White River Shiatsu

08/29/2024

Holiday weekend massage?

I have quite a few openings on both Saturday and next Monday (Labor Day)... To schedule, contact me or book online at www.whiterivershiatsu.com!

07/12/2024

Going to Anderson Pride this Sunday afternoon?

I'll be set up near 11th and Meridian offering mini-massage sessions and a few handmade herbal items. Looking forward to chatting with a lot of folks at what should be a really fun event!

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07/03/2024

St Johns Wort is the next featured plant from the "help yourself" herb garden in front of my office.

St Johns Wort presents with a cheery yellow flower reminding us of its role in bringing light to gloomy phases of life. It, in general, acts strongly to support healing of the nervous system. As a bodyworker and in personal use, my primary experience with it has been treating acute nerve damage/pain. For this, I apply a couple tincture drops topically to the injury site and also take it in internally a few times/day until symptoms pass...which has always been very quickly.

There's a batch of St Johns Wort tincture on our kitchen butcher block that will be ready within a couple weeks. I will have some to share, so reach out if you'd like to try it...or stop by and harvest some flowers!

06/29/2024

I'll be camping next Wednesday through next weekend - with 3 lovely ladies, including these 2.

So, I've added availability for sessions next Tuesday (usually am out of the office that day). If you're hoping to get in asap, contact me about next Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday currently has several openings.

06/25/2024

Chamomile - First in a series of a few herbs I'm featuring that are available to anyone from the "help yourself" herb garden in from of my office.

If you love chamomile, but have only had bagged chamomile tea you will really love tea made from fresh flowers and/or high quality dried chamomile (easily found online)! Chamomile flowers are high in volatile oils, and so care in processing and storage is important in maintaining medicinal and taste quality.

Chamomile is so common its perhaps underappreciated as a medicine. In our inflammatory times, its soothing nature is a great remedy. Great for any time of day - it will not put you to sleep, unless finding relaxation is the only barrier to snoozing. One of my teachers said its a remedy for "babies of all ages" - you know who you are, and no shame in that! We are all there at times.

Its relaxing properties extend to soft tissue and the digestion system as well.

If this sounds supportive to you, please help yourself to some chamomile! Its in bloom now.

05/24/2024

Got plans for Memorial Day? It could include a massage session - I have a few openings. You can book online at www.whiterivershiatsu.com...or contact me!

Shiatsu and massage therapist located in downtown Anderson Indiana. Affordable sessions with an experienced therapist.

05/10/2024

Friends, I have openings tomorrow (Saturday) early morning and early afternoon. If you are interested, contact me or book online at whiterivershiatsu.com!

04/04/2024

Some generally in high demand times available this Saturday morning and early afternoon! If you're interested in scheduling a bodywork session, contact me or book online at www.whiterivershiatsu.com. (heads up - the online booking does require a deposit)

Shiatsu and massage therapist located in downtown Anderson Indiana. Affordable sessions with an experienced therapist.

02/13/2024

If you could improve your mobility in your sleep, would you do it?

We began doing that several years ago by simply sleeping on the floor. During my wife's pregnancy with our first child, she developed some low back and hip pain. Many things helped a little, but getting rid of our mattress and moving to the floor (padded with a couple heavy sleeping bags) seems to have been necessary for lasting change.

Why does sleeping on a harder surface help? Research on sleep surfaces and positions is very thin, but I believe the floor or ground provide fast and effective feedback that encourages healthy posture. Its uncomfortable to maintain poor form on the floor. The harder surface likely also encourages movement throughout the night. Our bodies like variety. Along with that, I've noticed a huge difference in pelvic motor control - on mattresses my pelvis can feel stuck in a forward tilt, which is often associated with low back pain and dysfunction...but that never happens on the floor. Finally, sleeping on the floor requires getting up and getting down - a more complex and bigger movement than getting out of beds.

Yes, its a radical change for most folks...but you're worth it, right?! While it does take some time to adjust (probably a few weeks for most), I've yet to talk with anyone who regretted moving their sleep to the floor!

Do you sleep on the floor or are interested in moving that direction?

02/03/2024

Couples Massage Workshop coming up, two weeks from today!

Couples, please join us Sat Feb 17 3-4:30 at Naked Heart Yoga, LLC to learn and practice some basic massage and shiatsu techniques. The workshop will be on the floor (if you are interested and unable to sit on the floor, let me know and arrangements can be made for a table). Mats and blankets are available at the studio, but feel free to bring your own as well as a pillow if you would like head support.

$40/couple. Registration required, which can be done via the free Glofox app. Please contact me with any questions!

02/02/2024

Tomorrow morning is unusually open for a Saturday. If you'd like to schedule a session, contact me or book online at whiterivershiatsu.com

01/01/2024

What are your wellness goals for the New Year? What's your strategy? With a strategy - a broader vision of your approach - its much easier to assess whether any potential tactic or resource will help towards your goal. Otherwise, its easy to get overwhelmed.

My main goal? To enjoy situations that in the past I have often found intolerable physically and/or psychologically. My strategy? To build resilience by intentionally experiencing discomfort. Tactics include swimming in cold water recently with my wife - who's such a champ she was able to relax into a back float (as pictured)!

If you're wondering how bodywork or somatic practices like tai chi and qi gong could help towards your goal, please reach out by message, phone or email. I look forward to hearing about your journey!

