ABOUT ME
After years of committed involvement in modern dance, lyengar yoga, Wu style tai chi, and Insight meditation, Lucia began studying Continuum, an embodiment movement practice, in 1981, with Emilie Conrad and Susan Harper. At the same time, her love of massage brought her into deeper realms of bodywork including Trager, Rosalyn Bruyere's healing work, and craniosacral studies, both with Hugh Milne and Upledger Institutes. In her work, Lucia artfully interweaves touch, breath, and attention, assisting the movement of her students and clients into deep states of wholeness through the mystery of fluid body intelligence.
In 1981, Lucia became one of the founders of Massage Therapy Center Palo Alto and Body Therapy Center School of Massage, where she was a principal teacher.
Nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork, Lucia maintains an eclectic bodywork practice. She is an authorized teacher of Continuum movement, a certified yoga instructor, and has a private practice in Hakomi body-oriented psychotherapy. She holds a degree in movement therapy and is a member of the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association.
Lucia's sensitivity, passion, and deep respect for the intelligence of the human body-mind have supported the growth of Massage Therapy Center Palo Alto as a respected business with heart, integrity, and a commitment to provide the highest quality therapeutic bodywork.

CAREER
1968 SFSU degree in Movement Therapy
1981 Therapeutic Massage Bodywork, national certification
1981-2023 Massage Therapy Center Palo Alto, founder and CEO
1981-2006 Body Therapy Center School of Massage and Bodywork, founder
2000 Continuum Therapeutic Movement, national certification
2004 CranioSacral Therapy certification by Milne and Upledger Institutes
2006 Hakomi Somatic Psychology, national certification
2014 Iyengar Yoga Instructor, national certification
2014 Yin Yoga Instructor, national certification