A Team Approach

We are a husband-and-wife practice with two distinct areas of expertise and a shared commitment to thoughtful, individualized care. Both licensed in New York State—Lucinda as an acupuncturist and massage therapist, and Aleks as a massage therapist—we collaborate closely while respecting that every person’s needs, history, and goals are different.

Lucinda is especially drawn to prenatal and postpartum massage, as well as working with families and children. Aleks focuses on medical massage, scar-tissue work, persistent or degenerative conditions, and somatic approaches that recognize the close relationship between physical experience and the nervous system.

Working as a team means we can offer more than a standard, one-size-fits-all session. We compare perspectives, support one another’s learning, and tailor care to the person in front of us—not just a diagnosis or a list of symptoms.

Some people come to us at the beginning of their wellness journey. Others are already working with physical therapists, chiropractors, mental-health professionals, physicians, or other members of a care team. In either case, we are here to complement that care with attentive, hands-on treatment and clear communication.

We take difficult or long-standing concerns seriously. Rather than relying on a routine, we keep studying, asking better questions, and looking for practical approaches that may help create a new way forward.

Lucinda Lin

  • Lucinda Lin-Degtyarev is a NY state licensed Acupuncturist and Massage therapist. As a married, working mother who went through graduate school while pregnant, she understands the push and pull of fulfilling various roles while rising to the challenges of cultivating a profession and healthy creative self. Lucinda is a graduate of the esteemed school Pacific College of Health and Science where she received her Bachelor of Occupational Studies and Master of Science in Acupuncture with Chinese Herbal Specialization. She had the privilege of learning from experts in her fields including Dr. Wen-Chiang Pai, Mingxia Li, Dr. Thomas Leung of Kamwo Herbs, and Kiera Nagle founder of MaMassage®.

    This triple combo of modalities is at the core of Lucinda's approach to working with her clients and patients. Her style of treatment is customized to each person and their presentation each time they work together. With her dual license, Lucinda can treat a wide variety of issues, but has special interest in promoting family health, prenatal/postnatal care, pediatric health, musculoskeletal pain, adrenal fatigue, and the mind-body connection. She strongly believes that what happens in the mind and heart has great influence in the physical body, and vice versa.

    Lucinda has a great love for and connection to the natural world; she is very happy hiking, camping, and doing yard work. Growing and using medicinal herbs is another way in which she connects to nature. While studying Chinese herbal medicine in school, she found out that her paternal ancestors were farmers of medicinal herbs in China. It was a great feeling for her to come full circle back to her roots.

Aleks Degtyarev, massage therapist

  • I’m a New York State Licensed Massage Therapist, trained at Pacific College of Health and Science, with intensive study in Sports/Medical Massage and Tui Na—Chinese internal medical massage—under Master Yang Fukui.

    My work is grounded in close attention to how the body moves, adapts, protects itself, and returns to ease. I study Qi Gong with Master Hal Asbury, an ongoing practice that continues to deepen my understanding of internal movement, breath, and flow.

    While my early studies in sports medicine gave me a strong foundation in anatomy and function, they also led me toward gentler, nervous-system-informed approaches. I draw on the clinical principles of Dermoneuro Modulation, developed by Diane Jacobs: a careful, specialized approach to skin contact that considers the relationship between the subcutaneous nervous system, sensation, and the central nervous system.

    I am also an Advanced-level student in the three-year Somatic Experiencing® training program, developed by Dr. Peter Levine. This body-oriented therapeutic model explores patterns of fight, flight, and freeze with care and at a pace that supports safety, resilience, and renewed agency. I study with Debra Clydesdale and David Berger.

    Over the years, it has been a privilege to bring this learning to thousands of people. Some arrive simply wanting to relax; others are navigating more complex patterns of tension, stress, pain, or dysregulation. Every person brings a different history and a different body. That is what keeps me studying—drawing from established traditions, current clinical thinking, and the practical wisdom gained in the treatment room.

    Outside of my practice, I am a lifelong student of Vladimir Vasiliev’s Systema, a Russian martial art and way of living rooted in non-destructive movement, awareness, and breath. Massage and breathing are deeply connected in this tradition, and breath remains a central thread in my own study and work.

    Most importantly, I am interested in the person in front of me. The range of people who walk through our door—their experiences, questions, and ways of moving through the world—continues to be my greatest education.