12/31/2023

I have a couple of openings tomorrow (New Year's Day) for bodywork sessions - late morning and mid/late afternoon. Whether you'd like to pencil in some post NYE recovery time or just take advantage of a day off, you can book by contacting me or booking online at

Booking Sessions in Anderson Massage and shiatsu therapy sessions may be available at times not listed below. Please contact Josh at 765-374-5375 or [email protected] with any questions about booking, the services offered, rates, or anything else. I look forward to working with you!

12/06/2023

My website a bit wonky at the moment but should be running smoothly within a couple days (thanks to Wes Titus, whose web design and hosting services I appreciate and highly recommend). In case anyone is struggling to find the online booking calendar on my site, go here -

Booking Sessions in Anderson Massage and shiatsu therapy sessions may be available at times not listed below. Please contact Josh at 765-374-5375 or [email protected] with any questions about booking, the services offered, rates, or anything else. I look forward to working with you!

11/10/2023

Calling all pregnant and post-partum folks!

I'm offering one shiatsu or massage session of any length at half price to you - pregnant or within the fourth trimester (3 months post-partum) women. I'm also offering free mini-sessions for babies. This opportunity for one half off sessions extends through the end of 2023.

I'm attending a workshop this weekend on prenatal, labor, post-partum, and infant massage and look forward to practicing and integrating the skills and understanding.

Please share with anyone who may be interested!

10/02/2023

A client asked about a local source for essential oils... Anyone have a recommendation?

09/25/2023

Tai chi today and every Monday 5p at Naked Heart Yoga, LLC . Please join us!

You don't any equipment other than your body! Register online via the Glofox app or just show up. Drop in classes are $10

09/22/2023

Saturdays often quickly book up, but tomorrow has plenty of openings for last minute massage and shiatsu bookings! Give me a call, text, or message if you'd like to schedule or book online at whiterivershiatsu.com (online bookings must be made at least 10 hours in advance).

09/14/2023

A client came in this week with a sprained knee, and I was happy to have comfrey within steps of my office to share with him after the session.

After spraining my knee a couple years ago from a chainsaw kickback, it healed very quickly and nicely thanks in large part to soaking in comfrey poultices (in addition to a lot of self massage and acupressure).

Comfrey is a tissue healer, effective both internally and externally especially with skin and connective tissue (such as the ligaments and tendons that wrap around a joint). It is energetically cooling and does well with inflammatory conditions such as the acute and subacute phases of sprains. Unlike ice however, comfrey seems to work with the body's healing inflammation process rather than against. My sense is that comfrey reduces the need for inflammation rather than directly combating it , speeding and perhaps making more effective the healing process.

It is also very easy to grow, but I planted the office garden to share herbs and so please help yourself to some leaves if you'd like to try using comfrey!

09/11/2023

Do you ever feel like your body is an assortment of awkwardly-fitting parts that don't quite know how to work together?

In tai chi, we learn to move and be still as whole units. We learn to leverage our amazingly designed bodies to move more efficiently, more gracefully, more powerfully, and with greater pleasure. I use tai chi principles while working in my garden, moving heavy items, in my massage practice, walking through streams, chasing my kids around playgrounds, and even dealing with challenging relationship dynamics.

Please join us for tai chi this ( or any Monday) evening at 5p at Naked Heart Yoga, LLC which is the new studio next door to my office. You can register online after downloading the free Glofox app...or just show up. Its $10/class...unless you have a studio membership, in which case its included

08/25/2023

Friends, any suggestions of a holistic MD or DO in or near Anderson?

07/20/2023

If you have attended classes at Sage Yoga you probably know that Allison has moved out of state for a new job and Sage Yoga is closing at the end of July. I and many others are going to miss Allison and really appreciate the community she very quickly built here.

But I am delighted that Naked Heart Yoga, LLC will keep that community going in the same space (next door to my office)! Check out their page for more info. Hope to see you there!

05/31/2023

This Saturday I have several openings in the morning and early afternoon! To book or inquire, contact me by facebook, phone, or email...or book online at whiterivershiatsu.com.

02/21/2023

Friends, a few midweek openings: Wed 1p,3p, and 5p. Thur anytime from noon-2:45p. Let me know if you'd like to schedule!

01/06/2023

Update: this time has been filled.

Had some time open up tomorrow (Sat): currently available 11:15a-1:30p. Contact me if a session then sounds like what you need!

12/26/2022

I'm usually out of the office on Tuesdays but will be available this Tuesday morning and early afternoon due to the holidays! Also, I will be at the office New Years Eve (Saturday) and available for sessions.

12/15/2022

South Meridian Church of God is hosting a tai chi class (led by me) this evening 5:30-6:15. It is open to everyone, so please join us if that sounds fun! Enter through doors by the ramp off of Main St

12/10/2022

**Update**
We are rescheduling this, probably to sometime this winter after the New Year.

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A week from today, you can learn some new ways to take care of yourself!

Self Massage Workshop
Saturday 12/17/22 2-3:30p
Sage Yoga & Ayurveda (next to my office)
$25, registration at sageyogaanderson.com/events

11/27/2022

There are lot of great locally crafted and grown items at Collective Roots Local Market & Cafe , including a few herbal products I make.

New to the store: cedar smudge bundles, from our yard! I hadn't really been drawn to burning herbs until I started experimenting with cedar, and that first experience was quite profound. I would describe it as whatever is the opposite of having your breath taken away.

Collective Roots is now open Sundays!

11/05/2022

Workshop announcement...

Self Massage! December 17 2p, Sage Yoga & Ayurveda (next door to my office). We will look at a variety of ways to treat oneself without any tools other than your body and self-awareness. More information on the flyer and registration is at sageyogaanderson.com/events.