LUKAS BOZIK massage therapy

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RESTORATION
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CREATIVITY
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WONDERMENT
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.. Join us at the 7th year of Wonderment and experience it for yourself

17th - 20th September 2026 at Wasing

Wonderment

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LIBERATION
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SELF-EXPRESSION
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WONDERMENT
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.. Join us at the 7th year of Wonderment and experience it for yourself

17th - 20th September 2026 at Wasing

Wonderment

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CONNECTION
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TOGETHERNESS
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WONDERMENT
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.. Join us at the 7th year of Wonderment and experience it for yourself

17th - 20th September 2026 at Wasing

Wonderment

www.wondermentinthewoods.com

FREEDOM

Is your head too heavy on your shoulders with pain, tension and relentless thoughts weighing it down? Take a deep breath in for 4-3-2-1 and let me push down your shoulders for 4-3-2-1. Another inhale for 4-3-2-1, another exhale for 4-3-2-1. Then I sink my fingertips in your suboccipital area, you might feel some mild discomfort of the strained tense muscles, but keep going with an inhale for 4-3-2-1 and exhale as I pull for 4-3-2-1. Another inhale 4-3-2-1, another exhale 4-3-2-1. One more inhale 4-3-2-1 and exhale 4-3-2-1. Your shoulders feel lighter, your neck is liberated and your mind is finally... free.

📷 .montgomerie

FLOW

Swirling, twirling, rising, depressing, circling, flexing, extending, waving, shimmying, shrugging, that and a lot more is what your shoulders can do. They're the most mobile joint thanks to how the head of the humerus sits in the glenoid cavity allowing for maximum movement.

Relying mostly on muscles and tendons for stability, it makes it very prone to soft tissue injuries but allows for all sorts of movements and beautiful expressions that we wouldn't want to trade off for a more stable yet more immovable joint. Hence why massaging around the shoulders can bring a great deal of pain relief and ease off tension.

Kneading and compressing the area are all great and necessary parts of the work but, as always, your body loves to move! So getting to actually move the joint that feels stuck takes it even further as it reminds your nervous system of its freedom. That turns down the protective muscle tension and just a few slow, mindful and increasingly enlarging circles later, your shoulder will feel lighter, more mobile and liberated and just like a river, it'll once again... flow.

📷 .montgomerie

FLOAT

Massage uses many ways of holding you in place. Therapeutic compression for tense spots, trigger points, pinning an area down when performing a stretch, putting weight on an area to bring a sense of comfort. When something anchors you down, something else has to keep you afloat.

When I studied the vocal massage course, our teacher used the concept of the mother hand and the other hand. The other hand would do the work on your neck muscles, your larynx, all very private and generally sensitive areas. The mother hand would do just what a mother would do in a situation when you need comfort, rest on you to reassure you everything is ok.

So when I'm working on you and one of my arms is anchoring you, pinning you or testing your resilience in some way, rest assured the other hand is there too. Not to do more work, not to multitask or try to squeeze in another technique, but only to give you comfort, to hold your hand, rest gently on your head, support your weight... And to keep you afloat.

📷.montgomerie