MA Holistic Therapies

MA Holistic Therapies A truly bespoke holistic treatment service tailored to suit your personal requirements. Bring me your aching, tired, stiff body and leave a different person!

Choose from massage (Swedish through to Sports), Indian Head Massage, Reflexology, Mian Dui, Mian Shenti, Reiki or any combination of the above Treatments offered by Michelle, an experienced therapist and tutor. She has worked on lots of different demographics and have gained experience through working with sports people, service people, those suffering from numerus health conditions and healthy adults and children wanting to improve their health and wellbeing

24/09/2025

CHELMSFORD TREATMENTS AVAILABLE THIS THURSDAY

As part of World Reflexology Week, Phoenix are holding a pamper day to raise funds for Farleigh Hospice

We have a couple of Crystal Chakra Fusion treatments available on Thursday
A deeply restorative experience combining ancient energy practices with soothing massage and the healing power of crystals.
Your session begins with a calming cleansing ritual to create a sacred, peaceful space for both body and mind. Crystals are then carefully placed along your chakra points, encouraging balance, harmony, and energy flow throughout the body.
Gentle stimulation of key marma and pressure points helps to release tension and restore vitality, while focused massage techniques ease the shoulders, décolleté, arms, head, and face. These nurturing strokes melt away stress, improve circulation, and leave you feeling lighter and more centred.

21/09/2025

Why not make applying hand cream a wellbeing boost as well?

THE(LAS) VAGUS NERVE. Like the destination, this is where all the good stuff happens! The vagus nerve is the 10th crani...
18/09/2025

THE(LAS) VAGUS NERVE.
Like the destination, this is where all the good stuff happens!

The vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve and the only one that descends past the neck.

It’s responsible for (up to) 75% activation of the ‘rest and digest’ mode of the nervous system - the parasympathetic nervous state. It plays an important role in regulating involuntary functions within the body such as heart rate, rate and depth of breath and also digestion.

In the ‘rest and digest’ mode the body perceives no threat, feels safe and so quietens heart and lungs and increases eliminatory responses (wee and poo!)

Therapists aim to evoke this state during your treatment - it’s called ;-

🌷 rest and digest
🌷 feed and breed
🌷 heal and seal

If you are always on high alert you’re more than likely in ‘fight/flight/freeze’ mode where the bad stuff happens! Don’t get me wrong, we need some F/F/F to get us up out of bed but too much is detrimental to your wellbeing and physical health.

Other ways to tap into your PSNS (the vagus nerve) are:-

🌷 singing
🌷 cold water bathing
🌷 meditating
🌷 walking in nature
🌷 gentle exercise
🌷 social activities
🌷 a favourite hobby
🌷 helping others
🌷 having your favourite treatment

What do you do to activate Las Vegas, baby?

12/09/2025

Bread knife Gua Sha you say?

Here’s why …..

Do you have a Gua Sha? Bought on a whim?Don’t know what to do with it? Please do use it! It’s not hard! Here’s how:-🌷 us...
11/09/2025

Do you have a Gua Sha?
Bought on a whim?
Don’t know what to do with it?

Please do use it! It’s not hard! Here’s how:-

🌷 use as part of your skincare ritual
🌷 it won’t take long
🌷 use on cleansed skin
🌷 use an oil to provide slip
🌷 try out all the different sides to see what’s comfortable for you
🌷 only takes a minute
🌷 use the ‘heart shaped’ end to get into jawline/cheekbone/eyebrow
🌷 use on neck too
🌷 it’s great on back of neck

Anything goes really BUT…….

The direction of yours strokes is ALWAYS UP.

So,
🌷 neck - stroke up
🌷 jawline - across to ear and up to cheekbone
🌷 cheekbone - out and up
🌷 forehead - out and up

NEVER DOWN - no matter what you’ve seen on the socials - it is not draining the lymph by dragging the tool down your neck - you’re just creating a turkey neck!

Have a go using your tool!

Hey, sitters! Do you sit for hours on end - 🌷At a desk🌷Driving 🌷Relaxing in front of Netflix?Then you end up with lower ...
10/09/2025

Hey, sitters!

Do you sit for hours on end -

🌷At a desk
🌷Driving
🌷Relaxing in front of Netflix?

Then you end up with lower back pain. Here’s what’s happening………

1. Your hip flexors (3 muscles in groin area) go into spasm (constant contraction)
2. This leads to posterior tilt of pelvis (you flatten your back)
3. Your butt muscles turn off
4. You then have pain in lower back and find it hard to stand upright - you’re bent over like you’re 100!

It would help

🌷having a small pillow in lower back to encourage better pelvic placement
🌷 getting up from sitting regularly
🌷 squeezing your butt muscles together (glutes) regularly to keep them awake
🌷 booking a monthly body MOT with me (haha!)

And, when bending forward protect your essential back by hinging from hips with a straight back, not bending (rolling, curling) your back. Your back is the door - your hips are the hinges.

https://calendly.com/michelleandreou/30min

A grateful ‘Thank You’ ❤️to all my clients for choosing me to support your wellbeing and helping my small business to gr...
03/09/2025

A grateful

‘Thank You’ ❤️

to all my clients for choosing me to support your wellbeing and helping my small business to grow.

I will be taking a sabbatical for a few months to recuperate after my operation on 15th October and I hope you’ll all bear with me.

I’ve updated my availability up to 11th October so get booking!

https://calendly.com/michelleandreou

An hour is still only £40 (increase incoming 2026), and you can choose between

Marvellous Massage
Mega-Divine Mian Dui
Revitalising Reflexology

Or a mixture of any of the above.

In gratitude - Michelle

MIAN SHENTI - a massage ritual to support women through menopause and beyond. Menopause is finally being celebrated an...
03/09/2025

MIAN SHENTI - a massage ritual to support women through menopause and beyond.

Menopause is finally being celebrated and talked about! No more hiding symptoms and ‘grinning and bearing’ it. Women are becoming empowered and demanding recognition, treatment and education. You can help them navigate this time of change.

Mian Shenti is a body ritual comprising:-

🌷 Crystal layout on body
🌷 Vagus Nerve massage
🌷 MLD
🌷 Gua Sha working along meridians
🌷 Effleurage
🌷 using a essential oil blend of medium to support women

https://phoenixhbnt.co.uk/mian-shenti-to-support-your-client-through-menopause/

A 2 day cpd upskilling course including on-line pre-learning so you’re empowered with all the information needed to help your clients.

Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) -v- Swedish Massage …. What’s the difference? MLD:-🌷 performed dry - no oil🌷 working on ...
03/09/2025

Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) -v- Swedish Massage …. What’s the difference?

MLD:-

🌷 performed dry - no oil
🌷 working on skin not muscle
🌷 supremely light pressure
🌷 directional - towards nodes not heart
🌷 starts supine
🌷 encourages lymphatic fluid drainage
🌷 aids overall wellbeing
🌷 useful for clients who complain of bloating, susceptible to bugs and those that are sedentary

So, whilst Swedish massage BOOSTS the whole lymphatic system MLD DRAINS and improves flow.

Think of the lymphatic system as the cleaning system of the body and we need a free-flowing stream of fluid and not a stagnant, still pond!

https://phoenixhbnt.co.uk/manual-lymphatic-drainage-massage/

MLD is extremely gentle on both clients’ and also therapists’ bodies.

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Chelmsford
CM31BL

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