Meet Vance Bleaux.
Sedona Bodywork is one person: Vance Bleaux — massage therapist, sound and energy healer, working in Sedona since 1997.
One set of hands — one healing space
There is no front desk at Sedona Bodywork, and no roster of rotating therapists. The person who answers your text is the person whose hands you will be under — and he has been doing this work, in this town, for nearly three decades.
What happens on the table draws on three disciplines at once: deep bodywork, sound healing, and psychic energy work. Clients book a massage; what they get is whatever their body turns out to need. Nothing is imposed — if straight deep bodywork is all you want, that is exactly what you get.
Sessions happen in Vance’s private sound-healing studio among the gongs and crystal bowls — a working healing room, not a spa lobby. Clients call it a feature, not a compromise.
When you arrive at the property, you are transported to another dimension — a mystical world of sound, healing energy, spiritual art, and beautifully themed landscaping. It is truly one of the most unique and immersive properties in Sedona.
The record, layer by layer
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Oregon & California
Raised among makers
A childhood in a family of artists and jewelers — people who made their living with their hands. Precision, patience and touch were the family trade.
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High school
Built for distance
A competitive long-distance runner — one of the first high-school runners in the country to be sponsored by Nike.
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University of Oregon
Running, and repairing runners
He ran for the University of Oregon and studied sports-injury rehabilitation — how bodies break down under load, and what it takes to rebuild them. He came close to making the Olympic team.
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Heartwood Institute
The healing arts, formally
Massage training at the Heartwood Institute in California. The athletic career became a healing one.
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New York City
Strength years
Three years in New York as a bodybuilder, personal trainer and massage therapist — learning the body from the inside out, and what it takes to build and restore strength.
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Sedona · 1997
The apprenticeship
He moved to Sedona and found his teacher: three years of apprenticeship under bodyworker Curt Harmon — a lineage passed hand to hand, practitioner to practitioner.
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Today
Thirty years of experience
Thirty years of massage and bodywork in Sedona, along with Reiki training. Sound and energy work are naturally woven through his sessions — gong, hand pan, quartz crystal bowls, tuning forks, didgeridoo and flutes.
Questions about what your body needs? Call or text 928.301.0289 — Vance answers himself.
Client stories, on camera
Vance is truly one of a kind — his decades of mastery in human anatomy are matched by an incredibly loving, attuned presence that makes every session feel deeply personal and transformative. From his wildly creative space to the way he weaves sound healing into his work, everything about the experience feels intentional, unique, and unlike any massage I’ve had before. I highly recommend him if you’re looking for an unforgettable healing experience.Hayley Ebersole — Women’s Embodiment Coach · exploringbodymindfreedom.com
I had a session with Vance two days ago and it was amazing — the best massage I ever had. He combines healing, deep massage and sound, and makes it so special.Ikuko
What clients say
Finding a massage therapist you truly trust is not easy, especially when you’re looking for more than just a good massage. For me, it’s about feeling safe, being able to completely relax, and finding someone who understands the body on a much deeper level. That’s exactly what I found with Vance.Olga Kysil
I have to be honest — as a woman, I’ve never really felt comfortable having a male massage therapist work on me. It was something I had always been very particular about, and I never really allowed myself to fully relax in that kind of setting. With Vance, that completely changed.
Vance is incredibly professional and highly skilled, but what makes his work truly different for me is the way he combines his technical expertise with an incredible sensitivity to the body and energy.
I didn’t come to him with a specific physical problem or an injury that needed to be fixed. What I was experiencing was much harder to explain — I felt disconnected from my own body. I was very much in my head, and it sometimes felt like my body and I were not fully connected.
After a session with Vance, I could actually feel that connection coming back. I became much more aware of my body physically — I could feel myself again, feel grounded, present, and connected. It wasn’t simply that my muscles felt relaxed. It felt like I had come back into my body.
That is what makes his work so special to me. He has an incredible understanding of the body, but he also works with energy in a way that feels very natural and intuitive. He knows when the body needs deeper physical work and when it needs something much more subtle. His touch is confident and professional, but at the same time incredibly respectful and intuitive.
