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𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘆 | 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗔 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿

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Where stretch meets bodywork 👐
Real techniques from my practice 📲
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☝️𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.
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⭐️ Legs supported over the thigh can help reduce muscular guarding and place the spine in a more comfortable, neutral position.
⭐️ From there, the body often relaxes enough to work without forcing anything.
⭐️ It also gives access to the abdomen, ribs, chest, neck, shoulders, and arms, all without changing positions.
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👌𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.✨

@erchonia laser was used in this session.
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#ThaiMassage
#ManualTherapy
#Bodywork
#MobilityTraining
#StretchAMethod by @stretcha.method

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Floor or table? Two very different experiences. ✨
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My Thai floor work is done in silence, eyes closed, body passive, allowing me to move you through the session. Working along the Thai Sen lines with rhythmic compression, movement and breath, the intention is to encourage energy flow, release held tension and support a shift into a more parasympathetic state. I like to think of it as a moving meditation.

My table work is more active and interactive, using movement and different techniques to get more targeted with what the body needs.

Sometimes you know what you’re craving. Other times, I’ll guide the session based on what I’m seeing and feeling. And sometimes… we do a little of both. 💛

What are you feeling today, floor or table?
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#StretchAMethod #ThaiMassage #AssistedStretching #SomaticBodywork #ｍobilitytraining taken in Los Angeles, California by @stretcha.method

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🎉 2026 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 ✨
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I’m so excited to share all of my upcoming 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗔 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀, 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 happening next year, in Los Angeles, Louisiana, and Spain.
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Each training is designed with the same intention: intelligent sequencing, grounded technique, and hands-on work that honors both giver and receiver.
If you’ve been feeling called to deepen your bodywork practice, refine your touch, or bring more clarity + confidence into your sessions… this is your year. 🤍
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Here’s where you’ll find me in 2026:
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📍𝗟𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗦, 𝗖𝗔

𝟱-𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄/ 𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿
January 28 – February 1, 2026
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𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗔 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 • 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗜
March 13–15, 2026
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𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗔 𝗙𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 • 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗜
March 20–22, 2026

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗔 𝗙𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 • 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗜
March 27-29, 2026
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𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗔 𝗙𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 • 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗜
October 16–18, 2026
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𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗔 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 • 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗜
November 7–9, 2026
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𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗔 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 • 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗜𝗜
November 12–15, 2026
(my most requested training — finally back!) 𝘗𝘳𝘦-𝘳𝘦𝘲. 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘈 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘪 𝘓1
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📍𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 / 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗦
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StretchA Fusion • Level I
April 10–12, 2026

📍 𝗠𝗜𝗔𝗠𝗜, 𝗙𝗟
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𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗔 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 (𝗡𝗲𝘄)
May 29-31, 2026
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📍𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡 — 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮 Festival (Granada)
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June 9–15, 2026
I’ll be teaching alongside an incredible lineup of Thai Massage + Osteothai educators from around the world at our 4th edition Sangha Festival in the Alpujarra mountains.
Pre-festival • June 9–10
Main festival • June 11–14
Post-festival • June 15
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This one always sells out early, it’s such a special gathering.
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If you feel the pull, I’d love to have you.
Registration + details are all on my website (link in bio), and spots are limited for every workshop so early booking is recommended.
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Can’t wait to work with you in 2026. 💚✨
-Sandra
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💡𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?
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Something we explored a lot in our recent masterclass.

Before moving on, what else can you discover in the position you’re already in?

Can you traction? Compress? Mobilize the joint? Work the tissue? Add rotation? Change the angle or direction?

And most importantly… what is the body in front of you asking for?

One position can give you so much information, and so many possibilities, when you slow down enough to explore it.

𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀. 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺..🤓

👉𝙋.𝙎. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙘𝙝𝘼 𝙁𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 • 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙈𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 • 𝙁𝙚𝙗 24–26 ❤️
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#StretchAMethod #AssistedStretching #ThaiMassage #Bodywork #ｍobilitytraining taken in Los Angeles, California by @stretcha.method

