Vera Massage Studio

Vera Massage Studio The go-to trauma support clinic in Skagit County— Massage Therapy & Trauma-Informed Wellness Center in Burlington, WA

Wishing you a peaceful, gentle, and heart-centered Christmas.May today bring you warmth, rest, and moments of connection...
12/25/2025

Wishing you a peaceful, gentle, and heart-centered Christmas.

May today bring you warmth, rest, and moments of connection — with yourself and with the people you love.

Thank you for being part of our community.
We’re grateful for every person who walks through our doors and trusts us with their care.

From all of us at Vera Massage Studio…
Merry Christmas. 🌿✨

Feeling tense as the holidays get closer?Here are a few simple practices that can help your body relax when stress start...
12/20/2025

Feeling tense as the holidays get closer?

Here are a few simple practices that can help your body relax when stress starts to build:

✨ Long exhale breathing

Inhale for 4, exhale for 6–8.

The longer exhale helps your body shift out of “high alert.”

✨ Warm-hand chest hold

Place one hand over your heart and one on your belly.

Breathe slowly.

This helps your body feel calmer and more grounded.

✨ Shoulder roll reset

Roll your shoulders up → back → down 5–8 times.

Great for releasing tightness you didn’t realize you were holding.

✨ Hand massage

Gently press or rub the center of your palm with your thumb.

This simple touch helps your whole body relax.

✨ Step outside for 60 seconds

A quick breath of fresh air or natural light interrupts stress spirals fast.

✨ Sip something warm

Tea, cacao, or warm lemon water can help your body slow down and soften.

Small things can make a big difference — especially during busy or emotional seasons.

If your body is asking for a deeper moment of care, we’re always here for you.

Visit our website or send us a message anytime. 🌿

If deep-pressure massage has ever left you feeling sore, overwhelmed, or even tighter the next day… you’re not imagining...
12/18/2025

If deep-pressure massage has ever left you feeling sore, overwhelmed, or even tighter the next day… you’re not imagining it.

For a lot of people — especially those carrying chronic stress or trauma — more pressure isn’t more helpful.

Here’s why:

Deep pressure only works well when the nervous system feels safe.

But when your system is already overwhelmed, your body can interpret intense pressure as a threat, not relief.

When that happens, the body protects itself by:
• tightening more
• holding the breath
• clenching the jaw
• guarding or bracing
• staying on alert

So instead of relaxing, your muscles literally defend themselves.

This is why some people feel worse after deep tissue — not because the therapist did anything wrong, but because your system wasn’t ready for that level of intensity.

What usually works better?
Slow, gentle, trauma-informed work that helps the body feel safe enough to let go.

Modalities that support deeper (and safer) release include:

✨ Trauma-Informed Massage
Slow, collaborative, choice-based touch that works with your body instead of forcing it.

✨ Craniosacral Therapy
Uses soft, subtle contact to help the nervous system unwind and drop out of hyper-alert states.

✨ Biofield Therapy (Reiki + Sound Healing)
Supports downshifting out of fight-or-flight by calming emotional and energetic patterns beneath muscle tension. Our in-house biofield therapist also has a background in psychology and trauma awareness, offering grounded support for those deeper layers.

✨ Trauma Wellness & Recovery Sessions
Learn how your body reacts to stress and practice tools that interrupt tension before it builds.

✨ Herbal Support
Our small-batch herbal extracts (chamomile, holy basil, lemon balm, passionflower) are more potent than most store-bought options, so you use less and feel more — helping the body settle without overwhelm.

Your body isn’t asking for more pressure.
It’s asking for more safety, softness, and nervous-system support.

If you’re craving a different approach to healing, we’d love to help you explore what feels best for your system.

Visit our website or send us a message anytime. 🌿

If you get a massage, feel amazing for a day, and then your tension snaps right back… your body isn’t malfunctioning.It’...
12/16/2025

If you get a massage, feel amazing for a day, and then your tension snaps right back… your body isn’t malfunctioning.

It’s doing exactly what it learned to do to protect you.

Most recurring tension isn’t just a muscle problem —
it’s a nervous system pattern.

