Carissa Shima Healing Bodywork

Carissa Shima Healing Bodywork Body Architect l Fascial Specialist
Structural Transformation That Elevates
Heal. Move. Thrive.

Results You Can Feel — Transformation That Lasts.
👉 Book a Session: https://carissa-shima-healing-bodywork.kit.com/aca26917d5
NVMT 11040 I draw on my background in all healing and self growth modalities to provide a custom approach to your biggest challenges in life.

“Carissa gives more than just a relaxing session, she works magic.Finding the origin of all the aches and pains, working...
12/02/2025

“Carissa gives more than just a relaxing session, she works magic.
Finding the origin of all the aches and pains, working to get rid of them for good — not just mask them for a few hours.
Her extensive knowledge is absolutely incredible and deep experience helps her just feel what is needed under the skin. Highly recommend!!”

Reviews like this mean everything to me, because this is exactly the kind of transformation I want every client to feel.

You don’t come to me for a quick escape.
You come because something in your body isn’t moving right —
you’re tight all the time, you’re tired of the same pain returning, or you’ve tried everything and nothing sticks.

My work is about finding the source of the problem, not the loudest symptom.
It’s about understanding your fascia, your alignment, your movement patterns, and the ways your body has been compensating for years.

And when we fix the root —
✨ pain lets go
✨ mobility returns
✨ your body feels lighter
✨ and you finally feel like yourself again

I’m endlessly grateful for clients who trust me with their body and their healing.

If you’re ready for real, lasting change —
👉 Book your session through Linktree.
Let’s help your body move the way it was designed to.

12/02/2025

Fascial work is about reconnection.
That’s when mobility returns,
alignment improves,
and pain finally lets go.
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I say this often because it’s the truth most people have never heard before.
Your body isn’t tight or misaligned because you’re weak or not stretching enough.
It’s because your fascia — the connective tissue that supports every part of you — has lost its ability to glide and communicate.
When fascia gets stuck, your body disconnects from itself.
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That’s when you feel:
• tight no matter how much you stretch
• stiff every morning
• out of alignment
• “off” on one side
• pain that keeps coming back
• movement that doesn’t feel natural
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Fascial work brings your system back online.
It restores connection between the areas that haven’t been communicating — sometimes for years.
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And when that reconnection happens?
✨ Mobility improves without forcing it
✨ Alignment returns without bracing
✨ Your body feels lighter and more balanced
✨ Pain releases because the pattern underneath it finally changes
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This is the moment clients stand up from the table and say,
“I didn’t know I could feel this way again.”
If you’re ready to experience that shift —
👉 Book a session through Linktree.
Let’s help your body reconnect and move the way it’s designed to.

Your fascia remembers every compensation —even the ones you forgot about.That ankle you rolled 10 years ago?Your fascia ...
12/01/2025

Your fascia remembers every compensation —
even the ones you forgot about.

That ankle you rolled 10 years ago?
Your fascia remembers how you limped for two weeks.

That car accident that “wasn’t that bad”?
Your fascia remembers how your body braced at the last second.

That shoulder surgery?
Your fascia remembers how you guarded every movement afterward.

That stressful job, long commute, poor sleep, or years of sitting too much?
Your fascia remembers all of it.

This is why so many people say:
“I don’t understand why this still hurts.”
or
“Why does my body feel off when nothing is wrong?”
or
“I’ve stretched, rested, worked out… nothing helps.”

Because your fascia has been holding onto old patterns long after your forgot about them.

Fascia protects you first —
but if those patterns are never released,
your body keeps moving around the old tension.

And that’s when symptoms show up:
✨ chronic tightness
✨ recurring pain
✨ stiffness on one side
✨ limited rotation
✨ trouble lying flat
✨ feeling “off” for no clear reason

When we release the old fascial patterns,
your body stops guarding, starts moving, and finally feels like you again.

If your body is holding onto things you don’t even remember…
👉 Let’s reset the pattern.
Book a session today through Linktree.