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Wait… there are massage competitions?☺️
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Yep. And I usually get some version of “𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦?”
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After judging the USA Thai Massage Championship again this year, I kept thinking about how much more these competitions offer than simply winning a trophy.
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As bodyworkers, we don’t necessarily have a game day or a finish line. Our work happens quietly, usually one-on-one, behind closed doors. And it can be a pretty solitary profession.
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Competition gives us an opportunity to put our craft under a microscope.
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To refine our technique. Our body mechanics. How we communicate. How we transition. Our professionalism. Our creativity. Even the little details we can sometimes stop paying attention to when we’ve been doing this work for years.
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You watch other practitioners work. You see different approaches. You meet people who are just as obsessed with this work as you are 🤗 You exchange ideas, make connections, get inspired and go home wanting to become better at what you do.
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And THAT, to me, is the real value.
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𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗻. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻.
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And with the USA Thai Massage Championship, it’s also an opportunity to celebrate and bring more attention to the incredible art of Thai massage. 🇹🇭
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So grateful to have been invited back to judge again this year. Thank you @wasss_wassa for continuing to include me, and to @nuadthaiandspa and everyone behind the scenes who puts so much into bringing this event and community together. 💛
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Such a beautiful few days in DC surrounded by people who genuinely love this work. taken in Washington, DC by @stretcha.method

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What if stretching was never really about flexibility?

This year, we had the immense pleasure of having @stretcha.method as part of the TMSF teaching team, sharing her unique Stretcha Method with our community.

A practice that invites us to go beyond simply “stretching” mexploring movement, breath, awareness and the relationship we have with our own body.

Because sometimes, creating more space in the body starts by learning how to listen.

Thank you, Sandra, for sharing your knowledge, your sensitivity and your way of understanding movement with us. 🌿

TMSF is about learning, exploring and sharing.
And this was one of those teachings we’ll carry with us 🤍 taken in Granada, Andalucia, Espana by @stretcha.method

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Mic check. Table check. StretchA x Matcha starts today! Let’s go! 🎤 by @stretcha.method

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𝘕𝘰 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘕𝘰 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.✨
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Even when someone comes in with a specific area they want addressed, I rarely know exactly where the session will take us.
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Janna came in with some neck + rhomboid tension, and from there we moved through the whole body, following what I felt, what she felt, and what opened up along the way.
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This is one of my favorite parts of bodywork. Having the tools, but not being so attached to the plan that you stop listening to the person in front of you.💛
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#NeckRelief #Bodywork #AssistedStretching #ManualTherapy #StretchAMethod taken in Los Angeles, California by @stretcha.method

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🧬𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲.
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Some of my favorite ways of working aren’t things I planned ahead of time. They come from the person in front of me, their body, their limitations, their feedback, and what I’m feeling in that moment.
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With this client, I’m always finding creative ways to create more freedom around his shoulder while respecting what doesn’t feel good for him.
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This became a little combination of compression, soft tissue work, traction and movement…and his response afterward: “𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘚𝘖 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳.”
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Knowing techniques gives us tools.
Listening teaches us when, and how, to use them.
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#Bodywork #AssistedStretching #MobilityWork #ManualTherapy #stretchamethod taken in Los Angeles, California by @stretcha.method

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✨𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗽?
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StretchA Thai Level 1 is more than learning a sequence. It’s learning a way of working with the body through movement, rhythm, breath and intentional touch.
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Over three days, you’ll learn a complete full-body practice that you can take with you and begin incorporating into the work you already do, or use as the foundation for something entirely new.
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I’ve watched students turn this work into a new service, expand an existing bodywork practice, and even build a new career around it. And that’s pretty special to witness.
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𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗔 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟭
November 7–9 • Los Angeles
𝟮 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴🔥
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Level 2 follows November 12–15, and students attending both trainings receive 10% off.
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DM me for the back-to-back workshop code or visit the link in bio to register.☝️

#ThaiMassage #BodyworkTraining #AssistedStretching #MassageTherapist #stretchamethod taken in Los Angeles, California by @stretcha.method

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🔥 𝗛𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆.
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Running. Strength. Power. Repetition. 🚀
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For this 𝗛𝗬𝗥𝗢𝗫 athlete, recovery means looking beyond one tight muscle and working through the entire lower-body chain, from the feet and calves to the hamstrings and glutes.
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Here I’m combining soft tissue mobilization with movement, pinning and compressing tissue while moving the limb, along with circumduction, oscillation and rhythmic jostling.
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Because recovery doesn’t always have to be static.
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Sometimes the best way to work with a body that moves is to keep it moving.
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𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲.
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#StretchAMethod #HYROX #HybridAthlete #SportsRecovery #ｍobilitytraining taken in Los Angeles, California by @stretcha.method

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Something one of my teachers once taught me has always stuck with me: when it comes to pressure, it’s often not the depth that’s the problem, it’s how quickly you try to get there.
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Sometimes the most effective thing I can do is stay. Steady pressure. Enough time. Listening for the body to respond rather than forcing a change.
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻.🍃

📷 @greenalchemywellness taken in Miami, Florida by @stretcha.method

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