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 many more!
Whatever you need, we got it, and with the Karma card prices start from £35 for one hour to make it as affordable as we possibly can.
Traditional acupuncture is a healthcare system based on ancient principles and can be dated back nearly 2000years. 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
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, Jitka Andrlova
Cuddle therapy offers a safe, supportive environment where you can receive the many benefits of touch and/or talking therapy.
Cuddle therapy can be useful if you find touch difficult and would like to work towards being more comfortable with physical contact at your own pace; if you would like talking therapy in a more relaxed environment; if you have stress, anxiety or depression; or if you simply love touch and don’t have enough opportunities for an intimate cuddle.
Therapists: Lindsay Meadows
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
Mindfulness-based supervision for therapists.
We all get impacted by our work, emotionally and energetically and sometimes psychologically. How do we best look after ourselves in these situations? And how do we continue to ensure the best quality of care for our clients?
Therapists: David Litchfield
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, David Litchfield, 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
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,
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
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,
An Ayurvedic ultimate mental and emotional relaxation therapy involving a steady stream of warm oil being gently poured over the central Chakra point on the forehead.
Therapists: Marta De Ferrari
The Lightning Process® is a three-day neuro-physiological training programme that enables you to positively influence your health. Worldwide, it’s been used by over 25,000 people with issues spanning ME, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, anxiety and depression.
The course itself covers the psychology of neurological health and the role of neurology in illness; it also provides a practical tool to implement your learnings and change your health for the better
Therapists: Lauren Stoney
Using a combination of NLP and hypnotherapy, therapeutic coaching provides a solution-focused approach to any issues that you may be stuck with or struggling to overcome.
Therapists: Lauren Stoney
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: Marta De Ferrari, Joanna Swolak
Traditional Ayurvedic full body massage to feel relaxed and rejuvenated. Performed with a tailored ayurvedic blend to balance your dosha.
Therapists: Marta De Ferrari
An Aromatherapy based full body and face massage, that focuses on the chakra in need. You will be bathed by the energy of that chakra and will be given a mantra to keep in mind during the treatment.
Therapists: Marta De Ferrari
A traditional Ayurvedic face massage that focuses on relaxing the facial muscles, as well as firming and toning them, for a younger and more radiant look.
Therapists:Marta De Ferrari
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, Effie Love, Jordan Paul, Sukhi Tsang, Jitka Andrlova, Joanna Swolak
Sports and Clinical massage is a form of massage involving the manipulation of soft tissue to benefit a person engaged in regular physical activity and also for sedentary people whose muscles have become weak or people that have suffered trauma.
Therapists: Effie Love
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, Marta De Ferrari , Jitka Andrlova
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.
An Aromatherapy based full body and face massage, that focuses on the chakra in need. You will be bathed by the energy of that chakra and will be given a mantra to keep in mind during the treatment.
Therapists: Marta De Ferrari
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, Jitka 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, Marta De Ferrari , Jitka Andrlova, Joanna Swolak, 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 Swolak