Here’s something people are shocked to learn:Your body remembers every injury you’ve ever had.Even the ones you think yo...
11/29/2025

Here’s something people are shocked to learn:
Your body remembers every injury you’ve ever had.
Even the ones you think you got over.

A car accident from 10 years ago.
A fall from childhood.
A surgery from your twenties.
A sprain, tear, twist, or “it only hurt for a week” moment.

Your muscles may have healed…
but your fascia didn’t forget.

Fascia is your body’s protective armor.
When you get injured, it tightens to keep you safe —
and if those restrictions never get released, your body continues to move around that old injury for YEARS.

That’s why:
• one side of your body feels tighter
• your shoulder won’t relax
• your hip always feels “off”
• your back keeps acting up
• pain comes back in the same spot
• lying flat or rotating feels wrong
• you can’t regain your old mobility

This isn’t “just aging.”
It’s your fascia holding onto a pattern your body created to survive an injury long ago.

The good news?
That pattern can be changed.
✨ When we release the fascial restriction underneath the old injury, your body stops guarding — and your pain finally lets go.

If you’re still dealing with the ripple effects of an old injury — even 5, 10, 20 years later —
you’re not stuck.
There’s a reason.
And there’s a real solution.

👉 Book your session through my Linktree, and let’s find out what your body has been holding onto all this time.
Heal. Move. Thrive starts at the root — not the symptom.

11/28/2025

Your body talks. Most people don’t know how to listen.
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Tension is information.
Stiffness is information.
Pain is information.
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Your body isn’t breaking — it’s communicating.
And when you know what to look for, the message is loud and clear:
Something’s not moving right.
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That’s where fascial work changes everything.
I look past the symptom and find the pattern underneath —
the thing your body has been whispering about for months… sometimes years.
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When you decode the message, the pain finally lets go.
Movement comes back.
Your body stops fighting itself.
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👉 Let’s decode yours.
Book a session — Linktree in bio.

11/28/2025

This Thanksgiving, I’m feeling especially grateful —
for this work, this practice, and every person who walks through my door trusting me with their body and their healing.
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What I do isn’t just a career.
It’s my passion.
It’s my purpose.
It’s the thing that changed my life first —
and now I get to spend my days helping others move, heal, and finally feel like themselves again.
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Every time someone gets off the table and says, “I haven’t felt this good in years,”
I’m reminded why I do this.
Every breakthrough.
Every tear of relief.
Every moment someone realizes their pain doesn’t have to be their normal —
that’s what I’m grateful for.
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Thank you for letting me be part of your healing journey.
Thank you for trusting my hands and this work.
Thank you for choosing to heal, move, and thrive.
🧡 Happy Thanksgiving.
I’m so thankful for all of you.

As Thanksgiving arrives, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on what I’m most grateful for… and the truth is, it’s this ...
11/27/2025

As Thanksgiving arrives, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on what I’m most grateful for… and the truth is, it’s this work and the people I get to help every single day.

This practice isn’t just something I do.
It’s my life’s work.
It’s the thing that pulled me out of my own pain, taught me how powerful the body really is, and showed me what’s possible when you stop chasing symptoms and start healing at the root.

I’m grateful that I get to wake up each day and do something that I believe in with my whole heart.
I’m grateful for the clients who trust me when nothing else has worked.
I’m grateful for the breakthroughs — big and small — that happen on the table.
The moment someone realizes their body can heal…
the moment they stand up without the pain they walked in with…
the moment they say “I feel like myself again”…
those moments never stop inspiring me.

Thank you to every client who has trusted me with your body, your pain, your recovery, and your journey back to feeling whole.
You’re the reason this work matters.
You’re the reason I love what I do.
You’re the reason this is more than a practice — it’s a purpose.

Wishing you a warm, healthy, movement-filled Thanksgiving.
🧡 I’m thankful for you today and every day.

