Leslie Bruder is the founder of the Institute for Phenomenal Touch Massage located in Boulder, Colorado. She has been practicing massage therapy for more than twenty years and is a graduate of The Boulder School of Massage Therapy and The School for Integrative Body Psychotherapy of Boulder. She also received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from The University of Northern Colorado.
Phenomenal Touch Massage uses a signature, three-dimensional approach to
massage therapy. Both sides of the patient’s body are touched simultaneously, cradling and moving the body as if it were supported in water. Phenomenal Touch Massage also incorporates breathe work, hot stones, trigger point manipulation, neuromuscular therapy, Traeger Movement, and song and sharing. Phenomenal Touch Massage’s goal is to bring the patient joy and to rekindle their passion for life.
Phenomenal Touch Massage utilizes both gravity and seamless transitions to open the recipient’s heart and body to the healing attributes of massage. During the therapy session, the massage therapist transfers his or her positive energy into the patient. At the conclusion of a Phenomenal Touch Massage, a sense of well-being and calmness is said to envelop both the patient and their therapist. What makes Phenomenal Touch Massage so unique is that it is relaxing for both the patient and the therapist.
Bruder has developed a variety of courses and programs on Phenomenal Touch Massage that are suitable for novice to advanced therapists. She has also published a variety of articles on Phenomenal Touch Massage and is currently writing a book about this unique technique.
Bruder teaches workshops and retreats and has been affiliated with the Big Sky Somatic Institute, The Colorado Massage Center and the Metamorphosis Massage Center. Ms. Bruder currently resides in Colorado where she practices Phenomenal Touch Massage.
~ Amanda Miller
