Mother Earth’s medicine chest is full of healing herbs of incomparable worth”
Robin Rose Bennett
MEET YOUR THERAPIST…
Tania is a fully qualified aromatherapist, reflexologist, holistic massage and facial therapist. She has been working as a therapist for over 10 years and has been an integral member of Laurabella’s alternative therapy team for years, having taken a study break. She is a fully insured member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT).
Tania will be at Laurabella all day on Monday and Thursday evenings, offering some wonderful aromatherapy treatments in which she will make up a bespoke aromatherapy blend using essential oils to suit your specific needs.
Tania Fisher BSC Hons, ITEC Aromatherapist, FHT
What our clients think…
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"I have been coming to Tania for reflexology for many years and always appreciated how relaxing she makes the treatment. A great way to unwind after a long day at work - especially being on my feet all day!"
Simon
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"I have been going for treatments with Tania for many many years and it is really beneficial for my muscles and helps me to relax. I thoroughly recommend her treatments"
Carl
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"I have been seeing Tania regularly for a number of years because of joint and muscle pain caused by osteoarthritis. Her massages are wonderful, using individually blended oils each time and greatly alleviate pain and discomfort, both physically and mentally. She is an extremely kind and empathetic therapist and I cannot recommend her highly enough."
Heyde
Aroma-Reflexology
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A reflexology Treatment using a bespoke blend of essential oils to suit your specific needs. Aromatherapy oils can work through the feet to affect ailments over the entire body.
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1 Hour
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£55
Aromatherapy Massage
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A wonderfully relaxing full body treatment which can help to relieve tension, aches and pains. A bespoke blend of essential oils will be made up to suit your needs and you take any remaining home with you to use before bedtime or in the bath/shower.
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1 Hour
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£70
Aromatherapy Hair & Scalp Treatment
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Using a blend of essential oils to rejuvenate and stimulate the scalp and hair. Includes a pot of product for you to take home to carry on using on your hair
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45 Minutes
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£52
Aromatherapy Cancer Therapy Massage
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This treatment is approved by the Amethyst Trust and Penny Brohn Cancer Care.
Carried out on Hydrotherm warm water cushions and using oils that are safe for patients with cancer.
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70 Minutes
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£80
Aromatherapy Pregnancy Massage
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Aromatherapy massage can be wonderfully relaxing during pregnancy and is suitable for after 14 works until birth. The essential oils used are pregnancy safe. You will be made to feel extremely comfortable with your back and legs supported, no lying flat.
Please check with your midwife first
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1 Hour
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£80
Reflexology Face to Feet
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A combined treatment incorporating both facial and foot reflexology points
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90 Minutes
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£95
THE HISTORY OF AROMATHERAPY
While plants and plant extracts have been used empirically for thousands of years (evidence of this can be found in India, Pakistan, Iran, China and Ancient Egypt), it was not until 1830, in Grasse, France a city of perfume-makers and a venerated centre of distillation, that the study of essential oils came into being. Very quickly, some of the leading scientists of the time, such as Louis Pasteur, took an interest in it. From as early as 1887, Charles Chamberland, disciple and assistant to Pasteur, began scientifically measuring the antiseptic effects of oregano, clove and cinnamon essential oils on anthrax...
Then, in 1910, René-Maurice Gattefossé, a chemical engineer from Lyon, discovered the therapeutic properties of pure lavender after an explosion in his laboratory, which left him with major burns. He treated them using lavender essential oil. Won over by that “miracle", he founded the French Society of Aromatic Products and published around twenty works that are still considered references today. These works would give aromatherapy its reputation and its very name, as it was Gattefossé who coined the term “aromatherapy”, in 1935.
HOW CAN ESSENTIAL OILS HELP?
They can help with almost everything, thanks to their amazing diversity and recognised efficacy... Essential oils have more than 10,000 known aromatic components, which explains why their therapeutic arsenal is so extremely varied and extensively developed. It is also why essential oils can soothe anything from a sore throat to a stomach ache, skin or urinary tract infection, sleep disorder or digestive problems... and much more! Furthermore, while each essential oil has a main component with “key” quality, it also offers many more. These are due to the significant or minor molecules found in each one (lavender, for example, contains over a thousand!). For instance, some essential oils can kill bacteria, viruses, dust mites, fungi, insects, etc., all at the same time. By contrast, the standard medication contains no more than one or two active molecules and is therefore aimed at a specific pathology or symptom. Combined, these essential oils, which are already effective on their own, perform even more powerfully in synergy with others.
REFLEXOLOGY
Reflexology rests on the ancient Chinese belief in qi (pronounced “chee”), or “vital energy.” According to this belief, qi flows through each person. When a person feels stressed, their body blocks qi. This can cause an imbalance in the body that leads to illness. Reflexology aims to keep qi flowing through the body, keeping it balanced and disease free. In Chinese medicine, different body parts correspond with different pressure points on the body. Reflexologists use maps of these points in the feet, hands, and ears to determine where they should apply pressure.
Reflexology is a non-invasive complementary health therapy that can be effective in promoting deep relaxation and well-being; reducing stress in people’s lives can be key in optimising good health and building resilience. It is a touch therapy that is based on the theory that different points on the feet, lower leg, hands, face or ears correspond with different areas of the body and reflexologists work these points and areas.
