Holistic wellness massage in Glen Innes, Auckland NZ. Wellness blogger, Tangata Tiriti & geriatric māmā of 1.
15/02/2026
Volunteers needed for our amazing Garden to Table programme at Ōrākei School, Tāmaki Makaurau🌱
I’ve just inherited a thriving programme already set up with raised bed gardens, worm farms, compost, a huge hue patch, excited learners and committed volunteers.
But we need you! We currently have had a few volunteers drop off, so we need to boost the numbers up to keep the programme thriving.
Everyone who volunteers says that this is their favourite part of their week, and they get such a happy buzz from helping and being in the māra(garden) or kīhini (kitchen).
If you live in the area and are free from 9-11am on either a Tuesday or Wednesday morning, please get in touch.
It’s been a minute, but I thought I’d check in and announce I have 3 more weeks till I take my massage tent down FOREVER! 🥹
I so love this space, and it’s been such an important refuge for me over the years, through lockdowns, house moves, break ups, pregnancy, and post-partum.
But it’s time that this Tinkerbell grows up a little (in a good way).
So I’m leaving my Wendy house behind and creating a more permanent studio for my healing arts, in my very own garden.
Stay posted for details…
And in the meantime, I’ve got a few glamping massages left before I break to start construction.
Is one of them yours? Book now before they are all gone.
21/01/2026
“Is he sleeping through the night yet?” triggers me big time! 😬
It’s built on this Western myth that all babies should be independent before their time, and also that all babies reach the milestones at exactly the same time.
Well, as a first time mum, it’s a s**t question cause you start to question what’s wrong with your baby, or what are you doing wrong?
As a breastfeeding co-sleeping mum of a 7 month old, I’m ok with what sleep looks like for us(wakes up every 2-3 hours), even if sometimes I feel hungover in the morning. Nothing an afternoon nap cant fix.
Sleep looks completely different now compared to pre-baby life, and what keeps me sane is not comparing our journey to anyone else’s.
19/01/2026
If you need support to get some real me time in, (not dissing your precious shower time) give me a buzz 🙏
I know what it’s like, I’m right in the struggle with you all with my own nearly 8 month old, and I love nothing more than spreading the relaxation with stressed out mums, (or dads, or teachers, or humans in general)
14/01/2026
It takes a village to raise a child…How often do we say this? But how hard is it to achieve in our globalised capitalist world?
As I am finding out, super hard when global immigration politics are involved 😡
I now have a new appreciation for what some immigrants go through to come to a place like Aotearoa Nz, even just for a visit 🥹
I am super grateful to my sister in law for her generosity to drop everything to support us 🙏
And I am grateful to Immigration NZ for having a heart (in this instance)❤️
If anyone wants to immerse themselves in Spanish and Colombian culture, drop by for a cuppa sometime!
08/01/2026
It is so good to go away and also so good to come back! ❤️
Availability: This Sat, next Wed, Thursday, Fri & Sat, and more.
This is my LAST SUMMER of tent massage so if you haven’t been yet, maybe this is your time?
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I went all the way to India to learn to relax. Well, thats not entirely true, I went to learn how to teach yoga, but what I really got was a profound sense of peace and relaxation that hasn’t quite left me. And has become one of my number one driving passions in life.
You see, stress used to be my middle name. Laura Stress-Bucket Alpe. Mum always told me that teaching is stressful, so I put off entering the profession for a good 10 years. But once I’d learned and fallen in love with Te Reo Māori, there was no going back and Education seemed like the natural next step. In fact, it was a wero (challenge) laid down by my second reo teacher that led me into teaching; “What are you going to do to ensure that our language survives Laura?”
After three years of pouring my heart and soul into my job, my classroom and my gorgeous tamariki, I ended up getting sick. What started as a fairly constant low-level anxiety led to mental exhaustion, physical sickness and ultimately, burn-out from the job I loved. I felt like I wasn’t alone. Many teachers, nurses, social workers and other professionals shared with me their struggles to ‘manage’ their stress and to find balance in their lives. Something had to shift.
I made the heart wrenching decision to leave teaching for a year to pursue my own wellbeing. What felt like a selfish choice at first, became the best thing I’ve ever done. I studied relaxation massage at Wellpark College of Natural Therapies and there I discovered my gift of touch. I loved being able to help bring relaxation and wellbeing to others, which in turn brought relaxation and wellbeing to myself. Life, for the first time, started to resume some sort of natural rhythm with periods of busy time interspersed with down-time. Balance!
India allowed me to experience a culture where everything was bustling and alive, yet no-one seemed stressed or anxious. People stopped to smile, look into my eyes and say “namaste”, acknowledging the light within. People were present. Yoga added a deeper element of grounding through connecting movements to the breath. Massage, yoga and breathing have become my preventative first aid kit. My wellbeing 101 that keeps me mentally and physically balanced and able to return to my teaching job that I love.
