Calm your Mind - Relax your Body - Restore your Energy

Welcome, my name is Bella and I provide professional therapeutic massage from my serene and comfortable home-based clinic in Kenmore. I also offer mobile massage up to 25km drive from Kenmore (excluding hotels).

You can book online anytime or if you have questions please feel free to call me Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm: 0433 523 678. Please leave a voicemail message with your details if your call is unanswered, as I’m often busy massaging. I aim to return your call on the same day wherever possible.

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I have over 12 years experience in massage therapy and aromatherapy and founded this business in 2015. I am qualified in aromatherapy massage, oncology massage (safe massage for cancer patients), remedial massage, and Swedish/relaxation massage. I see massage as essential to life and well-being. I provide a quality service every time with the aim to calm your mind, relax tension in your body and restore your energy.

I specialise in deep relaxation and calming the nervous system. My clients often comment that I work on all the right spots; that they feel deeply relaxed during and after treatment; and that their tension or pain is gone. Even a remedial massage with me is highly enjoyable as I have mastered the art of flow and have realised this is a key part of healing. You can trust you will be in experienced hands. This is a truly restorative treatment for mind, body and soul.

I work with a variety of people and I am passionate about making a positive impact on people’s lives. I hold space for people to completely relax and feel nurtured. I have completed a Certificate in Holistic Counselling (still finishing off the Diploma), and therefore I am uniquely qualified to work with cancer patients and their carers, people experiencing grief, people with trauma, anxiety, LGBTQIA+ community, people with disabilities or other special needs.

Massage Therapy helps reduce: stress and tension, muscular tension or pain, general tightness (fascia and/or muscles), fluid retention, sciatica pain, headaches, insomnia, postural issues, and much more. 

Aromatherapy massage can help with the issues listed above as well as issues such as women's hormone imbalances including PMS and menopause symptoms, digestive issues, emotional issues, grief and some skin conditions. 

Oncology massage is a gentle, safe and effective massage for cancer patients (or people with other degenerative diseases) and can help reduce muscular pain and reduce the side effects of cancer treatment such as fatigue, anxiety, nausea, depression, headaches, and insomnia. 

Choose Bella Aurora Starr to....

  • Calm your mind... Bring your focus inward and back to your body and take your mind off worries and stress. Receive an excellent service every time. Bella is calm and trustworthy, allowing you to fully relax. Restore clarity and peace. 

  • Relax your body... Reduce and eliminate muscular tension and pain and restore muscular health. Calm the nervous system. Providing help with long term solutions for the body, such as help and advice for postural issues.

  • Restore your energy... A truly restorative experience for your mind, body and spirit. A mindful massage service is provided.  You can expect a feeling of wellbeing.

About Bella

With 12 years experience in massage and aromatherapy, Bella’s massage service is high quality and reliable, with a holistic focus. Treatments are tailored to the individual and are deeply relaxing so that your pain and tension are reduced and you are left feeling rejuvenated. Bella has mastered the art of flow and her massage style is truly restorative. 

Services

Providing therapeutic massage services, including aromatherapy massage, oncology (cancer) massage, remedial massage, and Swedish/relaxation massage therapy. In addition, Bella sells practitioner grade essential oils and provides advice on using aromatherapy at home. Bella creates bespoke natural perfumes, face oils and organic herbal teas. 

Mobile Massage Brisbane

Interested in a mobile massage, and not sure what to expect? All the information you need is here, including the suburbs that are serviced, the advantages of mobile massage, and more! This isn't your typical mobile massage service where you may get an under-qualified therapist - this is professional therapeutic massage service in your own home. 

“I have been seeing Bella for a few years now, she has helped with my headaches, relieve lower back and shoulder pain and more recently she has helped heal my shin splints which I didn’t think was possible. I leave each appointment feeling uplifted and relaxed and couldn’t recommend her service highly enough!! ”
— Sophie T. (July 2020)

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update - 6 July 2020

I am open so feel free to book an appointment online.

You will find most of your queries can be answered by checking out my website but if you do have an enquiry please feel free to call me and ensure you leave your name, phone number and a brief description of your enquiry.

I have undertaken government health training for protecting against the spread of COVID-19 and I have the following procedures in place (note that most of these were already in place before this virus):

1) Hand and forearm washing before and after massage, and after handling used towels.

2) Massage table cleaned between each client and I always use fresh sanitised towels on the massage table.

