Women’s Restorative Bodywork

Massage, bodywork, closing rituals and holistic support for pregnancy, birth, loss, postnatal recovery, menstrual wellbeing and life transitions.

This may be for you if…

💜You’re feeling tired, tense, overwhelmed or disconnected from your body.
🌼Pregnant and wanting comfort, balance or birth preparation.
🌿Recovering after birth, loss, feeding, carrying or broken sleep.
🌈Moving through grief, burnout, menstrual changes or life transition.
🛖Longing for a quiet space where you can be heard, held and cared for

The Roundhouse Experience

A calm, private space in the Forest of Dean where you can be supported through pregnancy, postnatal healing, fertility, womb health, stress, grief, burnout and the big threshold moments of life.

Sessions blend bodywork, traditional wisdom, emotional support and practical care.

Arrive exactly as you are, you will be held here in nature.

What I offer

You do not need to know exactly what you need before booking.

Simply book your session for one to two hours, arrive as you are, and I will shape the treatment around you.

We begin by listening to what is happening in your mind, emotions & body, then I draw on the right blend of massage, bodywork, oils, rebozo, warmth, sound, wrapping or quiet rest to support you.

  • Pregnancy Massage & Body Balancing

    Nurturing massage, shiatsu, rebozo and body balancing for pregnancy comfort and birth preparation.

    We will work together to find the best position to accommodate your growing bump and changing body shape to support, nurture and balance you in head, heart and body.

  • Postnatal Restorative Bodywork

    Mother’s healing is often forgotten in the whirlwind of baby care & feeding. I offer gentle massage and nurturing care after birth, feeding, carrying and broken sleep.

    Your baby is so welcome - or bring a support person to stay close by.

  • La Cerrada: Closing the Bones / Closing Ritual

    A traditional ceremony to mark the closing of a chapter. Often at the end of the first 40 days, postnatally, following a loss or life transition. Includes a herbal bath, warmth, ritual, drumming, wrapping and bodywork.

  • Women’s Healing & Holding

    Touch, care, holding & bodywork used to be commonplace and still are in other cultures. Come and receive for stress, burnout, womb health, grief and general wellbeing.

  • Birth Preparation with Rebozo & Biomechanics

    Deep traditional wisdom using simple cloth to support and release tension & holding.

    Support comfort, confidence, space, pelvic balance and good fetal positioning before birth.

  • Aromatherapy & Essential Oils

    Essential oils have a range of wonderful and beneficial properties during pregnancy. We choose together from a range of safe, effective oils, which can create a powerful multi-sensory experience and positive trigger for relaxation.

  • Thai Massage Influence

    Gentle stretching & manipulation of limbs to release tension & feel good.

  • Warmth, Blankets, Herbal Teas

    Each session starts with a cup of herbal tea picked fresh from the plot. We sit, settle and tune in together, using the sense of taste to ground and unwind, ready to receive.

  • Guided Relaxation, Breathwork & Sound

    Sound may be part of your session — this could be a specially selected playlist, or using drumming or other instruments during a ritual. I will select what feels right for each woman and circumstance.

  • Breast & Womb Massage

    Our most intimate, sacred and feminine parts are often neglected. Many women find that receiving safe, nurturing touch for the breast and womb space to be incredibly healing.

    We will discuss if this feels right for you before the session begins so that you can fully relax.

Inhabiting a female body is an honour.

Womanhood brings us through powerful rites of passage — menarche, menstruation, miscarriage, abortion, pregnancy, birth, motherhood, loss, menopause and beyond.

These experiences deserve care, reverence and space to be witnessed

The Experience I Draw On

My work is rooted in many years of bodywork, healing practice, women’s circles, birth work, travel, training and lived experience.

I have always been fascinated by the body — not just as something to fix, but as the vessel we live through. Our bodies carry memory, instinct, grief, strength, pleasure, fear, love and survival. They hold the stories of what we have moved through, and they can also become places of reconnection, healing and return.

Over the years, I have travelled, studied and experienced many different healing traditions and bodywork practices. My own journey has taken me through Thailand and India, where I explored massage, bodywork, meditation and healing practices, as well as time spent at Da-a-Luz, a traditional midwifery community in Spain.

I have trained with Birthing from Within, completed pregnancy yoga teacher training with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, author of Yoni Shakti, and continue to study Dao Tantric Arts for Women, deepening my own relationship with inner energy, cyclical wisdom and embodied practice.

All of this comes together in the way I work.

Each session is designed to help you feel fully heard, held and able to unwind. I draw on the techniques, traditions and practices I have gathered over many years, but I do not offer a fixed formula.

I listen to you, your body, your nervous system and what is present on the day.

Sometimes that may mean deep rest and quiet touch. Sometimes it may mean warmth, wrapping, massage, pressure points, rebozo, breath, sound, conversation or silence.

I believe that when women are properly held through these thresholds, something ancient begins to repair. We are not separate from the women who came before us. We carry lineage, memory and survival in our bodies — and we also carry the possibility of healing.

This is grounded, restorative bodywork.

A space to come back to your body, your rhythm, your instinct and your own deep knowing.

Qualified, Insured & Experienced

I am fully insured and trained in pregnancy massage, bodywork, antenatal education, pregnancy yoga and birth support. I have supported women and families through pregnancy, birth and postnatal life for over 18 years.

My work is complementary and does not replace medical care.

Sessions are always adapted to your stage of life, comfort, consent and individual needs.

You can read more about my background and experience on my About page.

Read More About Emma

What Women Say

Women come to these sessions for many different reasons — rest, bodywork, emotional release, pregnancy or postnatal support, or simply needing space to be cared for. Each treatment is different, but the intention is always the same: to help you feel heard, held and able to fully unwind.

“It was truly a unique and beautiful experience. Emma used a wonderful blend of techniques — shiatsu, deep tissue work, trigger points, circular and gliding strokes — and paid attention to areas that are often forgotten, like hands, fingers, feet and toes. It felt like a genuinely full-body treatment.”

“Emma immediately picked up on my anxiety and used towels sensitively and respectfully to help me feel covered and safe. She listened, was reassuringly mindful, and moved around me with a calm presence that put me at ease.”

“It truly was relaxing, emotionally releasing and thought-provoking. I felt cared for in a way that really supported my wellbeing. I’m already looking forward to my next session.”

“I had a wonderful two-hour treatment at the Roundhouse with Emma. She is very calming and knowledgeable, putting me at ease straight away. I really valued her time and the two hours felt like a week’s rest for my body and mind.”

Book Your Appointment

You can book your treatment directly into my calendar below.
A limited number of evening and weekend appointments are available.

Once your session is booked and paid for, your space is held for you.

You will also have the option to reschedule up to 12 hours before your appointment if something changes.

You do not need to have a clear idea about what you want to receive, or even why you are coming.
There is no need to explain everything, perform, or be anything other than yourself.

Each session begins with time to settle in and decide together what kind of support would be most helpful on the day.

This is your time to arrive, be heard, unwind and just receive the care your body is asking for.

For a limited time, join my mailing list and receive a two-hour treatment for the price of one.