About Your Massage

Each session is truly tailored to how you are experiencing your body in that moment and often no two sessions are the same. It is collaborative, intuitive, grounded, and pulls from a wide variety of modalities and approaches.

We will begin each session by discussing what you are noticing in your body and any goals you have for the session and/or long-term. We’ll talk through your health history, potentially do range of motion assessments, and chat about your experiences with bodywork. Together, we will create together a plan for the massage so there aren’t any surprises and I will emphasize then what I am going to emphasize here: this time is completely yours and if anything ever feels not quite right in your body, you have full license to let me know. It will never negatively impact our session in any way to change approach, focus, or anything else that comes to the fore. I also do not believe in treating pain with more pain and ask that we work together to set a safe, supportive pace that will help your body unwind and release patterns that may be contributing to your pain.

My work combines myofascial, neuromuscular, and passive and active movement techniques to tune into and attend to the signals your body is giving—cues of ease and patterns to gently unravel. I will at various times work dry, through the sheet, and with 100% sunflower oil; if you are allergic, I have an alternative available. I will only uncover the area we are working in and keep genitals, chest, and gluteal cleft covered at all times. If we are doing intra-oral or occular massage near the eye itself, I will be gloved. I build-in extra time to each session to have our full hands-on time in addition to a short debrief after to check-in about what we found, some ideas for at-home self-care to extend the effects of the massage, and any other questions that may have arisen.

About Molly

For me, life and bodywork are all about balance. Blending the luxury and indulgence of 5-star spas with the nuance and technical finesse of clinical work, I have developed a unique style of massage therapy that is structurally-oriented, analytical and experimental at times, and ultimately intuitive, curious, and relaxing. Licensed since 2011 and carrying a bachelor’s in Somatic Psychology with an emphasis on body-oriented treatments for trauma, I have had extensive experience working with professional and amateur athletes, workers across a wide variety of industries, and folks across the gender, sex, and orientation spectrums. I firmly believe that a crucial part of living with health and dignity in our bodies is to acknowledge them as more than just vehicles for our brains; that treating the whole is sometimes just as, if not more, important than focusing exclusively on the area that is symptomatic; and that cues of physical safety are often and increasingly difficult to find. I strive to meet each client wherever they are physically and emotionally, and hold space for rest and recovery with an eye on healing. Massage therapy is my way of relating and giving back to my community, and I’m happy you’re here.

At home, I strike a similar balance between my homebody nature and love of new experiences. I adore curling up with a good—or even mediocre—book and a great beer, taking our rescue pup Nym on adventures through the nooks and crannies of Ballard and beyond, exploring new cultures and countries with my husband, and rehabbing our turn-of-the-century home and impulse Airstream purchase one YouTube video at a time.

Wondering about the “mod” in mod bodywork? My siblings had difficulty pronouncing my name as children, so “Molly” morphed into “Modday,” which was eventually shortened to “Mod.” My family and close friends still call me Mod; welcome to the fam.