About
Basilia Montesanto, LMT
Basilia Montesanto is a CT Licensed Massage Therapist, who has been in practice since she graduated from Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy in Groton, in 2009. After graduation, she has furthered her knowledge and skill by completing several professional massage therapy training courses.
Basilia specializes in nurturing massage therapy to help relax the mind, body and spirit. She loves to incorporate Essential oils, CBD oils, heat packs and stretches into her sessions. When appropriate, she also loves to incorporate heated or cold stones into her session to help soothe achy muscles and ease inflammation. She recently completed Cupping Therapy Massage in 2021 and soon will be incorporating Cupping Therapy as a form of deep tissue massage and Facial Cupping for relaxation and to stimulate the collagen and lymphatic system of the face to give a more youthful look.
In 2011, Basilia completed Oncology Massage Therapy: Caring for Clients with Cancer, by the researcher and writer Tracy Walton. Basilia fully believes in the benefits that massage therapy can offer this specific group of people, from reducing anxiety/depression, enhancing body image to reducing pain/suffering just to name a few. She has the training to offer therapeutic massage during the diagnostic process, while in cancer treatment, for survivors and for people who are living at the end of life. She also has the training to adapt the session to specific medication and current/past medical conditions.
Basilia also completed Pregnancy Massage: Advance Technique and Training offered by Connecticut’s AMTA Chapter in 2011 and Mother Massage®: Massage During Pregnancy in 2013, which was taught by one of the earliest pioneers of prenatal massage and developer of the Mother Massage® professional course, Elaine Stillerman.
With the knowledge gained from these two courses, Basilia knows when it is appropriate for an expecting mother to receive massage therapy and how to safely adapt her touch to address physiological/emotional changes throughout all three trimesters and also after labor.
In 2016, Basilia completed her Reiki 1 training and also trained in Hospice Massage Therapy with Center For Hospice Care In Norwich, now known as Hartford Healthcare at Home, Center For Hospice Care. She visits hospice patients regularly either in their home or at nursing homes to provide gentle respite massage therapy and Reiki to help ease emotional/physical discomfort.
When not practicing massage, Basilia loves to express her creativeness by playing the guitar, drawing, sculpting and painting. Daily meditation is a routine she incorporates to help keep her centered and grounded. Spending time with her friends, family and her three cats are things she values and tries to make time for daily, as well.