Adirondack Knights Massage Therapy

01/27/2026

To become massage and to forget that I am one with it while performing it – this is the Zen of the massage, this is the moving with the “rhythmic movement of the Spirit” which resides in the massage as well as in the massage therapist

01/25/2026

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http://bonvital.com/education/educators/ann-catlin--15Ann is an acknowledged expert in the field of massage in eldercare and hospice. She brings to her work ...

01/24/2026

Feeling is what keeps us human

01/24/2026

INSPIRATION

Hands touching places never touched.
Forearms with a river flowing between two bones.

Panning for the gold in your hands,
I find reflections of everyone you’ve been –
the heavenly queen,
the knight whose armor shone in the sun,
the sleeping child with hands
like kittens on top of each other,
the serf whose shoulders bore the plow.

“Your feet, my dear,” he said, “are alphabetical.”
26 ways to say, “The earth is my home.”
A bone for each week of the year,
Phalangeal months,
Pedal astrology:
Leo meets the Longitudinal Arches
And Capricorns like hooves.

All the stars make waves everywhere inside of you.

It’s not enough to say,
This shoulder is beautiful,
And that hip leaves nothing to be desired.
The ball and socket speak
In an Oriental language of completeness and freedom,
Movement through the union of opposites.

Ribs float in the air,
Summer nights the boughs move
More gently in the breeze
And your breath persuades my heart to love.

It is impossible that hair is not tall grass,
Impossible that wind is not breath,
That your legs are not panther legs,
Your head not a falcon’s.

There are too many people in this world
Not to love them all.

Hands alight –
Lotus petals
On the abdomen

Words point to what we can not say,
What we can not speak of, we hope to touch.
Touch the world.

You call it therapy.
I call it love.
~Deep Massage

01/23/2026

AKMT Signature Hot Stone Massage

Heated River Stone Therapy, used to warm muscle tissue and provide deep relief

This treatment combines tension-releasing massage techniques with warmed, smooth river stones. Deep heat allows you to experience profound peace, relaxation and balance

Hot Stone Massage - One Hour $90

01/23/2026

AKMT Signature Hot Himalayan Salt Stone Massage

an innovative healing technique using warm salt crystal stones to ground and balance the body's electromagnetic field, central nervous system and meridians. Salt crystals from an ancient primal sea beneath the Himalayan Mountains are hand-carved into massage stones that gently soothe away an accumulation of stress, tension and pollutants. Feel the energy of the 250 million year old mineral salt as you enjoy a gentle massage with these crystal salt stones.

01/23/2026

01/22/2026

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

~ Leonardo da Vinci

As is the case for all great art, a great massage will have a deep impact on our being. Like a wonderful poem, movie or piece of music, a great massage will re-inspire and empower us to be ourselves creative. It will help us feel more in touch with what is beautiful and miraculous about the remarkable gift that is human life. It will help us receive the good with gratitude - the gift of the caring touch of the creative therapist. It will remind us of deeper truths and important knowledge that reside within.
~ Deep Massage Book

01/22/2026

Let’s talk knots

Stress and tension
Stress can cause muscle knots and stiffness to form due to tension in the body

Active. These active trigger points produce intense pain in the body.

Latent/hidden. You don't feel pain from these latent/dormant trigger points unless you press on them, resulting in tenderness or a dull aching sensation.

Where do muscle knots develop?

Myofascial trigger points can develop anywhere in the body where there is muscle or fascia. Some common areas include:
Neck and shoulders
Lower back
IT band area, which runs along the outside of the leg from the hip to the knee
Calves
Shins

WHAT IS A “KNOT” IN YOUR MUSCLE?

A muscle “knot” isn’t a knot at all, though it can feel like there is some sort of tightness in the area in question. It may also feel bruised or lumpy. In reality, a muscle knot is what happens when your muscles are contracting or bunched together, even if you aren’t actively using them at the moment. Like adhesions, these can occur as a result of overuse, stress, pain, or some type of injury.

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Massage therapists are specially trained to help reduce muscular tension and adhesions to free you up and reduce your pain.

01/21/2026

Happy National Hugging Day!

A hug can lower your blood pressure, trigger the release of healthy hormones (like oxytocin), and relieve stress.
Doctors recommend a minimum of 4-6 hugs per day, but more is always better!
How many hugs are you giving today?

01/21/2026

Holding onto trauma does not mean the wrong wolf won. It means the body did exactly what it was designed to do when safety disappeared. And healing is not a moral victory; it is a biological one. When the body learns that the threat has passed, both wolves can finally rest, and the system no longer has to choose between survival and feeling.

Understanding Trauma - The Two Wolves

I remember the first time I heard the story of the two wolves. An elder tells a child that inside every person live two wolves, one driven by fear, anger, grief, and pain, and the other shaped by love, calm, connection, and trust. The child asks which wolf wins, and the elder answers, “The one you feed.”

For a long time, I thought this story was about choice and willpower. About deciding to be better, calmer, a more healed version of myself. But years of working with bodies, including my own, taught me something gentler and far more honest. Sometimes the wolf that rises is not the one we chose to feed; it is the one that was fed for us, in moments when survival mattered more than understanding.

Trauma changes the way the body feeds those wolves.

When something overwhelming happens, the body does not pause to consult our values or our hopes for who we want to be. It reacts. The nervous system floods with stress chemistry. Cortisol and adrenaline sharpen focus, narrow awareness, and prioritize survival over reflection. The vagus nerve shifts out of its regulating role and sensation becomes louder in some places and quieter in others. The body feeds the wolf that knows how to keep us alive.

Our emotions often lag behind this process. They arrive later, or all at once, or in waves that feel out of proportion to the present moment. Grief may surface years after the loss. Anger may ignite when safety finally appears. Fear may linger long after the danger has passed. From the outside, this can look confusing. From the inside, it feels like being pulled by forces that do not agree with one another.

This is where many people begin to judge themselves. Why am I reacting this way? Why can’t I calm down? Why does my body keep doing this when I know better? But trauma is not a failure of insight; it is a mismatch between what the body learned in survival and what the heart longs for in safety.

The body feeds the wolf it knows will protect us.

The emotional system feeds the wolf that needs to be felt.

Neither is wrong. They are simply out of sync.

Over time, this dissonance can embody the tissues. Fascia holds these patterns like a memory that never learned language. The body is not stuck in the past, it is simply repeating what once worked.

Healing is not about starving one wolf and forcing another to behave. It is about changing the environment inside the body so different nourishment becomes possible. Safety feeds regulation while presence feeds integration. Slow, respectful touch feeds the part of the nervous system that knows how to rest, and when the body begins to feel supported, the emotional system no longer has to shout to be heard.

This is where touch changes the conversation. It meets the body where learning first happened, beneath language and logic. The wolf that once guarded every moment can soften its watch, as the wolf that carries love, curiosity, and connection does not have to fight to survive; it is simply fed.

Holding onto trauma does not mean the wrong wolf won. It means the body did exactly what it was designed to do when safety disappeared. And healing is not a moral victory; it is a biological one. When the body learns that the threat has passed, both wolves can finally rest, and the system no longer has to choose between survival and feeling.