Helen Gutfreund, LMT, NCTMB, CTP has been in the bodywork field 1996.

After graduating from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1995 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Helen drove West to see what she could see.

A weekend workshop in Sedona, Arizona with world renowned Meir Schneider PhD, LMT gave her clear vision - literally and figuratively. She experienced the healing powers of subtle bodywork and knew in her every cell that she had a calling to learn more. She traveled to San Francisco to study with Dr. Schneider at The School for Self-Healing, eventually becoming a Certified Massage Practitioner.

Helen worked as a Massage Practitioner both in San Francisco, CA as well as in Sedona. While in Sedona, Helen also learned about the healing art of Reiki, and became a Reiki Master Teacher.

Helen has furthered her education by studying Swedish Massage, Shiatsu, Craniosacral Therapy and is also the only Certified Trager Practitioner in a 60 mile radius of New Paltz licensed to provide touch therapies. Her diverse training, interests and sensitivities help make her touch unique - warm, healing, and safe.

• New York State Licensed Massage Therapist
• Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
• Certified Trager® Practitioner
• American Massage Therapy Association - Professional Member
• New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce - Board of Directors
• Business Network International Vice President, Kingston, NY
• Northeast Trager Association - Board of Directors

Amanda Paul, LMT was born and raised in New York City.

After many years of studying dance and receiving Massage Therapy and other wholistic health care to maintain her body, Amanda enrolled at The Swedish Institute of Massage in 1987.

Licensed in 1989, she practiced in Manhattan for many years and along the way received a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from Hunter College in 1995.

In addition to her passion for alternative health modalities, nutrition and movement, she adores children and worked for years in education, child welfare and childcare.

Amanda, a mother of two girls, has been living in New Paltz and practicing Massage Therapy here since 2002. She specializes in Deep Tissue and Swedish Massage techniques.

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