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Meet Jean M. Svizzero, LMT

Jean founded Bodily Kneads in 2010 and has been a practicing Massage Therapist for 20 years.  

Her approach has always been multifaceted.   Zen Shiatsu, Aromatherapy, Lymph Drainage, Hot Stone, MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction ) are all aspects which she brings to the table as she interacts within the adaptive and informative realm of Myofascial Release. Each session is created in concert with what the client speaks, as well as through her listening touch. 

Her practice has shown her riches which she never would have guessed at when developing her initial concepts for a healing arts studio. When a client comes out of the treatment room with a brighter spark in their eye,  a slump of their shoulder absent, tiredness replaced with levity, hope taking root where there had been discouragement, it brings her incomparable joy. This is why she does what she does. . 

Jean completed her Bachelors of Science at Lesley University with a degree in Environmental Health. Her thesis consisted of developing a healing guide for Chemical Sensitivity,  which she was experiencing at the time. Her journey through that has been the basis for a lot of her philosophies and insights into healing and some of the challenges therein. 

Jean Profile

Education, Certifications, & Affiliations:

  • Licensed Massage Therapist, State of Massachusetts

  • Student of John Barnes Myofascial Release since 2017 (read about Myofascial Release here)

  • Member ABMP (Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals) since 2001

  • Graduate of Palmer Institute of Massage Therapy in 2001

  • Zen Shiatsu Teacher’s Assistant at Cortiva Massage Therapy School 

  • Wellness in the Village, Co-Founder and Presenter at Brookline Village Wellness Fairs

  • MBSR (Mindfullness Stress Reduction) Professional Training with Jon Kabatt Zinn and Saki Santorelli

  • IBP (Institute for Brain Potential) seminars on Behavioral Medicine

  • Member of the Community Advisory Board for medical Marijuana 

  • Annual Guest lecturer at Mass College of Pharmacy since 2016

  • and many other explorations of astrology, tarot, energetic systems and theories, traditional ways of being, anxiety and stress reduction, which have all been fortuitously accessible and gratefully accepted.