapist
Elements of Bodywork
Located at Shine Salon in Marlborough, Elements of Bodywork opened in May 2005.
Paul Whittier, Jr LMT, CMTNational Provider Identifier: 1285781286National Certification 434558-0 Mass License No: 140 ABMP ID: 846773 Reiki Master Therapist |
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Availability
Mon - Fri 8:00am to 9:00pm
Sat 8:00am to 5:00pm
Sun 11:00am to 6:00pm
Why Massage Therapy?
In 2001, Paul experienced the damage that stress can do to your body. The stress in his life had brought on digestive problems that doctors recommended surgery for, along with a frozen left shoulder. Paul realized that the stress level in his life needed to be managed and looked to alternative healing therapies such as Massage, Hydrotherapy, Reiki, and Yoga for help. As a result, the surgery was not required and the range-of-motion in his left shoulder improved. Paul enjoyed the serenity that these therapies brought to him and decided to start the process of changing careers after 30 years working in the corporate world, 17 in the field of Information Technology, and enrolled in the DoveStar School of Holistic Technology in Hooksett, NH and Carver, MA in 2003.
On Apr 20, 2008 this career change was completed as he retired from the corporate world.
Massage Therapy Education
Paul has received over 800 hours of classroom and clinical training in Kriya Massage, Alchemia Yoga Massage, Colon Hydrotherapy, and Inner Cleanse Body Treatments and became a Reiki Master in December, 2003. He was blessed to able to provide Reiki to his father, who had Alzheimer's, before he passed away in 2004. Paul graduated from the Kriya Massage Program in March 2005 and became certified through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) in May, 2005. He is currently in the Teacher Training program at DoveStar where he is teaching body wraps and yoga bodywork classes.
Massage Therapy Philosophy
It is better to learn not to take on stress than to deal with the results of stress. At the root of our discomforts is how each of chooses to store the emotion of our life's experiences. Freeing the body of pain requires us to let go of the negative emotions and energy and bring our bodies back into balance. Paul believes all of us has the ability to heal ourselves. The integrated bodywork therapies he provides are methods to help facilitate that self-healing. Paul will discuss with you, how you are feeling before and after the session. He may offer some breathing and stretching techniques that you may use on your own to help continue the self healing process.
Personal
Paul was born and raised in Belmont, Massachusetts. He attended Northeastern University where he studied Electrical Engineering. Paul and his wife Jean moved to Northborough in 1980 where they raised their two children, Jay and Carolyn. On Dec 20, 2008 Paul became a grandfather with the birth of his granddaughter Emily Jean and is now expecting another granddaughter, Hannah Adeline in September.