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For the September/October 2014 issue of Women’s Health magazine (NL), I contributed self-massage techniques and advice. A friend of the author had attended one of the DIY Relief workshops I had designed in collaboration with Mark Dowe and hosted at ITM Amsterdam. She was as enthusiastic to spread the word about self-care and its role in good body maintenance as I am. Self-massage is for everyone! The article outlines a few basic manoeuvres and recommends some links to tools to help with them. Click here to see the article. #press

Headaches are often caused by muscle tension in the neck, shoulders and upper back. For this reason, not only the head is massaged when you receive a head massage to treat for headaches. Click here to see a few pictures of some techniques used to treat the head. #thaimassage

Thai massage is part of the orthopaedic root of Traditional Thai Medicine (TTM) - “all physical therapies applied to the external body, including: point therapy, application of oils and herbs, bone setting (indigenous chiropractics), cupping, scraping, stretching, tok sên, blood letting and much more (all therapies found in modern Thai massage fall into this category)” (quote: N. Jacobsen, my teacher). In my own practice, I regularly use point therapy, oils and herbs, cupping, scraping and stretching. In the West, Thai massage has gotten popular as “Thai Yoga Massage” because of the element of stretching, and fewer people are aware of its place within the larger TTM framework. Click here to see more pictures of Thai bodywork techniques #thaimassage

For the October 2013 issue of GirlGI online magazine, I was interviewed about moving internationally and about my DIY Skincare recipes. In it, I talk about what got me interested in skincare in the first place. Click here to see the article. #photo #press