MEET THE PRACTITIONERS
Massage Therapists & Bodywork Practitioners in Ithaca, NY
Our practitioners bring distinct backgrounds, specialties, and ways of working with the body, while sharing a commitment to attentive, individualized care. Explore their approaches and find the practitioner who feels like the right fit for you.
FIND YOUR FIT
Which approach sounds right for you?
You don't need to know exactly what kind of bodywork you need before you book. Start with what you're hoping to change, and explore the practitioner whose approach feels most aligned.
BRIAN GRAFSTEIN, LMT
Pain relief, tension & mobility
Therapeutic massage for persistent tension, physical discomfort, mobility, and the demands of everyday life.
VICTORIA ANCHOR, LMT
Rest & restorative care
Grounded, intuitive massage for slowing down, softening tension, and reconnecting with your body.
JULIE NATHANIELSZ
Craniosacral & somatic work
Gentle, attentive work supporting deep rest, regulation, and a more spacious relationship with the body.
SELENA TORRADO
Structure & therapeutic movement
Bodywork and movement-informed care focused on mobility, body mechanics, and lasting functional change.
MEET THE PRACTITIONERS
Get to know your care team
Experienced practitioners with distinct approaches, united by attentive, individualized care.
Brian Grafstein, LMT
Pain Relief • Mobility • Therapeutic Massage
Brian is a licensed massage therapist with a broad background in movement, wellness, and personal development. His sessions are shaped around what your body is asking for that day, whether that means focused therapeutic work, support for persistent tension and repetitive strain, or simply time to slow down and reset.
His approach draws on nearly 10 years of professional massage practice, along with more than 20 years of experience exploring movement, transformational work, personal training, mobility and flexibility, Qi Gong, Reiki, and stress management. Over the years, he has helped clients not only find relief, but better understand the patterns that may be contributing to discomfort.
The goal isn’t simply to work on a sore area. It’s to help you leave feeling more comfortable in your body, more grounded, and with a clearer sense of what your body needs.
Especially Helpful For:
- Neck, shoulder, and back tension
- Sciatic-type discomfort
- Wrist and hand strain
- Repetitive-use and postural tension
- Physical demands from work, lifting, training and everyday life
Brian's Approach
Therapeutic massage • Mobility-informed bodywork • Stress Relief • Movement Awareness
Victoria Anchor, LMT
Therapeutic Massage • Restorative Care
Victoria brings a decade of experience as a licensed massage therapist and a grounded, intuitive presence to her work. Her sessions blend skilled therapeutic pressure with deeply restorative care, creating space to soften tension, slow down, and reconnect with your body.
Her approach is attentive and responsive rather than formulaic. Victoria listens to what you’re experiencing and adapts each session around your comfort, goals, and what your body seems to need that day. Clients often leave feeling looser, calmer, and more at ease.
Especially Helpful For:
- Everyday tension and stress
- Full-body restorative massage
- Neck, shoulder, and back tension
- Relaxation and nervous-system downshifting
- Reconnecting with your body after periods of overwhelm or strain
Victoria's Approach
Therapeutic massage • Restorative bodywork • Intuitive pressure • Relaxation
Julie Nathanielsz
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy • Somatic Movement
Julie is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist, Certified Advanced Teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique, and longtime practitioner of biodynamic healing arts. For more than 20 years, she has helped people cultivate greater balance and wellbeing through informed touch, subtle movement, and embodied practice. Her background also includes professional dance, movement education, meditation, and extensive study of the body.
Julie’s current bodywork practice centers on Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, a gentle approach using light, specific touch and attentive listening to the body’s subtle rhythms. Her sessions invite rest, recovery, and self-discovery within a context of co-created safety and inquiry, supporting greater ease, spaciousness, and connection with the body.
Especially Helpful For:
- Deep rest and nervous-system regulation
- Chronic tension and pain
- Headaches and migraines
- Recovery from physical strain, injury or difficult transitions
- Clients drawn to gentle, subtle bodywork, somatic exploration, and greater freedom in movement
Julie's Approach
Biodynamic craniosacral therapy • Somatic Movement • Skinner Releasing Technique • Embodied Awareness
Selena Torrado
Structural Bodywork • Mobility • Therapeutic Movement
Selena is a licensed massage therapist and yoga teacher whose work bridges structural bodywork and therapeutic movement. Drawing from the OneSoma Method and the alignment principles of Katonah Yoga, she focuses on structural integration, fascial mobility, and body mechanics to help clients move with greater ease, reduce pain, and support nervous system regulation.
Her approach is slow, precise, and collaborative, using hands-on manual therapy to restore balance and improve function. In addition to her massage practice, Selena teaches private yoga and classes at Ithaca Community Yoga, extending the work of the massage table into movement through individualized support, stability, and mobility-focused care.
Especially Helpful For:
- Persistent tension and mobility restrictions
- Fascial tightness and postural imbalance
- Pain related to movement patterns or body mechanics
- Nervous system regulation and reconnecting with the body
- Clients who want bodywork supported by movement awareness
Selena's Approach
Structural bodywork • Fascial mobility • Therapeutic movement • Alignment-based support
THE ATTUNED LIFE APPROACH
Different practitioners.
A shared approach to care.
Each practitioner brings their own training, perspective, and way of working with the body, but our care is grounded in a few shared principles: listening first, respecting your comfort and boundaries, adapting to what you need that day, and treating the session as a collaboration rather than a formula.
Individualized
Collaborative
Communication is welcome before, during, and after your session so the work can respond to you.
Respectful
Your comfort, consent, and boundaries remain central throughout your session.
Whole-Person Care
We work with the body as an interconnected whole rather than simply chasing isolated symptoms.
Massage works differently when it becomes part of the rhythm
Our massage membership makes it easier to receive consistent support with one or two sessions each month.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
Find the practitioner who feels right for you.
Explore availability and choose the care that best matches what you need right now.