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Remedial, relaxation, & sports massage. Reiki. Mindfulness. Dr Vodder Lymphatic Drainage. 👐🏼☀️😊 Hello! Emily here. I look forward to meeting and treating you!

Rest assured you are in safe and well experienced hands when with me. I finished studying my Diploma of Therapeutic Massage and Remedial Therapies in 2009 in Auckland, and have gone on to formally study further in Advanced Sports Massage, Aromatherapy, Traditional Thai Massage and Myofascial Release. I’m a registered level 6 massage therapist with Massage New Zealand, and a member of Sports Medicine NZ, which means that I’m committed to on-going learning and development, every year. Last and definitely not least, I am currently studying the Dr Vodder technique of Manual Lymphatic Drainage and Combined Decongestive Therapy. As this is an extremely in depth technique catering to all levels of lymphatic system pathologies, I am not yet qualified or trained well enough to treat people with less than healthy lymphatic systems - keep me in mind for early 2021 when I will have completed my training! Emily :-)

05/10/2025

I am feeling very proud of myself and grateful to have been able to spend 8 days recently learning as much as possible about Reiki from Frank Arjava Petter.

He came to Auckland a year ago to teach Jikiden Reiki Shoden and Okuden (levels one and two), and returned last week to teach Shoden and Okuden to a new group of people, as well as the first level of teacher training to those of us who also returned.

Arjava’s knowledge of, experience with, and dedication to Reiki through his lifetime are profoundly inspiring. Having learnt from Chiyoko Yamaguchi (who learnt from Hayashi sensei) and been the Vice President of the Jikiden Reiki association for almost 20 years, his teachings honour and preserve the original form and style of Japanese Reiki, that Western Reiki has unfortunately diluted/changed.

Being in this type of learning environment for 8 days is an intense and beautiful experience. All the energy, all the emotions, all the teachings and small moments. I’m in awe of how powerful this work can be, and I hope you will get to experience it as I have.

Yolanda, thank you for bringing together such a lovely, special group of people.
Arjava , thank you for your time, your presence, your wisdom and your heart.
I am honoured to now call myself one of the first 6 Shihankaku of the Arjava Reiki Institute.
Arigato gozaimash*ta 🙏🤍🤗

20/09/2025

What do you want to know about me and the work that I do?!
I’ve decided it’s time I add a FAQs page to my website. I already get a few key FAQs about my massage work and lymphatic drainage and I’m wondering if there’s more questions out there!

So, is there anything particular you’d like to know about….
- me?
- my training?
- the massage types I do?
- Dr Vodder lymphatic drainage?
- Jikiden reiki?
- the bespoke aromatherapy oil blends I make?
- my beach cat Pete? 🤓

If you’ve got any burning questions I welcome you to pop them in the comments, or you’re also welcome to private message me!

Happy Sunday ☀️

10/08/2025

9am sunshine o’clock slot in the massage room!
I’m in here warming things up for my first client of the day, a new pregnancy massage booking 🥰

As the sun starts to rise further round to the east, we will be getting more and more sunshine pass over the treatment table for the 9am booking. What bliss!! Massage + relax + sunshine on your body….who needs to go Fiji when you can get it all here!? 😉

Slightly out of the ordinary this week, my three evening spaces (mon/tues/weds) are still available. Need a treatment after work? You can book yourself in online or send me a message.

Happy Monday!! ☀️☀️☀️

02/07/2025

Saturday massage? I’ve got my calendar open for massage, reiki, or lymphatic drainage treatments this coming Saturday. Just a couple of morning spaces will be showing on the online booking portal, and once these fill up I will have space for an early afternoon treatment too.

What’s easiest for all you parents/caregivers out there during school holidays? Week days, week nights, or Saturdays? Orrrr do you prefer to wait til the kids are back at school?!

15/06/2025

I’ve had a cancelation today at 1pm!
It’s a 1hr space.

Please message me if you’d like to take it, or better yet contact me on my Mobile 🙏

12/06/2025

Saturday morning massage! Who needs it?!? 🙋🙋🙋
I’ve got two spaces tomorrow morning from 9am if you want to start your day the right way with a massage 💆
There’s also enough space for a 90minute treatment if floating into deep relaxation is your thing 😌

Message me to book, or you can use the book now links on this profile, or the buttons on my website.

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13/05/2025

Pretty epic raffle prizes being put together over at the Pink Ribbon Afternoon Tea hosted by the HBC Women's Choir… INCLUDING a $50 voucher to put towards a treatment with me 🤩😍😊

12/05/2025

Who loves a great hand or arm massage?! I do!!
If you use your hands and/or arms a lot for your work, a really thorough forearm or full arm massage should not be overlooked.

