Massage Therapist

This is where my main training stems from Swedish is your classical massage which helps to improve your circulation and promote relaxation through soothing your muscles. 

Swedish massage is restorative and stress and anxiety reducing. Working with the muscles and soft tissues to provide calm and balance. It can be both firm and gentle I work with you as we go along finding your level of comfort. The massage will have an overall calming effect on your well being.

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Benefits

• Easing of muscle pain 

• Increased blood circulation 

• Increased range of movement 

• Reduction in physical stress 

• Reduction in emotional stress 

• Aids immunity 

• Releases good feel chemicals 

• Improves quality of sleep

Is a deep form of soft tissue manipulation that can be used pre and post exercise to help aid in the relaxation of the skeletal system. It also may target specific problem areas.

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Benefits

• Relieve muscular tension 

• Break down adhesions 

• Mobilize soft tissues 

• Reduce pain 

• Help in injury prevention

This can often be confused with sports massage, however treatments tend to target the whole body rather than just specific areas. The pressure applied is the same slow and sustained, deep strokes are used to target the inner layers of your muscles and connective tissues

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Indian Head massage or Champissage originates from India and is a very popular treatment now amongst Western cultures. 

The treatment focusses on massaging acupressure points along the head neck and shoulders. It is performed traditionally seated and fully clothed in loose light clothing. 

An ancient therapeutic alternative treatment used in India for over 2000 years. It is believed that the mind and body are intricately connected in Ayurvedic medicine and therefore one can influence the other.

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Benefits

• Reduces headaches 

• Promotes hair growth 

• Promotes mental and emotional wellness 

• Reduces stress and anxiety 

• Soothes sinuses 

• Works with the three highest chakras

Hot Stone massage is a specialised massage that uses smooth, flat heated basalt stones that are positioned and stroked on various acupressure points on your body. They are also held in the therapists’ hands becoming an extension of their hands and allowing deeper pressure and warmth be applied during your massage. 

The stones are traditionally heated to a precise 120 - 130 degrees Fahrenheit then applied to the body. 

This is the ultimate in deep relaxation and pain relief.

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Benefits

• Helps relieve tension 

• Eases muscular stiffness 

• Increases circulation 

• Localised heat allows deeper pressure without discomfort 

• Deeply relaxing and soothing 

• Aids sleep 

• Helps reduce depression 

• Reduces back pain