Expert, Personalized and Effective Massage Therapy

Matias brings together two distinct approaches to bodywork: the therapeutic techniques of Registered Massage Therapy and the traditional Japanese practice of Shiatsu.His RMT practice includes Swedish and therapeutic massage, deep tissue techniques, myofascial work, stretching, and focused treatment of muscular tension and restriction.

Shiatsu brings a different lens—working with the body as an interconnected whole through sustained pressure along meridians and acupoints, assisted stretching, gentle movement and rocking. Shiatsu invites the body to soften, open and reorganize. Its rhythmic and grounding quality can help quiet the mind and settle the nervous system, while bringing greater awareness and ease to areas of tension, restriction or imbalance. Rather than focusing only on where something hurts, Shiatsu explores how different areas and patterns of the body may influence one another.Rather than treating these as separate approaches, Matias draws from both according to what the body needs. His training allows him to move between focused therapeutic work and the broader awareness of Shiatsu, creating treatments that can be both therapeutic and deeply attuned.

Matias studied Shiatsu with Tetsuro Saito, a pioneer of Shiatsu in Canada and an internationally respected teacher, as well as Akinobu Kishi, a highly regarded Japanese Shiatsu master. After 11 years of practicing Shiatsu, Matias became a Registered Massage Therapist in 2015, bringing his Shiatsu experience and whole-body perspective into his contemporary massage therapy practice.

The result is a personalized approach that meets you where you are, drawing on both traditional wisdom and contemporary therapeutic knowledge to support the body as a whole.