The Potting Shed
The potting shed is a peaceful haven to book a treatment. Here’s what we have to offer….
- Holistic Massage
- Sports Massage
- Acupressure Massage
- Reiki – Energy Healing
- Meditation Teaching
- Soundbath
- Spoon carving/Green woodworking
Details below……
Emily Walker
Emily is a trained massage therapist qualified in holistic, sports and acupressure massage (ITEC Dip) and Master Reiki practitioner. She has been practicing for over twenty years and her clients frequently refer to her as ‘magic hands’. Her massages are known for being very effective in relieving areas of muscle tension and leaving her clients feeling relaxed and rejuvenated. She also a facilitator, wellbeing and resilience coach, retreat leader and loves walks on the beach!
Holistic Massage
1hr £60
A full body massage on the massage bed using simple oils and towels for modesty. This can be tailored to the clients needs depending on what areas of tension show up. Areas focussed on in order are back and shoulders, arms and hands, legs and feet and finishing with neck and head. This is an overall relaxing massage.
Sports massage
50 mins £60
This is a site specific massage which also takes place on the massage bed with oils and towels. The massage is deeper than holistic massage and tends to be focussed on a particular area or site of tension. For example a focus on the shoulders and back muscles or very popular with runners and cyclists is a leg massage focussing especially on the muscles of the calves and feet.
Acupressure massage
30mins £30
This massage takes place on the fully supportive massage chair (client is fully clothed) and the focus is on acupressure points on the upper body interspersed with gentle but intense massage moves and stretches. Due to the angle of the body in relation to the massage therapist this is an ergonomically effective massage that is intense and ultra relaxing as it focusses on the energy lines and muscle groups of the upper body, neck and head.
“I have had a number of massages with Emily. She is amazing! The treatment is totally professional, complete with relaxing music. She will use as much pressure as you ask her to and she massages out those tension knots leaving you feeling so much more relaxed and healthy the next day. I can honestly say I have paid a lot more for massages in salons in the past but now I always use Emily because she gives the best massages I have ever received by far. A wholehearted 100% recommendation – you won’t regret it” Isabel Saunders, Musician
Reiki – Energy Healing
30mins £30
Reiki is the channelling of universal energy (Re=universal, chi=energy) for the benefit of the individual. Emily is a Master Reiki Practitioner and has been practicing this healing modality for twenty years. Emily says, “Although the logical mind in me is often sceptical of this modality I can’t deny the experience I have when I offer energy healing with reiki and the experience of the client’s receiving it. It is extra-ordinary, and I am frequently awed by the effectiveness and impact of the energy flowing through”.
For this therapy the client is fully clothed on the therapy bed and Emily is guided both by the requests of the client and by what she finds as she works on the client.
“Emily has a magic touch, that leaves me feeling like a new and whole person again! She is incredibly in touch with the human body and it’s anatomy, giving extremely thorough massages. I cannot recommend her highly enough. She is a very warm and generous person, in whose company you can feel totally relaxed.” Jenny
Meditation Teaching
30mins £30 for 1-1 or for group bookings POA
Meditation in all its various forms has made a huge impact on the west over the last 50 years. It has been proven to have many positive effects – balancing the being, lowering blood pressure, improving the immune system and generally giving an all-round sense of well-being.
Emily has a regular personal practice and has been both practising and teaching meditation for over 30 years. She practises various forms of meditation and offers to teach these on their own or as part of a wider stress-reduction package to individuals or groups in the public and private sector.
For individuals the practice is tailored not only to the individual but to their state at that time and what they need.
“Having a meditation session with Emily was truly like coming home!” Kate Evans
Simon Walker
Simon is a qualified Sound Therapist (BAST) and offers Southbaths using gongs, Tibetan singing bowls, Crystal bowls, and gentle percussion. He has provided Soundbaths as part of wellbeing programmes in the NHS, and in the educational and corporate sector. He is also a greenwood worker, facilitator, wellbeing coach and retreat leader. He loves walks and pottering in the workshop.
Soundbath
1hr £60 for 1-1 or for group bookings POA
Participants are invited to lie down on a yoga mat and in a comfortable position with blankets and cushions for support. They are then briefly led into a meditative space and then taken on a journey of sound to heal and restore.
By using the BAST (British Academy of Sound Therapy) technique of sound therapy, we have the benefit of over 20 years of science-based research and the amalgamation of all the different techniques from around the world to give you the best proven form of Sound Therapy.
It is also possible to book reiki healing with Emily to happen during a Sounbath for a powerful healing experience! POA
“I’ve just experienced my first Soundbath and what an experience it was! I really enjoyed it and would definitely do it again, a whole mind-body experience.” Kate Siraj, Aya Vedic Doctor
Spoon Carving Workshops
3hrs groups only POA
Simon believes our souls are missing the connection with nature that our indigenous selves had many moons ago. Through hands on workshops Simon will guide you carefully through the principles of carving spoons to build confidence, curiosity, and imagination. These workshops inevitably become a practice in mindfulness and the power of our creativity and attention.
Simon has delivered these workshops to numerous groups with varied backgrounds and experience both in the corporate and educational sector.
