Barry Bailey
Jack Casey Marcia Puryear
Barry L. Bailey,
BA, MS, LMT
Licensed Massage Therapist
STAR Tech Healing Developer and Practitioner
Teacher of Workshops and Classes
Pain Management Consultant
Active Stretching Instructor & Coach
Speaker and Lecturer
Published Writer
Managing Director STAR Tech Healing
and Learning Center
Photo courtesy Turner Photography
Stoneham, MA
(C) 2015 Joe Turner
Barry L. Bailey is a teacher, Massage Therapist, Active Stretching
Instructor and Coach, Pain Management Consultant, published writer and the developer of
Soft Tissue Active Recovery Technique - STAR Tech®.
Barry has been practicing massage professionally since 1992,
when he opened his private practice on Nason Street in downtown
Maynard, Massachusetts.
Barry is Licensed to practice Massage Therapy by the
State of Massachusetts.
Bailey Therapeutic Massage serves the Boston Metro West
communities of Maynard, Acton, Sudbury, Stow, Concord, Hudson, Marlborough,
Bolton, Boxborough, Lincoln, Wayland, Littleton, Clinton, Harvard, Sterling and Carlisle.
Education
Barry is a graduate of, and is certified as a Massage Therapist by The Massage
Institute of
New England (MINE)(1993), in Somerville, MA.
Barry chose MINE after very carefully interviewing the other massage schools
that were available at the time. The MINE philosophy appealed to him in that it
did not turn out "cookie cutter" Massage Therapists, but rather encouraged each
student to develop a unique style that they could call their own.
His education at MINE has served him well as he continues to develop new treatments and approaches to pain relief.
In 1967 Barry earned his Bachelor of Arts degree
in Theatre Education with a minor in Speech from Emerson College, Boston,
Massachusetts.
He served as President the the Emerson Chapter of Alpha Psi
Omega
the National Theatre Honor Society.
Barry graduated with honors from Emerson College.
His excellent training at Emerson has served him well
in his teaching and communication skills.
Barry went on to earn his Master of Science Degree in Theatre Design
[Scenery, Lighting and Costumes] from
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois in 1969.
For his Master's Degree project at Southern
Illinois Barry designed the Scenery and Lighting for the Children's Theatre
production Simple Simon.
The project included creating detailed working drawings for the set construction
and special effects. All painting of the set was his work.
The Director of Simple Simon was Lou Warner.
It was also his Masters Thesis project.
Costumes were designed by underclassman Richye Forbes.
Early Teaching and Theatre Designs
Barry taught
full time 1969 -1970 in the Theatre Department at the University of South
Carolina in Columbia where he served as resident scenic and costume designer.
He also served as the scenic and costume designer at the U.S.C. 1969 student
summer performance program on Hilton Head Island, SC.
1970 Spring
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the
Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade [
Marat/Sade ]
Director: Stephen Coy
Scenic and Costume Designs: Barry Bailey
Lighting Design: Jack Shirk
Barry taught
a variety of college level courses at several schools in Boston from 1970 to 1980.
At Northeastern University he worked full time teaching in the Department of
Theatre. He served as the Theatre Productions
Manager and Resident Scenic and Lighting Designer. He also
supervised student scenic and lighting designs.
1970 Fall
Ubu Roi
Director: Mort Kaplan
Costume Designs: Anthony Buglio
Scenic Design: Barry Bailey
Lighting Design: Paul Iverson
Note: Ubu Roi was first presented in Paris in 1896. On opening night the
audience was scandalized by this vulgar satire that defied all the traditions of
theatre of the time. Ubu Roi paved the way for what would eventually be
termed Theatre of the Absurd.
Ubu Roi translates to King Turd or King Sh*t.
In addition
to his full time position at Northeastern University, Barry taught for several
years part time at Newbury Junior College and at Mass
College of Art.
