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Listen to your body. Restore your flow. Secure your time with us.
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“The heart of Shiatsu is like a mother’s pure affection; pressure of the hands causes the springs of life to flow.”
β TOKUJIRO NAMIKOSHI
“We do not fight your body’s signals. We learn to read them.”
THE LEVONA PRACTICE
In the modern West, we are trained to treat the body like a machine with faulty parts. A tight shoulder gets rubbed. Sleeplessness gets medicated. Digestive disruption gets isolated and corrected. We fix fragments, and wonder why we still feel broken.
Eastern medicine holds a different view. Your physical vitality, your emotional landscape, your mental clarity β these are not separate systems. They are one river of vital energy, Qi, flowing through meridian pathways mapped over two thousand years of careful observation.
When that river pools, stagnates, or runs dry β your body signals. Chronic tension. Fatigue that sleep doesn’t fix. Anxiety that logic can’t calm. These aren’t failures. They are precise, intelligent messages. Levona teaches you to hear them.
The framework
Five Elements.
One Complete You.
Nature moves through five phases β Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water. The human body mirrors this cycle precisely. Understanding which element is currently asking for your attention is where genuine healing begins.
SPRING
π²
Wood
Liver
γ»
Gallbladder
ββ
Governs growth, vision, and the smooth flow of Qi. When blocked: rigid neck and jaw tension, irritability, a feeling of being perpetually stuck.
β
Moving stagnant Qi to restore effortless flexibility and calm perspective.
Summer
π₯
Fire
Heart
γ»
Small intestine
ββ
Governs the Shen β mind, spirit, warmth. When scattered: racing mind, fluttering chest, persistent anxiety, tired-wired insomnia.
β
Anchoring erratic energy to invite deep, quiet, restorative rest.
late Summer
πͺ΅
Earth
Spleen
γ»
Stomach
ββ
Governs nourishment, digestion, and grounding. When overwhelmed: looping worry, brain fog, heavy limbs, sluggish digestion.
β
Awakening digestive fire and clearing mental fog so you feel grounded in your skin.
Autumn
πͺ
Metal
LUNG
γ»
LARGE INTESTINE
ββ
Governs breath, skin, boundaries, and letting go. When constricted: grief that clings, low immunity, shallow breathing, old patterns.
β
Opening the chest to welcome inspiration and release what no longer serves you.
Winter
π§
Water
Kidney
γ»
Bladder
ββ
Your deep reservoir of primal vitality and willpower. When depleted: bone-deep exhaustion, cold from the inside out, lower back ache, quiet dread.
β
Warming your deepest baseline to replenish reserves from the marrow up.
Your body already knows
the way home
We don’t treat symptoms. We listen to what your body is holding β then help it release. Through the ancient art of Shiatsu and the elemental wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, alignment finds you.
Levona Shiatsu β a spare, quiet room. A cotton futon. Natural light. Your well-being.
What to expect
1
Elemental Diagnosis /
Check-In Evaluation
After hatching, the caterpillar is a voracious eater. It’s common for it to double its size every few days.
2
Full Body Meridian Work
After a week or two, the caterpillar enters its pupal phase. It forms a hard outer shell called a chrysalis.
3
Post Treatment Check-In
Five to seven days after forming the chrysalis, a butterfly emerges and unfolds its wings.
Treatments
Each session is
a first conversation.
No two bodies hold tension the same way. No two visits are identical. Every Levona treatment begins with real-time elemental diagnostic β then your hour is shaped entirely around what we find.
SIGNATURE Β· NEW CLIENTS
Initial Consultation & Comprehensive Shiatsu
75 MIN
β¬80
Elemental Diagnosis
60-min treatment
β
β
Post Treatment Check-In
returning clients
Standard Shiatsu Treatment
60 MIN
β¬70
Check-In Evaluation
Full Body Meridian Work
Moxa (+ β¬5) – optional
Cupping (+ β¬10) – optional
Post Treatment Check-In
10 Session Card
60 MIN/session
β¬600/card (β¬60/session)
10x Check-In Evaluation
10x Full Body Meridian Work
β
β
10x Post Treatment Check-In
Client experiences
What shifts
when someone truly listens
Water Element
γ»
Kidney depletion
“I came in carrying two years of accumulated burnout β lower back that never stopped aching, cold I couldn’t shake, and an exhaustion sleep didn’t touch. The session felt like being slowly, carefully refilled. I left warm in my bones for the first time in months.”
Eva L.
Architect γ» Fables
Fire Element
γ»
Scattered Shen
“Three weeks of 3am awakenings with a racing heart. One session of the quietest, most deliberate work I’d ever experienced. I slept through the night that same evening. It felt less like a massage and more like someone who spoke my body’s language fluently. My wife had recommended Levona and she sure was right to.”
James R.
Environmental Economist
FAQ
What people frequently
ask us
Comfortable clothes, flexible pants, new pair of socks.
Until 24h before session: free of charge.
Until 12h before: half a price.
less than 12h full price.
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Levona Shiatsu
β a spare, quiet room. A cotton futon. Natural light. No treatment table between practitioner and client. The floor is intentional, a treatment table optional.
THE PRACTITIONER
Trained in lineage.
Present with you.
Levona is built on a decade of formal study in the classical Zen Shiatsu tradition β grounded in the foundational works of Tokujiro Namikoshi and the meridian theory of Shizuto Masunaga, whose Zen Shiatsu method deepened Shiatsu from a pressure technique into a diagnostic and energetic practice.
But the lineage is only the framework. What matters in the room is attentiveness. No session is pre-scripted. The practitioner arrives at each appointment with trained hands, a quiet mind, and genuine curiosity about what this body is holding today.
The studio exists to make one thing possible: for your nervous system to feel safe enough to let go.
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