Ellen LaRocca, LMT

ellenPracticing massage therapist for almost 30 years, focusing on the therapeutic end of body work with emphasis on Neuromuscular Therapy (Paul St John) and CranioSacral Therapy (John Upledger), was active in the move to have massage therapists licensed in Louisiana, raising the awareness of the professional status of massage.

Opened as The Body Works Center (Body Works Massage & Wellness Center) 20 years ago, where we offer therapeutic massage (integrating many modalities of massage), aromatherapy, meditation classes, wellness lectures, and we are a resource for Macrobiotics and Ayurvedics.

We will be adding information on this website about the benefits of the modalities that we offer, so please check back often.

Practicing and teaching meditation since the late seventies, studied Macrobiotics at the Kushi Institute, with Michio and Aveline Kushi and other outstanding teachers, moving my practice of meditation to yet another level, Drs. Deepak Chopra and David Simon became major teachers of spirit, meditation, and body health during the 90’s. I became certified as a Primordial Sound Meditation instructor (1996). I am currently leading meditation at St. Tammany Parish Hospital, for cancer patients and their families.

My retreats, ‘Rejuvenation of Self’, are four day retreats teaching healthful strategies in daily living. We teach food choices according to body types and hands-on cooking classes, meditation, labyrinth, self expression through art projects, interactive discussions with the participants, yoga and massage for each participant. We also offer mini one (or two) day retreats for groups.

My work has given me many opportunities for self growth and happiness, as I am able to pass on whatever I have gleaned from my cadre of selfless teachers and clients.

Let go, let God, be grateful.

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