Holistic Bodywork
Working with Anna
My path into bodywork began with my own body.
For years I've lived with severe endometriosis and the disconnection it created. In searching for relief, I found something deeper: a slow, gentle way of coming home to myself. That journey became the heart of my professional practice.
Today my work is rooted in Somatic Therapy and Holistic Bodywork. I bring together Level-4 training in Anatomy & Physiology, Holistic Massage and Advanced Myofascial Release, attunements in Usui Reiki and Reiki Drumming, and ongoing learning as a circle holder and Somatic Therapy teaching assistant. But more than qualifications, what I offer is a way of being with your body that is curious, compassionate and deeply respectful.
Reiki, Drumming, Holistic Massage and Somatic approaches intertwine in our sessions. I work with intuitive touch, energy and intention, it is a collaborative experience that supports your nervous system, brings warmth and grounding to your heart, and helps you listen to the messages your body has been holding.
I currently offer a female only service, my space is inclusive and welcoming for trans-women and people from queer and neurodivergent communities. Your individual needs matter, and I’m more than happy to discuss them before we begin.
I hold space offering a facilitation based model: you are the expert on your lived experience. I don’t hand you answers; instead, I ask questions, reflect back what I notice, and support you in feeling rooted in your own sensations, thoughts and feelings — so you can begin to trust yourself more deeply as you move forward.
Working with me isn’t a nice-to-have 'treatment', it’s building a collaborative relationship and foundation with your body that we nurture over time. It’s an invitation to be curious and compassionate.
For people ready to engage with themselves deeply knowing they have capacity to journey and deepen into all aspects of their interwoven body.
Offerings and Experiences
Connection - Compassion - Growth
Bodywork
1.5 - 2 hours
£85-105 (£240 - £300 block of 3)
can be a combination of Reiki, MFR, unwinding, Massage, Drumming, Somatic practises.
(massage is for women only)
Reiki Balance - energy and rhythm
75 minutes
£65 (£180 block of 3)
open to all
Bodywork sessions can be curated to your needs on the day. As part of your session there is time to explore what is going on for you physically and emotionally, to ground and pay attention to what your body needs. We work with welcoming in the different parts of the body through attention and the breath. These sessions are a learning of connection, listening, speaking and feeling.
I begin massage sessions with some myofascial release before any oils or wax are applied to the skin. This allows us to see where there may be holding patterns in the body and allows us to begin communicating with them and building a relationship with the body that cultivates an inner safety and letting go from a nervous system level.
We then move into cultivating that relationship through a flowing massage and passive movement that is focussed on allowing the body to let go rather than 'fixing' or forcing tissue to respond.
The massage may be focussed in one area or we will explore multiple areas depending on what comes up for you on the day.
We then move into a period of holding with reiki and checking in with how your body feels after the massage and what has come up for you. We spend some time noticing and welcoming in all sensations and finish with grounding to ensure you are fully present and ready to rejoin your day.
The 2 hour session allows for an indepth full body massage. Shorter 90 minute sessions focus on a particular area that needs attention so it can be worked on from all angles.
In this session we will first discuss what has brought you to seek out reiki and then look at setting an intention for the session and that is what I will hold for and with you. If you are struggling with an intention we can pull a card from one of the decks I work with and allow that to guide us.
Each treatment can be tailored to your needs on the day and can include reiki drum healing. Although there are standard hand placements I largely work intuitively and speak with the parts of the body that are feeling called out to be held, or that you have brought particular attention to, alongside the core placements. We close the session with reflections and grounding.
It is a practice that allows us to daydream and listen to the internal voices that are so often hushed, the voices of your body. Think of this as a gentle hug and time well spent caring for your head, heart and body.
Somatic Therapy 121
available online and in person.
sessions are around 60 minutes.
£65
email for an informal discussion
Somatic Therapy is all about building resilience and flexibility to support the nervous system. It is not talk therapy and instead focuses on the sensations we can feel in the body, building curiosity to explore the physical reactions we have in different situations.
This is great for people who are struggling to feel themselves in their body and want to begin to change that.
We carry out an intake process prior to your first appointment and then will cover nervous system education and grounding during sessions as I introduce you to the body based practises that support nervouse system regulation.
This work can really benefit people who have found there is a missing piece to traditional therapy and feel they are still struggling with the body mind/connection. I am first and foremost a bodyworker and somatic therapy allows a deepening beyond hands on work that encourages my clients to explore and develop boundaries, self-acceptance and a deep understanding of who they are and how they experience the world.
There is an element of guided self-study and practise between sessions.
This work isn't a replacement for traditional therapy and I am not a counsellor or psychotherapist.
Please get in touch to discuss your own individual requirements prior to booking.
Somatic Massage
1.5 - 2 hours £95-115 (£255 - £315 block of 3)can be a combination of Reiki, MFR, unwinding, Massage, Drumming, Somatic practises. (massage is for women only)
Somatic massage is a collaborative process, using body focussing, myofascial release and gentle questioning led by me to allow for awareness and connection led by what you can feel in your body.
We begin the session by grounding and connecting you to sensations in the body. We then begin to work externally with those sensations, me, guided by your feedback whilst working with massage and you, providing feedback on changes and sensations arising.
I may ask you to move your body slowly following the unconscious movements that arise as we speak, or to stay still and quiet, sitting in presence with a felt sensation by developing curiosity. Elements of MFR and unwinding are both used within this work.
This is a fluid and intuitive way of working but it is a way of developing deep bodily connection, developing your relationship to feelings and emotions and also by allowing yourself to vocalise out loud your experience, which supports developing boundaries. It allows for longer lasting fascial release.
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I wholeheartedly recommend Anna’s Reiki and Drumming sessions. I find that in the midst of my intensive job and busy life they really help me to focus in and notice how I am feeling and what needs to be aligned in my energy. The drumming helps me to journey inwardly, connect with my unconscious and listen to its messages. After the session I always feel calm and revitalised, ready to go about my day. A wonderful practice!
JH
A friend recommended Anna to me and it was the best recommendation. As soon as we met I felt comfortable, I’d been a bit nervous beforehand because I’d never had reiki and was unsure what to expect. Anna has a warm and friendly approach. And something a little bit intuitively special about her! I left feeling lighter but also as if I’d gained something. Hard to explain but it felt lovely!
AN
I've been to see Anna for both massage and reiki. Anna creates such a warm and welcoming atmosphere, she is so calm and understanding about any health problems (physical and mental) and she bases her work on what you need. Her massage felt life changing and it helped with a lot of pain I get especially in my back, hips and legs and it was the first time in a very long time I felt relief from pain. And you come out feeling so at ease and relaxed. I also can't rate her reiki highly enough. It is the most calming wonderful experience. I have had reiki from a few different people in the past but Anna's is definitely the best I've experienced. It's like a natural high and the feeling of calmness afterwards is exactly what I needed as I suffer terribly with anxiety and the reiki definitely helped with that.
RB