Your Practitioner...

Carol Bassingthwaighte is a Certified Bodyworker trained in massage by the widely recognized International Professional School of Bodywork in San Diego, CA. Her massage expertise is combined with a Masters degree in psychology and years in the counselling profession.

Her Philosophy of Care...

Oceanview Massage Clinic promotes the holistic interconnection of body, mind, emotion and spirit. Massage allows muscles to release held stress and tension. This muscular release creates an environment freeing mind, emotion and spirit to open and release as well. Carol's psychological and counselling background offers safety and support for your stress release. The result is a profound lightness of being accompanied by the potential for personal growth.

Deep Relaxation & Stress Relief Massage

Oceanview Massage Clinic offers massage that feels good. Your feedback is always wanted so that the unique requirements of your body can be addressed. Our relaxation and stress release massage involves an eclectic approach incorporating various techniques, including the following:

  • Deep tissue massage ~ deep, yet sensitive, releasing
  • Esalen style massage ~ deeply releasing, meditative, soothing
  • Sensory repatterning ~ gentle stretching and rocking
  • Swedish style massage ~ dynamic, invigorating, energizing
Craniosacral Therapy

Craniosacral Therapy is gentle bodywork using feather-light touch in tune with the deepest rhythms of your body. This deeply relaxing therapy optimizes the functioning of your central nervous system, while treating physical and emotional injury and trauma. Your body is helped in its’ healing process, health and immunity are boosted, and many health conditions are corrected. You remain fully clothed throughout the session. This is a subtle yet very powerful treatment.

Craniosacral Therapy helps reduce the pain, illness, and dysfunction of conditions such as:

  • Back Pain
  • Neck Pain
  • Face Pain
  • Sinusitis
  • Tinnitus
  • Earaches
  • Vertigo
  • TMJ dysfunction (Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome)
  • Headaches and Migraines
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Stress & Tension
  • Emotional Issues
  • Chronic Fatigue
  • Sciatica
Hours

     
Monday  9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Tuesday  9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Wednesday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday    noon - 9 p.m.
Friday  9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Every 2nd Saturday 9 a.m. - noon

By appointment only - Please call for bookings
(250) 618-3191 (Nanaimo)
Gift Certificates Available

Carol Bassingthwaighte
CERTIFIED BODYWORKER
M.A. PSYCHOLOGY
(250) 618-3191 (Nanaimo)
carol@oceanviewmassage.com
457 Milton Street
Nanaimo, BC V9R 2K9

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"Massage, or what can be referred to as skilled touching, is a technique for revitalizing the mind and body."
- Jack Hofer, Total Massage, 1976