Holistictherapists
At the Bodywork Centre we have a number of Holistic Therapists specialising in many different types of massage and holistic therapy.
Holistic and Yoga Therapist - Rachel Orange
Rachel's Holistic Therapy training started in Newcastle in 2009. Since then she has worked for Tynedale Hospice, Minsteracres and for the charity, Mind. Rachel has also trained as an occupational therapist. In 2017 she developed her passion of Yoga & Meditation, investing in a two year teacher training course in Scotland to learn the style of Dru Yoga - a gentle yet potent, Hatha based Yoga that flows to support our layers of being. She likes to teach to music and uses pranayama (breathwork) & Tibetan sound bowls in her sessions to help clients access deep states of relaxation and healing. Rachel has a passion to offer a full holistic package combining the benefits of Dru Yoga with her range of holistic treatments which include Swedish Massage, Reflexology and Shiatsu as well as Thai Yoga Massage and Yoga Therapy. Treatments are designed to be tailored to help nurture the body, to cleanse and detox whilst boosting vitality to restore natural health and vital lifeforce energy.
Appointments available ad hoc. Book a treatment with Rachel through The Bodywork Centre or contact her direct on
07545 865009 or via her website
Holistic Massage | Reflexology | Indian Head massage | Access Bars | Emmett Technique | Shiatsu | Thai Yoga Massage | Yoga Therapy | Sports Massage Therapy | Ultrasound Therapy
Holistic Therapist - Caroline Wagstaffe
Caroline has been working as a holistic massage therapist in Hexham, Northumberland, since 2004, she is qualified to the highest level of reiki attunements. Caroline can incorporate both holistic massage and reiki techniques into her treatments. She has recently completed training in Thai yoga massage which is an amalgamation of yoga and massage allowing the body to stretch and be massaged at the same time.
Caroline specialises in pregnancy, labour and postnatal massage. In 2012 Caroline trained as a birth educator, worked as a doula for thirteen years and taught pregnancy and postnatal yoga classes for nine years. She currently offers private antenatal support sessions, one to one yoga and birth preparation sessions and private birth education courses.
Contact Caroline through The Bodywork Centre, or via her website
Reiki | Holistic Massage | Thai Yoga Massage | Pregnancy Massage | Pregnancy Yoga | Antenatal Courses| Postnatal Massage Postnatal Yoga | Doula
Holistic Therapist - Jessica Ball
Jessica embarked on her journey to become a therapist 10 years ago, having become increasingly mindful of the effects that everyday modern life can have on our wellbeing and having benefitted greatly herself through regular Holistic treatments. Over the years she has trained with lots of other like-minded experts in different fields aimed at improving the health of the mind and body, including Beauty Therapy, Massage, Yoga and Mindfulness, with the aim of offering a safe space for people to relax and unwind.
Jessica has taken her time and carefully sourced a select range of products, which she believes will allow her to give her clients the highest quality of treatments; whilst always keeping in mind her passion to enhance and protect the health of people and the planet. Contact Jessica through The Bodywork Centre or telephone her direct, 07961 277531
Massage | Beauty Therapy
Holistic Therapist - Valerie Widdowson
Valerie has always had an interest in the mind and healing, studying psychology in her teens. During the covid years, Valerie’s interest in holistic healing took off when she developed a passion for crystals and energy healing - training courses in crystal healing and reiki began. Valerie is now a reiki master in a number of reiki disciplines and continues to explore these and other energy healing practices, recently training in Violet Flame Therapy. Adding Access Bars to her toolkit in 2021 has proved popular and effective among Valerie’s clients.
Building on the early years of studying psychology, Valerie became qualified in Clinical Hypnotherapy in 2022, swiftly followed by an additional qualification in Past Life Regression through hypnotherapy in the same year. Valerie believes illness often begins in the mind, so it follows that healing also begins here. She emphasises that holistic therapies are not only great for treating specific problems but are also a wonderful general maintenance tool - providing stress-release, relaxation and re-balancing.
Therapies are available on Mondays by appointment.
Contact Valerie via The Bodywork Centre, via her website vmwtherapies.co.uk or message to 07399 747129.
Reiki | Access Bars | Hypnotherapy | Past Life Regression | Crystal Therapy | Violet Flame Therapy
Holistic Therapist - Melanie Postill
Melanie offers Shiatsu Treatments at the Bodywork Centre. Shiatsu is a wonderful balancing massage that has at its core the meridian energy system used in acupuncture but using palm and thumb pressure instead of needles. It is also a lovely way to stretch and relieve areas of tension and offer nourishment, relaxation and rejuvenation to the receiver.
Melanie began her adult life training as a physiotherapist and spent over 25 years working in many different environments mainly focusing on musculoskeletal conditions and becoming interested in rebalancing the musculoskeletal system with rehabilitation exercises and manual techniques. During her early career in the NHS, Melanie was introduced to Reflexology run as a course within St James's hospital, Leeds and fell in love with this complementary approach - and so began a long quest of integrating the Western and Eastern models of health.
Melanie began training as a Shiatsu Practitioner at the Newcastle College of Shiatsu with Anne Palmer. The Shiatsu training included an introduction to Qigong and over the last 5 years Melanie has been studying Internal Nei Gung and External Wei Gung practices with Jim Macritchie of Liverpool and Lee Holden in the USA; this complements her Shiatsu treatments as all are working to balance the inner and outer worlds, balancing the mind, body, emotions and spirit.
Her passion is for each person to access and become aware of their own healing power, their life force energy, connection to the elements and nature - and realise that we are all connected.
For more information or to book an appointment please contact Melanie direct, on 07806 630584 or email our reception team: info@bodyworkcentre.co.uk
Shiatsu | Qigong