He also taught part time at The School Of Fashion Design (SFD) from 1970 until
1980. He designed the lighting for the end of year Fashion Show that displayed
the garment creations of the students of that school year. He also served on the
SFD Board of Advisors.
At the different schools he taught a wide variety of
courses including history, technical, practical, creative and hands-on courses.
Courses included scenic design,
lighting design, costume design for the stage and for the camera, history of costume, scene painting, set building and
play production.
As a writer in 1969, Barry had his article published in
Theatre Crafts magazine describing the history of, and process of
constructing, early theatre era cut drops for the stage.
Bailey Designs
From 1976 until 1999 Barry ran his own design production company, Bailey
Designs. It was the first company of its kind in New England and helped
establish New England as a viable video production location, competing with New
York, Chicago and L.A.
Bailey Designs provided the designs
and execution of scenery, props, set decorations, special effects and
costumes for the New England Film and Television Industry, as well as for
Regional Theatre, Opera and Dance Productions. Bailey Designs also included work
with print photographers.
As the owner of Bailey Designs, Barry did projects for hundreds of clients including New
England Telephone, Mass Mutual Insurance (Springfield), PBS (Springfield), Wang
Computers, Lotus, Polaroid, Prudential Insurance, Shawmut Bank, New England
Merchants Bank, Disney, Marshall’s and the
Harvard Business School. He designed and styled nearly a hundred White Sale commercials for Filene’s
and Jordan Marsh Department Stores between 1976 and 1982.
Getting to Yes - Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In -
The Video
With Roger Fisher, William Ury and Bruce Patton
1991 Training Video based on the studies conducted by the Negotiation Project at
the Harvard Business School
Produced by
Nathan/Tyler Productions, Boston
Barry Bailey - Scenic Design, Construction and Set Decoration
Overseas Language Programs
1978 TV Commercial for New England Merchants Bank
Produced by
September Productions, Boston
Barry Bailey - Scenic Deign and Set Decoration
War Room
1983
Aborted TV Commercial for Shawmut Bank featuring the strategic positioning of
their new ATM machines.
This complex project never aired. As the many hours of film were being edited
a suicide truck bomb attack at the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut,
Lebanon, killed 241 American service members and injured many others. Days later
the United
States, along with several Caribbean allies, launched Operation Urgent Fury, a
military intervention in Grenada. Shawmut Bank wisely halted the film editing
and the entire project was scrapped.
Produced by September
Productions, Boston
Barry Bailey –
Scenic Design and Construction
Barry designed and built
over 100 video projects for Digital Equipment Company including the video news
sets and talk show sets for both DecWorld 1 and DecWorld 2. He also transformed
Boston's Arlington Street Castle Armory into a Computer Museum and Presentation
Theatre for Digital Equipment's world-wide
televised announcement of their personal computer in 1982.
Forum '84 Leonardo da Vinci
1983 Digital Equipment Company
Produced by
Digital Video Productions
Shot on location at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Barry Bailey - Costume Design and Construction and Scenery
Styling
Barry worked on projects for all of Boston’s commercial TV stations including a
series of TV spots for well-known personality Dave Maynard's morning radio show.
Maynard in the Morning - Quiz Show
1984 TV Commercial for Boston Radio Station
WBZ
Dave Maynard was transformed into Henry VIII, Mr. T and Boy George.
Produced by Aydelott Associates
Make-up: Bob
Barry Bailey: Costume Design and
Construction [Henry VIII]
Season's Greetings
1977 TV commercial for WCVB TV 5 Boston
Produced by Ihor Photography, Boston
This 30 second video spot consisted of several still photos that were animated
to bring the viewer from the Victorian past to the present.
Barry Bailey - Scenic Design, Construction and Painting,
Stylist, Costume Design, Talent [Victorian]
Barry was
honored in 1978 with a New England Emmy Nomination for costumes he designed for WBZ TV
4’s Emmy Award Winning Children’s Show, Catch a Rainbow.
