Massage therapy & human design
with massage therapist
Khammi Hurd, LMT
Meet Khammi
Meet Khammi Hurd and welcome to her orbit.
Khammi has been a practicing massage therapist for over a decade, having gotten her license in 2014 at A New Beginning School of Massage right here in Austin. Before massage entered her life, Khammi grew up in Oklahoma and later went to art school in Baltimore with a focus on painting. She moved to Austin in 2009 where she caught the enlightenment and wellness bug. On top of becoming certified in massage, she has a background in yoga therapy with a faithful study of the yoga sutras and an extensive personal history in yoga.
Khammi has been studying human design for years and is currently in the process of earning her Human Design Analyst certification. These studies have informed her work as a massage therapist and Biofield tuner. Each client’s Human Design BodyGraph creates a map of energy channels that can manifest physically and emotionally in the body; Khammi uses this as a guide for her sessions. At her personal studio (located in Southeast Austin), Khammi uses techniques ranging from energetic metaphysical work to deeply felt physical touch modalities. These include deep tissue, neuromuscular therapy, cupping therapy, myofascial release, trigger point, pre-natal massage, Lomi Lomi, craniosacral therapy, breathing techniques, Reiki, and Biofield Tuning. In her practice, Khammi equally values using evidence-based bodywork and wisdom tradition-based energy work grounded in holistic principles. She can be as no-nonsense medical or as out there and “woo-woo” in her approach as you’re looking for. She even has a science witch tattoo on her back in celebration of blending these disciplines!
No matter the technique used, Khammi operates from a client-first perspective to always honor your experience and requests for the session. She is here to help you work with your body in pursuit of balance and alignment.
Because why should only the stars and planets get to be aligned?
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Services
Khammi’s initial working experience as a massage therapist was at a deep tissue studio known for vigorously pulverizing their clients and, well, she fit right in. Khammi has what those in the massage business call “strong hands” so you never have to worry about getting deep enough pressure with her. In her own practice, Khammi has set aside pulverizing to work with clients on finding the right level of therapeutic discomfort for their body. It’s not deep tissue just for the sake of feeling sore the next day, but neuromuscular and corrective massage therapy implemented to work through layers of resistance to achieve release and facilitate alignment.
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Human design offers a way to better appreciate the unique parts of ourselves. There are so many systems and wellness lifestyles out there that focus on finding the answers to ‘fix’ or ‘improve’ ourselves.
Human Design is not about fixing yourself. It’s about seeing yourself.
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Cupping therapy, can make bodywork even more efficient and allows the effects to last for longer between sessions. Khammi focuses on fascia with her cupping techniques to let the cups unwind adhesions, bring in fresh blood to stagnant areas, and delaminate layers of sticky tissue before they can even think about becoming a problem. Cupping creates a feeling of space and ease in the body by pulling deep layers of muscle and tissue up and out. Gravity, whomst?
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Depending on what you come into the session with, deep tissue might not be what the massage therapist (Khammi) calls for. Craniosacral therapy is a deceptively gentle touch technique that focuses on balancing your unique craniosacral rhythm. It’s extremely effective and an excellent treatment for headaches, migraines, TMJ, neck pain, and hip imbalances. Khammi also practices traditional energy work through Reiki but there is an element to energy work in all of her sessions.
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As a certified Biofield Tuning Practitioner, Khammi activates a tuning fork and scans the biofield slowly, beginning from about six feet away.
The term biofield refers to our body’s electrical system in its entirety - both the electric current that runs through our bodies, and the magnetic field that surrounds it.
Human Design
Human Design is a system that’s not really meant to be used. It’s meant to be received, felt, and experienced in your body.
Human Design is a beautiful, complex, tangible system that cuts through the bullshit. It combines theories rooted in astrology, The I Ching, Kabbalah, the chakra system, quantum physics, and Vedic philosophy.
When we better understand our true motivations, needs, and tendencies, we can approach the world through a lens of authenticity and self-acceptance, rather than aspiring to be something we are not. There is no right or wrong way to do it, but when your doing flows from your true being there’s a lot less space for doubt.
