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Plantbelly Massage, Bristol (2026)

01/03/2026

N A R C O L E P S Y. Part of my whole.

How can you witness and accept all parts of yourself?

How do you bring your soul to the waters and nourish amongst this intoxicated world?

What makes you feel at home? Known? Seen?

I have been delving deeper and deeper into my own health, psyche, ancestry, grief, morality, prayers, dreams, dragons..! And recently it is clear I am being shown not to forget that living with Narcolepsy is a part of my whole. My holistic. A knot in my weave. The more I delve, the more it can soften. Like tending to the stuck muscle strands when releasing someone's neck tension.
This too can be soothed, listened to and reckoned with.

I am ready to show up more in my own personal conversation with my Narcolepsy to help raise awareness and remember how useful and life changing it would have been to get a diagnosis sooner and not feel so mental.

What is it? How does it make me feel? Is it a disability? What is an autoimmune disease? Can I fix it with celery? How does one cope?

All questions I continue to research and fluctuate my opinion and approach toward. At the moment some main points for now..

I am diagnosed Narcolepsy with Cataplexy

Cataplexy is wyrd!

"Cataplexy is the term given to sudden muscular weakness triggered by strong emotions such as laughter, anger and surprise. The loss of muscle tone that occurs may range from a just-perceptible weakening of the facial muscles through weakness at the knees, to total collapse on the floor. Speech may be slurred, and eyesight impaired (double vision, inability to focus) but hearing and awareness remain undisturbed."

- I have been prescribed speed, modifnal, and ritalin
(which I do not use unless having a driving lesson lol)

- I often fall asleep into REM dreams within seconds or minutes of stillness

- I manage my symptoms with many holistic methods

It is an ongoing process of deep listening and witnessing. More and more giving the "illness" a voice and enquiry rather than begrudging it and fighting. Any questions? Me too! Ask away and let's continue to be curious and well informed of all the parts of this human web.

12/02/2026

V O I C E

Have you a relationship with your voice? Your unique sound? Your travelling instrument?

Are there edges you'd like to meet? Adventures you're yet to seek? Peaks you're yet to mountain? Wallows you're yet to grieve?

My inspiration comes from unionising with the cosmos, pachamama, connecting our roots deeply and anchoring into our beautiful, kind, compassionate hearts. Then sharing. Playing. Listening to our surrounding sounds to take us deep down into our own selves. Once we access this layered listening we can then share the depths of our being. Parts that want to play.

Your voice may warble. It may hide. It may yell or shriek and disappear before coming back stronger and brave. We explore together to find the courage and the play. O the play. We are makers of fantastical sounds!

As above so below we traverse this landscape together gathering inquisitively from depths to heights at your own pace ebbs and flows unknown and knowing.

In our sessions we can conjure from my experiences and training in the following:

- Reiki energy balancing
- Gentle play
- Poetic devising
- Meditation
- Sound healing

Songs arise from the magic of the moment, the muse, the mystical miraculous myriad of life force itself. When we open and ground to our earthen power, we become a clearer channel for more songs to be birthed through the majesty of our own divine wisdom and utterings. From whispered mutterings to birds in flight. I am excited to meet you and go on a journey of YOUR voice together.

10/02/2026

Some beautiful feedback from beautiful clients

Not only massage!

Other modalities available...

REIKI ENERGY HEALING

VOICE OPENING

SOUND HEALING

We can combine these gifts or focus on one method to bring you the best healing you need in this present moment. Treat yourself some deep rest and repair. I am here to listen.

DM for enquiries

Available:

Kingsbridge, Devon for February 21st

Dartington, Totnes from March onwards

Distance Reiki Energy treatment from the comfort of your own home or studio!

Love
Plantbelly

20/01/2026

A lovely nurturing end to the day

20 minute neck and shoulder massage
Help to relieve tension
Release stuck muscle contractions
And open up movement and flow

Thank you to all my new clients at
So far

DM to book in

January Sat 24th
20m available at
12pm & 1.30 pm

Pop in for some TLC

February and March bookings also available

Love, Abigail (plantbelly)

16/01/2026

T H A N K Y O U

Recent client feedback for a holistic massage.

Thankyou to all who have given me online reviews. It has taken me a long while to ask for official feedback and properly share it. Stirring up that solar plexus confidence magic. I know each time I give a massage I feel so humbled and honored and genuinely L O V E it so much. To be trusted to tend to your body - mind - spirit for however long. 1h, 20 minutes, 1h 30..each treatment is unique and words are hard to describe the intimacy and release in the power of touch. Holding. Presence.

Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou

A thousand times thank you

16/01/2026

New venture down Devon..

Welcome to the exciting new wellbeing centre full of wonderful offerings of holistic workshops, treatments and more.

DM to book the following 1 to 1 treatments

Holistic Massage

Reiki Energy Healing

Sound Bowls & Voice Release

January dates:
Tuesday 20th
Saturday 24th

Feb tbc.

Stay grounded!

Abigail Hope

04/11/2025

G I F T S
A lovely local brought flowers to HEAL today

The place is already attracting beautiful curiosity & generosity..

The paint is freshening up the interior, smiles brightening up the street..

