Williamsburg Brooklyn 105 Grand St

Sophisticated, Unique Training & Massage Therapy in Brooklyn

photograph of a woman lying face up on a massage table. Her eyes are closes as she deeply relaxes. Daniel's hands are holding her head on each side of her temples.

Reset, restore, and renew with massage for the nervous system, pain, and chronic pain.

Evidence-informed, gentle yet powerful massage therapy in Brooklyn.

Experience movement training and therapeutic massage that is uniquely nervous-system-focused, responsive, pain-free, and informed by up-to-date pain-science.

Supporting your nervous system to downregulate and calm, boosting your neuro-myofascial health (aka nerve-muscle-connective tissue health), and helping you ease tension, pain, and chronic pain. Bodywork that feels great!

In-studio and in-home sessions available in Brooklyn & Manhattan. Book online for Brooklyn location.

Welcome! My name is Daniel Keene, LMT. My goal is to support you in feeling better and more embodied with restorative movement and therapeutic massage that feels good.

Each session is a collaboration bolstering you to help you:

• Calm your nervous system
• Ease pain, chronic pain, tension & stress
• Connect & activate
• Gain awareness
• Strengthen
• Improve sleep
• Boost your immune system

Embodied Movement & Massage with Daniel

Services
in-home and in-studio

  • Reset, restore, renew.

    Experience a unique, pain-free, gentle, therapeutic massage for profound nervous system downregulation, tension and pain relief, and relaxation. Feel held and supported. Slowdown with long holds to calm your nerves and brain, as well as myofascial, Swedish, Thai, Shiatsu, reflexology, positional release, and prenatal massage techniques. Daniel works thoughtfully and intentionally, listening to you and your body.


    1 hr massage $165

    90 min massage $215

    45 min massage $135

    in-home +$60

  • Calm, balance, activate.

    Experience a unique hands-on therapeutic bodywork session of restorative movement and massage to help you feel and move your best. Help reduce pain and tension, strengthen, stretch, activate, balance, gain awareness, calm, and tune into your body. Wear your workout clothes. Great for cross-training!

    This session is active with movement and stretches which can make it fun. A mix of active techniques, assisted-stretching, exercises, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF), Dermo-Neuro-Modulation, manual therapy, and massage techniques to help you address your needs and goals.



    1 hr Movement + Massage $190

    In-home +$60

  • Strengthen, mobilize, stabilize.

    Functional strength and flexibility training with a neuro-myo-fascia focused approach. Learn a sophisticated movement approach to positively affect your tissue health and cross-train. Gain strength and flexibility through eccentric training. Help reduce tension and pain. Feel more awareness, connection, and integration.



    1 hr session $120
    (virtual or in person)

    In-home +$30

  • Mondays 7-8 pm est on Zoom

    Positively affect your neuro-myo-fascia (nerve-muscle-connective tissue).

    Learn a movement practice that focuses on resisted lengthening movements and yawning stretch. A combination of stretching and strength training that feels a bit like yoga mixed with Pilates. Bring a sense of resistance and activation into your yoga practice. Help gain strength, movement, and connection. Help ease tension and pain.

    Mondays $20
    7-8 pm

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Restorative, sophisticated movement training combined with nervous-system-focused massage for powerful bodywork that feels good!

I specialize in working with each person and their body in ways that are restorative, pain-free, and informed by up-to-date science, helping a wide range of people benefit their neuro-myofascial tissue and nervous system. My expertise can be particularly helpful for chronic pain, conditions affecting the nervous system, long Covid, sports massage, movement cross-training, and just deeply relaxing with a massage that feels great.

My goal is to listen to you and your body with sensitivity, cultivate open communication to engage you as an active participant in your treatment process, and work with you as opposed to on you.

Inspired by my background as a professional ballet dancer for over 17 years, having experienced the rigors of professional athletic pursuit, injury, and recovery as well as varied forms of training, somatic practices, and therapeutic bodywork, I am passionate about sharing the benefits and joy of movement and massage. I am a New York State licensed massage therapist and a certified personal trainer. I also teach ballet and create choreography.

My approach to massage focuses on powerful nerve and nervous system downregulation, facilitating deep relaxation and the restorative process of your body. My work is influence by Dermo-Neuro-Modulation and an understanding of the connection between our skin and brain.

I believe in a gentler approach to manual therapy. I avoid “beating you up” or trying to “break up adhesions” (by, ultimately, compressing your nerves), instead I create lift and space, mobilizing your nerves with touch that feels good and calms your brain and tissue. No need to feel tortured during or sore after a massage!

I offer Strength & Flexibility Training, Movement + Massage, and Massage sessions in Brooklyn at 105 Grand street and in Manhattan at 736 Broadway. I offer in-home services in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and The Hamptons (depending upon location). Contact me to book in-home. I offer online booking for my Brooklyn location, 105 Grand St.


I look forward to working with you and supporting you in your self-embodiment journey!

- Daniel

  • photograph of Daniel from Embodied Movement & Massage working with a client in a Strength & Flexibility Training Session. The client is stretching their lateral qaudricep.

    "I cannot recommend Daniel strongly enough. His work is intentional and his presence calming. He really listened to my preferences and worked with my body, my levels of comfort and my history. Our session left me with immense relief and ease." Kate

  • Daniel gently holding a draped lower back in a massage session.

    “When I had painful plantar fasciitis, the stretches that Daniel showed me fixed everything! I didn’t even need to try anything else.” Yuki

  • photograph of Daniel teaching a Fascia Love Class.

    "Daniel is hands down a healer who I not only highly recommend but trust wholeheartedly. He is skilled with intelligent, healing hands, and can individualize a client’s needs with his intuition, good intention, and wisdom." Erika

  • photograph of Daniel helping a client in an assisted hamstring stretch in a Movement + Massage session.

    “Daniel's Fascia Love class is amazing. It introduced me to a new way of thinking and experiencing movement. I had never thought about the fascia tissue covering our muscles. Focusing on the fascia with simple but powerful exercises has increased my strength and flexibility. Daniel is a wonderful teacher, and I recommend his class to all." Lisa

  • photograph of Daniel and a client in a massage session.

    “Your classes have forever changed how I stretch, and have truly influenced how my body feels.” Megan

  • photograph of Daniel massaging a client's neck while she is lying facedown with her face resting in a face-cradle.

    "Daniel is amazing to work with! He meets you where you are in your physical journey with empathy, care and no judgement. Can't wait for my next session!" Jennifer

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