Bodywork & Somatic Release in NYC at The Shaman NYC – Intuitive Touch for Emotional Release & Energetic Healing

At The Shaman NYC, bodywork is more than a massage—it’s a sacred ceremony of release, restoration, and reconnection. In a city that never stops moving, our bodywork sessions offer the stillness your soul has been craving.

Located near SoHo, Tribeca, Midtown, Grand Central, and the Upper East Side, we offer a deeply intuitive and energetic approach to bodywork that blends ancient techniques with modern healing. Led by world-renowned healer Niko Karelas, our sessions help you let go of stress, trauma, and physical tension while reconnecting with your body as a sacred vessel.

What Is Intuitive Bodywork?

Intuitive Bodywork is a holistic form of touch therapy that goes beyond traditional massage. While it incorporates therapeutic massage techniques, the core of the session is guided by energetic reading, emotional sensitivity, and deep listening to your body’s wisdom.

Our approach is gentle yet powerful, designed not only to relax the muscles but to move stored emotion, awaken inner awareness, and realign energy.

No two sessions are the same—they are co-created with you, guided by what your physical and energetic body reveals in the moment.

Why Choose Bodywork at The Shaman NYC?

Most bodywork in NYC focuses only on the muscles. At The Shaman NYC, we work on multiple layers of your being—physical, emotional, spiritual, and energetic.

Our signature bodywork sessions are perfect for:

  • Emotional release held in the tissues

  • Nervous system regulation and trauma recovery

  • Energetic alignment and chakra balancing

  • Physical stress and tension relief

  • Grounding and embodiment after spiritual work

  • Resetting after burnout, heartbreak, or transitions

Whether you’re holding grief in your chest, anxiety in your gut, or stress in your shoulders, our touch is designed to meet you with care, presence, and healing intention.

What Makes Our Bodywork Unique?

Your session takes place in our sacred healing sanctuary—a space designed with crystals, soft lighting, sacred geometry, candles, and a mystical palette of purple, teal, black, and gold. This is not a spa. This is not a clinic. This is a temple of transformation.

Led by Niko Karelas, whose global healing practice blends bodywork, energy medicine, acupuncture, craniosacral therapy, and shamanic guidance, each session is a multidimensional experience. You’ll leave feeling lighter, more present, and more connected to your truth.

What to Expect in a Bodywork Session

No two sessions are alike—but here’s what a typical experience may include:

  • Grounding conversation and intention setting

  • Intuitive full-body touch, tailored to your needs

  • Integration of deep tissue, myofascial release, craniosacral holds, or reflexology

  • Use of essential oils, chosen to support emotional or energetic shifts

  • Placement of crystals or stones along the chakras for balance

  • Sound healing elements (tuning forks, bowls, chimes) for vibrational clearing

  • Subtle energy reading and release of stored emotions

We don’t just release muscle knots—we unwind the stories your body has been carrying.

Bodywork for Emotional Release & Nervous System Healing

Many clients come to us for physical pain and discover that their body is holding grief, fear, tension, or trauma from years—even decades—past. Through skillful, trauma-informed touch, we help the body gently release these imprints.

Our work is especially beneficial for those experiencing:

  • Anxiety or panic stored in the body

  • Burnout or adrenal fatigue

  • Disconnection from physical sensations

  • Sexual trauma or boundary repair

  • Chronic stress and emotional suppression

  • Numbness or hypersensitivity

This is bodywork as ritual, touch as medicine, presence as healing.

Who Is This For?

Bodywork at The Shaman NYC is for anyone who:

  • Feels emotionally or physically depleted

  • Needs grounding after intense spiritual work

  • Has tension or pain that doesn’t respond to traditional massage

  • Feels disconnected from their body

  • Wants to be touched with reverence, intention, and intuition

  • Is healing from trauma, heartbreak, or spiritual awakening

Bodywork Sessions Available in SoHo, Tribeca, Midtown, Bryant Park & Upper East Side

Our central location makes deep healing accessible—whether you’re winding down from a long week in Midtown, seeking integration near Bryant Park, living a creative life in SoHo, or decompressing on the Upper East Side.

We also offer bodywork as part of our Urban Retreats—1-day and 2-day immersive healing experiences that combine Reiki, acupuncture, meditation, sound baths, and intuitive bodywork in a curated healing journey.

What Clients Are Saying

“I didn’t know how much I was holding until it all melted away.”
“Niko’s touch is like nothing I’ve ever experienced—my body felt seen and safe.”
“I came in with back pain and left having released a memory I didn’t know I was still carrying.”
“This isn’t a massage. This is healing through the body.”

Book Your Intuitive Bodywork Session at The Shaman NYC

If you're ready to feel more grounded, open, and alive in your body, book your Intuitive Bodywork session today. Let yourself be touched with intention, presence, and sacred care.

Choose from:

  • 60-minute Bodywork Session – great for targeted work

  • 90-minute Deep Journey Session – full body + emotional integration

  • Fusion Session – bodywork + Reiki or craniosacral

  • Included in 1-day or 2-day Urban Retreats

The body remembers everything—and it also knows how to let go. Let us help you listen.