Tuulia Massage Experience

26/07/2025

Summer is in full swing. I take it easier when possible. Massages happen every now and then. Next available slots 13th August . Stay updated through the website tuuliamassage.com 💙

16/05/2025

🌱 A spring of changes 🌱

💙 This is a very special period for me. Many things that I have dreamt of and worked towards are coming to fruition. One of them is working as a dance/movement psychotherapist. I came to the NL 4,5 years ago for a Master’s degree, with a plan to work as a masseur during my training. That plan started with a ban on massages and contact professions. Fast-forward to today, some massage clients have been with me since the beginning, I have a beautiful work space, and I still get regularly amazed by the importance of touch.

💙 I recently started working as a DMT-er in a psychiatric clinic, and have also some other DMT work coming up. This means that I am, unfortunately, reducing massage work, in order to let other fruitions thrive. I already took a big step and stopped working at the spa after 3,5 years.

💙 In the coming months I will stop giving treatments also at my own practice. I want to already now thank everybody who has come to me for a treatment, spread the word and shared bits of their lives with me.

💙 The booking agenda is kept up-to-date, but my availability is limited. I recommend to check frequently if you are considering booking a treatment, as the available slots get taken quickly. You can of course always contact me for additional availability, but at this point I prioritise other work, including artistic practice.

💙🌱 I hope that the spring brings joy and beauty to you. And if not – massage can help to make the grim days a bit better. You can come to me for a treatment at any state (unless intoxicated). 🌱💆🏼

💙 Stay tuned to yourself.

Best wishes,
Tiia from Tuulia Massage Experience

05/05/2025

Some updates about this spring of changes. https://tuuliamassage.com/index.php/2025/05/05/newspringfruitions/

See you soon 💙

Many dreams are coming to fruition. My plan to work as a masseur during my Master's degree started with a ban on massages.

06/04/2025

Admin updates!

As of April I'm not liable for VAT anymore.
This will be reflected in prices for existing clients with a little discount.

I am reducing massage work step by step, so multipacks aren't available anymore by default. Individual offers and agreements of course are still possible. My work days range across Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday in varying combinations - go and check the booking agenda for your slot ;)

See you soon 💙💙

24/02/2025

Dearests,

❄️ I’ll be off for a winter break for three weeks as of Wednesday 26th February. The booking calendar is up-to-date. I’m going on a much needed vacation and afterwards I’ll follow a dance workshop with Julyen Hamilton 😍

💡I have some more updates for the near future but I’ll get back to that a bit later on. First things first.

Take care of yourselves 💙

11/02/2025

🦖 What’s your favourite dinosaur? 🦕

💆🏻 I usually refrain from talking whilst giving treatments, apart from what is relevant to the treatment and the client’s wellbeing and sensations. Sometimes though, very precious (and bizarre, funny, touching) conversations occur even with new clients after the intake. Like today. I’ve rarely thought of dinosaurs whilst massaging.

💆🏻 The conversation started from small talk and went onto a course about The Polyvagal Theory (Porges) and its applications to therapy that I’m currently taking with the one and only Deb Dana. From there the conversation spanned to reptiles, mammals, dinosaurs, trauma, the memory of the body.

🐧 The photo of an emperor penguin (by Wolfgang Kaehler/Getty Images) relates to my musings about the differences between the human and penguin anatomy (and flamingo!). I confess I have mentioned penguins when talking about the human squat with a client.

🏃🏻🧠👬🏼 Massaging and learning about the human body and behaviour is truly multidisciplinary. We need to look beyond anatomy and physiology. Why do we do something? One of my most precious dance teachers is very inspiring in discerning why do we learn to walk (and dance). In movement analysis we can look at the how, but we also need to consider the why to get a more complete picture.

🦖🦕 Oh right, the initial question. I don’t know yet which dinosaur is my favourite because there are so many different ones! I’ll look more into the different species and answer later. The flying ones are cool, the ones with a long next exceed my anatomy-imagination, and the ones with a "collar" are quite stylish.

💆🏻 Massaging can be so much fun and informative! We’re at the core of the social engagement system unique to humans through verbal and non-verbal exchange; we receive and give information, impressions, affects, in co-regulation through the vagus nerve.

💙 Be welcome to pamper yourself a bit. Bookings via the link in bio. 💙

28/12/2024

28/12/2024

✨ Wrapping 2024 up! TME will soon celebrate its one-year anniversary at , sharing the beautiful studio with an acupuncturist&coach Laughing Hearts.

✨ It's also been an important year of increased self-knowledge by taking care of strain caused by unstable joints due to hypermobility in my upper limbs. It has required saying "no" to some things so that I can continue saying "yes" to most things.

✨ The website, agenda and blog has been updated with changes for 2025.

✨ Thank you so, so much to everyone who is with me in this: clients, family, friends, colleagues.

✨ I hope to see you very soon! 💙

#2024 #2025

18/09/2024

I've truly been indulging in receiving massages in this beautiful landscape. Step by step, returning home - and to work - is getting closer.

I still have a couple of spots for the coming Saturday 21st September. More slots will be opened very soon.

✨ News ✨
I will experiment with adjusting the treatment lengths. This should enable more availability and less odd gaps in my schedule. As much as I'd want to be a free-floating free-spirit, I have to think of efficiency and logistics too, being the sole employee at my practice 😉

The changes will be reflected in the booking agenda over the coming days. Clients with ongoing multipacks will receive the treatments as per usual. I'll contact you for practicalities.

Stay tuned!

22/05/2024

A recent analysis of studies on the benefits of touch on mental well-being, worth a read!

Although I see and feel the benefit of touch and movement on myself and my clients, it is sometimes difficult to put it in words.