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A quiet room with enough space for a massage table is all that is needed.
In-home care in Portland
Your time.Your kind of care.
Bodywork, embodied coaching, and personalized yoga. Choose one or combine them, with one price for your time.
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See how muscles, fascia, and movement connect. Rotate the model, choose a structure, and explore at your own pace.
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Rotate. Select. Explore. Massage that comes to you.
Attentive bodywork for tension, stress, and recovery, in your own space. Your practitioner brings the table, linens, and supplies, then leaves you with time to rest afterward.
Everything is brought to you
The table, fresh linens, and session supplies arrive with your practitioner.
Keep the calm
When the session ends, there is no drive home. You can rest and let the work settle.
Coaching through the Inner Intelligence Method.
Connect what you notice in your body with the choices you make in everyday life.
Ben's Inner Intelligence Method combines body awareness, guided reflection, comfortable movement, and small, practical experiments between sessions. Together, we choose a focus, explore a relevant practice, and review how it fits your life. Bodywork can be part of the process when you want it. Three workbooks support practice at your own pace.
The aim is to recognize your patterns, make deliberate choices, and develop a manageable personal practice. Coaching supports personal development and does not replace medical or mental-health care.
Research informing the approach
Research supports several related practices. It has not established the complete Inner Intelligence Method or these workbooks as a clinically validated treatment.
- Mindfulness training can improve self-reported body awareness. This does not necessarily mean more accurate detection of bodily signals. Treves et al., 2025.
- Teacher-led mindfulness programs reduced average distress compared with passive controls in community adults; results do not establish the effects of this coaching method. Galante et al., 2023.
- Yoga is one movement option. For chronic low-back pain, a review found small average benefits compared with no exercise and generally similar outcomes to other exercise; some people reported increased pain. Wieland et al., Cochrane, 2022.
These findings inform practice choices, rather than guarantee an individual result. We adapt activities to your comfort, preferences, and professional care needs.
What working together looks like
- Choose a useful focus.Bring a goal, a recurring pattern, or a question from your day.
- Explore it in a session.We choose a relevant exercise and use conversation, bodywork, or movement to put it into practice.
- Try something small between visits.Use the workbook to notice what happens, reflect, and bring an observation to our next session.
You do not need to complete every chapter. We choose the workbook and exercises that fit your goals. Massage can remain the whole focus of your appointment.
01 / 24 chapters
Foundational
Understand your patterns. Build a practice that fits.
A starting guide to body awareness, stress, recovery, habits, and what matters to you. It connects what you notice in everyday life with manageable changes you can practice.
What you work on: Map a recurring pattern, clarify a goal, try a body-awareness or movement practice, and track what changes. Later chapters bring values, communication, and simple personal experiments into the picture.
What you build: A personal practice plan you can use between sessions and revise together.
02 / 36 chapters
Advanced
Make your skills available in everyday challenges.
A deeper workbook for attention, learning, emotional patterns, communication, and thoughtful decisions. It builds on a workable foundation; advanced does not mean more intense.
What you work on: Practice noticing assumptions, naming emotions, making clear requests, and responding under pressure. Choose a real situation, test a small approach, and review what helped.
What you build: A practical operating manual for the situations, relationships, and decisions you want to handle with greater skill.
03 / 22 chapters
Consciousness Expansion
Explore how you notice and experience the world.
A guide to attention and perception through sight, sound, movement, bodily sensations, and ordinary sensory experience. The emphasis is on noticing detail while respecting your sensory needs.
What you work on: Compare comfortable sensory experiences, try short attention exercises, and record what changes your experience of an ordinary activity. Choose practices that fit your environment and daily responsibilities.
What you build: A personal sensory manual and a sustainable way to keep exploring attention and perception.
Insurance and payment.
Insurance enrollment is in progress. Participating plans will be listed here once approval and effective dates are confirmed.
No participating insurance plans are confirmed yet.
Coverage depends on your plan, the service, and any referral or authorization requirements. Participation does not guarantee that a session will be covered.
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Your practitioner
Benjamin (Ben) Zimmerman, PhD, LMT
Oregon license LMT-28982
Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200)
I'm Ben Zimmerman, PhD, an Oregon licensed massage therapist and Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200). I offer in-home bodywork, personalized yoga, and embodied coaching in Portland.
Together, we shape each session around your goals, preferences, and what feels useful that day. My coaching follows the Inner Intelligence Method, connecting body awareness and reflection with practical experiments in everyday life. You can spend the whole session on massage or combine it with movement and coaching.
I completed 250 hours of yoga teacher training. My background in neuroscience informs how I approach attention, learning, and movement, with practical ideas you can use between visits.
Ask a question before bookingWhat to know before a session.
How does an in-home massage appointment work?
Your practitioner brings a professional massage table, fresh linens, and everything needed for the session. You provide a quiet area with enough space to move around the table. Setup and pack-down are handled for you.
What should I book for a first session?
Choose 60, 90, or 120 minutes. You do not need to choose a separate service package. Tell Ben what you want to work on, and decide together how to use the time. A full session of massage is always welcome.
Do I need yoga experience?
Not at all. Private yoga is built around your actual body and life, not around keeping up with a class. Sessions can be quiet and restorative, strength-oriented, mobility-focused, or a blend.
Can massage and movement be combined?
Yes. An integrated session can pair focused bodywork with simple movement or breath practices so the shift can continue after the massage table is packed away.
Can I work with you on yoga and coaching together?
Yes. Ben is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200), with 250 hours of teacher training. Combine yoga, embodied coaching, and bodywork in any balance you choose within your session time. The price is the same whichever approach you choose.
Where do you travel, and what does a session cost?
Self-pay sessions are $130 for 60 minutes, $190 for 90 minutes, and $250 for 120 minutes. These rates apply to bodywork, embodied coaching, personalized yoga, or a combination. Travel is included in Central Southeast Portland. Any travel fee elsewhere is agreed before confirmation.
Is coaching a form of therapy?
No. Coaching is educational and forward-looking. It does not diagnose or treat mental health conditions. When another kind of support would serve you better, you will be encouraged to seek it.
Let's find a time for you.
Email your session length, neighborhood, and a few times that work for you. Keep email to general scheduling; please do not send health histories, insurance documents, or clinical notes. You can also call with questions.
A request is not a confirmed appointment. We'll agree on a time and confirm the details together.
BookingBy request, personally confirmed
Travel areaPortland
Travel is included in Central Southeast Portland. For other Portland locations, any travel fee is agreed before your appointment is confirmed.