Live Well Holistic Wellness Centre

01/08/2025

🙌 AUGUST MASSAGE SPECIAL 🙌

Enjoy a 60 min massage with Tantawan any time in August for $20 off!

Remedial massage $125
Relaxation massage $115

Live Well Holistic Wellness Centre
35 Murray Cres Manuka

Book online: https://live-well-spa-and-wellness-centre.au1.cliniko.com/bookings?business_id=17533&practitioner_id=1497387556336043242

31/07/2025

Feeling the winter slump? ❄️ It's time to reconnect with your body (and boost your immune system too!)

If it's been a little while since your last massage, you're not alone — but winter is the perfect time to come back to the table. Remedial massage doesn't just feel amazing — it can also support your immune system, ease winter aches, and help you manage stress.

✨ Tantawan is available Thursday & Friday afternoons + weekends
🌿 Takako is available Monday, Wednesday, Friday + Sunday

Whether you're in need of deep tension relief or some nurturing time-out, we’re here for you.

💆‍♀️ Book in today and give your body what it’s asking for:
👉 https://www.livewellnaturally.com.au/remedial-massage-canberra

30/07/2025

We are excited to announce the addition of Postpartum Doula Support to our Live Well services!

Kellie Hermes has been Live Well's receptionist and office manager for 7 years as well as offering doula services throughout Canberra and surrounds for over a decade. She is now collaborating with our other practitioners for women and families who would benefit from in home support after their baby is born, as well as postpartum planning appointments.

A postpartum doula provides hands-on care, emotional support, and practical help in your baby’s first weeks. Each in home visit includes:

🌸Emotional support

-Space holding, deep listening and validation of your concerns

-Advice for navigating the challenges of early parenthood

🌸Practical help

-Feeding guidance

-Light cleaning such as dishes, washing and folding laundry, vaccuming, mopping, dusting, wiping surfaces, tidying

-Meal preparation

-Running errands

-Care of older siblings

-Care of your baby while you sleep, shower, bathe or attend an appointment

🌸Physical recovery techniques

-Seated shoulder, neck and foot massage

-Stretching and self massage advice

-Natural remedy advice for birth recovery, mastitis, immune support, sleep and much more

-Referral to body work or other therapies if needed

🌸Company

We aren’t designed to navigate motherhood alone. For as long as humans have walked the earth, we have raised our children as part of a village. A doula gives you tips for building and maintaining your village as your family grows.

Welcoming a postpartum doula into your journey of recovery from pregnancy and birth means having an extra heart and hands to share the load with so that you and your partner can make space to bond with your beautiful new baby.

"The doula's role is to help families navigate the challenges of the postpartum period, creating a nurturing environment where the new family can thrive"

Learn more about Kellie and book online here: https://www.livewellnaturally.com.au/postpartumdoulasupportcanberra

07/07/2025

Our holistic counsellor Skye is offering $20 off for initial client bookings in July and August 2025 🤗🥰🧘🌸🌿

Are you, your partner or teen struggling with anxiety, stress, or relationship issues? Or are you feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or like you’re not yourself lately? You don’t have to go through this alone.

Skye offers a confidential, supportive space to talk freely. You’ll be listened to — not judged. She believes everyone has the capacity to heal and develop greater self awareness- sometimes we just need a little guidance.

Skye’s empathetic and warm approach makes her clients feel safe, supported, and understood. She creates a space of trust and openness where clients develop and deepen self-awareness, gain insights and new perspectives to integrate into their lives. Skye notices deep healing and personal growth can occur when the right environment and therapeutic relationship are provided and nurtured.

Book now for face to face or telehealth here: https://live-well-spa-and-wellness-centre.au1.cliniko.com/bookings?business_id=17533&practitioner_id=1346074633635365928

Learn more about Skye’s work here: https://www.livewellnaturally.com.au/holistic-counselling

01/07/2025

Our Somatic Psychotherapist Ramone Bisset is offering a 3 session Nervous System Reset Package 🧘‍♂️🌳🤗🙌

Get clear, aligned and accountable with your goals to set yourself up for success for the rest of 2025!

This 3 session offer is incredible value and a great way to explore how nervous system centric therapy can help you build the skills you need to sustainably support yourself to succeed.

$475 for 1 x 1 hr 20 min session plus 2 x 50 min sessions at a saving of $145.

Available for bookings beginning in July only. All sessions conducted online via telehealth video call.

Learn more about Ramone and book online here: https://www.livewellnaturally.com.au/somatic-psychotherapy-canberra

19/06/2025

Read our latest blog, written by Wesley Smith 🤧🤒💊👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️

The Time I Said I Couldn't Help

The other day a friend asked me whether I could give him something to boost his immune system and I said no. I wish I did have a one-size-fits-all remedy that would help but it’s never that simple.

This friend was recovering from a virus and was still feeling a bit run down weeks later. For some reason his body was taking longer than normal to recover. It was just a passing conversation, so we didn’t go deeper but it got me thinking.

Digging deeper

From a holistic health perspective, the most important question to ask is why. Why was it taking longer to recover this time around? If you think about all the times in your life when you’ve gotten sick, you realize that your immune system typically works so well that you just get better and never think about it the illness again (apologies to long Covid sufferers or those with chronic fatigue for whom this is not the case!)

What’s the body telling us?

