Massage Treatments

I make time to check in before the massage starts and at the end of the session and the most important is that you feel safe and cared for in my hands.

I recommend 90min if it is your first appointment or if you have not had a massage in a long time because it is a wonderful way to make time for yourself and surrender into what is and for me to focus on all areas that need the extra care. If you are short with time or prefer a shorter session, book a 60min massage, I promise your body and heart will thank you for it.

All massage treatments can be claimed through your private insurance. I am registered with ALL except medibank, ahm and hcf.

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Signature Massage

The signature massage encompasses many massage techniques and focusses that I have developed throughout the several years of practice. It may feel like a nourishing Balinese massage blended in with some deep tissue and trigger points (remedial), foot reflexology, influences from Shiatsu and Lomi Lomi. 90min is recommended for your first treatment with me.

60min - $130 90min - $170

I encourage focus on deep breathing to melt into a deep state of relaxation at the beginning of your massage and work silently following your breathing throughout the massage.

Pregnancy Massage

Regular massage throughout pregnancy is a very special moment for yourself until baby comes Earth side.

• bringing on a relax state of mind, soothing muscle tenderness and activating your parasympathetic nervous system. This allows the happy hormones to flow in to ease your mind and body, and move into birth when time comes.

• feeling nourished with the organic oils massaged into your skin

I use props to make you really comfortable so you can drift into a deep space of quietness and relaxation and we all know when our body is feeling nurtured and rested, all other areas in life flow. Baby growing in your womb will also notice and feel happier.

75min - $150 90min - $170

In the last weeks of pregnancy at least one massage per fortnight is highly beneficial to help prepare for labour, physically, mentally and emotionally.

Labour focussed massage:

75min - $150 90min - $170

I often get asked about massage during the first trimester.

The short answer is yes it is safe and absolutely amazing to receive massage at any stage of your pregnancy unless your health practitioner advises otherwise or due to medical conditions. Most of the time only trained pregnancy massage practitioners and specialists will accept to treat you during the first trimester. That's because society sees pregnancy as a high risk event while it is indeed the most natural affair ever. When we look around there are so many factors that are way more risky than receiving a loving and nurturing massage. 

"I had several pregnancy massages with Laure-Anne towards the end of my pregnancy and it was the best present I could do to myself. Laure-Anne has magical hands, strong but gentle at the same time. Always felt 100 times better after one of her massages. Also It always felt safe receiving a massage from her and that’s very important when you are pregnant.” Sabrina

FOOT REFLEXOLOGY

According to Chinese medicine all our body organs and body parts are reflected onto the sole, back of our feet and legs. 

Foot reflexology massage is a non invasive way of accessing organs and body parts that can feel tender if any pressure is put on them. Foot reflexology works in a way that “re connects all the dots” on our meridians, the energy lines. The feet are our direct and all day long connections with the Earth and alleviating any tensions can help feeling more grounded and centred.

The set up for a foot reflexology session is the most comfortable one and you will very soon drift into a complete relaxed and blissed out state of mind. Many soft cushions will allow to raise the legs and the feet using gravity to stimulate circulation from the feet back up to the heart. 

Are you ticklish? Just let me know and I will adjust the treatment to make the experience enjoyable and for you to get the most out of your session. 

90min - $170

Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Manual Lymphatic Drainage (also referred to as MLD) is one the least known massage treatments. 

Our lymph circulation is a phenomenal network of small rivers flowing into larger ones with the end journey into the heart. This is where toxins get cleansed and flushed away.

Michelle Vassalo from Rhythm Massage explains:  it is indeed not a muscular massage as such but is a treatment that allows regenerative fluid to flow and improves circulation and toxin removal as well as carrying vital substances to areas where it is needed, thus hastening healing times.

MLD is a harmonious manual treatment using mild mechanical stretching of the connective tissue to facilitate decongestion of lymph ducts. We aim at stimulating the fluid circulation and elimination, assisting with detoxification. It encourages the lymphatic system to absorb and transport lymph more effectively.

MLD stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system via the relaxation effect, reducing pain by sedating the sensory nerve endings. This in turn allows tight muscles to relax inhibiting extreme muscle tonus. 

So much so that surgeons often request their patient have an MLD treatment prior to surgery, as this will make surgical incisions easier.

MLD not only stimulates the vital functions of the skin, tissues and internal organs, but also serves to assist with elimination of possible cellular waste and stimulate the parasympathetic relaxation response, inhibiting muscle tonus and pain.

You will be laying on your back for the whole session and I will make sure you are very comfortable. No oil is used as we only use gentle pressures and traction of the skin to stimulate the fluids right under your skin. 

This is wonderful if you suffer from fluid retention, throughout pregnancy where I adjust the props for side laying when needed, when you are about to prepare for surgery or recovering as you may be limited in your moving.

Contact me if you wish to know if MLD would be beneficial for you.

90min - $170