Aquatic bodywork and massage
in Edinburgh and the Lothians

Assisting with Chronic Conditions such as Pain, Stress, Sleeping problems, Anxiety, worrying, overthinking and Depression.

If you feel glum or bogged down by life.
Imbalance on chemicals and hormones on the brain or created by the environment.

Decrease of cortisol (the stress hormone), responsible of making you feel depressed, low, anxious, stressed and stored as fat in your belly and organs.

Increase on production and release of body’s natural happy hormones, THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. Serotonin and dopamine “” for calmness, motivation, mood, attention, memory, reward, pleasure, planning, and focusing), as well as endorphins (body’s painkillers) and Oxytocin ( The “connection hormone”) among others.

Improves Reduced mobility, stiffness or pain on back, neck and shoulders and sciatica.

Decreases Chronic pain and fatigue, soothes nervous tension and stress on your body.

Improves flexibility. Reduces inflammation on fascia (connective tissue-which wraps and keep our body sytems together), specially on joints.

Improve Lymph and blood circulation, swelling of arms or legs due to fluid retention (Oedema).
Post-operative recovery and pain

As a complementary approach to the physical and psychological aspects, be aware that massage or any other form of bodywork can bring up powerful feelings on you, the receiver.

Your body often store emotional pain or traumatic memories within the different layers of fascia and muscle tissues. They need to be released in order to heal body and mind (Somatic release).

Negative emotional states can also be the cause of chronic joint, back or limbs pain, gastrointestinal problems, fatigue, sleep disturbances, changes in psychomotor activity and changes in appetite to name a few.

If you have severe medical condition and not sure whether you can receive Aquatic therapy or other forms of bodywork, please CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR AND ASK THE THERAPIST, for your own safety and peace of mind.

I make no claim to treat medically diagnosed conditions for which one should see a physician.
Medical Conditions can and must be stabilized and managed. Medical clearance in writing.

Prior to any type of bodywork, be it massage or Aquatic therapy, a consultation with the therapist is necessary and a health questionnaire must be completed.

Several sessions might be required to achieve your goals. As a general rule, you should consider a course of six to eight treatments to begin to see real change. Long-standing health issues will take longer to improve.

A session may take between 45 minutes to 90 minutes depending on what you need, either in water or land based.

You should never have to leave a session feeling strung out, upset and unsupported, if you have any concerns, please ask.
As a result of working with the whole body and a sign that body is responding to the body work, healing reactions might happen, but they usually dissapear after a couple of days.

It is normal if you feel mild discomfort, tired or dizzy, spaced out, feeling lightheaded. Coughing, chilliness, aches and pains or unexpected emotions.