Happy Clients
Finding a good masseuse is even more critical than a good hairdresser! Word has gotten around and all my friends and now friends of friends line up for massages with Emma and Maya. The care and attention I receive each time makes the entire experience wonderful from the moment I walk through the door. I've never had a better massage.
Meg Lester, PA. Client since 2002.
Ki viva - Why I keep coming back
I have been visiting Emma for shiatsu sessions for almost 2 years. My shiatsu time is always relaxed & comfortable, a sanctuary to let go of any tension and allow my body and mind to relax to another level. I can highly recommend taking 90 minutes out of anyone's life to experience this. Having the confidence that whether I have a back complaint, or am feeling great, I will experience ultimate ‘me time' and come out floating on top of the world!
Emma has a genuine interest in your personal wellbeing as a whole, she remembers personal things about you & your life and tunes into the needs of my body that often even I am not aware of.... Finding the aches & pains, and working to stretch & rub them away.
My favourite time to visit is later in the day, ensuring that when I leave, I am all snug & ready to float home and have an amazing nights sleep!
Alana Brydon, Senior Recruitment Consultant
When I started seeing Emma over 3 years ago, it was related to a crush injury I had sustained. I believe further surgery was avoided as a consequence of her Shiatsu & Massage sessions and the complimentary therapies recommended by her. Since then she has been tremendous in continued treatments and her diagnostic appraisal, allowing me a fuller and healthier life.
James Grant, IT professional.
I have been coming to Ki Viva pretty much once a month for over seven years for shiatsu and, occasionally, traditional massage. I spend a lot of time at a computer and my upper back especially gets sore and tight, despite exercising. I always book a 1.5 hour massage and every time I leave a session I feel like I am a couple of inches taller. The massage doesn't just unwind tight muscles, it releases a whole lot of other stresses which I carry around with me. That's why I keep coming back.
I began seeing Emma after I underwent major spinal surgery that resulted in extremely debilitating chronic pain. Emma worked with my complex spinal damage with the utmost care and skill. I would often arrive for my appointment in intense pain; Emma with great awareness of my physical and emotional needs did an amazing job at easing (often completely relieving) my pain. I felt Emma took an interest in my whole person, and with an incredible generosity of spirit used her highly developed skills to allow my body to return to a state of ease. I felt completely safe in Emma's capable hands - I felt that she was seriously invested in figuring out what treatment would be useful for my body, and that she was always open to listening to what my concerns and needs were. Emma's skill as a massage therapist helped me through the toughest time of my life. I will always be grateful for her compassion, attentiveness, openness and commitment to helping ease my pain. Thanks you so much Emma!
Liz Pentland Elwood
I have been seeing Emma for shiatsu and massage for nearly 8 years now, since she first started Ki Viva. She is great at what she does and makes you feel very comfortable and is genuinely concerned for your health and well-being. I would thoroughly recommend a 90 minute shiatsu session for relaxation and rejuvenation.
Ange Borella - Radiographer.
I started seeing Emma in 2005 for Therapeutic and Shiatsu massage to treat a repetitive strain injury in my arm as well as tension in my back, shoulders and neck. Working on a computer daily I used to suffer with a lot of pain in these areas particularly by the end of a week. Emma's massages relieved my body enormously. After the initial intensive treatment sessions, I continued to see Emma every 4-6 weeks for 'maintenance' and have never looked backed. I no longer experience or have to deal with the aches and pains I had become so accustomed to and have come to really enjoy and look forward to my sessions. I find Emma's personal and technical approach to massage quite unique and extremely effective. She adopts a very holistic approach and has educated me about my anatomy and physiology as well as about the relationship between body and mind. As a result I have been able to become very in tune with my body and have learnt how to connect with my inner energy. I have also developed the ability to calm and relax my body entirely through breathing techniques that I picked up from Emma - (being a very 'on-the-go' person this was a challenge for me and a very positive achievement). Given Emma is also qualified in pregnancy massage, I continued to see Emma throughout my recent pregnancy (2007-08), and I believe it contributed to my very positive and healthy pregnancy, labour and birthing experience. Emma also undertakes regular training in new techniques to enhance and incorporate into her current practices which I really like, she has a very professional yet nurturing and warm manner so I have always felt very comfortable with her. I would highly recommend Emma to anyone.
Natalie De Bono - Proud Mum & Project Manager
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