A Better Body Therapeutic Massage
1537 Metairie Road
Metairie, LA 70005
504-610-2561
KALILA ZABALOVICI, LMT, ABT, CGT
I am a licensed massage therapist and a certified advanced practitioner of Traditional Asian Bodywork for over a decade. I am also a Certified Gestalt Therapist. I offer traditional massage therapy, Shiatsu, Neuromuscular Trigger Point Therapy and Reiki Energy Healing. I am an instructor on the facility of Blue Cliff College teaching both Western and Eastern bodywork theory and practice. I also offer emotional release therapy utilizing both bodywork and Gestalt psychotherapy techniques to release emotions held in the body that can later manifest as pain and disease in the body. I offer professional bodywork sessions by appointment in Metairie and Laplace both in office and outcalls.
ASIAN BODYWORK 
Touch is essential for developing and maintaining physical and psychosocial health and required for human development and growth. Touch is essential to healing, which in the original sense means "to make whole". The absence of positive touch, like the absence of food and water, results in people developing a wide range of unhealthy symptoms.
Stress, tension, lack of regular exercise, and poor eating habits all contribute to the many diseases in our society. All Western forms of massage therapy has its roots in Asian bodywork. I use a variety of modalities to blend the very best of Asian techniques with Western modalities such as Swedish and Deep Tissue to customize a massage based on the client's needs. I can use traditional oil or lotion for deep relaxation and relief of stress or a clothes on type of bodywork called Shiatsu.
SHIATSU
Shiatsu, the Japanese art of finger pressure is a system of bodywork which includes examination, diagnosis and treatment, based on an ancient system of healing.
Shiatsu consists of rhythmic point pressure along over 660 points on the body. During the treatment, the practitioner is continuously assessing the underlying tissue and making a determination as to how much pressure to apply as well as how long to hold it. Shiatsu is a simple, safe, non-invasive form of Asian bodywork. Shiatsu is very effective in calming the sympathetic nervous system and improving the function of the muscles, nerves, blood vessels, lymph nodes, endocrine glands and internal organs. In addition, Shiatsu assists the body in eliminating toxins and metabolic waste.
NEUROMUSCULAR TRIGGER POINT THERAPY
Neuromuscular trigger-point therapy is a highly specialized branch of massage that utilizes advanced concepts in the science and art of pressure therapy. Each therapist is licensed and uniquely trained to examine sensitivity in the tissues, trigger-points, postural distortions, abnormality in gait, muscle tonality, joint movement, and flexibility.
REIKI HEALING
Reiki involves the transfer of energy from practitioner to patient and claims to enhance the body's natural ability to heal itself through the balancing of energy. Reiki utilizes specific techniques for restoring and balancing the natural life force energy within the body. It is a holistic, natural, hands-on energy healing system that touches on all levels: body, mind, and spirit.
Reiki energy has several basic effects: it brings about deep relaxation, destroys perceived energy blockages, tries to detoxify the system, provides new vitality in the form of healing energy, and increases the vibrational frequency of the body.
STRESS MANAGEMENT SEMINARS, CHAIR MASSAGE FOR CONVENTIONS AND OFFICES AVAILABLE!
For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Kalila Zabalovici, LMT, ABT, CGT, at 504-610-2561