The Practitioner behind Sandhya Bodywork
Many people come to believe that discomfort and tension are simply part of life, something they must learn to live with.
Often, it is more workable than it seems. When the body is met with the proper methods and the correct attitude, things can improve far more than people expect.
A clear issue: pain, tension, digestive discomfort, or restricted breathing.
Something more general: stress, fatigue, or the sense of feeling less at ease in the body than you would like.
Sometimes, simply: the wish to feel better and move through life with more ease.
Less formula, more listening.
Each session begins simply: listening closely to where you are, what your body is asking for, and what may genuinely help in the moment.
A clear issue: pain, tension, digestive discomfort, or restricted breathing.
Something more general: stress, fatigue, or the sense of feeling less at ease in the body than you would like.
Sometimes, simply: the wish to feel better and move through life with more ease.
Less formula, more listening.
Each session begins simply: listening closely to where you are, what your body is asking for, and what may genuinely help in the moment.
The work varies session to session, but the aim is always on offering something that keeps working after you leave.
Bodywork and self-care tools for people who want to feel better in their body, not just during the session, but beyond it.
Grounding bodywork rooted in Northern Thai (Lanna) tradition and Ayurveda.Uses pressure, rocking, joint work and gentle stretching to encourage circulation, free tight joints and create more space for your breath.Ideal if you feel stiff, tense or want to move and breathe more freely.
Specialised abdominal therapy from the Lanna tradition.Deep abdominal massage combined with focused work on the pelvis, hips and legs provides relief from digestive discomfort, heaviness and stagnation.Particularly supportive for bloating, sluggish digestion and lower-body tension.
A personalised, guided session to design a self-care practice that fits your body, energy and daily rhythm.Draws from Yoga, Ayurveda and Thai Medicine to create practical tools you can use long after the session.Ideal if you want a more personal alternative to group classes or feel disconnected from your body.
I'm a highly skeptical person by nature, which is perhaps not the most obvious quality for someone pulled so deeply toward Eastern traditions. Or maybe it is.
I've always been drawn to methods that can be felt directly rather than only talked about. Over the past decade, I've had the privilege of studying with teachers across Israel, Thailand, Nepal, and India, and I've spent even more time alone with these practices, trying to understand what in them is actually real.
I'm interested in grounded practices, but with just enough mysticism to keep them alive for me. For whatever reason, I seem to need a sense of mystery as part of what fuels practice.
At the same time, I'm impatient with things that do not actually work for me, which has been both a blessing and a curse on the path. If a method does not shift my state, shape my character, or meaningfully affect how I live, I tend not to hold onto it for long.
That tendency has led me into plenty of dead ends, unfinished explorations, and things I picked up only to put down again. But it has also been the very thing that kept me stubbornly committed to finding what actually works.
I came to massage for myself first, as a natural continuation of exploring the body through yoga.
Over time, I began to understand touch as a language in its own right. Through bodywork, I found a direct and tangible way to engage with the conversation between movement, breath, sensation, thought, and emotion.
What drew me in even further was how immediate it is. There is very little theory to hide behind. The body responds, or it doesn't. Something shifts, or it doesn't.
The mind can explain, fool, reinterpret, or distract us from reality, but the body reveals very directly what is actually happening. That direct honesty is part of why I connect so deeply to this way of working.
To me, knowing how to touch is as important as knowing how to cook. Both are simple, accessible ways to care for ourselves, understand ourselves, and offer something real to others.
My studies include both in-person training and continuous self-practice across:
These are the teachers and lineages that have most genuinely shaped how I practice and how I think through ongoing study of their teachings. My studies are broader than what appears here, but these are the teachers most alive in how I work.
At the root of my path is Shakti Mhi, whose teaching in Classical Hatha Yoga and Zen opened the door for me toward genuine spirituality, and showed me how to approach practice with sincerity, discipline, and care.
The foundation of my Thai Massage studies comes from my time with Dr. Sirichan Nooy in Thailand. Beyond learning traditional techniques, she showed me how to feel and listen with more than just the senses. Her embodiment of this art and her unique approach underlie everything I do with my hands.
My understanding of Yoga & Tantric Philosophy continues to deepen through the teachings of Pandit Rajmani Tigunait. There is something in Panditji's presence alone that makes me want to become a better student and more honest human being.
I’m also being deeply nourished by my studies of Marma Therapy with Pradeep Urs, and by my ongoing training in Ayurveda through the Yoga Veda Institute’s 4-year program, both of which keep widening the therapeutic and philosophical ground from which I work.
Curious about my work, want to book outside the calendar, or just want to say hi?
Write to me. I’ll write back :)