Ty is a resident of Minneapolis where he builds his own vibrant community overflowing with loved ones, creation, & inspiration while advancing his professional wellness skillset to best serve his Ikigai (and, in turn, You!).

Tyler has no shortage of world experience. His introduction to adult life began in the Navy as an Aviator. After 7 years of service he continued on to the corporate sector & earned his MBA. Through all of that travel & experience, Ty found himself increasingly on a path of mindfulness & intention. He solidified his own intentions & direction by earning his Massage Practitioner Certification* in 2018.

In August of 2020 he started Body of the Earth Wellness & Massage with the vision of creating safe space for the BIPOC and Queer communities to find support in wellness.

He truly understands the implications that stress can have on a person. His focus in practice is to help the client restore & strengthen the mind/body connection through Therapeutic, Integrative Bodywork.

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Tyler believes that every individual comes to the table with different needs, goals, & experience.

His goal is to join you in your own personal journey towards health & wellness and provide aide however he can, within the scope of his practice.

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Greetings!

I’m Andréa or Drea (she/her), some know me as Dandara or Perna Longa I’m open to whichever comes naturally to you. I’m a body work practitioner and artist who in recent years has been vehemently pursuing the cultivation and sustainment of inner peace and well-being for myself. Through art and skill exchange, the study and practice of somatic therapy, and radical self-exploration I wish to share the tools and resources that help support me and may potentially benefit others. As I develop awareness and fluency in dialogue with my body, I find what fosters my health and overall energy has been loving authentic creation, allowing pleasurable experiences, genuine connections that practice consent and permission for unapologetic rest.

As a therapist I use an integrative approach in my sessions utilizing Swedish and Thai massage techniques as the foundation but might include reiki, cupping, sound, rocking and/or holds. After a consultation and ‘plactica’(sacred listening), together we will assess where your body is asking to focus while also acknowledging and honoring your mental and emotional space in the moment. Testimonials claim that I have a firm touch with a gentle approach. I use a variety of techniques that include deep tissue compression, joint rotation, passive or collaborative stretching, acupressure and/or jostling. I’m an intuitive practitioner who deeply listens to the pace and receptiveness of the client/body I’m working with and encourage you to continuously advocate for what you need throughout.

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Hau mitákuyepi! Čhaŋtéwašteya napé čhiyúzapi. Lamar Renville emákiyapi do. My relatives, I shake your hands with a glad heart. My name is Lamar Renville. I am a first generation Two Spirit descendent of the Dakhota Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. It is my pleasure to be welcomed into the Body of the Earth massage studio here on Dakhota land to share the healing arts I’ve learned in this life journey.

I began my healing arts path with an interest in meditation and magick, and found my way to studying a variety of holistic healing practices at the Omega Institute in 2007. In 2009 I completed a 200 hour live in internship with a Thai Massage teacher and went on to complete a massage school and licencing program on the Big Island of Hawaii. I practice a style unique to myself that blends the modalities that inspire me. Thai Massage, Neuro Muscular, Trigger Point, CranioSacral, Reiki, Polyvagal theory, A Course in Miracles, Dr Wilhelm Reich and more have found their way into my practice. I am also a Cuddlist certified Therapeutic Cuddler.

I believe healing begins in our hearts and relationships with one another and extend outward from there to embrace our bodies and the earth. I bring a prayerful and mindful energy to my practice and am passionate about creating and working in safe spaces. Outside of the massage studio I am an an artist, a musician, photographer, author, parent and soul rebel. I am passionate about learning and teaching the Dakhota language, decolonizing the health and wellness industries and advocating for indigenous rights in the intersecting spheres of my life.

Wóphida tháŋka ečhíčiyapi k’a taŋyáŋ ihdúha po A big thanks to you all and take good care of yourselves.

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Dakota (he/him) seeks to bring harmony to the body and spirit to individuals from all walks of life, with a focus on the Black population. Recently studied at Northwestern Health Science University with a background in tech, he relishes addressing the problems presented to him. He recognizes that each person and their body is unique in their histories, issues and needs and takes it as an opportunity to learn and about them and see each encounter with new eyes. Practicing Swedish, Therapeutic, Trigger Point therapy, Reiki and more to come, Dakota aims to provide that in a safe, open space in order to help you heal and to facilitate your progress into a more comfortable life. He believes we live in a society deprived of healthy, judgment free touch and wants to change that!

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Blossoming, joyous, warm, whimsical welcome! I am so deeply grateful for the choices you have made to find yourself here, interested in connecting. Stories are important and the stories we have about our bodies(bodies that we live with), tell our bodies, and the stories our bodies try to tell us are very meaningful. A craniosacral session with me is like having a tea date with your body and the many relationships that you are. Craniosacral is a gentle hands on and fully clothed session that is a time to practice full-body listening and full-body relating while on a massage table. Craniosacral is akin to traditional bone and touch practices, and what-is-now-called chiropractic practices. Craniosacral, however, returns us to slowness. When my hands are on your clothed body, we both listen and wait. Body will make the adjustments needed at the pace that is aligned with wild rhythms. Craniosacral can hydrate myofascia connective tissue, increase fluidity and flexibility, support vitality expression, unwind and uncouple conditioned patterns from authentic embodiment, nourish intuitive living, and support returning to being in relationship with life.

The stories that arise from listening in this way can be meaningful information for re-connecting sources of dis-connection. Dis-ease, dis-order, and dis-comfort can arise when communication and relating are blocked, compressed, twisted, or distorted. Feeling more deeply and more fully the relationships that bodies live, and feeling part of those relationships again, can grow into living healing relationships with people, ancestors, blessings, community, helpers, nature, water, dreams, aliveness, creativity, collective liberation, mysteries, and life. When we can feel our aliveness more fully, we can know how to respect the aliveness in all, and we can feel our impact. Creating time to listen with curiosity and compassion to the many relationships and stories that you are is what nourishes personal and collective healing.

I have trained with Heartwood Institute of Integrative Medicine and Body Intelligence, receiving my craniosacral certificate from Heartwood in 2017. Now I cherish practicing how when we again listen to the quiet voices of body we can again hear the quiet voices in community, so that no person nor no organ needs to be louder than they want to have their message heard. I practice on the homelands of the Dakhóta people and then the HoChunk and Anishinaabe people whose continual care of land means we have a place to meet for craniosacral. My practice is slowly being informed by my heritage practices as I reconnect with my ancestral ways of healing. My ancestors are people who were in relationship with the places that are now known as Sweden, Germany, Czechia, and Hungary. I offer to people of all identities.

I cherish being part of people creating time to value their relationships with themselves, so please know that I delight in helping with any barriers to sessions. Sessions can be for prevention or treatment. I value prevention and undoing the medical industrial complex notion that people have to break to receive support. We are all creative people and it is fun to be creative together to tailor your session for you.

May you leave each session feeling like your favorite song is dancing alongside of you.

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