As a bodyworker, I provide a hybrid treatment that draws influence from the many styles I have been exposed to for over two decades. The client is clothed and lies on a floor-mat. I use pressure, traction,

percussion, brushing, assisted stretching, and joint mobilisation techniques. This can, at times, resemble medical Thai massage and Shiatsu. I also borrow elements from Brazilian jiu-jitsu and contact improvisation to create real-time solutions specific to the person I am working on, in the context in which we both find ourselves. Every session is unique. In it, I aim to create a ceremonial sacred space in which I work on the nervous and lymphatic systems, and to

facilitate a shift within the limbic system: this is the part of the brain that regulates our emotions and behaviours. Through this work, and nervous system calibration, the the body will begin to heal itself – through genuine shifts in the musculoskeletal system, including the fascia, and deeper connective tissue layers.

 

I received an accreditation as a massage therapist in 2008, but I had actually been practising massage since I was about ten years old. My mother worked as a massage therapist and I would regularly volunteer myself to be a practice body for her as she learned new techniques and methods, including more esoteric energy-healing modalities. This process gave me about a decades worth of practical experience before I completed my first certification.
 

I realised how underwhelmed I was by local massage certifications. These promoted irrelevant and decontextualized theoretical information that removed the practitioner from the deep sense of tactile listening necessary for truly meaningful and effective treatments. Instead, I found much more satisfaction learning in the more traditional, yet almost extinct, teacher-to-student process. I would regularly find myself going back to my mother for treatments and to continue my learning.
 

When I moved from Johannesburg to Cape Town, in 2011, I connected with the physiotherapy and biokinetics communities and found myself working alongside other therapists, as a sports massage therapist, at multi-stage mountain bike and trail running events. In 2012, I completed my own training as a Reiki practitioner, but steered away from offering the service as part of a monetary exchange and instead used it as a way of sensing more deeply what was taking place within the bodies I was treating.
 

I have been working as a personal trainer since 2007, this work – and

my ever-growing curiosity about human movement – moved me away from offering massage, as I found more satisfaction in helping individuals open the doors they needed for personal growth and healing within themselves. Too often, have I seen that massage and other energy-focused methodologies become a crutch for many clients, and I noticed that with precise and focused training I could help my clients uncover what was needed within themselves to move out of pain, rather than using massage or energy work as a temporary escape from it.

I continued to explore the realms of mind, body, and spiritual connection through my own physical practices. These have included yoga, meditation, plant medicine, trauma release techniques, Capoeira, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, contact improvisation, contemporary dance, and mobility training.

In 2017, I began working at a physiotherapy clinic that specialised in working with individuals with chronic pain and uniquely adapted anatomies. I worked alongside an incredible team of therapists and bodyworkers, and my knowledge of treatment methods reached new heights with every in-house educational training I attended and every incredibly unique patient I trained.

 

At this time, I had developed an insatiable appetite for knowledge and wisdom about human anatomy and physiology, and was already teaching yoga for about three years before I found myself designing and leading the facilitation of anatomy modules for various yoga teacher training programs. 

 

Towards the end of 2020, I experienced an intensely traumatic armed robbery. This experience guided me to utilise embodied protocols to assist in my healing. I combined self-bodywork with my movement practices, and, at the same time, worked intimately with a highly skilled and experienced bodyworker who used a variety of hybridised techniques. He greatly influenced my thinking, my sensory perception, and my approach to the practice as a whole. Through this, I came back to bodywork treatment, but with a far more intimate awareness of my clients. I began developing my own hybridised style, drawing from all my experience and influences.

 

Over the course of the last four years, I have been refining my methodology into a systematic approach that aims to provide an all-encompassing experience that transcends just working on the musculoskeletal system. I aim to create an atmosphere and ambient environment that will help the nervous system begin its own natural recalibration processes.

 

Bodywork sessions can take 75 - 90 minutes and vary in price depending on the venue and travel requirements.

Please contact me directly via email or WhatsApp if you would like to book a session, or if you have specific questions.