Vintage black-and-white anatomical illustration of a human skeleton shown in separate pieces, with the skull, rib cage, pelvis, arms, and legs spaced apart against a cream-colored background.
Vintage black-and-white anatomical illustration of a human skeleton shown in separate pieces, with the skull, rib cage, pelvis, arms, and legs spaced apart against a cream-colored background.

Your body works best
when it’s connected.

Craniosacral Therapy and Massage for pain relief in Portland, OR

Your body is trying to tell you something.
Work with it, instead of against it.

Reduce pain and stress, regain mobility, stand straighter, sleep better, and improve athletic performance.

The Body Reconnect Approach:

Experience-based bodywork

We pay attention to how your body responds and adjust as we go, based on what we’ve seen work. Every body is unique and cookie-cutter protocols don’t work for everyone.

Hands-on problem solving

In each session, we are constantly reassessing, so we know what’s actually working for you, not just what’s “supposed” to work. With healthy curiosity and commitment to finding what helps you move better, we’re always merging knowledge with creativity.

Collaborative Care

You are not alone. As humans, we may have lost our village but we haven’t lost our need for connection. When you work with us, you’re an active participant in your care.

Happy couple Eric Fair-Layman and Erin Boyt looking lovingly at each other against a backdrop of tress and buildings on a spring day. Eric, left, has salt and pepper hair, a red shirt, and a giant grin. Erin, right, is smiling back at him.

We’re Eric Fair-Layman and Erin Boyt, a bodywork duo in Portland, OR with over 30 years combined experience helping people reduce pain, reset their nervous system, and calm down the fight-or-flight response when it’s stuck in overdrive.

Our offerings:

Craniosacral Therapist Erin Boyt (left) uses gentle pressure to sense her client's foot. The client is laying face up on a table. There is a giant dark green mandala painted on the wall in the background, giving the office a calm feeling.

Total Body Reset

The yin and yang of bodywork: deep structural Posture and Pain Relief combined with the blissed-out relaxation only CranioSacral Therapy can provide.

Massage Therapist Eric Fair-Layman walks on the back of a woman's legs to release tension in her hamstrings. The woman is laying comfortably face down on the floor with her head turned to the right.
Yep, he uses his feet!

Craniosacral Therapy

Craniosacral Therapist Erin Boyt gently holds her client's head. The client is laying face up and looks calm and relaxed.

Exceptionally light touch, surprisingly profound naps.

Posture & Pain Relief

Massage Therapist Eric Fair-Layman uses his feet to release tension in his client's hamstrings and lower body. The client is on the floor, face down, with his head turned to the right.

Effective, long-lasting bodywork focusing on the structural imbalances at the root of your pain.

Healing the world starts with healing yourself.

When we tend to ourselves, we become kinder, more compassionate, more present in our everyday lives. That change has a ripple effect into other aspects of your life and everyone around you.

“I have never seen someone become more aware of their body without also becoming more compassionate.”

-Matthew  Sanford