When you’ve lived through long-term stress, early emotional pressure, or overwhelming seasons of life, the body learns protective habits like:
• lifted or tight shoulders
• jaw clenching
• shallow breathing
• belly or chest tension
• bracing or holding yourself upright
• staying alert even when you want to relax

So even after a great massage, the pattern tends to return — because your nervous system hasn’t shifted yet.

Your body isn’t stubborn.
It’s protective.

If your tension always comes back, your system may need deeper support beyond massage alone.

Here are healing options we offer that address the roots of the pattern:

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✨ Craniosacral Therapy

Helps the nervous system move out of fight-or-flight and release subtle holding patterns that create chronic tension.

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✨ Biofield Therapy (Reiki + Sound Healing)

Our in-house biofield therapist has a background in psychology and trauma awareness, offering grounded support for the emotional and energetic patterns beneath physical tension.

When these deeper layers shift, the whole body softens.

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✨ Trauma Wellness & Recovery Sessions

One-on-one sessions designed to help you understand your body’s stress signals and learn practical tools that interrupt tension before it builds.

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✨ Small-Batch Herbal Extracts

We carry handcrafted extracts of chamomile, holy basil, lemon balm, and passionflower — made in-house in small batches.

These extracts are often more potent than mass-produced store options, which means you use less, feel the effects more clearly, and your dollar stretches further.

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Each of these modalities supports a different layer of your system, helping tension release more fully — and stay away longer.

If your body has been asking for deeper relief, we’d love to support you.

Visit our website or send us a message anytime. 🌿

Today! 12–5pm: our Community Healing Day is happening! ✨Stop by for a free or by-donation 20-minute session of:• trauma-...
12/13/2025

Today! 12–5pm: our Community Healing Day is happening! ✨

Stop by for a free or by-donation 20-minute session of:
• trauma-informed massage
• craniosacral therapy
• Reiki + sound healing
• herbal support + education

Come as you are.
No appointment needed.
Just a soft space to land before the holiday season. 🌿

We’d love to care for you today.

EVENT CANCELLED - Community Healing Event is cancelled tomorrow, Saturday 12/13. The city of Burlington gave a partial l...
12/12/2025

EVENT CANCELLED - Community Healing Event is cancelled tomorrow, Saturday 12/13.

The city of Burlington gave a partial lift to the evacuation areas - anyone west of the train tracks are safe to return.
Our clinic is west of the tracks! 🥳

However, we are in very close proximity to the flooded areas in Burlington, so out of abundance of caution and to give first responders and city crews the space they need to do their jobs, we are cancelling our event tomorrow.

We will open back up at our normal business hours on Tuesday 12/16.

We hope all of you have remained dry and safe during this time, and we are looking forward to supporting you next week!
Stay safe ❤️‍🩹

-The Vera team

12/11/2025

We are CLOSED today 12/11/25 and tomorrow 12/12/25 due to high risk flooding and evacuations.

Please stay safe out there! ❤️‍🩹

If you’ve ever wondered which type of bodywork you actually need — massage, craniosacral, or biofield therapy — you’re n...
12/11/2025

If you’ve ever wondered which type of bodywork you actually need — massage, craniosacral, or biofield therapy — you’re not alone.

All three support the body in different ways, and each works best for different experiences.

Here’s a simple breakdown:

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✨ Trauma-Informed Massage

Works with: muscles, fascia, physical tension, pain patterns

Best for people who:
• have chronic tightness in the neck, shoulders, or low back
• want physical relief without deep pressure
• feel “held together” by tension
• prefer hands-on work that feels grounding

Massage is great when your body needs structural relief and slow, supportive touch.

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✨ Craniosacral Therapy

Works with: nervous system, subtle rhythms, deep stress patterns

Best for people who:
• feel overwhelmed, wired, or unable to relax
• hold emotional stress in their jaw, belly, or head
• experience headaches, jaw tension, or sensory overload
• want a gentle, non-invasive approach

Craniosacral is perfect if your system needs quiet, nervous-system-level settling.

