Hi, I’m Thaisa — a massage and ScarWork practitioner, a mother and a community builder.

My approach is grounded in professional training and specialist qualifications, but it is also deeply informed by lived experience. I know what it is to move through significant change and to live in a body that can feel complex, painful and, at times, difficult to understand.

My own journey into this work began through pregnancy and early motherhood, while also navigating chronic pain associated with hypermobility.

I was pregnant during the height of the pandemic having gone through IVF process, at a time when so many of the usual sources of connection and support simply weren’t there. My world became smaller and my body was changing rapidly. There was uncertainty, isolation and a lot to process, both physically and emotionally.

During that time, massage became an important place for me to pause.

It gave me space to step away from everything that was being asked of me, slow down and reconnect with a body that didn't always feel familiar. I began to appreciate that being cared for — and feeling genuinely listened to — could be just as meaningful as the treatment itself.

After my son was born in 2021, my pain became significantly more challenging. Working with an osteopath who understood hypermobility was a turning point. For the first time, I began to properly understand my own body: why it responded in certain ways, what it needed and, importantly, that it didn't always need to be treated like everybody else's.

That understanding has become fundamental to the way I work today.

I don't believe in treating a body according to a formula. I want to understand the person in front of me — what you're experiencing, what your body is communicating and what you need from our time together.

My own experience of motherhood and symptomatic hypermobility brings another layer of understanding to my professional training. It has taught me to be curious, to listen carefully and never to assume that what works for one body will work for another.

My experience of ADHD has shaped me too. It has helped me understand my own sensitivity and periods of overwhelm, but also the creativity, intuition and empathy that I bring to my work and the communities I create.

Today, my purpose extends beyond the treatment room. I am also creating maternal circles and community spaces, offering opportunities for mothers to connect, be heard and feel supported through a period of life that can be both beautiful and incredibly complex.

More than a treatment

Everything I have experienced has reinforced something I believe deeply:

Care begins with feeling heard.

That is what I want my practice to offer.

A place where your treatment isn't rushed or predetermined. Where we take time to understand what is happening in your body. Where your experience is taken seriously. And where the care can evolve as you do.

While motherhood holds a special place within my work, my practice welcomes all bodies. You don't need to be pregnant, postpartum, hypermobile or experiencing a particular life transition to come and see me.

You may be living with ongoing tension or discomfort. You may be recovering from an operation or accident and looking for support with a scar. You may be physically active and asking a lot of your body. Or you may simply feel that you need some time to reconnect with yourself.

You are welcome as you are.

This is a space for thoughtful care, rest and reconnection.

A space where you are treated as an individual.

And a space where, for a little while, you can simply allow yourself to be cared for.