Oasis Bodywork and Retreats

12/08/2025

I'm opening space for some new Massage clients at our home studio and offering a Monday evening gentle Yoga Class class at the United Christian Church.

The Yoga class will be a gentle flow style with a meditation at the end inspired by the work of Dr. John Yates, "The Mind Illuminated"

Generally, I offer 60 minute sessions for $90 and
90- minute sessions for $125

Please reach out if you would like to schedule a session!

This season, I'm offering a First Time client special:
60 minute Intake and therapeutic massage for $65
or 90- minute Intake and full body massage for $125

I also offer gift certificates.
Give someone the gift of wellness and relaxation this season!

I work with 100% natural, custom- blended oils

I describe my practice as integrated bodywork- bringing together over 20 years experience in Yoga and functional movement, and 7 years of clinical massage. I graduated from the Downeast Massage School in 2018 and continued training in Thai Yoga Bodywork with the Shiva Shakti School in ME, The Wheel of Consent with Dr. Betty Martin, Hawaiian Lomi Lomi with Temple Lomi and Tom Cochran on the Big Island, and Zero Balancing 1 with David Lauderstein. In addition to private practice in Bangor, I developed curriculum and taught with the Somatic Training Network, a Nervous System Training company and studio founded by my late husband Dan Sykes. Since landing in Lincolnville in 2024, I've devoted to renovating this 25 acre property into a little permaculture community and slowly re-building my practice.

My dream is to integrate healing arts with permaculture and nature immersion. This spring, we plan to raise a 24- foot Yurt to serve as a community gathering space- with classes, workshops and possibly retreats. Any profits from massage and bodywork sessions will go towards the installation of a hearth and wood in our massage studio this winter and the build-out of the Yurt this spring.

Thank you for reading! I look forward to meeting more of you around town and perhaps serving some of you through massage and yoga practice.

08/12/2025

This wonderful eco- communities gathering is happening next weekend, Aug. 21-24th. The team at Permatours New England has been working hard organizing.

https://www.permatours.org/ne-eco-communities-convergence

Deborah Ann Train and I will share a tent with sound healing and integrative massage. I look forward to meeting and collaborating with other souls

Join us for…The Northeast Eco-Communities ConvergenceThursday, 8/21/25 to Sunday 8/24/25At MOFGA’s Common Ground Fair Grounds294 Crosby Brook Rd, Unity, ME 04988  After more than 4 years of traveling to communities across the Northeast and beyond — building gardens, creating natural structure...

07/31/2025

Yoga+ Massage Offerings this week:

FRIDAY, August 1st, 4-6:30pm:
Chair Massage at Morril Farmers Market, 117 Weymouth rd. Morrill, Maine

SATURDAY:
8-9AM: YOGA AT THE GAZEEBO @ Breezemere Park in Lincolnville ME
9:30- 10:30am: Stand Up Paddleboard Yoga on Norton Pond (Launch Breezemere Park )

MONDAY, August. 4, 5:30-6:30pm:
Evening Centering Yoga at the United Christian Church in Lincolnville
18 Searsmont Road, Lincolnville Center 04850

Fmi: Wholelifeyogaarts1@gmail.com

05/24/2025

Starting some new classes and promotions

05/14/2025

I haven't posted much on this page... Life has been full...

Last year, we bought a beautiful 25 acre property in Lincolnville ME... and completed an exhausting renovation... as of this new year, we finally have a home to live in, some sweet house mates, additional guest spaces, a multi-generational colony of almost 30 rabbits we're raising with my son, and a lovely massage studio for my practice.... I have been seeing clients on a limited basis but look forward to expanding my practice.

Please reach out if you would like to schedule a massage.

I am also planning yoga offerings and "Wonder Walks" on the trails here.

I will return to sharing on this page and hope to contribute to this community with healthy, inspiring and healing spaces and offerings for souls of all ages.

Namaste~

08/30/2023

This summer has been like no other, and I've had to find definitive and effective solutions for when i feel like crashing inside.