The show used a core of six actors who took
on roles in a new story each episode. The tales were a re-telling of some
classic children's stories as well as new tales.
Barry Bailey - Costume designs, construction
and special effects
In 1977 Barry served as Art Director, Costume Designer and Set Decorator on the
multi-award-winning independent period film A Little Death.
The low budget independent film was shot
primarily at Hammond Castle in Gloucester plus several other sites in
Massachusetts.
Awards for A Little Death
from a series of film festivals included First Prize, Best Dramatic Film, Best of Festival and the
prestigious 1978
CINE Golden Eagle Award.
Barry's design
specialty and passion was historic re-creation.
Bailey Therapeutic Massage
Barry and his former wife Nancy opened their original Bailey Therapeutic Massage office
across the street in 1992 at 9 Nason Street.
At Bailey Therapeutic Massage, Barry now offers gentle Relaxation Massage,
Swedish Massage, Sports Massage, Deep Tissue Work, Rehabilitation Massage for
overuse and other injuries, Energy Balancing/Energy Healing, Pain Management
plus Stretching Instruction and Coaching.
He offers Sports Massage for Athletes of all varieties
including treatments that are specific for musicians and dancers. Barry has first hand experience in this area,
as his daughter Miranda Ariel Bailey was a professional ballet
dancer with the Columbia City Ballet (CCB) from 2001 until 2012, performing as a
soloist in the CCB season. She currently serves as the Ballet Mistress for CCB
and is Assistant to the Artistic Director.
Bailey Therapeutic Massage has been the winner
of the Community Newspapers' Readers Choice Awards - Best Massage in Maynard,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and
Honorable Mention 2011, 2012, 2013,2014, 2015 and 2017.
Recent Teaching
Barry has been teaching
STAR Tech, Active Isolated Stretching
and Pain Management Workshops since 1998.
For a number of years Barry taught classes for the
Acton/Boxborough Community Education Program.
In April 2006, Barry began teaching Full Body Active
Stretching classes at the SWYMFIT/Harvard Ridge Fitness Center in Boxborough, MA,
and taught at Swymfit until October 2011.
Barry has also Guest Lectured in Sports
Massage at The Massage Institute of New England (MINE).
Barry has presented free mini workshops, talks and
demonstrations of massage, pain relief and stretching techniques at many events
and gatherings that he has attended over the years.
He has appeared on local cable television where he and
other therapists discussed massage and
demonstrated their individual massage techniques and specialties.
Barry has co-taught select stretching
workshops with Jack Casey, a tri-athlete and fitness
instructor. Together, in 2003 they were
guest speakers and lecturers for the Maynard High School Boys’ and Girls’
Track teams. They also led corporate Active Stretching lectures and classes.
Barry has spoken about Massage as a Career at the Maynard
High School Career Day. He has offered stretching workshops for dancers at
several local dance
studios and has done Active Stretching demonstrations for running and triathlon
groups.
Barry has given Active Stretching instruction
and demonstrations to students in the Health Classes at Acton-Boxborough
High School. Barry's daughter, Miranda has accompanied him, demonstrating
stretches as he lectured.
STAR Tech®
STAR Tech®
(Soft Tissue Active Recovery Technique) is Barry's creation. It consists of constantly
developing individual techniques that he has revised and personalized from the
Active Isolated Stretching techniques of Aaron Mattes, Jim and John Wharton together with the
teachings of numerous other teachers.
Starting out as a treatment intended to be done only by
professional therapists, the STAR Techniques have evolved and been simplified
and refined so
that individuals with no medical or anatomy training can apply the healing
effects of STAR Tech® to themselves with modest effectiveness. These
self-help techniques were included in the Self-Help Pain Relief and Stretching
Workshops he offered to the public.
Left Photo: STAR Tech® Self-treatment for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,
Tennis Elbow and Golfer's Elbow.
