Therapeutic Massage
Hands-on bodywork shaped around you, ideal for relieving tension, stress & deep rest permitting your body to re-member to be rested & aligned
Therapeutic Massage is hands-on bodywork shaped around you, rather than a fixed routine or predetermined level of pressure. My foundations are in holistic and Swedish massage, but the way I work is responsive and person-led, adapting pressure, pace and focus to what you are experiencing and what I notice through the treatment.
Flowing, rhythmic massage to help you settle
Focused work around areas of muscular tension
Firm pressure where useful and appropriate
Gentle, nurturing touch where less input is needed
Full-body or focused work according to your needs
Reduced muscular tension and physical discomfort
Greater ease and freedom of movement
Deep relaxation and easier rest
Feeling calmer, grounded and more settled
A quieter mind and greater body connection
The experience of receiving warm, reassuring & responsive touch
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Book as and when you need support, whether for relief, rest, grounding or regular maintenance.
First session
75 minutes | £9060 minutes | £80
90 minutes | £110Based in Putney, South West London.
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For chronic, persistent or recurring pain and tension where more continuity may help. We can use Massage, Myofascial Release or both across a series of sessions.
Courses are arranged directly with me.
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My massage can range from gentle and nurturing to quite firm.
If you usually prefer deep tissue massage, that does not mean my approach will feel too gentle. Firm pressure can be useful. I simply do not believe that deeper automatically means better, or that pain proves treatment is working.
Pain is one of the body’s protective signals. A body already bracing does not necessarily need more force.
Pressure becomes part of the listening: sometimes firmer work helps, and sometimes something slower or softer allows the body to settle more easily.
The question is not how much can you tolerate?
It is what helps your body soften without asking you to override yourself? -
For some people, massage is also a carefully paced way of receiving touch.
You may be returning after an unwanted or difficult experience of touch, or simply know that receiving touch can feel vulnerable, unfamiliar or exposing.
My trauma-informed background shapes how we work. We can begin over clothing, focus on one area, use familiar grounding touch, or allow the amount and kind of touch to develop gradually.
Consent remains ongoing. You can ask for more, less, different, pause or stop.
There is no expectation that receiving more touch is the goal. You remain in choice throughout.
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Both can support pain, tension, relaxation and connection with the body, but they offer different kinds of contact.
Therapeutic Massage may particularly suit you if you want rhythm, muscular relief, tangible pressure, grounding, nurturing touch or simply somewhere to rest and receive.
Myofascial Release may be worth exploring for chronic or recurring pain and tension, particularly when familiar approaches give only temporary relief. Its slower, sustained approach gives patterns of holding and protection more space to respond and begin to change rather than simply being pushed against.
Massage can offer the grounding and resourcing of clear, familiar touch. MFR can create more space to notice subtler internal experience and reconnect with sensations that may previously have been less accessible. For some people this is deeply supportive; for others, becoming more aware of sensation or emotion may feel too much at that point.
Which approach is most supportive can depend on what feels manageable for you, your current circumstances, the support around you, and what we are working with together.
Sometimes the most responsive treatment includes both.
You do not need to work this out perfectly before you arrive. We can explore it together and adapt as we go.
Re-membering is the process of reassembling those disconnected parts, body and self, into something whole again.
Want to explore further?
Visit Resources for longer pieces on massage, deep pressure and force, receiving, safe touch,
recurring tension, co-regulation, and the different ways Massage and Myofascial Release work with the body.
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Sometimes rest is enough.
Not every tension needs to become a story.
Not every massage needs to reveal something.
Sometimes your shoulders hurt.
Sometimes your mind has been running all week.
Sometimes you are tired of doing.
And sometimes what you need is simply somewhere to lie down, receive, and let your body be cared for.
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