A bit of background…
I’m an artist, massage therapist, and doula, drawn to the healing power of softness, care, and community. Across all my work, I’m interested in creating spaces where people can let their guard down, feel held, and be seen.
As an artist, I make performances and experiences that feel tender and familiar—like a hug or a half-remembered smell from childhood. I work with performance, sound, video, and images, following whichever medium helps me say what needs to be said. Collaboration and socially engaged practice are very important in my work. I love working with others to build something shared.
My focus at the minute is on listening and following my gut and developing projects that shine a light on motherhood as that is my current reality- and I am interested in finding a way to express what is going on my life at the given moment. I believe that softness and connection can spark profound transformation—both personally and collectively.
I began my massage journey in 2016 in Derry, training in Swedish Body Massage and Sports Massage. Since then, I’ve gone on to qualify in Pregnancy Massage and Baby Massage, and I’ve also trained in Thai Body Massage with Erica Bhavni. That training really shifted how I work on the table – I now bring in Thai techniques such as compression, rocking, and stretching, which add another dimension to the more traditional oil-based work I do.
For me, massage is so much more than just a treatment. I believe in its power on a physical, emotional, and energetic level. Healing touch can be transformational, and bodywork is something we all need throughout our lives. It helps ease common symptoms like muscle tension, aches and pains, stress, fatigue, anxiety, poor sleep, and the heaviness of carrying so much in our day-to-day lives.
What I love most is the ripple effect: when someone leaves a massage feeling soft, grounded, and at ease, that gentleness travels outward—to their family, their children, even to the woman in Tesco scanning your greek yogurt. It’s both simple and profound. In my practice, I hold the practical anatomical knowledge of bodywork alongside its spiritual and energetic aspects—because both matter, and together they bring real balance and healing.
Becoming a mother in 2021, after years of lockdown, felt like stepping out of a fever dream of love. Motherhood has illuminated parts of myself I had been numbing, and while it’s been both beautiful and hard, I’ve been carried by an incredible circle of friends and community.
This journey has deepened my passion for supporting women through pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond. I now offer retreats, pregnancy massage, and baby massage, and I’m beginning my path as a doula—work that feels both exciting and deeply needed.
During my own pregnancy, I became hungry for information and was struck by how pregnant people are often treated in the medical system. Choosing to do things differently, I planned a home birth (though my 9lb 10oz baby had other ideas and arrived at the Royal!). That experience continues to inspire me to walk alongside others, helping them feel held, informed, and empowered on their own journeys.
At the moment I am working on several different artistic projects, a lovely blend of artistic collaborations, performance pieces, massage work and supporting postpartum mothers. I love the combination of all of these that feel like they all fuel each other and tie really nice together and I love that i’ve cultivated this for myself. I’ve been chipping away for years so I have to give myself credit for staying true to what I believe in and my artistic voice.
I’m embracing the fact that I don’t fit neatly into one category, and I’m happy to straddle them all. Moving toward love, pleasure, and connection is at the heart of everything I do. My mission is to hold space for others, whether in performance, in a therapeutic setting, or simply as a friend.
Thanks for reading !