Anjuli Mahendra, LMT

Anjuli is great! Her Thai massages are incredible. She hasn’t walked on my back yet (thankfully). It’s more like extraordinary yoga where she stretches the stresses out of my body. I feel like I’m glowing afterward. She really works with you to figure out what’s going on in your life and how it might be affecting your body. I highly recommend!

Anjuli is an exceptional bodyworker. She offers a variety of modalities, from massage to energy work and even sound therapy with singing bowls. She is extraordinarily intuitive in going with the energy of her clients and responding to what shows up in the moment. The sessions I have had the privilege of enjoying with her have been relaxing, healing and taken me to places I never imagined! I highly recommend Anjuli and will be back often!

SO GOOD! I’ve been recommending Anjuli to all my friends. Her thai massage is the best. Gentle, healing, and deep. She often incorporates sound therapy and intuitively knows how to support energetic as well as physical release and relaxation.
Total bliss. I highly recommend going to her!!! :)

Anjuli is wonderful. I’m 32 weeks pregnant and was having some serious back pain. I called Anjuli and she made space for me to come in the same day.
The bodywork was exactly what I needed. I get massage often (massage is medicine) and absolutely plan to return.
Do yourself a favor and book an appointment.

Anjuli has the hands of an angel! Not only is her touch itself purely healing, but also her ability to intuit what the body needs in that moment, is the work of a true master!
It is clear with some time passing since my session with Anjuli, that her work actually creates movement and flow outside of the body. The intention we set before the work, has revealed itself in new and unexpected ways ever since.
I highly recommend Anjuli!

You have never had an experience like this before. I just had the great privilege of spending a couple of hours with Anjuli in a session that nurtured me and healed me in ways I never dreamed possible. I am completely fulfilled. Here’s how it all happened:
I wanted to do a healing session at the AcroYoga Festival called Divine Play that just happened in San Francisco. I had never met Anjuli before and had expressed that I had high hopes for the many modalities of bodywork I had experienced, but that I seldom walked away really ‘feeling’ changed or empowered or different or even healed. She said this session would be good for me. She then proceeded to use countless tools to give me a session I will never forget.
She drew on me with a firm piece of Shea butter that easily melted onto my skin as sunlight poured onto me in the treatment room. She used singing bowls on either side of my ears and rang them perfectly for sound therapy. She used long, languid, fluid massage strokes to relax and deeply soothe me in all the right intuitively discovered places. She spoke in the most relaxing, calm voice, encouraging me to unwind with «yes’s» and «mmm hmmms» each time my body relaxed or unlocked another layer. She treated my entire body and didn’t miss one part. She took into account all of my requests and paid special attention to areas where I wanted special attention. She guided me through this process with short poignant instruction in an affirming loving voice. Her intention was loving and I felt her p r e s e n c e through every moment of the treatment. She used massage techniques, Thai massage techniques and her own blend of magic. She cleansed me with sage and cleared me with holy wood. She took time before and after to really understand what was going on with me. It’s hard to fully put into words but I walked in feeling good– and I walked out filled with love, filled with the kind of vibration or attitude that wanted to give back to the world and filled with deep appreciation for myself, others and for Anjuli.
Post treatment I paced about in a blissful trancelike state at the festival as hundreds of yogis catapulted themselves into different tricks. I was so peaceful and happy and high. I gave two mini treatments myself to friends who were in pain and paid it forward easily.
I would strongly recommend experiencing and going all out with Anjuli. This is money well spent and will serve you so much more to exchange it for a few sessions rather than holding on to it! Sometimes the value of something, like touch is so great that giving money isn’t enough. I thanked Anjuli profusely, and smiled and held her to try to express the deep appreciation for the way she cared for me during this treatment. I would recommend a 1.5−2.5 hour initial session and then a follow up session or two of 90 minutes. If I lived near her I would quite possibly see her weekly! You will quite simply never forget her work.
Enjoy
In Joy.
Tari

Wonderful! I saw Anjuli when I was having terrible back pain after a stressful time in January. She worked with me to create a comprehensive massage that helped me relax and feel better within my body.
Her home studio put was peaceful, clean and comfortable.
The best part about my experience was that she really understood what my body needed. I came in with back pain and she addressed it, but she also noticed that I carry tension in my stomach and really focused on helping me with that. Who knew you could get an abdominal massage? I didn’t!
Basically, I left her feeling peaceful and regenerated, which was my goal. I will be visiting her again!

Anjuli is one of the best massage therapists I’ve ever encountered. I first met her in India in 2010 where I had a very painful injury on my back and she was a blessing on my path.
She is communicative and has a soft but firm touch and really is in touch with the body and what needs to be done, you’ll feel amazing after receiving a session from this sweetie!

