Award-Winning Massage

Background

Yael Halpern, former owner of the award-winning Bodywork Center, has returned to private practice in order to spend more time focusing on the act of massage, rather than the business of it.  After almost 10 years in the industry, Yael delights in the process of integrating the body, mind and spirit of her clients through the art of therapeutic bodywork.  Yael brings perspective and awareness to her clients’ bodies through her purposeful and healing touch.  Her work has an emphasis in osteopathic modalities including: sport specific massage, specific injury work & craniosacral therapy.

Prior experience in spa, medical and educational settings inspired Yael to be more actively involved in the massage industry.    She was an integral part of the management team at Spa Space, on of Chicago’s top day spas, led seminars in stress management and couples massage, and was on the faculty at Soma Institute in Chicago, IL.  Yael also worked as a skilled massage therapist at Universal Health Institute, a holistic chiropractic care center in Chicago, IL.

Coupled with her work in her private practice, Yael has been a proud volunteer for the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork’s Ethics and Standards Committee.  She has also contributed to Massage & Bodywork Magazine.

Yael received her certification at the Scherer Institute of Natural Healing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2000, with 760 hours.  She combined this with an oncology program where she volunteered at the New Mexico Oncology Clinic.  Yael is in the process of earning advanced certification in Orthopedic Massage from Ben Benjamin.

She also holds a masters degree in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and attended Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, Where she focused on how individuals learn and interpret information.