Right Photo: STAR Tech® Self-treatment for stiff neck and Levator
Scapula tightness.
Clients have traveled to Barry from as far as California and Canada
to be treated for conditions including headaches, "frozen shoulder", "sciatica",
carpal tunnel syndrome and chronic back pain. STAR Tech® has also been
effectively used to speed the recovery of stroke victims.
Barry also taught STAR Tech® Workshops for Massage
Therapists and other Body Workers who wanted to add STAR Tech® to
their tool box of offerings for their clients.
Volunteer Work
Barry has always been an active volunteer. He
began by volunteering his massage services for the James Joyce Ramble Road Race (1994,
1995, 1996, 1998) in Dedham, MA. He has also
volunteered at the Boston Marathon for the Dana Farber Foundation Team (2002) and the
Leukemia Ice Skating Fundraiser at the New England Sports Center in Marlborough, MA
(2004).
He has manned a booth at
numerous Health Fairs, Music Festivals and Town Events and Celebrations over the
years. He offered free massage and stretching classes at the Maynard Farmer's
Market for several years. From
1992 until 1996 he was one of two official Massage Therapists for the
Commonwealth Civic Ballet Company in Concord, and the Acton School of Ballet in Acton,
Massachusetts.
Whole Health Expo 2005
Farmer's Market 2008
Wellness University 2009
Wellness University was presented by the Acton Department of
Health at the Acton - Boxborough High School. The event was open to the students
as well as the general public.
Barry participated in the Vendor Fair and also gave a lecture on Active
Stretching.
He was invited back and participated in the Vendor Fair again in 2010.
He has organized and led Volunteer Massage Teams for
local charity events since 1997. Each September he put together a Volunteer
Massage Team for the Maynard Maynard Road Race that benefits the Maynard Boys
and Girls Club.
Maynard Road Race 2009
Volunteer Massage Team.
For a number of Decembers Barry organized and led a Volunteer Massage Team
for the WAVM TV Beacon Santa Telethon at the Maynard High School. The fund-raiser,
run by Community Newspapers, raises money for individuals and
families who are in need during the holidays. The massage team offered free
massage treatments to the students running the telethon, and gave dollar a
minute massages to the public with all proceeds adding to the telethon total.
Barry also appeared on camera each year offering massage and assisted stretching
demonstrations.
Maynard High School WAVM Beacon Santa Telethon 2009
Barry demonstrates treating plantar fasciitis
Humanitarian Award
In 2001 The New England Chapter of
The American Massage Therapy Association honored Barry with its Annual
Humanitarian Award for the extensive amount of volunteer work he has done.
Massage Education
Barry has studied massage with
Tom
Myers,
Gil
Hedley, Aaron Mattes,
Meir Schneider,
Deane Juhan,
Jim & Phil Wharton,
Richard
Gordon, Mantak Chia, Ming Wu,
Ruth Werner, Stew Wild and Stuart Tawes.
Recently he has also been studying computer application, Web site design,
Power Point and video filming and editing.
He has also done intensive self-study to learn the philosophy
and techniques of Mary
Sanderson, Bonnie Prudden, Ralph Stevens, Gordon Inkeles,
Aaron Star and
James Mally, ND
David
Wise, Ph.D. & Rodney Anderson, MD. through their videos, DVDs and books.
Book and CD
In 2008 Barry released an audio CD of his
ongoing Full Body Active Stretching 4 EveryBODY class and immediately followed
the CD with an illustrated Companion Handbook that supports the CD or can be
used alone.
Cable TV
Barry's appearances on Massage Therapist Barbara Cappadona's Cable TV Show "The Healing Space" aired on a number of
Boston Metro West Public Access Cable TV Channels.
Barry appeared as a Guest on the
show three times. He explained how and why Active Stretching works in one show,
and then lead an Upper Body Active Stretching Class and a Lower Body Stretching
Class on two additional half hour shows.
