“On the beautiful Great Barrier Reef you can have the most fantastic massage therapy of your life!
Like you've never had before!
The most seasoned , well travelled amongst you will find this massage approach new, inspiring and above all delightful .
Situated in the heart of Port Village, my shop invites you to enjoy the paintings of renowned Australian artist, Linda Jackson and to lie down in a warm, cosy space to float away and release and relax with Shinto Shiatsu massage.
You can experience Shinto Shiatsu, practiced by Margot Gordon (Dip) Or. Med, Shiatsu masseur to many Hollywood stars over 30 years.”
‘I have trained & worked in Tokyo & London & am now enjoying living & working in Tropical Far North Queensland. This area is conducive to regeneration, self evaluation & reassessment of one’s life. Shinto Shiatsu can set you up for a good holiday with a clear mind & a happy body.’
“Discover how you can recover from injury faster & get back into your life sooner. SHINTO SHIATSU can assist all kinds of pain & discomfort. Pinched nerves and inflammation are soothed to give the body the ease it requires to fix itself, to 'come good' again.
Bones and joints that feel 'out' slot back into place, muscles soften and relax & the brain drifts off into a land only you know!
headaches, hangovers, migraines, stiff necks, sore muscles, inflamed joints , any aggravation ..it doesn't matter what it is, you are guaranteed to feel better after a Shinto Shiatsu massage.
Specialising in treating conditions other therapists are frightened to touch. Don't worry if your back is in agony ..within half an hour with me it will feel less painful.
Undergoing chemotherapy?
Shinto Shiatsu is a non invasive detoxing body- clean massage, soothing & calming, it can aid enormously with reducing the toxic side effects of chemotherapy. Making your experience easier.
For pregnancy pre - natal and post natal, lying on your side , having your back gently stretched and hips and shoulders rotated reduces swelling and eases lower back pain, varicose veins and heartburn.
Post natal Shinto Shiatsu gives the body deep rest and oxygen to help your body heal, revive and knit back together .
What can Shinto Shiatsu do for you?
"There is no doubt that Shinto Shiatsu brings calm to the troubled mind and ease to a body in pain. There are countless further benefits. It’s not an exaggeration to say that Shinto Shiatsu can change entirely and fill completely the troubled or empty life. This work has transformed my life and the lives of countless others. "
“Practitioner Margot Gordon has practiced her magic on a steady stream of celebrities – from Hollywood stars such as Angelica Huston, John Malkovitch and Jack Nicholson to home grown luminaries such as Ruby Wax, Julian Barnes, Fay Maschler and Dillie Keane .”
Jane Alexander, Daily Mail, 2000”
“THE ROCK AND ROLL OF NATURAL THERAPY
Seiki is the rock and roll of natural therapy. This "anything goes" treatment isn't hung up on stringent diets or exercise regimes and wouldn't dream of asking you to give up anything, except your stress and pain (and even then, only if you are ready to let it go).
''People already put so much pressure on themselves,'' says practitioner Margot Gordon, who has treated a host of Hollywood stars. ''The last thing you need is a therapy that puts on even more pressure and causes more stress, yet so many treatments are all about giving up this or not doing that.''
Seiki, frankly, couldn't care less. If you want to drink a bottle of Beaujolais a night that's cool (though people often find that, after a series of treatments, their senses become so acute that they automatically eat and drink well).
Seiki originated from a Japanese shiatsu practitioner, Akinobu Kishi. He felt that shiatsu was too controlling – it sought to change the person's body, whether it wanted to be changed or not.
His solution was to learn by precise observation exactly what the client's body wanted him to do.
All my body wanted to do was collapse in a heap. ''That's fine,'' says Margot, settling me, fully-clothed, on a padded mat. People often find their bodies automatically seek to shift or stretch, twitch or turn. Mine however, stayed parked, totally inert, throughout the session.
It's hard to describe seiki. Sometimes it feels similar to shiatsu or acupressure, at other times it's more akin to energy healing techniques such as reiki. Within minutes, I found my breathing slowed down. In this deeply relaxed state we can, apparently, eliminate stress, tension and emotional toxicity, and this leaves the body freer and the mind clearer.
During my session I lost track of time completely. When Margot gently said she had finished, I could have been on the floor for half an hour or half a day.
''It's really body meditation,'' she says. ''Everything affects us, from traffic jams to unpaid bills; from unemployment to difficult relationships. All those feelings and irritations become lodged in us and they aren't easy to resolve. We can analyse them mentally but, unless we bodily process and eliminate those feelings, they won't go away.''
Seiki doesn't make extravagant claims. In fact, it doesn't make any claims at all. It's all very Zen, yet not in a precious and irritating way. People, however, report a host of benefits, from lower stress levels and an easing of insomnia, to reduced backache. Unlike most forms of bodywork there are no contra-indications. ''We can treat absolutely anyone,'' claims Margot.
''Because we are not forcing the body; we merely do what it wants and needs. Seiki doesn't always cure the problem. But it does make people feel good.''
Despite not having a clue exactly how it worked, I left feeling as if a huge weight had been lifted off my chest. My chronic neck and back tension had vanished and friends even asked if I'd had some "work" as I apparently looked 10 years younger. Seiki may be short on rules and regulations, but in my experience it is pretty impressive on results.
Jane Alexander The Daily Telegraph, May 2009”
QUALIFICATION DETAILSShiatsu training . Diploma of Oriental Medicine. Remedial massage qualifications. Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Bioenergetics, Qi Gong , Meditation, Dynamic active release work .
20 years student and apprentice to Sensei Akinobu Kishi, organising London workshops and treatments as well as participating regularly over 20 years in group workshops throughout UK, Japan and Europe.
Founder of Shinto Shiatsu , Australia .
