Madeleine Zagni

Madeleine has been a massage therapist since 2002, and is qualified in a range of therapies - Sports Massage (LSSM), Thai massage, Rolfing (The Rolf Guild) 2012, and Yoga Therapy(AVI 2020); as well as having additional skills in Cranio - Sacral Therapy (Upledger) and Visceral Manipulation (Barral.co.uk)

She is a member of the International Association of Structural Integration and fully insured through Balens.

Through her various trainings she has a very holistic approach and can tailor bodywork sessions to your requirements;

She offers:

Holistic massage for stress reduction using abdominal work to meet deep held anxieties,

Deep tissue massage working deeply but still enjoyable,

Sports massage for more directed work,

Structural bodywork or Rolfing - fascial work that unwinds old tension patterns and helps the body to realign, simultaneously improving movement and lessening pain,

Abdominal-visceral massage - for digestive problems, adhesions post surgery or for unexplained nerve pains else where in the body.

Madeleine holds diplomas in; Rolf method of Structural Integration ( 2012 Rolf Guild, Boulder Colorado USA), Sports Massage ( 2001 with the London School of Sports Massage) , Thai massage ( 2001 with the Sunshine Network), Amatsu 2004;

She has also done various trainings with Upledger - Craniosacral 1 and 2, S E 1, and the Fascial Release series with KMI - James Earls Anatomy Trains UK.

Various Yoga Teacher Training certifications - Yoga Therapy (Atmavikasa Mysore India 2006), TTC (Atmavikasa, Mysore, India 2008), TTC (Sukhashanti yoga Stockholm 2008), TTC Yin Yoga (Paul Grilley 2010), TTC (Swastha Yoga A.G.Mohan Chennai 2013); and has done various work shops with Harmony Yoga, and Srivatsa Ramaswami 2012- 2015; Visceral Manipulation (Barral.co.uk) VM 1,2,3,4. NM1,3 LT1 2024-2026

She is a member of the British Register for Complementary practitioners, and of the International Association for Structural Integration, and insured with Balens.

Madeleine's new passion and interest is abdominal - visceral work. For both men and women as we age, our physiology becomes an increasingly important conversation. This is due to organs slumping or changing their relationship with one another due to lifestyle, work posture, traumatic injury, surgeries, as well as ligaments becoming more lax. Our organs and digestive system want to slide and glide, have a good blood supply and happy nerve innervation. When organs get squashed one on the other, these aspects get compromised causing a host of physiological problems. And due to internal nerve or blood vessel tethering - other structures - like shoulders, the neck, hips or the legs - get unexplained problems.

Also belly work can be an incredible help for chronic anxiety. It meets old stored nervous tension that has built up over a lifetime, and helps it unpeg and resolve. This in a profound way helps lessen stress perceived unconsciously in the brain which is the cause of chronic anxiety. See mztherapy.com for greater details.

Her other long term passion however is moving well. Through her experience with rolfing/ fascial work - she regained a better posture and resolved a long term hip problem, and opened up her chest so she could breathe better. Rolfing is tough because it is strong work, but as soon as you get off the couch you know things have changed, and you learn a lot about yourself. It changes patterns that no amount of stretching ever will.

This combined with yoga is a winning combination. Yoga saved Madeleine and got her physically, emotionally and energetically in line. 'You learn how to balance and move the different segments of your body correctly and congruently; breathe better - slower and deeper which helps to balance and recalibrate your nervous system; and the unseen benefit is how it squeezes blood through your digestive system improving your physiological well being.

This is holistic health.'

It is always best to have a chat on the phone and discuss the issues you are feeling. These could be unresolved pain sensations that the doctors are just prescribing pain killers for; it could be chronic anxiety; or it could be movement or stiffness issues, or a goal to get back to a more active life and re-own your body.

Madeleine can then suggest what the best strategy and treatment approach would be. An initial session is always important for the client to decide if this approach suits them, and whether this is a suitable therapist for them.

Madeleine offers treatments in central Bath and from her home studio in Stanton Prior. Please see her website for more details.