I want to share my "discovery"/method bc it's been so incredibly helpful, every time... recently I've started doing this for massage clients... who also love this...

The weight of the grief has felt so crushing inside, that sometimes I'd start crying and not know if i could stop...or surface from the depth of that despair. In the beginning, it felt like I couldn't troubleshoot my nervous system to executive function. Self employment in hospitality and management meaning there's no one to replace me and I can't just take "family leave" or I lose work). I had to find fast, effective solutions to facilitate nervous system re-integration

When my sensory system is overwhelmed or i feel like I could drown from grief, i lay down on the ground, on my back, and put large, heavy stones over my heart and pelvis...

Recently, I've been applying smaller ones over the3rd eye charkra and into hands. (You can move these around till you find the sweet spot) Then i just breathe.

The weight of the stones focuses and calms my nervous system almost immediately. It helps me to take deeper, fuller breaths, activate the lympho-immune system and meridians, engage metabolism and repair...

think of the lympho- immune system as a sponge (that needs pressure and movement. this pressure squeezes out metabolic waste/process and after I remove the stones, circulation, oxygenation and nutrient can return and refill the areas more than before the session. Sometimes I apply my own acupuncture needles in addition to the heavy weight... for that, I've been consulting with Google articles and my MA level acupuncture practitioner (but save myself the cost and drive to her)

These sessions have helped me stabilize some of the most intense feeling of nervous/sensory and emotional system overwhelm, substance free.

I lay down, place the stones or needles, breathe through it for 15-20 minutes w eyes closed, and by the time I come up, I feel integrated and functional. Doing this by the water/ocean makes this even more effective, and I've started incorporating this in client sessions.

02/19/2022

I have openings for Integrative Massage and Yoga sessions Tuesdays- Friday, between the hours of 10 and 2pm. Book yourself or a loved one a rejuvenating therapeutic bodywork session at my Lakeside studio while I'm here through Mid May.

Hot Tub and Polar Plunge session in the lake is an optional but unforgettable add-on :)

02/09/2022

Hi folks!
So who here practices self massage? Anyone massage their own abdomen? I mean prophilactically, not just when you're in pain?

I'm often surprised when I hear that people DON'T massage their own abdomens and vital organs. All our organs are encased in smooth muscle tissue, which is muscle tissue nevertheless! That means it needs to be moved and exercised to stay healthy and toned! So moving, stretching, rotating, massaging, compressing and opening up our abdominal area and core can be really helpful for digestion, metabolism and systemic health overall!

This is a short practice video exploring a few guided breath work exercises, abdominal self- massage and exercises for increased vitality and metabolic health.

I am just getting started with making instructional videos, not editing yet, and would love feedback!

this is a short practice moving through 2 breathing exercises, abdominal self- massage and abdominal pumping to improve the fascial tone and strength of vita...

12/08/2021

I'm Organizing to start teaching Yoga again- at the Crosby Center in Belfast this winter...

Developing some core- strength and Vibrasana sequencing...

Here's a short 9 minute practice I use for core and upper body strength. This is the kind of stuff I do to maintain strong core systems without going to the gym.

I welcome feedback and questions.

I will be teaching integrative movement classes that will draw from Dance, Yoga and Strength- training exercises.

Blessed and strong be 🙏🙌🧘‍♀️🔥🏞🌠
https://youtu.be/VF-AjVkmQfA

07/25/2021

"Living the Anti- Inflammatory Lifestyle"...
Or... "How did I get these abs"

Last week, I was honored to attend a fundraiser cruise with some leading educators, health leaders and entepreneurs. I danced for several hours (first time in months on this healing foot!) At the end of the night, a woman approached me with her group of friends and asked me what I do to get my "abs."

It led to a fun conversation spanning integrated topics of health like diet, intermittent fasting, daily movement and dance, rebounding (trampolining) and good quality love- making (yes, s*x is some of the best exercise