It is always so wonderful to get feedback from clients on how my work helps them. It is also really helpful to you, the potential client, to hear from others how a practitioner helped them. My hope with this testimonial blog is that you will see the value that others receive from my approach to care.
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In this life of ours, the focus always seems to be on getting things done, being productive, being useful. Which is all well and good. But the fact of the matter is that being useful and productive requires a healthy mind and body. For most of my working life, I had no time for massages. They were considered frivolous, a waste of time, indulgent. At least that was the case where I grew up.
What I have come to find is that Melanie’s massages are a life saver. It is an hour out of the week that I am totally looked after with kindness and intention. I refer to Melanie as “magical” as I do feel she does perform magic on my whole being. The massage is provided in a lovely, stand-alone studio on a beautiful property on Gabriola Island. The hour is one of peace and rejuvenation. Melanie plays the most wonderful gentle music while she performs her magic. She always connects with you at the beginning of the massage to figure out what sort of care is needed. Sometimes it is a general overall massage to rejuvenate everything from top to toe. Other times she will focus on a particular tight or achy area to provide relief.
I love the care and treatment I receive from Melanie. I feel this sort of self care is essential to help me take good care of my body and spirit and maintain optimum health in the years ahead. I cannot recommend Melanie highly enough. She truly is “magical Melanie”
-Pam Thompson———————————————
I have been a client of Melanie for many years. My visits are primarily for relaxation and are a treat I always look forward to. Melanie doesn’t just work on your body, she also works on your soul. Whatever I am dealing with melts away in her nurturing care. My most recent visit was necessitated by a lower back injury and she provided relief that drugs or physio didn’t touch. She is a magic healer.
-Rob Cameron————————————-
With out a single doubt Melanie is standing on the top of the podium of masseuses I have encountered – a massage gold medalist.
She is thorough and covers the main muscles and joints on every visit. She goes deep where she senses resistance (tightness) with increasing pressure with either a thumb or an elbow. This deep pressure release technique is better than any I’ve had, better than any self-inflicted pressure I can apply. She gets to places like toes, feet, earlobes, scalp, forehead, nose, fingers and face which is new for me and very pleasant. She plays gentle music in a stand alone studio with warming blankets on a professional massage bed.
Over my 7 decades of existence I have had the pleasure and luxury to receive hundreds, maybe thousands, of massages. They started early with competitive swimming through college where all the big meets and our college team had professional masseuses on site. They morphed into repeated massages and physio for various repetitive motion injuries from swimming. Then periodic shoulder massages happened through various exercise periods as I attempted to forestall age related decline.
This is not pampering or frivolous or hedonistic. It’s restorative deep massage that contributes to my desire to live a long life. I can exist without Melanie but I prefer not to. She is a star in my massage world. She’s also a lovely human being.
-Ted Fullerton—————————————————————
I started to see Melanie about three years ago. As an active senior, I am impressed by her combination of training, skills, and intuition. Whether I am seeking a massage to relax and restore my energy or need deeper tissue work on stiff joints and kinked muscles, Melanie finds a way to do both at the same time.
-Susan Swift————————————————————–
I’ve been to a lot of massage therapists over the years, for relaxation massage, many of them quite good. But now that I’ve found Melanie, I will go to no one else. Her mixture of skill, warmth, and assertiveness (she tells me to stop talking and just soak it all in) is just what I need.
-Dr. Nancy Reeves, Certified Psychologist——————————–
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