Holistic Healing Hands

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Please check Karen's Weekly Bookings and Availability calendar to check your booking time, or to choose a time to book in. Please get in contact if you are interested in booking a treatment and live in the North Bristol area, or just want more information, via e-mail, telephone 0117-9091529 (answer phone available) or mobile 07788-971487. If unavailable, she will get back to you as soon as she can.

Karen started gaining her qualifications since Jan 2003, but started her business formally in Apr 2007. She currently offers the following treatments:

• Sports Massage (requires referral for injury rehabilitation)
• 60 min Full Body Swedish or Aromatherapy full body massage
• 30 min Swedish or Aromatherapy Back Massage
• 30 min Swedish Leg Massage
• Thai Foot Massage (with cream)
• Indian Head Massage (with aromatherapy oils)
• Hopi Ear Candling (Biosun) with mini facial
• 30 min Child massage
• 15 min Baby/ Toddler massage
• Up to 60 min Reiki relaxation (a holistic treatment that can be combined with other therapies)

Karen is also qualified to train primary carers to massage their infants up to the age of 15 and offers the following training courses:

• A course in Beginner's Infant Massage
• A course in Advanced Infant Massage

Please see the Treatment Price List for cost of treatments or visit the Shop for available products.

Please note: If you require sports massage before or after an event, Karen advises that muscles respond best if prepared within 24 hours before an event and ideally within 48 hours after an event, e.g. a race. Karen can only treat sports injuries on clients who have been medically referred by a doctor, osteopath, chiropractor, physiotherapist or equivalent level sports massage therapist. Karen will also refer clients to a chiropractor if required. Karen offers free advice to promote self-healing, such as exercises, diet and stretches that aid recovery of sports injuries. She is also an Emergency first aider and requalified on 26th Feb 2011.

Karen is IPTI insured, and regularly attends seminars to get the latest health and safety information, as well as learning additional techniques to include into her treatments. Karen gave a presentation on METs, PNFs and other stretches at the FHT seminar on the 18th Jan 2010.

Karen is also available as a mobile therapist, e.g. for pamper parties, but is required to do a health and safety check of any property she visits. Karen's treatments take place in a dedicated warm, clean, professional-looking salon room in her home. Karen would also like to advise new clients that she has a young child who normally goes to sleep at 7:30pm, so to please knock if arriving for an evening appointment. Karen also has two cats that are prevented from entering the salon, which is kept clean and clear of all potential allergens, and the room is given at least half an hour airing between clients, especially after the use of aromatherapy oils or scented candles.

Karen is also CRB checked to work with children, as she also teaches trampolining to youngsters. Karen has also been CRB checked for the local Poplar Rooms Preschool in Stoke Gifford and is a helper mum there.

For interest, Karen is British, but grew up in Belgium, so speaks English, French, Polish and some German. She has travelled far and wide, so has picked up a few words and phrases in several additional languages, such as Dutch (Flemish), Spanish, Italian, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Czech, Russian, Swahili, Samoan, Arabic,  Thai and Korean. Karen also knows some Makaton sign language for the hard of hearing.