Cle Zen Massage

08/31/2025

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What's a holistic massage anyhow?  It is massage through the lens of education + presence + deep care = Joy. It is, Intuitive.  It keeps in mind the wholeness of your personal human experience.  Cle Zen was created with You in mind. Bodywork is sacred because our bodies are awe*some.  When we ta...

08/31/2025

…you’re at a point of realization and acceptance that you’re enough ‘not okay’ to need help every day ~ (and, if you can relate to me…) so you do homework every morning ~ next level unlocking!

folx: you have a working awareness that wellness, as much as we may wish was linear, is not. That we are unfolding, growing, shedding, sprouting, digging, soaring to the sunlight, hiding, dancing, fighting, singing….
Work is just a word ya’ll.
I want to take the negative and very human connotation OUT of that word!! (that says ⬅️ NOT ‘A to B’).

🎊🕯️👏🏻 celebrate yourself and your thoughts of intention even, towards shifting anything within and around yourself.

08/24/2025

I may struggle daily to live out loud in a sensible way with regard to ‘to-do’s’, and, I do believe I balance care for myself as a human with cptsd, as a parent, partner, business owner, and intuitive massage therapist providing holistically for close to 300 clients since opening 4 years and 20 days ago….rather well. All things considered. Today a small group of clients will celebrate in my backyard and SOMEONE will win a year of free massage (12 60-minute sessions). 🎊🕯️🤲🏼❤️🎉

I prepared last evening by cozying in bed alone pretty dang early with a stack of books and a journal and old timey Agatha Christie dvds on my 13” tv; I even ate dinner in bed! This morning I prepared with the breakfast I deserved and wanted but talked myself into after fighting the impulse to have Starbucks delivered; I then helped a friend with a gentle suggestion of self care post-biopsy; I began set-up of my yard earlier than I intended and also, MUCH belated from late July’s ‘Massage is for Every Body’ week ~ I sat to mail out the vouchers for a complimentary Spa Soak & Massage to the 7 clients who participated. Whew! I am beyond grateful to do what I do. Thanks be to God.

☀️ ❤️

08/10/2025

“Dog days of summer” ~ what a phrase! 🤷🏻‍♀️😝
Are you feeling it?
Can we not and be a biiiiiiiiit more present in the precious here & now? I thrive on that and it gets hard at times to BE in the now; most of us live and breathe in a structure rigged with so much…. err, rigged structure, that persons are pulled or pulling themselves even, backward and forward a gajillion times a day ~ TO. FUNCTION. … in our structure!!
🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ AND, intentionally and intuitively acts in hopes of making as many as possible.
OF NOTE: the at are full through OCTOBER

So!! To help us all stay present ?!??!?! in this precious vessel of our human body/mind/spirit, maybe get an on the books with my sweet little 4 year old practice?!?!

~Remember that time a went through my foot at ??? Me too! It was actually a very hard trip for other reasons (thanks ), and stepping into a nail while leaving was just icing on the cake. There were however, the day we all went together in July. Tomorrow, my and I go again, just the two of us, for a before his school year begins.
for the love of NAILS!! 😝😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

08/01/2025

Good morning, clients current & prospective! I’m trying to decide, in this first picture ~ is this how clients feel before they or is it how clients feel *after* receiving an ??? 🕵️‍♀️ inquiring minds want to know!!
your take on a deflating summer pool vibe 😝❤️🤲🏼🕯️

Let’s dear Cleveland!!

It’s August! And also! A new chapter awaits and there’s just as much possibility it can be beautiful as there is it won’t be, tbh 😱🤷🏻‍♀️

For me, having cats and summer bedding and a mug reminding to and not abandon my ship ~ my BODY!
Can we commit to sticking with our body and drawing in some new vibes in of self-care? Self-honor? Gentle focusing and re-focusing on trust, hope, will, advocacy? We can affect change around us by building practices within us of integrity. How can booking a massage support you in this flowing river of life?

CleZen is now booking into OCTOBER and the cancellation list has grown to 7. Message for any reason or hop to the link in bio for booking through the website ~ off-putting queries will be flagged.