Tradies of all sorts - builders, plumbers, electricians, hair dressers, nail techs, beauty therapists, massage therapists, the list goes on! One thing we all have in common is the heavy use of our hands/arms for the work we do.
Repetitive use of all those small muscles in our forearms that we use for gripping tools or doing fine or specific work can, over time, cause an incredible amount of tension through our arms. If left alone, this can cause things like tennis and golfers elbow, or carpal tunnel syndrome.

If this sounds a bit like you or someone you know, but you’ve never thought of massaging your arms before…let me change your world 😁 get in touch and we can have a chat about whats going on with you and how i might be able to help 💪

07/05/2025

Want to buy a massage voucher for a Mother’s Day gift? I’ve just opened up online purchasing for gift vouchers this week.
Head on over to my website at www.omahuwellness.nz/gift-card to purchase a 30, 60, or 90min voucher.
Online purchases include the extra transaction fee, but if you’d like to avoid these you can contact me to make a manual online transfer.

Please take note, I do have a 6month expiry on these.

Price options:
$72 - 30min massage
$124 - 60min massage
$134 - 60min aromatherapy or lymphatic drainage
$175 - 90min massage
$185 - 90min aromatherapy or lymphatic drainage

Thanks for supporting my small biz 🤗
Emily

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23/03/2025

🤰Pre & post-natal massage🤰I love accumulating new skills! 🤓
I’m sitting here in my morning coffee spot watching the sky change with the sunrise thinking over the new things I’ve learnt this past weekend.

Marina Locke from Mother Wellness was in Auckland running one of her pre/post-natal pregnancy massage practitioner courses. She was my tutor for pregnancy massage during my diploma 16 years ago, but this particular course is a bit of a level up and has taught me a few extras that I’m really looking forward to sharing with all you Mamas out there..tell ya friends!
Marina has an incredible amount of knowledge and experience, way too much to write here 😁 so you can find out more about her at: www.motherwellness.com Really really cool to have been able to learn from her again.

I’ve currently got about 6 or 7 spaces left this week, so be in touch if you’re keen to get in, or book yourself in online (yes I’ve turned that back on! Hooray!). There’s some short weeks coming up in April too, so booking ahead is always a smart idea.

Happy Monday!
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18/03/2025

Table Talk! I was doing a massage the other day for someone, and at the end they said to me “It’s amazing the amount of heat that comes off your hands”. ‘Oh you notice that do you?’ I replied. “It’s incredible” they said.

I take this as quite a complement. I don’t have hot hands during a treatment because I am warm in temperature, but they heat up with the flow of energy that goes to you. There’s a lot of different names for that type of energy and where it comes from, but you can rest assured knowing that it’s all from the same place and it’s allllll good.

Lets just hope that winter doesn’t turn my hands into icicles 😆🙊👐🏼

05/03/2025

Turns out I haven’t been all that inspired to post on social media so far this year 😁🙈 I sat down on the couch and came on here today for a lil update because I’ve just come back from some time out, and I see that my last post was also…when I’d just come back from some time out 😃🤓

It’s good to have time out!! I’ve needed it.
Finding your unique balance in life is a personal thing different for all of us and depends on so many different factors. I’m trying my best not to max myself out, coz that is no bueno for the nervous system.

This time of year, end of the financial year, feels like my new years. It’s always around now that I do a bit of extra planning, looking through the year to see what I want to try to achieve or accomplish, what new training I might need to do, and where I want to take any other breaks…although that often depends on the surf forecast 👀🙊

So far this year I have committed to upskilling with my pregnancy massage. Turns out the person who was my tutor all those years ago when I trained during my initial massage diploma, is still running pregnancy massage courses…but even better. I’m looking forward to learning some new tricks for all you lovely mamas out there 🤗

Later in the year there are more lymphatic drainage and reiki courses, but I remain undecided for now on how to juggle all of these 😁 always learning! 🤓

I’ll be turning my online booking system on again soon, but I want to give a chance first to my existing clients to get in touch and book ahead before I open up to the public. So take this as a sign to send that text/email to moi if you’ve been thinking about it but haven’t got round to it yet 😁

I hope you’re enjoying the last of these warmer days, get all that vit D possible while it’s out there to help you have a healthier winter (FYI: 9am is sunshine o’clock in the clinic room if you want to be covered in sunshine whilst getting a massage 😁☀️)

Emily 👐🏼☀️💆

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Wairau Valley
0932

Website

https://www.omahuwellness.nz/contact

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