Lara offers you an opportunity to unplug and take an inward journey into your body and your self. Focused bodywork that offers an opportunity to remember you are a human being not just a human doing. Hands-on healing that can help you recalibrate and reclaim your health and vitality. Equal parts presence and technical skill with a fusion of Eastern and Western bodywork techniques. The focus being nourishing you from the inside out and the outside in, an invitation to become even more YOU.

why therapeutic massage?

therapeutic offerings

Integrative Therapeutic Massage

Therapeutic table massage integrating eastern and western bodywork philosophies. Creating a session specifically for you - ranging from relaxing Swedish techniques and including deep tissue work, trigger point therapy, positional release, and myofascial release. A focus on specific problem areas a chance to deeply relax and drop-in. Massage table will be warmed if you prefer and may include aromatherapy and warm therapy through heated towels. Equal parts presence, creativity, and technical skill.

Sauna and Massage Packages:

At Good Medicine Collective you can enjoy the magical combination of a 1 hour sauna pass and a 1 hour or 90 minute Integrative Table Massage, taking in the healing ‘old world’ medicine of hydrotherapy. A truly detoxifiying combination of heat + water aids in softening muscles, releasing metabolic waste, and soothing stress. Sauna pass offered directly before or after your massage appointment. Includes towels, filtered water, and shower. This will be a private sauna session.

Thai Yoga Bodywork

Thai bodywork can be effective at loosening stuck areas in the body, allowing greater movement and healthier overall function. Treatments are individualized and can range from whole body relaxation, spot specific to release stubborn tension, addressing injury, or a realaxing massage to calm busy minds.

Thai bodywork is just one branch of a traditional healthcare system native to Thailand, one branch on the ‘tree’ of Traditional Thai Medicine. The context of environment, habits and lifestyle, and life stages of the patient will be considered in creating a specialized session.

Lara will guides the recipient through a series of yoga like postures and gentle stretching while palming and thumbing along the body's "sen" (energy lines) and pressure points. This relieves muscular tension, increases circulation and balances the body by unblocking and dispersing energy. Deep tissue massage includes Lara using forearms, feet, palms, knees. Increases range of motion, helping you feel good in your body, become more limber, and balance energy.

• Online booking is encouraged for scheduling a massage session. You may also call/text Lara at 207-408-3043 or email radiantnature@gmail.com. Sessions by appointment only.

• I accept cash, check, venmo @larabelle1, or credit card as forms of payment for your massage. Thank you!

Bodywork Policies

What to expect during your massage therapy appointment:

• If this is your first visit to receive massage, great! Looking forward to our appointment together.

• Good Medicine Collective is located at 231 York St. where you will find a short intake form if this is your first appointment.

• We have a comfortable waiting area/lounge where you will find a hot tea station, water, and restrooms available, it’s a beautiful space to relax and get settled before your appointment.

• If you are receiving a Thai Massage please we loose fitting clothing (like yoga pants, sweatpants, running shorts, and layers).

Payment and Gratuity

• All sessions must be paid in full prior to (credit card/Venmo @larabelle1) or at the time of service (cash/check/credit card/venmo).

• Cash, check or Venmo (@larabelle1) payments are preferred.

• Gratuities will be accepted if offered, but are never expected.

Cancellation/Rescheduling and Refunds

• When you book an appointment, I commit that time and reserve it just for you. A lot of scheduling requests and juggling happen to hold this space just for you, please be conscious of that.

• A 48-hour notice is required to cancel or reschedule an appointment without a charge. You will receive both a text and email reminder more than 48 hours in advance (from Acuity Online Scheduling) to make any needed changes in advance without a charge.

• For appointments canceled or rescheduled with less than a 24-hour notice you will be obligated to pay for your session in full with the card that is on file, thank you for your understanding and cooperation with this policy.

** To cancel or modify your appointment, please use the link provided in your confirmation email

(changes can be made up to 48 hours before your scheduled appointment) **

• Exceptions can be made in certain circumstances with discretion,, life happens. During the pandemic, illness related cancellations will be taken into consideration.

Arriving Late

I do my best to schedule appointments at the convenience of our clients. However, we cannot extend sessions beyond the scheduled time frame to accommodate late arrivals. Should you arrive late, we will provide the fullest treatment possible within the allotted time. Please text 207-408-3043 to let me know if you are running late.  I will always try to work with you, please communicate, thank you.

Sickness

Massage/bodywork are not appropriate if you have any infectious or contagious illnesses. Please cancel your appointment as soon as you are aware of an infectious or contagious condition. If it is within the 24-hour notice period, the cancellation fee may be waived.

Service

My goal is always to provide excellent care for my clients. I do however reserve the right to refuse service to anyone at anytime for any reason.

Updated 10/14/2026

good medicine collective

Location:

Good Medicine Collective / West End

231 York Street Portland, Maine 04101

Nestled in the residential West End neighborhood of Portland with a lovely view of the harbor. It includes ample street parking, a cozy massage room, access to their sauna, and much more.

Good Medicine Collective is a group of healing providers embarking on a journey of the heart to recover the wisdom of our bodies, recognize our belonging and remember that WE are the medicine.

‘At Good Medicine, we are exploring village consciousness and what it means to be a healing community. By practicing presence and authenticity, we recover intimacy and connection. By practicing acceptance for the Self and Other, we recover compassion and empathy. By slowing down, we discover our grief, joy, and shared humanity. We use the medicine of ceremony in the form of Good Medicine Circles to remember the wisdom and knowing of these bodies, to recover more of ourselves and thus each other.

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