Bodywork & Movement
‘Grounding and connecting to wholeness; know your own nature’
Includes myofascial release, deep tissue massage, dermoneuromodulation (light, listening touch), Feldenkrais-inspired movement, yoga massage, and oil work.
Sessions can be a combination of modalities or focus more on one technique. Longer sessions can be booked to begin with yoga or therapeutic movement, and progress to a table session.
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Fascial Touch and Deep Tissue Massage.
Since originally training in bodywork and massage in 1995, I have developed a healing practise that weaves in long therapeutic strokes across the body with movement and stretches. I use high grade essential oils and work on a heated table. My work is informed by anatomy, fascial knowledge, and somatic movement which brings awareness into long held physical and energetic patterns. Sessions are often a combination of massage work, verbal enquiry and quiet DMN.
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Dermoneuromodulation (DNM)
I trained to Certificate level with Louise Tremblay in DNM, and have been integrating it within my work. It is a method of working with the nervous system in order to facilitate change, particularly in terms of its pain and motor outputs. Using a very light and gentle touch, it is an enquiry into felt experience and is more about the listening than the doing. It works particularly well to help people shift out of long-held tension and stress patterns which contribute to pain. It can allow the client a sense of deep connection to fluids and patterns, which can feel profoundly relaxing.
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Somatic Therapy and Body Mapping.
I work with a mixture of bodywork and movement modalities specifically adapted to each person. I have an individual and unique approach that I have developed over many years of practice. It is based on an openness and willingness to receive compassionate, informed touch, within a safe and nurturing space. I work with individuals who are managing long- term physical and somatic conditions. It combines elements of neuro-physical therapy, somatic yoga, mindfulness of the body, and exercises to awaken areas of somatic amnesia. This work is influenced by the polyvagal theory and Peter Levine’s work on pain management.
Each of my practises is informed by the other: a bodywork session can feel like yoga for the body and a yoga class can flow seamlessly leaving you feeling as if you’ve had a massage. The journey of the body, when travelled mindfully, can allow us to access the deepest parts of ourselves, endlessly revealing new sensations and experiences.
My background in Fine Art and dance shows itself through creative imagery and a wide movement vocabulary. I encourage each person to safely navigate their own terrain, meeting themselves compassionately with curiosity and courage.
“The treatment didn’t feel predictable. It was more in-depth, not just physical but encapsulating the emotional and energetic. I felt much calmer afterwards, less sketchy, more whole.”
Cecily Saunders
“My sessions with Caroline are always my favourite day of the week! After I was diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder, it came as a huge knock to my confidence. But thanks to Caroline, I’m now able to do things (again), in my day-to-day life that I didn’t think I could. I feel so grateful to have found something that makes me feel safe, supported and understood.”
Hannah Riley