Bodywork & Energy Healing

Bodywork therapy is a powerful way to restore balance, release tension, and reconnect with your body's natural healing ability. Through touch, movement, and energy awareness, these sessions help you feel more grounded, present, and resilient.

With decades of experience, Barry Krost offers bodywork and energy healing in Chicago, IL, creating a safe and supportive space where transformation and deep relaxation unfold naturally.

What is Bodywork Therapy?

Bodywork and Energy Healing integrates the body, mind, and energy systems to support your body's natural healing ability. Unlike traditional massage, which focuses primarily on muscles, this holistic approach encompasses a wide range of hands-on and energetic techniques to improve alignment, release stored tension, and restore flow throughout the body. Bodywork therapy blends physical techniques with energy healing, helping you access benefits that go beyond the physical.

Barry's approach to bodywork

Barry's process draws from bodywork massage therapy, somatic awareness, trauma-informed practices, and energy healing to create a customized experience for every client.​ Each session unfolds intuitively, guided by what your body and energy field need most in the moment. Clients often describe Barry's presence as compassionate, intuitive, and deeply grounding. Whether you seek relief from discomfort or are ready for more profound emotional transformation, Barry meets you where you are with skill, presence, and care.

Healing Modalities

Each session may include one or more of the following modalities, Positional Release, Reflexology, Energy Healing, Myofascial, Lymphatic Techniques, and Trigger Point Therapy, selected to support your body's unique needs and promote deep, holistic healing.

  • Positional Release

    A gentle, osteopathic-based approach that uses comfortable positioning and subtle movement to release tension and encourage the body's natural self-correcting reflexes.

  • Reflexology

    A therapeutic technique that applies pressure to specific points on the feet, hands, or ears to promote relaxation and support balance throughout the body's systems.

  • Energy Healing

    A holistic practice that clears and balances the body's energy field to enhance physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

  • Myofascial

    Focuses on releasing restrictions in the body's connective tissue (fascia) to improve mobility, relieve pain, and restore ease of movement.

  • Lymphatic Techniques

    Gentle rhythmic movements that stimulate lymph flow, reduce swelling, and support the body's natural detoxification process.

  • Trigger Point Therapy

    Targets specific points of muscle tightness to relieve pain, improve circulation, and restore normal muscle function.

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Benefits of Bodywork & Energy Healing

Clients seek out Barry's sessions for many reasons. Common benefits include:

  • Relief from stress, tension, and fatigue

  • Improved flexibility, circulation, and physical comfort

  • Emotional release and greater mental clarity

  • Restored energetic flow and balance to support healing

  • Enhanced overall vitality and emotional balance

  • A deeper sense of grounding, connection, and resilience

These sessions complement other healing and personal growth work modalities, including Family Constellations.

Who can benefit from Bodywork and Energy Healing?

Bodywork and energy healing can support:

  • Those experiencing stress, overwhelm, or emotional heaviness

  • Individuals recovering from injury or managing pain

  • People who feel disconnected from their body or emotions

  • Anyone seeking balance, grounding, and renewal in daily life

If you're in Chicago and unsure which modality is right for you, you can book a complimentary consultation.

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  • Massages typically focus on muscle relaxation. Bodywork therapy integrates physical touch with awareness of energy and movement patterns, addressing the whole person.

  • Each session is tailored to you. Barry may combine physical techniques, gentle touch, guided awareness, and energy healing to support release and restoration.

  • No special preparation is needed. Wear comfortable clothing and come with an open mind. Barry will guide you through the process.

  • Some clients benefit from a single session, while others choose ongoing work to support long-term change. Barry can help you decide based on your goals.