Massage Vermont LLC
Massage Vermont’s mission is to contribute positively to community wellness
- We provide safe, client-centered breathwork and bodywork to support and improve clients’ health, comfort, and well-being.
- We striving for ongoing improvement through professional training, commitment to self care, and integrating client feedback.
- We protect clients’ and our own health and safety, and that of the the community in which we conduct our business.
- We are committed to environmental excellence and pollution prevention, meeting or exceeding all environmental regulatory requirements, and purchasing products which have greater recycled content, lower toxicity and packaging, and less consumption of natural resources.
Chris Adams
Craniosacral Therapist and Massage Therapist
Chris is a craniosacral therapist and massage therapist. He has been a professional massage and bodywork practitioner since 1982, helping clients get pain relief, relax, rejuvenate, and improve their health.
Chris’s training comprises hundreds of hours of massage therapy apprenticeship training; completion of Advanced Craniosacral Therapy and Techniques Certification from the Upledger Institute; Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Mind-Body Medicine; and additional training in Dermoneuromodulation, the Trager Approach, yoga-based nervous-system soothing techniques, and the Buteyko method of evidence-based breathwork. In addition, he is an Upledger Craniosacral Therapy Teaching Assistant and a member of Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP). He studied martial arts and dance for ten years.
Chris maintains a daily mindfulness and Buteyko breathwork practice.
Sheryl Rapée-Adams
Therapeutic Breathwork and Yoga Teacher, Massage Therapist
Sheryl is a breathwork teacher, yoga teacher, and massage therapist working with adults.
Since 1995, she has been offering evidence-based techniques to improve health and well-being. She is certified in the Buteyko Clinic Method (CERTBBM) of evidence-based breathwork. Her training includes Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training, Integrative Yoga for Seniors Professional Training at Duke Integrative Medicine, and graduating from the late, great Muscular Therapy Institute’s 900-hour professional massage therapy program. Sheryl is a certified-level member of Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP).
Sheryl maintains daily mindfulness meditation and pranayama practices. Reading James Nestor’s book Breath and learning the Buteyko Method sent Sheryl back to the roots of pranayama to study Robin Rothenberg’s Buteyko-endorsed work and register for the rigorous year-long Restore Your Prana certification training. Additionally, Sheryl holds master’s degrees in science (organizational leadership) and arts (liberal studies). She is a trained professional trade book copyeditor.