07/04/2025

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I, the and currently only LMT of am feeling the discord in my self-absorbed rebuilding of life ~ it rubs against other parts of myself that are and over the state of this home of mine.

I do want CleZen folx to know, that I align with simpler and basic values and that I often wish I were more knowledgeable of the political landscape domestically and globally. What I know most, is that everything is NOT GREAT and not okay with me. I’m sorry I’m not more active or aware outside my small circle. If anyone wants to loop me in, I LOVE to and and have ~ Come at me anytime! 🤲🏼

As many of you know, my partner is sober for the longest he’s ever been in 30 years. It will be 10 months for him, tomorrow. As we’ve lived together since my divorce, when his use became apparent with a full bore wild and dangerous relapse in roughly December of 2022 and lasted about 2 years, the life I’d been rebuilding was deeply damaged; having lived with c-ptsd for fifteen years ish, and in simply being a human & a Mom in a relationship, this time period was beyond triggering. I’ve really had to close up so so much and focus on survival and my son & my business as it quickly became the sole income. I am tearing up 🥺 as I type this out. I want to not just survive, but to live out loud with less fear and more courage. With more actionable advocacy for the world. I believe though, it’ll be some time more that my focus is more immediate. Like, on myself. And the which is two-fold ~ my son, and YOU!

For what it’s worth, I’m sorry. To my clients, neighbors, community and the world.

The only rule my son has in this home, is Kindness. I’m hoping against hope that this is a worthy and encompassing way to move forward. I’d like everyone to adopt this rule, eh? ❤️

07/02/2025

Hey yo, chill! Coincidence alert 🚨!! The newest issue of my fave magazine, put out by my professional organization, ABMP, highlights Feet in the field of massage for we therapists and practitioners out there. And then a week later, I break a toe!! 🤪🤷🏻‍♀️👏🏻
The Universe does what it does. I’m here for it. And — I’m also here to listen and discern, to voice beliefs and values and strive for alignment, and to flex zen. my CleZen folx! 🌊 Cleveland, be

Can embracing a relationship with not only your BODY, but one inclusive of your MIND and SPIRIT as well, affect positive beginnings and journeying forward? Could that intentional raise the vibes within and around you? Can we address and advocate for community or global needs without being care-full to address and advocate for things within ourselves? Are my words making sense? They feel messy. …let me know!?

ALL THIS TO PREFACE 2 things to come!!

July 20-26 celebrates its annual Massage is For EveryBody week. LOVES to celebrate this with ya’ll!!

August 23rd or 24th (?) ~ I will host CleZen’s FOURTH birthday at my home; it is clients only and communication via email is forthcoming. I never celebrated the third birthday of my and, I’m hoping this year, though with shorter notice, some of the clients will be able to come through.

WHY THE RED PHONE ☎️ Sarah?

Energy within this planet and hemisphere and country and state and city and neighborhood we call home is on a PREC-I-PICE. Think on, please, the words ‘change agent’ and ‘advocate’ and frickinfrackin KINDNESS. Remember the importance of active listening & respectful, civil communication. These skills can be used even within a frame of discord. And keep in mind what I shared to begin with; put your oxygen mask on first. Stay hydrated. Nourish your body. Your mind. Your spirit. Even if for 2 minutes twice a day you were to turn your focus to this…
This Universe is connected this planet is connected and you are a whole being. ❤️🫶🏼

06/26/2025

Thank you as always, to for your !!
I love being a professional member of and though there are so many offerings digitally, I LOVE having an actual magazine to hold. What can I say? My hands love to hold and touch and feel (non technological) matter!
THIS edition has 🦶🚶‍♀️💃🏻🏃‍♀️🏊‍♀️🧘‍♀️👩‍⚕️🏄‍♀️
If you’re a you likely know that I have strong feelings about always including feet in your massage &, for longer than a few relaxing sweeps. (Unless you are a client with your feet being a NO location; it’s critical to take NO seriously).

