Carlos is a graduate of the Educating Hands School of Massage (1996), training extensively in Deep Tissue, Swedish, Pregnancy, Aromatherapy, Effleurage, Petrissage, Friction, and Tapotement massage techniques. He further studied and completed coursework in Shiatsu and Isolated Stretching Techniques, Neuromuscular: Back, Neck and Upper Extremities, Cranial Sacral and Cerebral Spinal Fluid, and Pain Management by Approaching the Nerval System.
Carlos began his Massage Therapy career at Massage By Design in Miami Beach in 1996. Subsequently he worked with select spas and private clients, including the Santa Maria Spa in Miami, Portovita in Aventura, and Portofino Towers in Miami Beach. From 2000-2005, Carlos owned and operated Essential Body Work, overseeing five massage therapists. In addition to managing the therapy center, Carlos personally provided massage therapy to 25 clients a week.
Carlos regularly serves elite clientele on Fisher Island, Miami Beach, Miami as well as those who vacation in the area. Carlos has massaged over 40 pregnant women throughout their pregnancies, including many through more than one pregnancy. Carlos is also preferred by numerous professionals including personal trainers, pilates instructors, massage therapists, and dancers. A lead dancer of the Miami City Ballet has been coming to him exclusively for over four years.
Carlos works with a deep sensitivity based on an in-depth knowledge of the human body. In a one-hour massage, Carlos specializes in a total body approach by balancing energy, by opening meridian channels, regulating the fascia of the body, and removing the toxins from the veins, arteries and muscle tissue. All three techniques combined help to create a balance within each organ and system. Whether the client needs to rehabilitate from an illness or injury, or to improve the strength, flexibility, fluidity, or other physical elements of the body, Carlos’s touch is supportive and nurturing.