3) Cleaning surfaces between each client, including door knobs, tables, chair covers, and anything else a client has been in contact with. This means I have to allow extra time between clients and therefore there are less spaces. Please book in advance to avoid disappointment.

4 ) I diffuse essential oils in my clinic room to help purify the air (yes there's science behind that, some essential oils are anti-viral and suitable as air antiseptics!). Note that if you have allergies to any essential oils you can make a note of that when you book the appointment online.

5) I do not massage anyone with infectious illness or fever, or anyone who has come into contact with someone with COVID-19 recently. Before you book an appointment please ensure that you have no symptoms of illness and no reason to believe you could be infected with COVID-19. If you book and become ill you can cancel online up to 24 hours before your appointment and you can call me on the day of your appointment if you need to cancel due to illness.

Stay healthy everyone.

In deep gratitude for my wonderful clients. I am so happy to be able to offer you my healing hands.

Bella Starr

Bel's blog - on natural medicine and holistic healing
Benefits of Massage and Aromatherapy in Aged Care
Benefits of Massage and Aromatherapy in Aged Care

When I visit some of my regular clients with dementia it is like a first meeting again for them. I re-introduce myself, advise them that I have come to do a gentle aromatherapy massage on them and I build rapport with them again. I am able to establish a connection and build on that connection each time I work with the person because I get to know their personality, their interests and what they want and need.

All people have the need to be listened to, acknowledged and feel connection with another human being. I also believe most humans want and need therapeutic or loving touch.

One of the best things about being alive is enjoying our senses. Touch is important for humans. I have talked about the relaxation response and mentioned the feel good hormones - and this really points to the fact that we are wired to connect. Ever since we were tiny babies and our parents picked us up and cuddled us we experienced bonding and love through touch. It is completely natural to who we are. Appropriate and calming touch makes us feel like we matter, like we are loved and cared for, and with the right therapist - that we are safe and supported in life. Massage feels good!

Which Bodyworker? Remedial Massage Therapy vs. Physiotherapy vs. Osteopathy vs. Chiropractic: Explained
Which Bodyworker? Remedial Massage Therapy vs. Physiotherapy vs. Osteopathy vs. Chiropractic: Explained

“When should I see a remedial massage therapist, as opposed to a physiotherapist, osteopath or chiropractor?”. These bodywork professionals treat many of the same musculoskeletal system conditions, using different approaches, however sometimes one modality is going to be more appropriate for a particular issue. For some more serious issues you will need to see a doctor for a diagnosis first. For example, if you have sudden excruciating pain in your spine following a movement in your spine where you have twisted, then you could go to a general practitioner doctor or to a physiotherapist as this could be a disc bulge or herniation and a massage isn’t going to help. If on the other hand you’ve been working hard in your garden, run a marathon or been fairly physically active, or your work causes muscular tension (whether it’s office work or you are a tradesperson) then massage therapy will be ideal. In these cases massage therapy is also a more cost effective/value for money option, is enjoyable and you have the added benefit of the relaxation response which will melt your stress away.

Oncology Massage: Easing the Side-Effects of Cancer Treatment
Oncology Massage: Easing the Side-Effects of Cancer Treatment

Oncology massage is a gentle, nurturing and effective therapy that safely addresses the needs of a cancer patient or anyone with a history of cancer (or other degenerative illness). Oncology massage therapists understand the science and pay close attention to the physical, emotional and psychological needs of a client during diagnosis, treatment, recovery, survivorship or palliative care. Oncology massage therapists are highly trained and equipped for different types of cancer and other health conditions and will make adjustments for a person’s current state of health. We design a suitable treatment plan for the individual with cancer and make site, position and pressure adjustments.

Aromatherapy: Balancing Yin and Yang - a TCM Approach
Aromatherapy: Balancing Yin and Yang - a TCM Approach

In this modern world it is easy to become imbalanced with so many responsibilities such as family, work, friends, house duties as well as distractions everywhere - from social media, to gossip, as well as bad news, and social issues. Too much doing (yang), and not enough time being (yin) leads to imbalance (emotionally, mentally and energetically) and physiological stress. On the contrary, too much sitting around (yin) and not enough exercise (yang) also leads to imbalance and lack of energy (to gain energy, you need to use it).

