About Elemental Balancing
I became a massage therapist because I spent 15 years as a massage client first. I know what it feels like to desperately need someone to help your body let go. I know the difference between a practitioner going through the motions and someone who's actually listening to what your body needs.
From Client to Practitioner
For 15 years, I ran a pub in London. The stress was constant, and my body held all of it. Every Saturday morning, I'd escape to a small Chinese clinic near the pub for massage. That weekly session was the only thing keeping me functional.
Those years taught me what good massage feels like. Not the fluffy spa version where you leave feeling no different, but real treatment that reaches what needs releasing.
After years of receiving, I wanted to learn how to give that same relief to others.
My Training
I trained in Chinese oil massage through intensive hands-on sessions, learning to work with muscles, fascia and energy channels. Then came a nine-month Tui Na course in Cheltenham - written exams on Traditional Chinese Medicine, learning the meridian system and five elements theory, plus around 120 case studies working with real clients.
Indian Head Massage came later when I wanted to offer something gentler for clients who needed nurturing rather than deep pressure work.
But here's what matters most: I'm still learning. Every client teaches me something new about how bodies hold tension and how they release it. I'm planning to train in nutrition next because I keep seeing how what people eat affects how their bodies feel.
How I Work
I don't do the same massage for every person. Your body isn't the same as the last person's. Your needs aren't the same as they were last week.
Every session starts with a conversation about how you're feeling today, where the tension is and what's going on in your life that might be showing up in your body. First-time clients get an extra 15 minutes to talk through everything properly.
Then we work with what your body needs that day. Sometimes that's Tui Na's focused pressure point work. Sometimes it's the flowing approach of oil massage. Often it's a blend of techniques.
Where I Practice
I work from home in Bristol, about 20 minutes from the city centre and seven minutes from Cribbs Causeway. The space is warm, private and set up for you to properly relax.
I also work at wellbeing festivals and retreats when they come up. If you're organising a retreat and need a massage therapist, get in touch.
Why This Matters
I do this work because I know how rare it is to find someone who actually listens to what your body needs.
When someone comes carrying tension they've held for years, and I watch it release during the session, and they stand up moving differently than when they arrived - that's when I know this work matters.
I've had clients tell me their headaches stopped after years of struggling. That their neck tension finally eased. That they felt held and safe when everything else felt overwhelming.
That's what happens when you give someone's body the right kind of attention and let it do what it's been trying to do all along: release, rebalance and heal itself.
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