Kelly Amstadt Bodywork

Kelly is a gifted and knowledgeable practitioner who has made it her life’s work to understand the body, find and learn different modalities that help her clients to her best ability. Originally, I sought out Kelly to go through the Rolfing 10 series again. That was four years ago. Kelly is a Certified Rolfer and is very gifted. If you haven’t done a Rolfing Series, I highly recommend talking with Kelly. Kelly also offers Cranial Sacral work, Thai Massage, and other fun gems including classic massage that can expand your experience so do call her! She is AMAZING!

As a certified massage therapist myself, I can say that Kelly Amstadt is an outstanding bodyworker and craniosacral practitioner. She is both highly qualified and works with a caring attitude.
Kelly has trained for many years in many modalities, including Craniosacral, Medical Qigong, and Rolfing. And I can feel her professionalism and passion for healing when she works on me.
I recommend Kelly to folks looking for a massage therapist in the South Bay. And I highly recommend her to you.

Kelly is one of the best bodyworkers I’ve ever had the opportunity to meet with. She’s strong, powerful, smart, and gentle. I took her structural integration series and I can now stand straighter and with stronger posture. My hips feel more solid, my shoulders can go where they’re supposed to go, and overall I feel more grounded and energetic.
Kelly works deeply yet gently, and she released tension from areas I’ve never had worked on before. She brings a wealth of modalities and strengths to her work, which all work so well together and she uses the approach that works best in the moment. I always felt safe, accepted, respected, and nurtured.
Also, by having Kelly access such deep tension in the body and letting it go, I was able to let go of the emotions and stress that caused the tension in the first place. Kelly provides bodywork that heals on multiple levels and really opens up the body to possibilities.
It’s as if I were an old jar of play-​doh that had gotten crusty and hard, and she worked on me so that I’m now supple, strong, and relaxed.

I have been seeing Kelly regularly for about two years. She works very intuitively and effectively with a degree of joy in her work that one rarely sees. She has kept my body in great shape for many a marathon and ultra run. She has worked with my breathing difficulties and reduced my levels of stress. I highly recommend her work!

Kelly is well trained and has lots of experience with many types of issues. Being skilled in several modalities, she always uses the most effective approach to relieve whatever I bring in. Sometimes it’s a specific area (neck and shoulders usually), other times I just need a good relaxation treatment. I usually prefer medium pressure, but when necessary she can go deeper and really get the knots out. Instead of using two or three different therapists (deep tissue, gentle relaxation or energy work) I just tell Kelly what I need that session. I always leave with better range of motion and feeling «put back together.» Having had lots of bodywork, I am quite picky about who works on me and I highly recommend her.

Kelly is a highly skilled bodyworker that will provide you relief when you need it most. I came to her, walking like a robot from debilitating neck pain, and she was able to effectively target my ailment and provide me relief. However, I was most impressed that she was able to see me so promptly. I have a regular body worker in the city that was booked solid for weeks… but Kelly, despite her busy schedule, was able to fit me in that very same evening!
My only critique, and what led to a 4 star rating as opposed to 5, was the occasional pain I felt during some of the bodywork. I am a man with relatively hairy arms and legs… and some of the work requires deep rubbing of the extremities. I know that slick lotions and lubricants are not conducive to effective body work, but a little bit would have been nice on those more sensitive areas.
Other than that, Kelly is GREAT! Go see her!