ALSO 🫶🏼⚡️🤷🏻‍♀️ as seen within these pics, is youngest cat helping me read (ahem!) AND a little blurb about talking during massage. What are your feelings on this? Cle Zen *WANTS TO KNOW* 😁
Your massage therapist likely strives to ~ we have days, all humans, where our chat level dips and soars. We have preferences. Routines. Needs. Hardships. Joys. Curiosities. And some of us just need & an opportunity to float away on the zen vibes streaming into and around us during a beautiful

Here’s your to direct your bodyworker!! We value that! And you can change your mind mid-session if you wish!

And how do YOU feel about having your touched? How does feel to you, dear client?


❤️ Sarah 🏄‍♀️🌊🕯️🤲🏼

06/23/2025

We’re besting the heat and we’re winning! Neither of Gg’s homes have central air, and he’s a non-swimmer (currently). So, we thought this was the way to go!!

Here to remind you, CleZen folx…. The 🚨☀️🏄‍♀️ promotion is STILL live, through the end of the week! It includes a single service sale as well, of the 30 minute service.

August is almost booked! Swoop up the Promo direct from website (🔗 in bio), and will see you soon!!

06/21/2025

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It’s launched!! A Solstice package sale & single service Promotion for a little something to hopefully get excited about. I wish to heckin’ heck I could provide what I love at no cost, many of you know that I would!! It is the !! Alas, CleZen does currently rely on ‘the system’ (defunct and upsetting) to continue providing through the small business of
If you’re able, the package sale or single service promo. Read these screenshots I’ve posted. It will remain LIVE for one week, so that everyone has time to actually consider and not just ‘shop’.

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Stay blessed!! 🤲🏼

06/07/2025

Teeny photo dump as it is June and the month of May ‘off from work’ time is solidly completed. The first photo is a text I received from a great human with whom I have shared a complex connection ~ this text was beautifully timed, the only message I received prior to returning to work & warmed me up and elicited some tears from the inside out. Also this week my son wrapped his school year.
~ as a human myself, I have long struggled with embodying confidently the core belief of ‘I am enough’ ~ this comes through not just in the general sense of being , but also as a business owner, and mom. Wow!!
I am of myself, I am and ~ very proud of my Sonshine!! To boot ~ my partner lapped the sun again this week *and* reached 9 months sober. This is the first that I don’t feel terrified to be a in my home. We love and an
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Welcome back to all my clients. Thank you for giving me while I took care of myself and my
Lastly ~ I have a STRONG dislike for the voice of The Cranberries. Somehow this came up driving home from my son’s celebratory goodbye second grade dinner & he was intrigued and curious/questioning why I disliked the band so much. And because I am I introduced him to a song (and found myself lip-syncing and lightweight head banging). He was greatly amused!! 🤦🏻‍♀️🙊😂

Counting my blessings over here WHILE simultaneously surfing the c-ptsd triggers and lingering fallout.

04/13/2025

📢🛑🧘‍♀️☮️ Announcement! Stop & read! Breathe! Peace!!
CleZen is stepping back and away from work beginning May 1st and ending May 31st 💐🕯️
➡️ WHY? Sarah, (myself), owner and current sole practitioner of CleZen massage, has endured a bit too much on-going trauma for close to two years. It’s largely been resolved and my home space/family has been in recovery mode for about half a year AND, crikey has it taken a toll.
In 2008 I was diagnosed with ptsd and in 2010 entered therapy for the first time. Since then, I have not stopped going to therapy. In about 2013/2014 my ptsd diagnosis was shifted to c-ptsd.
Even with the deep work and healing I’ve been blessed to do, the on-going trauma in my personal life recently has set my sweet little amygdala into quite a loop of lagging and general fear. The triggers abound! The challenges seem to be growing now that things are safer at home and in my relationship. How wild! How normal!
Yesterday an email went out to my entire client base (of almost 300). May had 38 appointments booked and I am embarking on this ‘month away’ from work with both fear and relief. CleZen has close to 80 regulars (clients who come 2 or more times per year), 8 Annual membership clients and a couple handfuls of package clients who come between 4-12 times per year. This August, CleZen’s studio practice turns 4 years old in the home space of Abide Yoga Larchmere, and I am humbly and joyfully grateful and in awe of that fact. I love to provide for my clients and continue to welcome new clients to the practice practically every month. Thank you, thank you thank you. I hope you stick with me. I look forward to finishing our April and returning on June 1st!