And for me, the fact that I can completely relax and trust a male practitioner with my body is already saying a lot.
Every time I leave a session with Vance, I feel different — more grounded, more present, lighter, and much more connected to myself. It’s an experience that goes far beyond a traditional massage.
If you’re looking for someone who combines real professionalism and massage expertise with an exceptional sensitivity to the body and energy, I would genuinely recommend experiencing Vance’s work.
I have been receiving Vance’s massages for many years, and I can honestly say they are the best massages I have ever experienced. His deep, intuitive bodywork is incredibly thorough, while still being sensitive to exactly what my body needs. I always leave feeling lighter, more relaxed and completely rejuvenated. I was originally referred to Vance when I was having significant difficulty with my hip, and his bodywork made a remarkable difference. Over the years, I have also received many psychic readings from Vance, and his intuitive gifts are extraordinary. His readings continue to give me insight into my life, helping me understand myself, see situations from a deeper perspective, and find clarity as I move forward. Vance has a unique gift for working with body, energy and spirit. His treatment room is also a beautiful and very special Sedona experience, filled with sound, crystals, art and an atmosphere that immediately invites you to relax. I feel very blessed to have found Vance. I highly recommend Vance as a peak Sedona experience!Vimala Sperber
Vance was a godsend when I moved to Sedona 5 years ago. I had existing injuries and some hardware in my spine that needed a gentle awareness, but I’m also wound up pretty tight in my shoulders, which requires strength and purposeful pressure. Vance is an intuitive therapist and a very knowledgeable healer with a great understanding of body energetics. His treatment room is a work of art and an expression of Vance’s creative spirit; truly the quintessential Sedona experience! It’s full of eastern deities, Christ consciousness, stars and galaxies, crystals and chakra-expanding toroidal pyramid sculptures that will blow your vortex wide open! If anything is stuck, he will bang his great gong to move it through! I am relaxed, rejuvenated, and tingling from head to toe after spending time on Vance’s massage table and feel so lucky to have found him right here in Sedona!Ashley Cohen
A session with Vance is like a soul-level reset. Aside from it always being a blast to spend any time with him… his sessions are rejuvenating both physically and spiritually. Vance is super tapped in and very intuitive with his massage and bodywork — and also super psychic, and will naturally share his insights in perfect time if the moment calls for it. It feels like chatting with a long-time Spirit friend who has witnessed me in many forms, across many timelines. I always look forward to my sessions and “save” them for when I need a good reconnection to my body and spirit. In my ideal reality I would see him once a week!S. K. Sedona
Vance is a very experienced massage and energy healer who is really in the zone. He is intuitive and compassionate and has great, balanced, masculine energy, along with the feminine. My massage experiences have always been very uplifting and clearing, relaxing and effective. Vance really does the personal energy and spiritual work, so he is in the know. If you’re in the Sedona area, I highly recommend connecting with a great local who has been a mainstay in the Spiritual Community.Bill Foss — Akashic Record Reader
Sessions with Vance transport you to a different realm. Super intuitive, fluid bodywork that proves decades of experience. His work is powerful but not forceful. I feel aligned, calm, and ready to move throughout the rest of my week with so much more ease.Janell Sharma
Vance is amazing!! He cares and is truly passionate about his work. He practices out of his humble abode which has a bunch of trees out front and then inside has sound healing gongs and Buddhas. Good vibes abound, but if you’re into bougie spa vibes, this ain’t it. This is for those who want the deep WORK that feeds the soul. He’s also a great source of info on where to go for hikes or kayaking etc because he’s super into that stuff. He’s a true local gem!!!Taty G.
Individual results vary; bodywork is not a substitute for medical care.
The table — and the sound — are ready when you are.
Booking is a call or a text — Vance answers himself and replies the same day. Say what your body needs, or simply that you are in town.
Wednesdays 7:30–9:30 PM — Group Sound Bath, $40 at the door