POSTNATAL RECOVERY MASSAGE
"Blessings and thanks to this body, this heart, this mind, these bones, 
Blessings and thanks to this womb, which served as a beautiful home" - Paula Cleary 

The Postnatal Recovery Massage is a restorative and nurturing massage to support mothers in finding balance physically and emotionally after having a baby. It can also be enjoyed as a relaxing and healing massage for any woman.  I trained with Sophie Messager, who developed this technique with osteopath Teddy Brookes, inspired and informed by Closing The Bones, a traditional Ecuadorian postnatal massage.

I use a traditional Mexican shawl called a Rebozo to relieve pressure and tightness around the pelvis and hips, through a gentle rocking action and by wrapping your hips. Soothing oil is used to massage your abdomen, hips, chest, shoulders and arms.  I can end the massage with a special poem, which celebrates women and your journey as a mother, bringing ritual and ceremony to the experience. 
As well as giving you time out to relax and reflect on your journey to motherhood,  this massage has many physical benefits: 
  • Release muscle tension and abdominal fascia (connective tissue that wraps around our muscles and tightens when there is stress)
  • Improve blood flow and movement of the lymphatic fluid (responsible for fighting infection and disease)
  • Reduce uterus and bladder tension, helping to return the uterus to a less anteverted position, taking pressure of the bladder
  • Loosen joints and gently stretch the intercostal muscles, realigning the ribs which have flared during pregnancy 
  • Promote gentle closing of the linea alba (fibrous structure that runs down the abdomen), helping repair abdominal separation (Diastasis Recti)
  • Stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system, bringing your mind into a calm place​
I will send you a booking information sheet, which includes a few questions to help me prepare for your needs and to answer questions you may have. I will come to your home with my massage table. The massage will last for 1 hour, so ask to allow 1.5-2 hours to include time to set up and get to know each other and for you to truly unwind. If you have a baby with you, we can discuss how best to manage this and I can adapt as needed. Having more than one or a series of these massages can be really beneficial, so I offer a multiple booking discount as well as a discount if I am your birth or postnatal doula. 
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1 session - £40 
2 sessions - £65 
Travel - I charge 45p per mile for any travel outside of a 20 mile radius of Falmouth
10% massage discount if am your birth or postnatal doula.

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"I am woman. I am mother. I am lover. I am sister. I am friend. I am daughter.
I am beloved, beautiful and whole." - Paula Cleary (extract from 'Closing The Bones')
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