Holistic Therapies at About Balance Brighton
Helping to bring balance to your mind, body and budget
At About Balance we offer a range of therapies aimed to heal and nurture your mind and body.
You can choose from a wide range of treatments, including many types of massages, reflexology, acupuncture and much more!
Whatever you need, we got it, and with Karma Card member prices starting from £35 for one hour, we make it as affordable as we possibly can.
Important booking information
After you send us an appointment request, one of our receptionists will give you a call, confirm your booking and take payment over the phone.
Please make sure you are ticked in for text/email notifications, so you have proof of booking, and get an automatic reminder of your appointment time and date 24 hours before your session start.
Please note that we have 24 hours cancellation policy, and we do keep the full payment for no shows and late cancellations.
Traditional acupuncture is a healthcare system based on ancient principles and can be dated back nearly 2000 years. With a very positive model of good health and function, acupuncture looks at pain and illness as signs that the body is out of balance.
Therapists: Eloise Minton, Marcus Van Slageren, Stephanie Downey, Vilija Pascal
Bach Flower Therapy has a lot to offer when it comes to our mental health and our emotional wellbeing. It works with Dr Edward Bach’s 38 flower essences which are similar to herbal essences, with one major difference: they are specifically prescribed for unpleasant feelings and emotional states. The underlying philosophy of Bach Flower Therapy is that by treating the emotional body, we are also taking care of the physical body, and increasing our overall health.
Therapists: Anna Bihari
Chiropractors use their hands to adjust the joints back to alignment (the clicking sound). A misaligned joint can compromise the healthy function of the body.
If a spinal joint is misaligned it will compromise the function of the nerves related to it, this will have an effect on the whole body. This is why chiropractors can help so many different conditions.
Therapists: Helen Taylor
Stemming from osteopathy, craniosacral is a very gentle form of therapy, which works with the very subtle rhythms of the body.
It can help with mental, emotional and physical stress.
Therapists: Kate Thomson, Itka Andrlova
Hypnotherapy aims to find a solution to problems such as past traumas, phobias, anxiety and negative habits. It does so by putting the patient in a very deep mode of relaxation without the loss of consciousness or control.
Therapists: Vilija Pascal
Health Kinesiology is a holistic therapy that integrates Traditional Chinese Medicine with modern science. It works to achieve balance and wellness on all levels physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Therapists: Charlotte Amery
This profoundly healing session works on a physical, emotional, psychic and energetic level to release trauma and facilitate deep healing and expansion of consciousness. You will be tenderly held and supported to journey within yourself, guided by a conscious connected breath. Physiologically this breath can activate various altered states of consciousness where the opportunity to heal old wounds, awaken to your true purpose and move through restrictive life patterns.
Therapists: Phoebe
Psychotherapy offers time to talk in a safe and nurturing space – working alongside another to help you understand yourself, the decisions that you make and to consider changes which will help you live more fully.
We offer Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness-based, and solution-focused psychotherapy.
Therapists: Carly Steadman, Phoebe, Vilija Pascal
As well as group classes and courses, many of our teachers also offer private 1-to-1 personalised yoga classes that can be tailored to your individual body and needs.
Therapists: Various
Therapists: Phoebe
By stimulating nerve endings on the feet, this profoundly relaxing and remedial treatment incorporates massage and acupressure to unblock
the associated part of the body in order to restore balance and promote healing.
Therapists: Joanna Zwolak, Anna Bihari
Reiki is a spiritual practice which works to bring balance, wellbeing and harmony to the body, mind and spirit. During a reiki treatment, you may find your mind becomes calm, your body becomes relaxed and your breathing and heart rate may improve.
Therapists: Anna Bihari, Carly Steadman, Joanna Zwolak
This high vibrational, living light energy is drawn down from the Soul Star Chakra above the head, through the body, into the Earth Star Chakra beneath the feet. It then travels back up the body and through the hands of the practitioner. Sekhem is a continuous overflow of love that can bring a sense of remembered wholeness, balance and connection to our original source and soul essence.
Therapists: Imaania
Shamanic healing works within the multiple dimensions of this human experience. It connects the flow of energy between the physical body to the outer layers, to the timelines of experience beyond the material and into altered states of consciousness.
Therapists: Imaania
Based on the ancient philosophy of Chinese medicine, Shiatsu works on the meridian lines and helps to bring the body’s energy back into balance.
Using their thumbs the practitioner works up and down the meridians while the client is lying fully clothed on a futon floor mattress.
Therapists: Marcus Van Slageren,
Therapists: Anna Bihari
Massages
Aromatherapy is a natural treatment that uses the power of essential oils to heal the body and the mind. Essential oils are extracts of plants, herbs and flowers.
Therapists: Joanna Zwolak
Traditional Ayurvedic full body massage to feel relaxed and rejuvenated. Performed with a tailored ayurvedic blend to balance your dosha.
Therapists:
Deep tissue massage focuses on aligning deeper layers of muscles. It is used for chronic aches and pain and contracted areas such as a stiff neck and upper back, lower back pain, leg muscle tightness, and sore shoulders.
Therapists: Anna Bihari, Jordan Paul, Sukhi Tsang, Itka Andrlova, Joanna Zwolak
This powerful treatment incorporates the ancient healing properties of heated basalt stones to soothe and soften the muscle tissue, allowing knots and tension to be released easily and without discomfort.
This cleansing and detoxifying treatment allows you to reach a profoundly deep level of relaxation.
Indian head massage is a traditional Ayurvedic treatment incorporating massage of the head, neck, shoulders, upper arms and face.
It is great at removing knots of tension and the pressure can be soft or deep depending on your preference and needs.
Therapists: Anna Bihari, Itka Andrlova
Massage during pregnancy is a wonderful way to relax not only the mother, but also the baby. It can help treat many conditions such as sciatica, backache, insomnia, stress and oedema.
Therapists: Anna Bihari, Sukhi Tsang, Itka Andrlova
Swedish massage is the most common and probably the best known type of massage, particularly in the West. It involves working the soft tissue of the body to ease day-to-day stresses and muscular tension, and promote relaxation.
Therapists:Anna Bihari, Itka Andrlova, Joanna Zwolak, Jordan Paul
Thai Massage, also known as Thai Yoga Massage, is a powerful and therapeutic therapy. A treatment will include a number of bodywork techniques such as deep compression, assisted stretches, abdominal massage and hot herbal compresses to systematically release tension and tightness from muscles, bring more mobility to joints and a greater sense of ease into the whole body. Thai Massage treatments take place mostly over clothing and on a futon mat on the floor.
Therapists: Jordan Paul
Therapeutic massage is based on Swedish massage and deep tissue work. This style of massage can be as deep or as light as you wish and combined with Reiki and Shiatsu techniques to bring better results and help you reach a state of bliss and full relaxation.
Therapists: Joanna Zwolak