Copper Crane Bodywork

Carolyn Conner

Healing hands. Ancient wisdom. Modern wellness.

Hi, I'm Carolyn – your guide to deep relaxation and renewed vitality. For over two decades, I've been helping people reconnect with their bodies through the gentle art of therapeutic bodywork.My journey began as a little girl massaging my father's tired feet after long workdays, watching tension melt away beneath caring hands. That early seed of healing has grown into a practice rooted in compassion, intuition, and time-honored techniques from both Eastern and Western traditions.Whether you're seeking relief from chronic tension, managing a health condition, or simply wanting relaxation, I offer three specialized modalities: Zero Balancing, Shiatsu and Thai Yoga Bodywork. Each session is tailored to your unique needs, helping you feel more grounded, centered and resilient.

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Therapeutic Bodywork Services

Three time-honored modalities. One goal: your optimal well-being.

Zero Balancing

Where structure meets energyWhat it is: Zero Balancing (ZB) is a unique hands-on therapy that addresses tension held within the bones – yes, our bones hold tension too! This gentle yet powerful modality blends Western osteopathic principles with Eastern energy concepts.Your experience: You'll lie comfortably on the massage table, fully clothed, as I use precise finger and palm pressure along your skeletal system. This isn't just physical – it's energetic work that creates profound shifts in how you feel in your body.What you'll gain:

Session details: 60 minutes | $110 single session | $300 for initial 3-session package

Shiatsu

Manual therapy of Japanese originsWhat it is: This traditional Japanese therapeutic bodywork assesses energy imbalances along meridian pathways. Based on Five Element Theory and centuries-old Anma massage techniques, Shiatsu works with your body's natural energy flow (Ki).Your experience: On a comfortable floor futon, fully clothed, you'll experience flowing movements and precise pressure applied with palms, thumbs, forearms, knees, and feet. Each meridian receives attention through gentle stretches followed by therapeutic pressure.What you'll gain:

Session details: 75 minutes | $130

Thai Yoga Bodywork

Thailand's Physical TherapyWhat it is: Often called "having yoga done to you" this full-body modality combines deep compression along energy lines with therapeutic stretching, gentle traction, and joint mobilization. It's like receiving a yoga practice without any effort.Your experience: On a comfortable floor futon, fully clothed, you'll be guided through a flowing sequence of positions while receiving pressure along energy pathways that run through your limbs, torso, abdomen, along the spine and across the skull.What you'll gain:

Session details: 90 minutes | $140

Ready to Begin Your Healing Journey?

Each modality offers its own pathway to wellness, and I'm here to help you discover which approach resonates most with your body's needs. Many clients find that rotating between different modalities keeps their system responsive and balanced.Your body has been waiting for this kind of attention. Let's give it what it's been asking for.

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The Story Behind the Healing Hands

From childhood intuition to masterful practice

My relationship with healing touch began in the most natural way – as a little girl, I would untie my father's tight shoelaces after his long workdays, slip off his leather oxfords, and massage his tired feet. I watched in wonder as tension melted from his face, feeling the magic happen beneath my small hands. That seed of healing, planted so early, would eventually bloom into nearly two decades of dedicated practice.The circle came beautifully full in spring 2015, when I had the profound honor of massaging my 91-year-old father's legs and feet in his final days – the same gentle care I'd offered as a child, now informed by years of training and deep understanding of the body's wisdom.Hi, I'm Carolyn – your guide to deep relaxation and renewed vitality. For over two decades, I've been helping people reconnect with their bodies through the gentle art of therapeutic bodywork.
My journey began as a little girl massaging my father's tired feet after long workdays, watching tension melt away beneath caring hands. That early seed of healing has grown into a practice rooted in compassion, intuition, and time-honored techniques from both Eastern and Western traditions.
Whether you're seeking relief from chronic tension, managing a health condition, or simply wanting relaxation, I offer three specialized modalities: Zero Balancing, Shiatsu and Thai Yoga Bodywork. Each session is tailored to your unique needs, helping you feel more grounded, centered and resilient.

Building community, one healing session at a time

After a decade of teaching yoga and practicing bodywork independently, I founded and directed Copper Crane Yoga, a vibrant community-based healing center in Vergennes, Vermont. This experience taught me that healing happens best in spaces filled with warmth, acceptance, and genuine care.

Master-level training, heart-centered approach

My credentials tell one story of dedication:

But the deeper story lives in the thousands of sessions where I've witnessed profound transformations: clients with Parkinson's finding new ease of movement, expectant mothers discovering comfort, elderly bodies rediscovering flexibility, and stressed souls melting into deep peace.

What guides every session

Insight, intuition, and compassion are my compass. Each session is a unique conversation between your body's wisdom and my trained hands. I've learned that healing isn't something I do to you – it's something we create together, in the sacred space between practitioner and client.Just as I once watched my father's face soften under my child's touch, I continue to witness the beautiful unfolding that happens when we allow ourselves to receive healing care: deep relaxation, symptom relief, postural improvements, pain reduction, increased mobility, and that wonderful sense of coming home to yourself.Your body knows how to heal. Sometimes it just needs the right invitation.

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