CTI practitioners provide...
free seated and fully clothed massage to people living on the societal margins of San Francisco.
Seated Massage
Therapeutic caring touch is the heart and foundation of CTI’s history and mission. CTI considers itself to be one of the many vital social service agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area working in collaboration with those who provide food, shelter and healthcare to members in our community that are experiencing homelessness or who are marginally housed. We work to address an un-met need: the need for love, community, and empowerment by addressing the deep spiritual and emotional needs of our community and working with trauma in a way that allows for trust and resilience to grow.
Upcoming Special Events
Lava Mae Pop-up Care Village
Wednesday, May 18 / Friday, June 24 / Wednesday, August 17
11am-3pm
Frank Ogawa Plaza
1 Frank H Ogawa Plz Oakland, CA 94612
Free Seated Massage Schedule
We are currently in the process of resuming our regular service. Please check back soon for updates!
Gubbio Project, Saint John the Evangelist, 1661 15th St. map
2nd and 4th Monday 9:30-11:30am
Tenderloin Self-Help
146 Leavenworth map
Tuesday 10 - 1 pm
Sixth Street Self Help
181 6th Street map
Wednesday 1:00 - 3:00
Mercy Housing California Dudley Apartments
172 6th St map
Last Monday of the Month, 3 - 5 pm
(Residents only)
On Pause
Saint Anthony Foundation
150 Golden Gate Ave map
3rd Monday 1:30 - 3:30 pm
( by reservation only)
On Pause
Mission Neighborhood Resource Center
165 Capp Street map
2nd 3rd & 4th Thursday, 6 - 8 pm
(Ladies Night - Female identified only)
On Pause
Kelly Cullen Community
220 Golden Gate Ave map
Residents only
Thursdays, 10:30 - 12:30 pm
( Residents only)
On Pause
Tom Waddell Medical Clinic
230 Golden Gate Ave map
Integrated Pain Management
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1:30-4:30 pm - English
2nd Weds each month
9:30-11:30am Women Only
(Patients only)
Larkin Street Youth Services
134 Golden Gate Ave map
2nd Monday, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
4th Tuesday, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
(26 or younger)
On Pause
UCSF Women’s HIV/AIDs Clinic 350 Parnassus Ave map
2nd & 4th Monday 1:30-5:00 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesday 9:00 - 12:00 pm
(Female identified patients only)
On Pause
Mobile Harm Reduction Outreach Site
Wednesdays 11-1pm at Victoria Manalo Draves Park (58 Colombia Square) - SOMA
Wednesdays 2:30-4:30pm On 15th St. (Between Mission and Valencia) - The Mission
Fridays, 11-1pm at the Bayview Playground/ MLK Jr. Park (Armstrong St) - The Bayview
Special Events
Four Corner Friday
Every first Friday of each month from 3-4:30pm, Hospitality House joins neighborhood community partners like DeMarillac Academy, Curry Senior Center, Larkin Street Services, and other businesses and non-profits to activate the street corners of our neighborhood. Come join the fun at the next 4 Corner Friday, in front of Hospitality House at 290 Turk. There will be chair massages offered by the Care Through Touch Institute, art activities, info tables, popcorn and other treats, and musical tributes!
Project Homeless Connect
CTI is a regular participant at Project Homeless Connect (PHC). Every other month, CTI joins with over 1500 individual community volunteers quarterly to provide health and human services to the homeless and marginalized people of San Francisco. In this way, CTI continues to strengthen its connections with local service agencies that share our commitment to caring for those who reside in and frequent the streets of San Francisco’s poorest neighborhoods. The massage chairs of CTI practitioners are always filled at this day-long event!
See website for details/dates
Lava Mae
Lava Mae brings critical services to the streets – delivered with an unexpected level of care they call Radical Hospitality™ – to rekindle dignity and hope for people experiencing homelessness through their Mobile Hygiene Service, Pop-Up Care Villages and buildIt toolkit. Once monthly we partner with Lava Mae at their Pop-Up Care Villages in order to offer therapeutic touch to our homeless neighbors.
See website for details/dates