Massage & Holistic Bodywork
You will find me upstairs at
The Lodge,
The Cleve
Wellington,
Somerset
TA21 8SN.
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I have been massaging professionally for over 35 years, therapeutic touch and relieving pain with my hands is my job, but I find it hard to describe my massage style !!
I am trained in holistic massage, sports injury massage and manual lymphatic drainage, but over the years, having given hundreds of treatments, and attended many training courses and reading many books, I have deepened my knowledge and adapted my style, bringing in techniques and skills from all over the bodywork world. I work intuitively, informed by decades of experience and study. I have been told I have good hands.
As a massage therapist my role is to help you relax deeply. To help your stress be transformed into a sense of calm peacefulness. To relax your muscles and your mind, to bring you back to a deep sense of safety in your body, allowing 'rest, digest and repair' to be restored.
I treat what I meet. I listen with my hands and respond to your body as it responds to my touch.
Every treatment is unique, my fingers are always assessing and treating muscles, fascia and alignment, while easing, soothing and restoring what I discover.
I may work deeply, or I may work gently, I may focus on just one area or I may find myself treating your whole body, I trust my intuition, as well as my experience, and am always guided by my clients.
I often work with people who are in pain and may have been for some time. I enjoy working with people who are ready to help themselves, people who want their body to work well, people who want to recover and thrive and are interested in investing time and awareness into themselves to bring about positive change to to their wellbeing.
Treatment pricing
1 hour £75
initial consultation is 90 minutes @£85
90 minute treatment £90
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I am a experienced bodyworker with a holistic approach to treatments. My effective methods are the result of over 20 years experience as a sports injury massage therapist, successfully treating clients suffering from a variety of musculo skeletal conditions, with excellent results.
I am a deeply intuitive massage therapist, with a grounding in the anatomy of the musculo skeletal system underpinning my work. I like working to relieve pain, not simply for relaxation, I enjoy working with injuries, like tennis elbow, sciatica, TMJ, frozen shoulder, hand pain, thumb pain, bursitis, rotator cuff tears etc. I work in a truly holistic way, knowing that often the cause of pain is far from where it is felt. To bring about lasting solutions for pain, you have to treat each person and each injury as unique. Every person has the same number of muscles, but very different patterns of tension. I approach each client as a unique puzzle and we work together, to uncover what may need relieving or releasing, mobilising or soothing to bring lasting relief.
Over the years I have built a profound palpatory sense and the confidence to feel deeply into the body and (with communication) know how deeply or softly to work. I am strong, and happy to do deep tissue work if appropriate, but I also know the value of light touch. I am happy to spend an hour working on one area if required, but often will find connections throughout the whole body that will benefit from some attention.
I like to work with people who are willing to do the work to help themselves. While massage is inherently passive, healing is not. It requires understanding and self effort to discover and unpick a life time of over use, weakness, poor posture or emotional holding patterns, to find ease and bring relief. This is where my movement and Pilates training helps, and why I call myself a bodyworker not just a massage therapist. A treatment with me may involve some breathwork and perhaps some movement as well as therapeutic, compassionate touch.
I recommend committing to several treatments if you have an injury or long term pain. I know massage may seem expensive, but your body deserves maintenance just as your house or car do. Please do not make money a barrier to receiving the treatment you need to be pain free. I am always happy to talk through options to make this more affordable for you.
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