Restore Movement. Reconnect to Your Body
Personalized movement and bodywork to reduce pain, improve mobility, and help you feel more at ease in your body.
ABOUT
Kristen Symbula
Bodies of Knowledge, founded by Kristen Symbula, merges several mind-body and movement-based practices to help treat chronic pain and postural misalignments. She has a deep commitment to helping clients achieve discernable outcomes for physical and personal well-being.
Kristen, a mindfulness advocate and yoga instructor with over 15 years of experience in clinical movement therapy, Latin and Middle Eastern dance currently holds certifications in Thai massage, Level I Iyengar Yoga, Egoscue and Gyrotonic/kinesis inspired methods.
One goal of Bodies of Knowledge (hereafter BOK) is to help clients experience transformational breakthroughs based on two modes of learning; up-to-date research and guided practice in re-training movement habits that assists in personal and physical healing.
Kristen’s research in healing practices among Indigenous communities, including psychedelic medicines in Latin America at Harvard’s Peabody Museum enhanced her understanding of ways in which both Western and native medicines can be more than just relief for unpleasant symptoms but how they can serve as assistance for personal and spiritual development.
Whether in classes or workshops, she is a firm believer in the power of embodied awareness with discipline yields transformational breakthroughs.
She is currently working toward her Master's in Divinity at Harvard University. Her current research bridges religion, embodiment, anatomy and cultural inquiry.
Kristen first incorporated mindfulness techniques into her own life while living in New York City and competing in belly dance competitions internationally while also building a dance-therapy treatment program for patients at a Philadelphia-based psychiatric treatment center.
My mission and methodology as a movement educator is grounded in exploring the body as a source of knowledge and a place where healing can take place. I work from a personal commitment of caretaking working together with my clients to articulate and understand their discomforts and develop effective techniques to manage their chronic pain.
Bodies of Knowledge is a complementary start-up (not a substitute for primary healthcare).
SERVICES
How We Work Together
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Our sessions combine the Gyrotonic Tower and/or Leg Extension with personalized, private instruction to create a supportive movement experience. Drawing from Iyengar-based yoga principles, functional movement techniques and Egoscue, each session is designed to improve alignment, increase flexibility and build balanced strength. $125
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Often called “passive yoga,” Thai massage integrates assisted stretches and pressure techniques on a supported mat. Each session is designed to increase mobility, reduce tightness, and support overall movement. Sessions combine acupressure, yoga and shiatsu techniques to create slow, rhythmic compressions and stretches along the body’s meridian lines. Massage is performed fully clothed. $150
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Focused, therapeutic massage is combined with stimulating key pressure points and meridians to relieve pain, improve circulation, and support recovery. Sessions combine TCM acupressure stimulation along the body’s meridian lines. $150
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Each and any session can integrate a combination of the above methods, which are thoughtfully tailored to support your unique bodily preferences, boundaries, and wellness goals $135
Get In Touch
Begin Your Journey
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Visit us
10 Cedar Street, Suite 27 Woburn, MA 01801
Phone us
+617-942-1462 +617-942-1462
Email us Working time (Mon - Fri)
scheduling@bodiesofknowledge.org 09:00 am - 05:00pm