I fell in love with massage whilst living in Malaysia in 2014 and observing how it is an integral part of Asian lifestyle and a natural aspect of daily relations between friends, family and community. Children naturally rub grandmothers sore feet, friends massage the hands and shoulders of broken-hearted friends and everyone regularly visits local massage establishments as part of their general health practices and as a first port of call for alleviating stress, pain and inflammation.

 

I also observed better general mental health, gratitude and joy in the people across the countries I travelled. A higher sense of general wellbeing, irrelevant of economic status, which we are so enforced to believe contributes primarily to our happiness in the West. Of course another big factor was a lot more sunshine ( but I later qualified to offer Vitamin D injections to contribute towards that!).

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As a psychology graduate taking some time out to find clarity on my career path, I continued to integrate and observe Asian culture, and recognised in myself how massage brought me a higher mind-body connection. I was noticing where I felt tension in my body, what or who triggered it, and how regular massage not only improved physical inflammations; but my awareness of my body's needs was more refined and this knock-on effect also helped me to start noticing the value in my nutrition choices, my sleep, and my exercise practices. This deeper attention and empathy for myself also led profoundly to an empathy for the health of the planet I'm inhabiting, which provides me all that I need to flourish and I began to recognise my part in it: a tiny little organism like the good bacteria in my tummy I'd now discovered fight for my health every day :)

 

There is a LOT of psychological data on the importance of touch on human beings' health and development, and any indigenous people around the planet can be quickly observed as more tactile than we in the West. Developing my own massage practice has been like a remembering of an integral human functioning, sharing that is a gift.

Since returning to the UK I qualified in massage and invested in every course I could find to have many different modalities to my belt, but the intuitive touch I learnt in Asia was the key foundations to my practice. The knowledge I gained from my Psychology degree and Western mental health training has been very useful to share the interrelation between the health of my client's mental, physical and emotional bodies.

 

I have been blessed to work all over the country and around the world at some of the most beautiful retreat centres, festivals and spas. I have dedicated my life to helping people heal, love, connect and respect their bodies more... which naturally develops a remembering in them for a more loving, respectful and connected relationship with Earth and our role in it.

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My treatments are for all whether it be high profile and international clientele to donation-based festival goers in the Healing Fields of Glastonbury. My treatments are inclusive and ultimately diverse in that every treatment I do is a bespoke curation based on each person as I meet them: using intuition, experience and an extensive education. I enjoy an holistic approach whilst integrating my clinical background in Psychology and a passion for science that allows me to enjoy considering all aspects of what it is to be human deeply: life history, diet, personal circumstance, stage of menstrual cycle, emotional regulation, season and weather!