lily gottschalk is a licensed massage therapist. her bodywork practice is informed by education in traditional thai massage, martial arts, theology, herbalism, western physiology and performance art.

prior to founding a private practice, she she served as a spa therapist at amangiri in the remote desert of southern utah. her treatments have amplified the health of clientele from fortune 500 ceos to farmers, from war refugees to members of royal families. 

in addition to training under eastern bodywork masters in southeast asia and new york city, she spent time on the navajo nation studying the logic of ceremony and cultivating a reciprocal relationship with the beings that gift medicine to humankind.

lily holds a visual art degree from oberlin college. in her free time, she maintains an art practice, tends land, and walks around with her dog wolf.

below is a selection of her teachers that have greatly influenced her therapeutic methods.

homprang chaleekanha

doctor of traditional thai medicine, therapeutic thai massage teacher, midwife, and herbal preparations expert, homprang is a force of nature. much of her knowledge was preserved and passed down to her by her grandmother beginning at age six. she was also selected as a member of the pilot group of teachers of these practices as ordained by the thai ministry of public health in the early 2000’s. lily lived and trained at homprang’s compound in chiang mai for one month in 2026.

wataru ohashi

innovator of the OHASHI method was one of those teachers responsible for bringing shiatsu to the united states in the 1970’s. his core teaching is to create sublime therapeutic contact by harnessing the power of gravity and the human nervous system.

sifu chen ying

wushu master of the liu he zi ran men (six point harmony natural style) lineage. he trained directly under wan lai sheng—the father of the style. at the heart of this method is power generation via the dynamics among the six main axes/joints of the body. lily trained with sifu chen in new york city from 2016 - 2018.

tjkorde gde rai

balian healer and grandson of the last king of ubud. tjkorde engaged with energy points stemming from the toes that connected to organ systems—each correlating with their own emotional dynamics. he could diagnose complex psychological wounds using these points on the toes, and prescribed a combination of herbs, mudras, offerings, and magical drawings to return his patients to a state of original bliss.