Welcome! We are here to promote wellbeing in Ilford, Redbridge, East and Central London, and beyond. Services include on-site massage; baby massage; coaching; touch education; touch therapies and workshops
If you want a healthy nest egg when you retire, you know that you have to save over the years, little by little and your money will grow. And so it is with wellbeing and happiness. Every little thought and action adds up and pays longterm dividends! Give to yourself constantly and you are practising wonderful preventative medicine and investing in your future wellbeing.As one old lady said: "If you have your health, you're a billionaire!"
SERVICES
Here are some of the services I offer to boost wellbeing and happiness: - Touch therapies including massage, aromatherapy and reiki
- Lifecoaching to help you focus on who you want to be in this world and what you want to do "with this one wild, precious life"
- Touch education - giving you the skills to practise safe, nurturing touch with your family, co-workers, friends and partners
- Wellbeing in the workplace - Seated massage at your desk and mini-workshops for staff
As human beings, we are designed to receive touch. It has been documented that babies who are deprived of touch will fail to grow. Healthy, safe, touch is as essential to our wellbeing as food, air and water. Psychologists in the US have even coined a term "skin hunger" to describe what happens when our skin, the largest organ in the body, is deprived of touch. Responses to a lack of touch can include anxiety, depression, over-eating and irritability. |
Reiki (meaning "universal life force energy" in Japanese) is done with you fully clothed and lying down. The practitioner lays hands both on and off the body. It is a very still, relaxing and non-invasive therapy. It helps the body to find its own equilibrium and draw whatever it needs from the treatment. Reiki works on a subtle, energetic level. As one client described it: "It felt like my soul left my body". £35 per hour.
Seated Massage works on the upper body: shoulders, neck, head, arms, hands and the upper back - the parts of you that will ache and get stiff if you spend too much time at a desk, on a computer or doing any kind of repetitive work with your upper body. Treatments can last 10, 15 or 20 minutes and are done with you fully clothed and sitting down. This can easily be done in workplaces. Please contact me for rates.
Holistic and therapeutic massage treatments take place with you lying down and undressed to your level of comfort. Your modesty will be respected at all times. Skin nourishing oils, such as sweet almond oil, are used to give the massage. The treatment works on the muscles, the circulatory system and the nervous system. £40 per hour.
Aromatherapy Massage >is done with essential oils. These oils derived from plants, flowers, fruits, herbs and spices, have different health and emotional benefits. The selection of oils is chosen with you and your unique needs on the day of the massage in mind. Think of it as a personalised prescription. Apart from the wonderful smell, the oils enter the bloodstream, through the skin, and work powerfully inside the body. £45 per hour.
Hot Stone Massage - the mother of all treatments and a spa favourite!! The heat from smooth, river rocks from New Mexico melts your muscles and penetrates to your very core. Nurturing, warming and a great tonic for damp, chilly London days. Hot stone massage involves a full-body massage with the warm stones giving an extra dimension to the treatment. £60 for 70 minutes
ABOUT SAM
Sam graduated from the Scherer Institute Of Natural Healing (New Mexico, USA) in 2002 with a Diploma In Massage Therapy and Healing Arts. She also holds a diploma in lifecoaching (NCFE).
She has been published in Massage, Massage & Bodywork, Massage and Health Review, Embody Professional and Focus News Magazines. Her wellbeing work has also appeared in Elle, Men's Health, Zest, The Kensington & Chelsea Informer, Harpers, For The Bride, The FT magazine and The Sunday Telegraph. In her role as a touch educator, Sam has been a guest on Radio 4, LBC and BBC London.
As well as being in private practice, Sam has also led international delegations of massage therapists to Jerusalem to volunteer with suicide bomb survivors; created a summer massage clinic for those in their 80s and 90s; organised healing zones at community events and festivals; and volunteered with the HIV+ community.
She has spent 9 months living, working and studying at some of North America's leading holistic health centres: The Esalen Institute in Big Sur California; Kripalu Center For Yoga and Health in Western Massachusetts; The Isabella Freedman Retreat Center in Connecticut; and Hollyhock on Cortes Island, British Columbia.
Sam enjoys presenting, facilitating and teaching around wellbeing and personal development. She has run workshops for The Terrence Higgins Trust, Women's Pioneer Housing and Limmudfest. She is also a qualified baby massage instructor.
She is a professional member of the Complementary Therapist's Association (UK) and is recognised by the National Certification Board For Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (USA).
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Nationally Certified In Therapeutic Massage And Bodywork (NCTMB) USA
Diploma in aromatherapy (ITEC)
Diploma in lifecoaching (NCFE)
Service Categories
Aromatherapy, Corporate Massage, Holistic Massage, Indian Head Massage, Infant Massage, Life Coaching, Pregnancy Massage, Reiki, Stone Therapy Massage, Swedish Relaxation Massage
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