Essential oils affect your body physiologically -  creating change in the mind, emotions, and hormones via the limbic system in the brain as well as making their way into the bloodstream and affecting the different systems in the body such as the respiratory system, digestive system, musculoskeletal system, and so on. However this life force (Qi) that runs through the meridians in the body is also influenced by essential oils. 

Aromatherapy & Natural Remedies for Colds & Influenza
Aromatherapy & Natural Remedies for Colds & Influenza

You can diffuse essential oils at home (or in the office) when one of the people you live with (or work with) is sick and you want to help protect yourself and your family from the germs - as many essential oils make great air-antiseptics. As you diffuse the essential oil it can help kill the germs floating in the air as well as help treat the symptoms a person experiences when they have a cold. Inhalation works to treat respiratory ailments because the essential oil molecules go directly into your nose and lungs where they immediately go to work against the virus. They also enter the bloodstream this way, and can help improve your mood - because lets face it when we are sick our moods can be pretty flat and it just so happens that many of the best essential oils for treating viruses are often uplifting for the mind and emotions.

Choosing a Massage Therapist - Trust & Safety
Choosing a Massage Therapist - Trust & Safety

Massage therapy is an important health service which has been proven to reduce stress, reduce general pain, reduce or heal muscular tension and pain, improve sleep quality, and can help to prevent muscular injuries and increase range of motion. Massage isn't just some luxury, it is an important part of many people's self-care, stress management, pain management and mental health management, as well as an important therapy for athletes. Massage encourages the release of feel good hormones such as dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin which assists many people to cope with stress, anxiety, depression and grief, as well as feel more relaxed and focused. Disappointingly, from time to time a person may come into the health industry and instead of wanting to provide a healing service like the majority of people drawn to this industry, they are a predator/abuser or under-qualified. I'm providing this guide to help you choose a genuine massage therapist, who provides an honest healing service, without an agenda.

Aromatherapy: Part 3 - Emotions
Aromatherapy: Part 3 - Emotions

I will now delve into the topic of using essential oils to improve our emotional state. Essential oils are complex and unaltered from nature. Even if scientists try they can never truly be recreated in a laboratory. Their many components create a synergistic value that is in biochemical harmony with our bodies because we too are part of nature. Many aromatherapists, such as myself, like to use essential oils as a tool to help bring our minds and emotions back to a state of balance and harmony. We see aromatherapy as both an art and a science. Most of all, aromatherapy is very enjoyable - it is sensuous and restorative and works on the mind and emotions rapidly.

Aromatherapy: Part 2 - The Science
Aromatherapy: Part 2 - The Science

Inhalation of essential oils is the best way to assist with emotional problems such as stress, anxiety and depression as it reaches the limbic system in the brain quickly. The forebrain is the largest portion of the brain and consists of the two cerebral hemispheres (left brain, right brain) and also contains the limbic system. The limbic system consists of many parts. These parts control integration of information from our senses, voluntary movement, higher abstract thought, logic, speech and emotions. The limbic system establishes emotional states (happiness, fear, anger) and links to both conscious responses such as movement, as well as autonomic (unconscious) functions including hormones. It also facilitates memory storage and retrieval. 

Aromatherapy: Part 1 - An Introduction
Aromatherapy: Part 1 - An Introduction

Aromatherapy isn't just about beautiful, natural aromas. It is an actual therapy, meaning that it may assist with relieving a disorder and bring about wellbeing as part of an integrative healing approach. In aromatherapy, volatile plant oils, otherwise known as 'essential oils', are used with different application methods to assist with a particular health issue (such as pain, headaches, digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, mood disorders, insomnia, colds/coughs, etcetera), or to influence the mind and body to a particular wanted emotional state (calm, happiness, energised, focused), etcetera. 

Restoring Calm: Massage for Stress Relief
Restoring Calm: Massage for Stress Relief

Massage therapy is one of the best treatments for stress. It is important to manage stress, as it can lead to exhaustion, burnout and even to disease in the body. 

The sympathetic nervous system triggers the stress response and it forms part of the autonomic nervous system. The other part of the autonomic nervous system is the parasympathetic nervous system which controls the "relaxation response" otherwise known as "rest and digest". Activating the parasympathetic nervous systems turns off those harmful biochemical reactions so that our heart rate returns to normal, our body can digest properly, our immune system can work well again and our body can relax. So essentially we need to encourage the parasympathetic nervous system to take over as often as possible, and massage therapy is a great way to do this.