Skilled technique
Styles of
Styles of
Massage
Five techniques, one unhurried studio — from gentle relaxation work to deep therapeutic pressure, and the one style you won't find on every menu.
Five techniques, one unhurried studio — from gentle relaxation work to deep therapeutic pressure, and the one style you won't find on every menu.
Our therapists are skilled in Asian technique and adapt every session to what your body needs — whether that's the softest unwinding or the deepest release. Phone us to discuss what's right for you.
"The week worked out of your shoulders — one slow stroke at a time."
Relaxation massage uses long, continuous, flowing strokes — effleurage and petrissage — to ease the surface tension that a hard week accumulates. The pressure is gentle to medium, the pace unhurried, and the result is a deep, systemic calm that reaches from the muscles into the nervous system itself.
For anyone carrying the weight of a desk job, a late week, or simply too little stillness — this is where to begin. Men and women both; no experience needed.
"To locate the troubling area and release what's been holding there."
Where relaxation massage works at the surface, deep tissue sustains firmer pressure into the deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue. It's particularly effective for chronic tension — the lower back that hasn't let go in months, the shoulder carrying a stiff knot — and for returning real range of motion to muscles that have shortened around an old injury or habit.
The work is slower and more deliberate. The therapist listens to the tissue, follows the resistance, and lets the muscle give on its own terms — never forcing, always progressing.
"The best of both — shaped to what your body needs today."
The most versatile approach: the therapist moves between relaxation strokes and deeper targeted work in response to what they find. A session might begin with long, settling effleurage and shift into sustained deep-tissue pressure where the body is holding — then return to lighter strokes to integrate the work.
If you're not sure which technique suits you, or if your needs vary session to session, combination is the natural starting point. Tell us what's been bothering you and we'll follow the body's lead.
"Keep the body ready to move — before, between, and after."
Sports massage targets muscles that are under regular load from physical activity — whether that's running, gym training, cycling, or a physically demanding job. The work focuses on improving circulation to fatigued tissue, releasing the tightness that builds up around overworked muscle groups, and reducing recovery time between efforts.
It can be used as preparation before activity, recovery afterward, or as a regular maintenance practice for anyone who asks a lot of their body. The pressure can be firm and specific; the goal is always a body that functions better.
"Broad, even pressure along the spine — from a therapist who uses their feet."
Back Walking Massage is the technique that surprises most first-timers — and keeps them coming back. The therapist uses their feet and body weight to apply a broad, even, sustained pressure along the length of the back, following the muscles that run beside the spine. It reaches areas and depths that hands and elbows alone cannot access.
The pressure distributes across a larger surface area, making it both deeply effective and — for many clients — profoundly relaxing in a way that's distinct from any other technique. If you've tried everything for a stubborn back and haven't found it yet, this is worth a conversation.
Some sessions are about silence and release — bringing the nervous system down, easing the surface tension that a hard week builds up, and letting the body return to quiet. This is massage as restoration: unhurried, gentle, complete.
Other sessions are about diagnosis and remedy — locating a troubling area, working through the spasm or the knot, and leaving the body genuinely freer than it arrived. Precise work that makes a real difference to how you move and feel.
All bookings are by phone. We'll talk through which style suits what you're carrying — then set a time.
For Bookings — Call 0478 966 629545 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122 · Open 10:30am – 9:00pm