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✨ Biofield Therapy (Reiki + Sound Healing)

Works with: energy + emotional patterns beneath physical tension

Best for people who:
• feel scattered, anxious, or emotionally heavy
• have trouble “turning off” their mind
• want help with grounding and emotional balance
• enjoy deeply calming, meditative experiences

Biofield therapy supports the emotional + energetic layers that influence how your body feels.

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🌿 Want to experience one of these for yourself?

Join us for our Community Healing Day — the last one of 2025.

Saturday, December 13th • 12–5pm

We’re offering 20-minute sessions of:
• trauma-informed massage
• craniosacral therapy
• Reiki + sound healing
• herbal education

All free or by donation.

If you’re curious which approach your body is craving, this is a beautiful chance to try one in a gentle, welcoming space.

Visit our website or send us a message for details.

12/11/2025

Burlington was just issued a Level 3 GO evacuation notice for hazardous flooding.

Our clinic may be closed tomorrow. Please check back for current updates.
We will be reaching out to everyone that has a scheduled appointment tomorrow.

STAY SAFE! ❤️‍🩹

Did you know there are certain herbs and teas that can help your body de-stress when you’re having a hard time relaxing?...
12/09/2025

Did you know there are certain herbs and teas that can help your body de-stress when you’re having a hard time relaxing?

Plants have been used for generations to calm the mind, release tension, and help the body shift out of that “on edge” feeling we all know too well.

Here are a few gentle herbs that can truly support you this season:

✨ Chamomile
Soothes the nervous system and supports digestion. Great for calming irritability, softening belly tension, and helping the body unwind.

✨ Holy Basil (Tulsi)
When taken daily, it helps the body adapt to stress and recover from emotional overwhelm.
Many people find themselves feeling clearer, steadier, and less reactive.

✨ Lemon Balm
Calms anxious thoughts, brightens mood, and supports sleep and digestion. Wonderful if stress hits both your mind and your stomach.

✨ Passionflower
A gentle natural sedative that’s supportive for racing thoughts, restless nights, and insomnia.
It helps the body shift into true rest.

And the best part?

Our in-house herbalist Kris handcrafts all of our herbal extracts in small batches — which means they’re often more potent than mass-produced options you find in big stores.
Stronger extracts mean you use less, they work faster, and your dollar stretches further.

If you’d like to explore these herbs, we’ll have chamomile, holy basil, lemon balm, and passionflower extracts available for purchase at our upcoming Community Healing Day.

🌿 Community Healing Day — Last One of 2025

Saturday, December 13th • 12–5pm
Free or by-donation 20-minute sessions of:
• trauma-informed massage
• craniosacral
• Reiki + sound healing
• herbal support + education

If your body is craving calm this holiday season, come let us care for you — and explore herbal support that’s made with intention, potency, and heart.

Visit our website or send us a message for details.

Trauma-informed bodywork is something our bodies require. Bodywork is vital to health. ♥️Verastudio.org
12/08/2025

Trauma-informed bodywork is something our bodies require.
Bodywork is vital to health.
♥️

Verastudio.org

Stress shows up in the body long before we notice it in the mind.Studies show:• 62% of people say their stress rises dur...
12/06/2025

Stress shows up in the body long before we notice it in the mind.

Studies show:
• 62% of people say their stress rises during the holiday season.*
• 79% admit they neglect their own well-being this time of year.*
• This often shows up as headaches, jaw or shoulder tension, digestive discomfort, poor sleep, or that “wired but exhausted” feeling.*

If any of this feels familiar, we’d love to support you before the season picks up.

Join us for our last Community Healing Day of 2025:
Saturday, December 13th • 12–5pm

We’re offering 20-minute sessions, completely free or by donation, including:
✨ Trauma-informed massage
✨ Craniosacral therapy
✨ Reiki + sound healing
✨ Herbal education + nervous system support

If your body is asking for a moment of care — or if you simply need a soft place to land — we would love to hold that space for you.
Come receive support before you move into the holiday season. 🌿

Visit our website or send us a message for details.

Address

186 Gilkey Road
Burlington, WA
98233

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 3pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+14259237505

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