About

Hi, I’m Sam,
 

I work with busy professionals who carry high levels of stress and responsibility, often leaving them feeling tired, tense, and tight in their back, neck, and shoulders. Through my massage treatments, I help ease both physical and mental tension so you can feel more relaxed, recharged, and better able to take care of your health, stay active, and enjoy your hobbies.
 

My approach blends hands-free, remedial, and somatic massage to create treatments that feel deeply relaxing and restorative, with well-intentioned tension-releasing pressure that is effective without being uncomfortable. Each session is designed not only to ease muscular tension but to help your body move out of its ' busy and doing mode' by encouraging your nervous system to switch to its 'rest-and-digest' mode that allows for genuine rest and recovery, as well as comfortable, restorative and effective massage.
 

Before becoming a massage therapist, I spent the past 10 years working in sustainable food and farming, particularly in coordination and management of food networks, where I experienced cyclical periods of high stress and eventual burnout. That experience led me to pause, stop and then explore holistic health, the mind-body connection, and nervous system regulation more deeply as a means of understanding how to better look after my whole self and continue applying myself to my career interests in a more sustainable way.  

Around the same time, I also came to better understand my own neurodivergence, which has deepened my understanding of hypermobility, alexithymia, dysregulation, and how day-to-day stress is experienced and processed by the body, and its links to chronic fatigue. This learning has informed and shaped the work I offer, particularly in supporting clients who want to understand and improve their own self-awareness and daily resilience through the lens of nervous system regulation and somatic bodywork to support emotional processing. 

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Outside of my practice, I lead an active lifestyle and enjoy seeking adventure outside through hiking, climbing, running, cycling, swimming, and snowboarding. Experiencing my own challenges with injury and posture has given me a deeper appreciation of how the body functions—and the importance of looking after it to keep doing the things I love. This has led me to seek additional training and supervision to offer 'remedial-style' holistic treatments that help support recovery from exercise and occupational body strain (specifically towards the upper body), but in a way that is more sensitive to pain and discomfort. 
 

If you’re dealing with persistent muscle tension, poor sleep, or difficulty concentrating, and are based in Bath, Bristol or Keynsham, I can help you reset both mind and body. My treatments are designed to ease pain, calm an overstimulated nervous system, and help you feel more grounded, focused, and at ease in your day-to-day life—so you can get back to doing the things that matter most to you.

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Training  and Professional Development 

• BSc (Hons) Food & Nutrition combined with Biology (2014) 

• Level 4 Holistic Massage with Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology (2024) at the Bristol College for Massage and Bodywork 

• Bodywork and Massage as a Relational Practice: Polyvagal & Trauma-Informed Bodywork with Sarah Mclellan (2024)

• A Short Introduction to Myofascial Release (2024)

• Neck And Shoulder Issues & Conditions: considerations for the massage therapist (2025)

• Advanced Skills for Remedial Massage (2025)

• Foundation in Hands Free Massage (2025)

• Clean Language for Bodymind Practitioners with Nick Pole & Sarah McLellan (2025)

• Neck, Jaw and Chest and Treating the Shoulder (2026) 

• Integrated Hands-On Therapy (2026)

• Professional member of the Massage Training Institute 

• Receive regular supervision