Florence Therapies

Holistic Massage on aotea Great Barrier Island

Find Relief and Reconnection with Holistic Massage on Aotea Great Barrier Island
Discover tailored healing with Florence Therapies.

Offering remedial, deep tissue, and relaxation massages, we help you release physical pain and emotional stress in the serene surroundings of Great Barrier Island.

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Honour the Wisdom of Your First Environment

Our bodies often carry more than physical tension. Aches can arise from daily life, but they may also reflect emotional events stored in our cells — grief, stress, life's transitions, and generational experiences, waiting to shift.

My practice blends deep tissue and relaxation techniques to enhance mobility, ease pain, and calm the nervous system.

I believe our bodies speak — and my role is to listen, while also encouraging each person to develop a deeper, more intimate relationship with their own tinana (body).

Through my mahi (purposeful work), I aim to foster self-responsibility and care, inspiring people to address aches and movement restrictions early on. By strengthening the internal lines of communication within ourselves, we cultivate connection from within — supporting a more grounded, authentic relationship with the environments and people we move among each day.

Because healing begins with our first environment — our tinana.

the person and their body is the healer, I simply aim to create a safe and nurturing space for people to come home to themsleves.

At Florence Therapies, massage supports holistic well-being. As a certified massage therapist on Aotea Great Barrier Island, with over a decade of experience, I’ve witnessed how intentional touch and self-treatment techniques can create meaningful and lasting change.

Services

If you feel overwhelmed by the choice of massage therapies available don't stress!

Abigail will take you through some questions on the day, together creating a plan for your massage including the most effective combination of styles to best suit your needs.

Remedial

If you have muscle tension, restricted movement or chronic pain this may be for you. Your practitioner will use clinical treatment techniques to help restore conditions such as sciatica, carpal tunnel, stiff necks, headaches, rotator cuff injuries, bursitis pain, micro tears and more with the goal of reducing pain and increasing range of motion.

Deep Tissue

If you are experiencing general muscle tightness due to work, heavy lifting, repetitive movements or other activities this slow, deep, deliberate manipulation of muscle tissue, trigger points and the myofascial connective tissue system focuses on releasings knots and increasing blood flow.

Sports

The aim of sports massage is to enhance performance, reduce muscle tension, promote circulation, desensitise trigger points and symptomatic tissue, as well as to reduce structural muscle thickening, adhesions and connective tissue. Injury prevention and injury care to aid faster recovery.

Relaxation

Relaxation massage helps to soothe the body with slow flowing movements that destress tired muscles and allow space for the mind to clear. Relaxation massage often helps in processing emotions, easing the stress of busy lifestyles and trauma trapped within the cells.

Kaitoke Wilds
Aromatherapy Massage

Made on Aotea from organic and sustainably foraged flora, Kaitoke Wilds incorporates ancient herbalist practices and philosophies with modern extraction techniques to produce a line of holistic botanical essential oils.