About Me

Joan Carpenter

I have been involved in massage since 1989. This has included working in women's health centres, home visits, baby massage, reflexology, working in a district hospital massage clinic, and practicing from home. It has been a fascinating journey and my love for this work has sustained me the whole way.

It is the miracle of the human body and how it heals which keeps me passionate about my work. I look forward to each session in which I am given the honour of witnessing another person's journey of healing, observing their vulnerability, hearing their insights, sensing their pain, and applauding their growth. It is what I love to do.

I understand that as a practitioner we are only there to facilitate the healing for the client.

It is a healing journey that I witness, support, encourage and enhance within each "body led" session. All sessions are uniquely individual for what the client needs at the time. The journey often leads to a place of harmony, health and well being.

I refer to the sessions as "body led" as it is your body which leads the way for the release, an "unwinding" of tension, discomfort, trauma and pain. I as the therapist am present to this release and support and encourage it in a nurturing, safe and serene environment.

The modalities that I use are:

• Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
• Myofascial Release
• Remedial Massage

All of these techniques are deeply effective yet gentle and firm. They are suitable for all age.

The benefits can be transforming, including:

• Pain relief
• Feeling deeply relaxed
• Having increased vitality
• Being free from headaches
• Movement without restriction
• Feeling calmer within, and
• More able to cope

Relax and unwind... this is the basis of my work with you.

Joan Carpenter