Hearing your stories and experiences, getting to glimpse both the vitality and suffering is a beautiful privilege. In the work that I do, through bodywork and herbal medicine, I aim to identify and engage with your unique presentation. Whether the goal revolves around relieving pain or balancing a body system, I approach your case with curiosity, thoroughness and acceptance.

My specific clinical approach comes from both schooling and experience. As a bodyworker I have been most influenced by my time working through Veterans Affairs, where I saw a variety of patients mainly dealing with chronic pain. In general, I prefer and preform best with sensitive, anatomically specific treatments which emphasize listening to the body rather than overloading the tissues.

Bodywork

As described above my main influence has come teachers and experience. My initial massage schooling happened in Vermont through the Elements of Healing school run by Scott Moylan. We primarily learned east Asian body work, Tuina from China and shiatsu from Japan. The most formative experience clinically occurred working through Veterans Affairs working with veterans with various types of concerns.

My favorite hands on therapeutic approach these days, broadly originates from the European osteopaths, and specifically I train through the Barral institute. Generally speaking the approach emphasizes sensitive palpation, alot of anatomical knowledge and above all else listening to clients body with our hands. Structures are identified as being key areas of restriction, and gentle 3 dimensional mobilizations are utilized. It also focuses on working with the viscera, making sure good mobility is present between the organs and their membranes, vasculature and nerves. Click to learn about this kind of work.

I practice under massage therapy regulations, technically Vermont does not have a license system for massage therapy, but my credentials are equivalent to most states licenses.

Herbalism

I recently finished my clinical herbal training through the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism in a three year program that culminates in a supervised student clinic.

Through this clinic I have gained experience working with complex health situations, prioritizing safety, especially with pharmaceutical interactions. I am now taking on clients, and love to work with digestive difficulties, cardiovascular/metabolic health, and nervous system support.

Herbs provide excellent daily support for deep restoration to our tissues and balancing the immune/inflammatory response.

Herbalism is not a licenses profession in the united states, I do not treat or diagnosis medical conditions, but I can provide general support to your body systems, offer education and advice around nutrition/lifestyle. However the education for clinical herbalism is extensive, providing some literacy in medical sciences so I can help you process diagnoses and results from licensed medical providers. Email: saraceno.bodywork@protonmail.com

The powers at be divide watersheds into 17 districts. I reside and primarily engage in Basin 11, which includes the towns of Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, and many other towns in south eastern Vermont.

Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible to offer any kind of service in a public and legal form without a name. Having to choose a practice or business name, especially in the current state of hyper commercialization, social media and personal branding, brings up all sorts of issues.

My hope and desire with Basin 11, revolves around representing where I am, and the plants dwelling in this drainage pattern. The technocratic demarcations, while not exactly appealing, feels like it fits the present moment, rather than trying to project a more fantastical or romantic vision.