About Sara

Sara Jessen, Certified Massage Practitioner

Sara Jessen was born and raised in the Santa Cruz mountains. An avid soccer player in her youth, she started learning about muscles, their functions and overall body health and maintenance through regular massage. In 2014 She graduated from Cypress Health Institute and her passion for therapeutic massage continues to grow. 

Sara has a very effective yet gentle approach to working the soft tissues of the body. She uses her skills and intuition to tailor each session to the clients specific needs because each client is vastly different. 

Sara is a lifelong learner and student of the body. She has taken classes in advanced myofascial techniques, the shoulder and pelvic girdle, prenatal, oncology and pediatric and autism touch. She educates her clients along the way so they can have a better understanding of what is happening in their body, she believes that through more body awareness clients can start to make better choices for a healthier and pain free life. 

Sara has a passion for addressing more complex problems than just a standard massage. She believes that massage, if applied intelligently and efficiently, can create lasting change in clients. Sara has a gentle approach

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to deep tissue and myofascial release work. She understands both tissue and structural issues that contribute to pain and tailors each session to her clients’ specific needs.

As of May 2021, Sara is fully vaccinated for Covid-19.