Inka Hodes, Licensed Massage Therapist & Ayurvedic Body Therapist.

Inka offers a deeply integrative approach to bodywork that blends structural integration, and massage therapy to restore balance, ease pain, and improve posture.

Drawing on over a decade of experience and a global background in manual therapy and Ayurveda, she supports nervous system regulation and embodied awareness, helping clients find greater vitality, harmony, and freedom in their bodies.

Offerings:

  • Ayurvedic (Abhyanga & Basti) Session

  • Structural Integrative Bodywork Session

“Inhabit the body you live in.”

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Inka Offerings at EPHH

Ayurvedic (Abhyanga & Basti) Session

This deeply nourishing Ayurvedic session supports nervous system regulation, circulation, and whole-body balance through warm, herbalized oil therapies. Abhyanga and Basti invite the body into rest, repair, and renewal.

The session begins with a brief intake to understand your needs and intentions. Warm oil is then applied through slow, rhythmic Abhyanga massage to calm the nervous system and support tissue nourishment. When included, Basti therapy uses a localized pool of warm oil held over specific areas, such as the low back or abdomen, to deeply soothe and restore. The session closes with time for rest and integration, allowing the oils to absorb and the body to settle into balance.


Structural Integrative Bodywork Session

These sessions offer a holistic, system-based approach to relieving pain, improving posture, and restoring ease of movement. Using the Anatomy Trains method of Structural Integration alongside somatic movement and corrective exercise, we assess posture, movement patterns, and gait to uncover the root causes of discomfort, often found far from the site of pain.

Sessions focus on releasing and reorganizing the fascial system, improving joint mobility, and restoring balance between overloaded and underused muscles, while gently supporting the nervous and neurovascular systems. This work supports lasting change, greater body awareness, and a more free, resilient relationship to movement.

Learn More About Inka

  • Inka is a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) and a Certified Structural Integrator with over 10 years of experience in Anatomy Trains Structural Integration. She specializes in therapeutically addressing pain and postural imbalances through the myofascial and neurovascular systems of the body - combining her expertise in the body’s anatomical structure with a deep understanding of its complex energetic patterns that are often overlooked in modern medical practice.

    She has been a member of the International Association of Structural Bodywork (IASI) since 2014 and has traveled all over the globe studying, apprenticing, and teaching with some of the most respected teachers in bodywork and manual therapy.

    Inka is also a trained Ayurvedic Body Therapist. With a lifelong passion for holistic healing and mental health, she is dedicated to helping her clients live their most vibrant and joyful lives by restoring balance and harmony within their bodies.

    Inka offers private sessions, workshops, and retreat facilitation, designed to provide a full nervous system reset, supporting the body with nervous system regulation, increased body awareness, and reducing chronic pain and tensions. Her mission is to support others in finding balance, vitality, and freedom in their bodies.

  • Empowered Performance with Katie St. Clair - Intensive on movement and breath biomechanics - October 2025-Current

    Foundations of Ayurveda 200hrs- Kripalu- June 2025- August 2025

    Ayurvedic Body Therapies at Ayumind (9 month apprenticeship)- June 2024- March 2025

    Immaculate Dissection 1-4 - Kathy Dooley-, 2017-2020

    NKT Levels 1-2- 2017-2018

    Visceral Manipulation- Liz Gaggini- August 2016

    Anatomy in Motion- Foot and gait mechanics intensive- 2015

    Nerve and Artery Mobilization techniques- Kristin Schumaker- 2014

    Structural Integration Mentorship with Annie Wyman- July 2012- July 2013

    Anatomy Trains Structural Integration- Tom Myers- June 2011- July 2012

  • Structural bodywork is a holistic, system-based approach to addressing the body. Through movement and static assessment we will seek to uncover the cause of your symptoms and will treat them using a combination of the Anatomy Trains method of Structural Integration and somatic movement therapy. It is an experience that will transform your mind, body, and spirit.

    “[This work] is dedicated to the exploration of the human body, based upon the understanding that it carries transformational potential for total being” -Ida P. Rolf

    Based off of the work of Ida P Rolf, and developed by Tom Myers, Anatomy Trains Structural Integration is a form of manual therapy which is used to realign the body.  Structural BodyworkI is a holistic approach to helping the body find more balance, ease of movement and freedom from pain.  It focuses on the fascia of the body which is the connective tissue that surrounds our muscles, groups of muscles, viscera, nerves and arteries; it is the web that holds us together.

    Sometimes the source of pain may lie elsewhere and we will investigate based on your postural patterns where the dysfunction may be coming from.

    Each session focuses on what structures are not gliding smoothly and also what muscles or groups of muscles are short or restricted as well as long and overloaded.  Through standing postural assessment we will explore the relationships between the bony structures of your body. How does your rib cage relate to your pelvis, how does your pelvis relate to your feet?  From this assessment we can start to figure our what tissue needs more movement and freedom.  

    Structural Integration is system based not symptom based approach and this is why it has long lasting effects on the system as a whole. Sessions are usually built into a 3-series, 6-series, or 12-series.

    Who is it for?

    Anatomy Trains Structural Bodywork is designed to help people get out of pain, have more mobility in their body, and to move more freely and with ease. SI is great for people who have dealt with chronic pain, who want to move more freely in their body, and to have more mobility and freedom and more energy in their system.

    How does it work?

    Structural Integration Bodywork is a type of bodywork that focuses on the connective tissue, or fascia, of the body. Fascia surrounds muscles, groups of muscles, blood vessels, organs, and nerves, binding some structures together while permitting others to glide smoothly over each other. SI aligns and balances the body lengthening and repositioning the fascia. We also will use movement to help us stay out of these long standing postural issues. Gait analysis is a tool used to assess your movement and what your joints are doing during certain points during the journey your body takes through the gait cycle. When one or more joints aren’t moving, all other joints in the body will be affected. When your body reduces movement to protect something, for example due to a previous injury, it exposes other areas which can become at risk.  Through a series of exercises, we will encourage your body to come out of these old patterns of movement that are not beneficial to us anymore, and we will explore the “dark zones” creating more choice for your body.

    This type of bodywork also addresses the nervous system and our neurovascular tissues. Nerves and arteries can get trapped in the myofascial layers of our body.  Nerve and Artery Mobilization is a refined form of connective tissue work.  Often a more gentle touch, the nerve and artery release is especially helpful for those who have a nervous disorder or other sensitivities.  Through this very specific type of work we are able to release areas of tension to improve muscles function, circulation and reduce pain. 

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