“Carissa is exceptionally skilled and dedicated to her work. I have been going to various massage therapists for the pas...
11/27/2025

“Carissa is exceptionally skilled and dedicated to her work. I have been going to various massage therapists for the past few years, but the past 6 months have been with Carissa. She is far more than a massage therapist as she has been helping me solve the root causes of my back and neck pain. Her background and education revealed the underlying issues I have and she is helping me with both massage as well as recommendations to solve these problems at home (posture, exercises and stretches, Pilates videos). To those with constant back/neck/other pain or tension I couldn't recommend Carissa more.”

I love this review because it captures exactly what I want every client to experience:
➡️ real change
➡️ lasting relief
➡️ a clear understanding of what’s actually causing their pain
➡️ and a plan that finally works

So many people come to me feeling frustrated — doing everything right, going to multiple practitioners, stretching, strengthening, getting massages…
but the pain keeps coming back.

Not because they’re doing anything wrong,
but because no one has looked at what’s really going on beneath the surface.

That’s where fascial bodywork changes everything.

When we work at the root — not the symptom — your body finally starts to move the way it’s meant to.
Your posture shifts.
Your mobility improves.
Your pain dissolves instead of returning.
And you get tools you can use every day to keep the progress going.

This is my life’s work.
My passion.
And I’m endlessly grateful for clients who trust me with their body, their health, and their healing.

If you’ve been dealing with back pain, neck tension, or discomfort that keeps returning no matter what you do…
👉 Book a session through Linktree.
Let’s help you move freely again.
Let’s heal the cause, not chase the symptoms.

Heal. Move. Thrive. Every day.

11/26/2025

You’re active.
You chase goals.
You demand a lot from your body.
You’re doing everything “right” — training, stretching, eating well, recovering smart…
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And yet…
something still feels off.
Your body isn’t keeping up with the life you want to live.
Old surgeries.
Old injuries.
Old compensations.
They’re all still living in your fascia — quietly holding you back.
You know you’re capable of more.
You just need your body to MOVE the way you know it can.
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Here’s the truth most people never hear:
👉 You can be disciplined, strong, and health-focused — and still get held back by fascial restrictions you can’t fix on your own.
This is where fascial bodywork steps in.
Not to “relax” you —
but to unlock the parts of your body that haven’t moved right since that injury… that surgery… that moment everything changed.
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When fascia moves, YOU move.
Your power returns.
Your mobility returns.
Your confidence returns.
And your body finally supports the life, goals, and dreams you’ve been chasing.
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You only get one body.
And when it works the way it was designed to,
it changes everything — not just how you move, but how you live.
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If you’re ready to stop being held back…
If you know you’re capable of more…
👉 Fascial bodywork can help you get to that next level.
Check Linktree to book your session.

11/26/2025

Mobility isn’t about forcing movement — it’s about restoring the glide and balance your body has lost.
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That stiffness you keep trying to stretch away?
It’s a fascial problem.
When the deeper layers finally move…
YOU finally move.
Your joints feel lighter.
Your body feels freer.
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And movement doesn’t feel like a fight anymore.
If you’re tired of stretching with no results…
If you want movement that actually lasts…
👉 Move the way your body was designed to.
Check Linktree to book your session.

11/25/2025

Fascial work takes pain away — because it fixes what’s actually causing it.
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Before her session, she couldn’t even lie flat without pain shooting through her shoulder and down her arm.
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Every position felt wrong.
Every night was uncomfortable.
Every simple movement came with that familiar sting she’d learned to “live with.”
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Her body was fighting gravity — not working with it.
And then came the after.
Movement without guarding.
Shoulders that actually relaxed.
An arm that didn’t feel electric or heavy.
And lying flat… pain-free.
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Her whole system shifted because we didn’t chase the sore spot —
we corrected the pattern underneath it.
✨ Release the fascial restriction
✨ Restore the balance
✨ And the pain finally lets go
THIS is what real change looks like.
Not temporary relief.
Not “maybe it’ll go away.”
Actual, lasting transformation.
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If everything feels “off” and you can’t figure out why…
👉 Book your session through Linktree.
Let’s find out what’s really going on — and get you moving without pain again.

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