Keith Sechrest

About Keith

Pronouns: They/Them

  • Training: over 800 hours
  • School: Lauterstein-Conway Massage School
  • Licensed since: 2012
  • With Myo since: 2024
  • Continuing Education: Many advanced myofascial release, deep tissue, and even craniosacral techniques inform my unique and integrative work. Specificity and knowledge help clients alleviate upper-body postural issues with neck, shoulder, and TMJ-related tension as well as tight hips from dance, sports, or desk jobs.
  • Areas of expertise: Deep Tissue, Myo and Swedish
Keith brings a lifelong interest in anatomy, a creative bent, and their own experiences with cancer, nerve damage, and chronic fatigue to restorative touch as well as holding space for clients. They appreciate opportunities to exercise a range of approaches in working at Myo; professional curiosity drives their constant learning and adaptation.
How long have you been a licensed massage therapist?

Twelve years (since 2012), having waited to receive my license and begin practicing until after completing an Advanced Clinical Training program.

How many hours of training do you have?

Including the Advanced Clinical Training program at Lauterstein-Conway and years of various continuing education courses, I have well over 800 hours.

Why did you choose massage therapy as your career?

I casually massaged friends and family over many years before acquiring any formal instruction, including mitigating my mother’s chronic sinus issues and migraines. Nearly everyone I worked on told me that I ought to be a professional, so after assisting an injured housemate in regaining a healthy range of motion in his neck, I was at last convinced to sign up for a massage therapy program.

Where did you go to school for massage?

I relocated to Austin in 2010 to attend the Lauterstein-Conway Massage School, on the recommendation of friends and neighbours in the Big Bend region of Far West Texas.

How do you describe your massage/work to others?
Meditative and enlightening, a purposeful blend of calming energy with sophisticated techniques and approaches.
What are some examples of Continuing Education you are interested in and why?

I want to deepen my understanding of intraoral techniques to offer more significant and lasting relief for clients with jaw tension, and though my work already complements physical therapy for hip/knee replacement and rotator cuff injuries, I aspire to one day become a PT as well as an LMT. Adjunct to bodywork CEs, I’d like to further study the kinesiology of the shoulder and pelvic girdles in the context of evolutionary biology.