Active Stretching ZOOM and
YouTube Channel
When in 2020 the COVID pandemic closed down his massage practice
as well as his stretching classes and workshops, Barry quickly learned about
using ZOOM and began offering his stretching classes online. The classes quickly
evolved from the former local participants to include an international student
population.
He then jumped next at the opportunity to fill a request he had received
numerous times from his stretching students: make a video of our class. Time and
a tight schedule had never allowed this project to happen. But with the pandemic shutdown
of businesses nationwide, this project begged to be fulfilled. Barry taught
himself how to film and edit videos and created his own YouTube Channel.
His
YouTube videos demonstrate specific stretches that are done in the class. Each
stretch video includes background information, muscle anatomy and step by step
instructions and demonstrations on how to execute the stretch properly.
Additional YouTube videos present background information on how
Active Stretching works, and why it is so effective.
Barry is still learning and has many more videos planned for
production.
Barry was a member of the American Massage
Therapy Association from 1992 to 2012.
Barry has been a member of Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals from
2012 to the present.
You can contact Barry at
barrybailey201@gmail.com
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Jack Casey,
BSIT
Masters Class Tri-athlete
Co-Teacher of select Public Workshops
Class instructor
Jack Casey is an
Engineer in the high tech industry, working full time as a Manager for
Hewlett-Packard.
Jack is a fitness and recreational enthusiast, participating in many
activities. He is a well-rounded athlete who competes in running, triathlon and
snowshoeing events.
He is an avid runner, swimmer and cyclist - (road and mountain) and also
spends time in his canoe and kayak as well as in his snowshoes.
Some of his accomplishments include running Marathons, doing the Prudential
Stair climb, the Cape Breton Relay, and running Mount Washington.
Training
Jack is a Certified
Spinning Instructor and has taught Spinning Classes at the Lowell YMCA.
Jack is a strong believer in stretching and uses it as an important part of
his athletic training routine. Jack has studied Active Isolated Stretching with
Barry and with Jim and Phil Wharton.
When he is not involved in one of the many competitions in which he
participates each year, Jack teaches Active Stretching Workshops for the public with Barry.
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Marcia L. Puryear
Co-Teacher of select Public Workshops
Veterans Class Runner
Professional
Teacher
Athletic Experience
Marcia has been a
competitive runner for the past 25 years. Living in Concord, MA, she is an
active member of The Concord Runners, and Liberty Athletic Club, the oldest
all-women’s running club in the country. She has worked with well known coaches
such as Bill Squires and Jack Fultz, and has placed 1st in her age
category in races of a variety of distances, numerous times, in various parts of
the country. Most recently she won the San Francisco Marathon recently
qualified for her 3rd Boston Marathon this April. Boston 2007 will
be her 10th Marathon.
She continues to pursue her own personal goal to run a
race in every state, and to complete two marathons in Europe.
After joining the ongoing STAR Tech Full Body Active
Stretching Class this past fall, Marcia noticed specific improvements in her
running as a result of an increased range of motion, a keener awareness of
correct stretching techniques, and a lack of injury.
The STAR Tech Active Stretching Classes have enriched
her as an athlete and have interested her to gain a better knowledge of muscles
and their actions. She now consistently includes regular Active Stretching as an
integral part of her cross training program.
Teaching
Experience
Marcia is a teacher in the Concord, MA Public School System, and hopes to expand
her teaching experience to include working with other adults who are interested
in starting a running program, or in reaching their own personal running goals.
Marcia brings her own extensive experience as a veteran
athlete to the STAR Tech classroom, and will generously share her own insights
as to the value of the techniques that are being offered.
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Favorite Links:
Aaron Mattes Seminar Series:
http://www.stretchingusa.com
Bailey Therapeutic Massage:
http://www.startechhealing.com/BMassage.htm
Massachusetts Men’s Gathering:
http://www.massmensgathering.org/
This page was updated May 28, 2025
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