Great massage from Anjuli at Wanderlust — Squaw Valley. I enjoyed a 90 minute session with Anjuli. I felt very relaxed and rejuvinated after the massage. I would certainly recommend her for bodywork.

Wow! I recently received bodywork-​healing from Anjuli for the first time after being recommended by a friend to her.
The session really went deep. Anjuli is very intuitive, as if she is receiving information from some unknown bright source that lets her know where to go and how to unlock the blocked tissue.
Her touch is gentle, nurturing, and precise; after the massage, I knew it was good because my body felt lighter, I was more clear, and I had a tangible release of old emotions.
If you want to do deep and let go of some things that don’t serve you anymore, then do yourself kindly and see Anjuli. If we could replicate her and send her to every city around the world, the earth would become a healthier place much quicker!!!

As a bodyworker myself, I am incredibly picky and sensitive when it comes to receiving… I find Anjuli to be incredibly gentle and strong which is the perfect combination. I love the soothing environment she creates with her presence and the commitment to care that she shows by her «bedside manner». I recommend her to an active individual who values a bodyworker who is highly trained and with great intuition. I get sessions from her at least twice a month!

Anjuli was extremely knowledgable about the body, and did a great consultation. I do lots of running and biking, and her massage really helped with the tight muscles associated with that. I would recommend her to anyone who does lots of athletics.

Anjuli is very nurturing and very present during the session. Definitely will come back again and bring my family with me

Anjuli has a soft yet firm massage. Very invigoration and refreshing. Her energy work was divine-​she is a divine being and a goddess –loves to give massage and it shows in her work.
Amazing young woman with a magical touch

She is a very good massage therapist. The best I’ve come across in the bay area.

I have had several bodywork sessions from Anjuli when she has been in the Chicagoland area. Anjuli is an extremely sensitive and deeply intuitive healer. She was completely and totally present with me when she was working on me, and her hands and energy flowed right to the areas that most needed them. Her subtle yet powerful touch and use of breath work helped me become more aware of my body’s holding patterns and how to let go. I highly recommend Anjuli to anyone who would like to be in better touch with their body and spirit.

I have received a few bodywork sessions from Anjuli so far, and I can honestly say that she is by far one of the best massage therapists that I have ever had work on me! She combines what she has learned from Asia and Hawaii, and the result is something wonderful. My body always feel maximally relaxed and reenergized after each session. I HIGHLY recommend her.

I met this beautiful lady on my vacation to Kauai last year and greedily got not one but two massages from her in my 9 days there. One of the very few therapists who understands what my shoulders need, Anjuli really listened to what I wanted and was super flexible with my needs. Being a fellow bodyworker myself, I love really intense work. It can be pretty difficult finding someone who can go as deep as I need it. I am OVERJOYED that she decided to move to Oakland!!! YAYYY!!! My shoulders do a happy dance!

In previous cities where I’ve lived — NYC, Los Angeles, DC – I’ve often used Unilocal to find massage therapists. I’ve patronized dozens in my life, either trying to find a deal or having what usually amounted to a good but not great experience. I’ve never bothered to register so I could write a review until now, and that’s because I’ve never been so impressed by a masseuse. I’ll patronize Anjuli at every opportunity, and I recommend her without reservation. I say that as someone who has always shopped around for the best deal or switched providers often in hopes of finding someone truly special.
There are some things about the session that are easily described. She’s very professional, attentive, and confident — I felt completely comfortable giving myself over to her care, and always felt I was in good hands, so to speak, even when she was using techniques I’d never experienced before. Although I was thrilled as a frequent getter of massages, I’d also recommend her to someone getting their first massage too, because she very much puts everyone at ease.
My girlfriend accompanied me to the session, and had her own massage. It impressed me that Anjuli talked to us both beforehand, sort of teasing out our particular needs. And unlike some practitioners I’ve experienced, she actually tailored her approach to what we said. She’s very versatile in that way, implementing deep tissue, Thai, and other techniques I’d never experienced before, despite trying out different styles a lot when I lived in NYC. Afterward when I inquired about various stuff she’d done she was very willing to answer questions too, which was great. And my girlfriend and I each got very much our own session.
What’s harder to describe is the attitude Anjuli brings to her work, and what she exudes during a session. If you ever see a particularly fluid athlete on the field, or an especially adept chef at a cutting board, or one of those people who is especially good at dancing turned loose to music — Anjuli combines what seems like a profound enjoyment of her work, which is so rare and cool to see, alongside a skillfulness that I could observe even though I couldn’t replicate it in a million years. I saw this especially watching my girlfriend get massaged, but I felt it too during my own session, and in some inchoate way it definitely added to the experience. I left feeling better physically and mentally than I ever have after a previous massage.
I’m not someone who uses the word karma a lot, but it seemed only fair to get over the enormous mental hurdle of signing up to write a review. First time for everything.