Meet Jean M. Svizzero, LMT

In 2010 Jean founded Bodily Kneads in Brookline Mass and had a very successful experience with a broad variety of clients. The fall of 2024 saw the closure of that location as she moved to Maine. She has since joined Saco Healing Arts in Saco, Maine to specialize in Myofascial Release more fully. She.has been a practicing Massage Therapist for over 20 years.  

Her approach has always been multifaceted.   Zen Shiatsu, Aromatherapy, Lymph Drainage, Hot Stone, MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction ) are all aspects which she brings to the table as she interacts within the adaptive and informative realm of Myofascial Release. Each session is created in concert with what the client shares, postural assessment, and her listening touch. 

Her practice has shown her riches which she never would have guessed at when developing her initial concepts for a healing arts studio. Dissipation of a pain pattern allows hope to take root where once there had been tension, bracing,, and possibly discouragement. To see the difference when a client comes out of the treatment room …. that’s what keeps her motivated to keep leaning into what she can offer.

Jean completed her Bachelors of Science at Lesley University with a degree in Environmental Health. Her thesis consisted of developing a healing guide for Chemical Sensitivity,  which she was experiencing at the time. Her journey through that has been the basis for a lot of her philosophies and insights into healing and some of the challenges therein. 

The journey continues.

Jean Profile

Education, Certifications, & Affiliations:

  • Licensed Massage Therapist, State of Massachusetts and now Maine

  • Student of John Barnes Myofascial Release since 2017 (read about Myofascial Release here)

  • Member ABMP (Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals) since 2001

  • Graduate of Palmer Institute of Massage Therapy in 2001

  • Zen Shiatsu Teacher’s Assistant at Cortiva Massage Therapy School 

  • Wellness in the Village, Co-Founder and Presenter at Brookline Village Wellness Fairs

  • MBSR (Mindfullness Stress Reduction) Professional Training with Jon Kabatt Zinn and Saki Santorelli

  • IBP (Institute for Brain Potential) seminars on Behavioral Medicine

  • Member of the Community Advisory Board for medical Marijuana 

  • Annual Guest lecturer at Mass College of Pharmacy from 2016 to 2020 (Covid related ceasation)

  • and many other explorations of astrology, tarot, energetic systems and theories, traditional ways of being, anxiety and stress reduction, which have all been fortuitously accessible and gratefully accepted.