If you find yourself with a lingering illness, it’s usually telling us that you were already run down before you got sick. Maybe you were dealing with prolonged high stress, or poor-quality sleep, a diet that wasn’t nutrient rich, or an overreliance on coffee or alcohol to cope with the life’s demands. One of the hardest cases of long Covid I’ve worked with was a client who was already at a point of ‘burn out’ when she first got Covid. From a holistic perspective she just didn’t have the vitality that her body needed to have a smooth recovery. She’s doing better now but because she was at such a low ebb to start with it’s been a long hard climb.

Vitality

Vitality is the ‘horsepower’ that enables your body to move through the stages of an illness. We all get sick, even the most robust and healthy get viral infections. The one’s with the most vitality may even get more intense symptoms, but they tend to recover quickly and completely. What builds vitality is multifaceted and a topic for another day but chronic illness is a sure sign of compromised vitality.

Read more here:

The other day a friend asked me whether I could give him something to boost his immune system and I said no. I wish I did have a one-size-fits-all remedy that would help but it’s never that simple.  This friend was recovering from a virus and was still feeling a bit run down weeks later.

23/05/2025

Extending a very warm welcome to our new naturopath Cassandra Ledger!!

Cassandra enjoys working across a diverse range of wellness areas, with a focus on executive health, women’s health, senior wellness, and true to her rural upbringing, supporting farmers and families living on the land. She helps clients navigate a variety of health imbalances, with special interests in personalised weight loss and detox strategies, sleep issues, fatigue, gut and thyroid health, preconception and fertility care for both women and men, the physical effects of stress, worry, grief, and natural approaches to skin health.

Her work aims to blend evidence-based solutions with a respect for the traditional and energetic side of healing, drawing on botanical and energetic medicine, nutrition, and lifestyle guidance to support each person's unique wellness journey.

As a naturopath, her goal is to listen to you and explore your health from multiple perspectives—understanding that true wellness comes from supporting the body’s natural rhythms. With a caring and evidence-based approach, she aims to empower you to take charge of your health, feel your best, and create the foundation for lasting wellbeing.

To learn more about Cassandra and book online, click the link in our bio and head to our naturopathy page 🤗🌱

14/04/2025

Meet our Integrative GP Dr Orla Teahan!

Dr Orla has over 20 years experience in General Practice. Over the years she has extended her conventional medical training in a number of key areas including nutritional and environmental medicine, meditation, mindfulness and expressive art therapies in order to be able to broaden the range of options she can offer to facilitate restoring health and wellbeing. Orla does not replace your existing GP but offers another perspective for complex conditions where the standard approaches may not have been effective.

Her special areas of clinical interest include:

Gut health
Mental health/mind matters/emotional well being
Obesity
Preventative & Lifestyle Medicine
Adrenal Conditions
Chronic Fatigue
General Evidence Based Nutritional Medicine

Learn more about Dr Orla here: https://www.livewellnaturally.com.au/integrative-medicine

For booking enquiries with Dr Orla, please email us at info@livewellnaturally.com.au

31/03/2025

Meet our highly experienced acupuncturist Michelle Cook!

Michelle has been practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine for close to 30 years. After four years study in Australia, followed by further study at the Guangzhou Hospital of TCM, Michelle went on to establish clinics in Sydney, Alice Springs, Canberra, Fiji and Switzerland.

She uses acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping and Chinese herbal medicine, as well as dietary, lifestyle and exercise advice to treat and prevent a wide range of conditions. In addition to her technical application of Chinese Medicine, Michelle's strengths lie in her ability to communicate and to encourage and support her patients on their journey to good health. Michelle has a special interest in women's health; especially in regards to fertility, pregnancy, and women's life cycles. She has also been a yoga teacher for over 30 years.

Learn more about acupuncture with Michelle and book online here: https://www.livewellnaturally.com.au/acupuncture-canberra

17/03/2025

Meet our Holistic Counsellor Skye Regan!

Skye’s empathetic and warm approach makes her clients feel safe, supported, and understood. She creates a space of trust and openness where clients develop and deepen self-awareness, gain insights and new perspectives to integrate into their lives. She notices deep healing and personal growth can occur when the right environment and therapeutic relationship are provided and nurtured.

Skye draws on her yoga and mindfulness teachings and practice when meeting with clients especially those experiencing anxiety, sleeping issues, or stress. She has found that combining effective mindfulness and breathing techniques with counselling can be hugely beneficial.

Learn more about Skye and book online here:
https://www.livewellnaturally.com.au/holistic-counselling

03/03/2025

Meet our expert massage therapist Tantawan Tantham!

Tantawan has vast experience with a wide range of massage treatments. Her exceptional skills are based on a combination of traditional Thai and Western-based techniques. Through strong customer engagement and a highly intuitive approach, Tantawan provides treatments that are rejuvenating and relaxing for the body, mind and soul.

Tantawan is experienced in: Remedial Massage, Traditional Thai Massage, Pregnancy Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Aromatherapy Massage, Relaxation Massage and Hot Stone Massage.

Learn more about her offerings and book online here: https://www.livewellnaturally.com.au/remedial-massage-canberra

24/02/2025

Meet our acupuncturist Tanya Graham!

Tanya is passionate about working with women’s health, fertility, IVF support, hormonal regulation, pregnancy, musculoskeletal issues, pain relief, and general acupuncture. She is a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and a Registered Acupuncturist with 20 years experience.

Tanya is available for Acupuncture appointments 4 days a week (including Saturdays!), she can include cupping and moxabustion in her treatments where indicated. Learn more and book online with Tanya here: https://www.livewellnaturally.com.au/acupuncture-canberra