I am excited to cocreate the next few months of beautiful happenings from support groups to sound baths, playful dating to deep integrative bodywork.

Each time I visit I come away feeling lighter and inspired by the community gathering together to help out with tasks and asking when will we be open. Keep it coming!

Plantbelly will be offering Holistic Massage, Reiki energy healing, Support Groups and combining this all with S O U N D which I am super intrigued and inspired by. More on this soon.

26/10/2025

Musings among Bristol city
A collection of tall trees catch my eye in a direction I'd not walked before
On the way to temple meads station
I'd wandered that way a hundred times
But never this way...
Led to this epic church ruin still standing
Notes on the crusades to Jerusalem
How do invasions written down sound so proud and positive? "Secure" "Kingdom" how about "invasion" and "murder"?
It struck me to feel what still stands of British History is the proud ruling and taking in the name of the lord over and over again
Stated facts in heritage boxes, emotionless, immovable
How does nothing change
O but it does
The witches are back
The songs and weave of the future are being sung louder and more fully
Songs of reparation, integration and howling grief
Weaves of Magdalene and the rose path
Unfurling and tending to our hearts as one
There was a garden of roses alongside the church
So beautiful, each one a unique fragrance holding on tightly to their petals in the wind

I prayed, with the dragon of the rose, stood in the centre of this church where so many prayers and death rallying decisions would have been made. We are forever picking sides to assist our need for purpose and meaning. Divide and conquer and divide again.

Well my faith is not divisive. It is whole. Raw. Powerful. Epic. It emcompasses a world of happy children in no shame, pure joy and deep, deep listening.

My faith is in the trees. The waters. The winds and the fires. The songs. The stones. The apologies. Shadows. Responsibility and care taking.

May we be able to call each other out before we turn to aggression. Be curios. Kind. Calm. Courageous.

May we take time to wander new paths and giggle with the plants. And then, I saw a giraffe. (if you know me, giraffes are my favourite and to see one in the city after quite a dark contemplation felt like the Pam element of play plucking from the depths)

24/10/2025

Wonderful words from wonderful people
Collecting all my feedback and finally sharing it
Asking clients for written reviews

I fully see myself for what I can offer

Thankyou thankyou thankyou

28/09/2025

How can you look after yourself today?

Buy yourself some flowers, cook a nourishing meal, meditate, hug a tree, contact a freind, have a nap.

Big or small, purposely carving time in your day to focus on tending your inner fire will help prevent you from burning out. Whether it's 5 minutes of stillness or an hour of walking, dancing to your favourite songs or putting your phone on aeroplane mode. You are in control of your time.

When I feel my worst, I begin with slowing down. Allowing the emotions to be felt fully, through sobs, wails, writing down "how am I feeling right now?" which is usually pretty sad and angry and self loathing for a while. I allow myself to write exactly what my thoughts are spiralling and unravelling, no judgement or curating. I allow what needs to come out.

Then on to gentleness. Acceptance. Re reading and and being kind to myself knowing all thoughts are not truths and how can I change these feelings into redirecting affirmations. Seeing myself as a freind and knowing I would listen first, and then remind someone else how brilliant and beautiful they are for simply being. I would challenge the negative spirals after fully hearing them and not interrupting them. I ask permission if they want reflections or just to be heard. I do this with myself.

I then often change the words from vicious to vitality, for example:

"I feel incapable" to "I am enough"

"I am so tired and overwhelmed" to
"I am alive and feeling fully"

"I don't know my purpose" to
"I am so grateful for each breath"

I often then burn the spiralling thoughts after I've got them out on paper. Another act of transformation. The positive affirmations I keep and redirect my focus. Words are spells and we can feel bound to them.

Other modes of self care I know help me: going for a run, alternative nostril breathing, chanting om, a cold swim on sea or river, letting people know I'm feeling down and giving thanks to to loved ones.

I'd love to know what you do to keep yourself well. "What are the tools to your toolkit?"

The ultimate self care: Treat yourself and allow rest and repair by booking massage and reiki energy healing with me. DM for details.

Abigail Hope

02/11/2024

B E P R E S E N T

Creating leaf mandala are one of my favourite things to do to ease my mind and connect me to the present moment, nature and allow creativity to come through.

So simple. Slow down.

"Nothing is as plain to see
All colour. All colour."

A little song brewing from the plane trees that shed these gorgeous leaves! Each one a different shape and colour.

Another venture of mine to create deep joy and connection is Tree Folk singing gatherings. Follow for dates and songs and tales from the trees! My/our greatest teachers and so part of my wellbeing and grounding. As a holistic therapist you cannot serve others unless serving yourself and these leafy creations are one thing I do to calm my nervous system so that I can help soothe yours.

02/11/2024

Recieving feedback like this (especially in written form so I can share with others) is so special and means alot.

Do you or a loved one need some relaxation? DM me here or plantbellymassage@gmail.com to make a booking. I'm currently doing home visits across Bristol and near Bridgwater, Somerset.

Whether it be in a massage studio or at your home, using a bed or chair, we create the environment together to make you feel as comfortable as possible.

Don't hesitate to contact me for more details.

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