Floating Massage
ABOUT Floating Massage
Water Wisdom for Modern Living
Supported surrender.
I don't have to hold myself up.
The water holds some of me.
Your hands hold some of me.
Movement can carry me.
I can stop doing.
I can feel.
I can breathe.
I can receive.
I can allow myself to be moved.
And eventually:
I can trust support without losing myself.
Why choose
Floating Massage?
Gentle, Fluid & Restorative
Let the water hold you.
Floating Massage is an original, water-based somatic practice born from my lifelong relationship with water and my work with the body through dance, movement, touch, breath, sound and energy.
I have been a swimmer and synchronized swimmer, a dancer and choreographer, a yoga practitioner and teacher, and a student and practitioner of many different approaches to embodied awareness and healing.
Over the years, these worlds have naturally begun to meet.
In Floating Massage, the water becomes part of the practice.
Supported by the water and by my hands, you don't have to hold yourself up.
I gently move, rock, stretch, cradle and massage your body, following its weight, breath, rhythm and natural impulses. Sound, voice, breath and energy work may become part of the experience as well.
There is no choreography for you to learn and nothing you need to accomplish.
You are invited to listen.
To soften.
To receive.
To allow yourself to be moved.
And perhaps, underneath all the effort of everyday life, to remember something that your body already knows.
HELLO LOVELY!
The Selkie Within
There is a reason I feel so at home in water.
The Selkie, the mythical being who moves between sea and land, has become a powerful image for my own journey: the remembering of a wild, instinctive, deeply embodied self beneath the roles we learn to inhabit.
For me, Floating Massage is an invitation to return to that place.
Not to escape your life, but to reconnect with the part of you that knows how to move, breathe, feel, trust and belong.
The water offers a unique kind of support: you can surrender some of the effort of holding yourself together while remaining fully present in your body.
Sometimes that surrender feels like profound relaxation.
Sometimes it opens emotion, memory or imagery.
Sometimes it simply feels wonderful to be held.
There is no particular experience you need to have.
The invitation is simply to discover what becomes possible when you allow yourself to be supported.
Benefits of
Floating Massage
Who knows what kind of magic and transformation can unfold when you allow yourself to be fully supported?
And when we float in the sea...
The experience expands beyond the water and the body to include the minerals, rhythms, sounds and vastness of the natural environment.
Supports nervous-system relaxation
Warm water, buoyant support, rhythmic movement and a low-demand sensory environment can create conditions for deep relaxation and reduced stress. Research on flotation-REST has found promising effects on stress, anxiety and mental wellbeing.Helps release physical tension
When the water and practitioner support your weight, your muscles don't have to work in the same way they do on land. Gentle rocking, stretching and massage can invite habitual holding patterns to soften.Encourages deeper body awareness
Slow movement, touch and floating shift attention away from constant thinking and toward sensation. Recent flotation research has found increased interoceptive awareness—the ability to notice and sense what is happening within the body.Supports stress and anxiety reduction
Flotation research shows promising effects for stress and clinical anxiety, although the research is still developing and does not establish Floating Massage as a treatment for anxiety disorders.Creates a powerful experience of physical support
Buoyancy reduces the effects of gravity and allows the body to be moved and positioned with less effort. This can create a unique sense of lightness, spaciousness and being held.Supports easeful movement
The water allows the body to move in ways that may be difficult on land. Gentle spirals, rocking, stretching and flowing movement can explore mobility without requiring muscular effort or performance.Can support pain relief and comfort
Research on flotation-REST and aquatic bodywork suggests potential benefits for pain and physical comfort. The evidence is promising but varies according to the type of intervention and the population studied.Encourages mental quiet and mindfulness
The combination of stillness, reduced external demands, rhythmic movement and inward attention can create a temporary break from habitual mental activity. Flotation research has also found increased state mindfulness following sessions.Supports emotional wellbeing
Deep relaxation, body awareness, touch, sound and intentional attention can create space for emotional experience without requiring the person to analyze or "fix" what they are feeling. Research on flotation and music-based interventions provides promising evidence for psychological wellbeing and anxiety reduction.Invites a different state of consciousness
Floating can temporarily alter ordinary perceptions of body boundaries, time and spatial orientation. For some people, this creates an unusually spacious, inward or meditative experience.Mineral-rich seawater nourishment
When Floating Massage takes place in the sea, you receive the additional sensory and physical experience of natural mineral-rich seawater. Seawater bathing has been studied for its effects on skin health, relaxation and musculoskeletal wellbeing.Reconnect with nature
Floating in the sea brings together the benefits of supported immersion with the sights, sounds, rhythms and spaciousness of the natural world. Research increasingly suggests that time spent in nature can support stress reduction, relaxation and mental wellbeing.
★★★★★
Floating felt like being transported into a new world, gently supported through the journey. I was able to let go, relax, and really feel held by the water. It was a profound and deeply personal experience that helped me reconnect with my natural self, soften some of my inner blocks, and touch something very meaningful from my past. I left feeling lighter, freer, and deeply connected to myself.
(Tulja)
Get results like these...
RECEIVE
Allow yourself to be supported.
TRUST
Discover that you can let go without losing yourself.
SURRENDER
Release the need to hold and control everything.
LISTEN
Notice what your body and inner world are telling you.
RETURN
Listen for what is underneath the noise and conditioning.
REMEMBER
Reconnect with your instinctive, creative, wild nature.
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Whether you’re just beginning on your healing path or have been on it for what seems an eternity, my sessions are designed to meet you where you are and guide you back to your natural state of peace and balance.
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