Art of Massage, Nightcliff

Do you find it difficult to fit massage into your schedule?
Keep in mind that I take occasional early morning, evening and Sunday appointments.
These out of hours appointments before 8am, after 7pm and on Sundays are charged at a rate of $150 per hour.

It is always lovely to come back to warm, tropical Darwin. I have just returned from a terrific few weeks in the UK and looking forward to reopening Art of Massage studio on Monday June 3rd. Don't hesitate to get in touch to book your massage 🥰

Art of Massage is a serene, private and beautiful massage studio located in the heart of Nightcliff Village providing personalised treatments and a variety of specialisations

Remedial & Relaxation Massage

Barefoot Massage Therapy

Hot Stone Massage

Craniofacial Massage Therapy for headaches, migraine, jaw pain/TMJ issues, sinus pain and other facial pain

TLC for your TMJ at Art of Massage, Nightcliff

Receiving a soothing massage treatment to the soft tissues and nerves of the jaw can be a revelation. It is very common to hold tension and experience pain around the tempero-mandibular joint (TMJ) which can impact the neck, head and other areas of the face. This can be due to dysfunction of the joint, from the habit of teeth clenching or grinding (bruxism) or from general joint hypermobility.
I myself have some TMJ dysfunction due to hypermobility and treating the jaw was one of my first specialisations in remedial massage..I trained in intra-oral massage while I was still finishing my diploma. Since then I have delved deeply to develop my understanding around jaw pain and TMJ dysfunction, facial anatomy and neuroanatomy, and of how to deliver relief to the many people who experience jaw pain and tension. I provide specialised treatments for fellow members of the jaw pain club including intra-oral massage.

www.artofmassage.com.au

Are you one of the many people whose headache, migraine or sinus pain increases in severity or frequency when rain or storms are nearby?
Drops in atmospheric pressure can increase head pain and related symptoms. This is due to the dilation of blood vessels inside the body in relation to the low pressure outside the body.
Specialised massage treatment rooted in a sound understanding and experience of migraine and other headache syndromes can play a powerful role in the management of your head pain.
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you'd like to discuss whether cranio-facial massage could be helpful for you.

Cranio-facial Massage Therapy
Headache, Jaw & Facial Pain Clinic

Cranio-Facial Massage is a transformative treatment for people who experience any type of headaches, migraine, sinus pain, eyestrain, TMJ dysfunction/jaw pain/teeth grinding or clenching, or trigeminal neuralgia.
The aim of cranio-facial massage is to reduce severity and frequency of symptoms and flare ups through working with the nerves and soft tissue structures involved in these conditions and invoking a deep relaxation which itself can reduce or resolve pain and other symptoms.
Intra-oral (inside the mouth) techniques may be part of your treatment.

90 minutes $165

Litza Lia massage is having a sea change. My new studio is at Pavonia Place, Nightcliff. Opening on Monday August 1st. I look forward to seeing you there 🥰🏖💖🌴

Who needs a neck massage?

Litza Lia’s Massage Studio - personal statement

This is a space in which I strive to empty myself of judgements and doctrine. If you are come here to enjoy touch for the sake of enjoyment and pleasure - I welcome you.
If you come into this space to nurture yourself at a time when you are experiencing a health crisis, injury or an ongoing chronic condition including mental health I welcome you.
I will not suggest that the nature of your thoughts, character or behaviour have led to this current health experience. I cannot know. There is no way of testing or comparing your current health with a version of you that has made alternate life choices, developed a different personality or lived different experiences. Even if there were a way, two is not an adequate sample size.
Even on a purely structural musculoskeletal or neural level, with some exceptions, it is not always possible to definitively match your body ache or other sensation with your physical habits or know that your neck pain is coming from your hips, posture, the other side of your body, playing football twenty years ago or the amount of time you spend looking at your phone.
Maybe your jaw aches and your ankle was broken years ago. There may be a connection, there may be none. I will not state the platitudinous line “everything is connected”. Everything may be connected in that you do not have to carry any of your bodyparts in a handbag but it doesn’t mean two hurts are due to one another. They may be but I cannot truly know and will not to try to feign superior understanding by saying they definitely are. “Everything is connected” could be the start of an interesting discussion or book or lecture on anatomy and physiology but it is not in and of itself an explanation or truth.

I will not comment on your body. I will not tell you your muscles are too tight, your breathing too shallow, your weight too heavy. I will definitely not tell you that anything about your body suggests some emotional fault such as that you are “armouring yourself”, “shut down” or “not in touch with your body”. I will not tell you that you have an energy blockage, that your chakras are all wrong, that you have an inability to let go or that you must heal your relationship with your mum. Neither will I silently think these things because they are not a truth to me, any certainty of such connections are an illusion.

I will not ask you what you eat, drink, smoke or suggest supplements. I am not a dietician but more importantly you did not seek nutritional advice. You came here for a form of touch informed by communication and consent and touch is my service, art and profession.
I will not tell you that you must endure pain in order to feel better. Of all the experiences in life that can be painful I do not think massage should be one of them. Can we just keep massage as a pain free, pro pleasure, joyful experience in this world please?

Even if you act like a bit of a jerk at first, I will not judge you to be a jerk (at first). My experience tells me that initial jerkiness is sometimes nervousness and discomfort in disguise. (Continued jerkiness may be assessed differently.)

When you present yourself to my massage space you are literally putting yourself in my hands. To some this is a breeze. But I know that for many it has taken the facing of a sometimes huge amount of fear to arrive in this space. It may have taken the facing of trauma. It may take facing fear of judgements or shaming about your body. Touch is extremely personal and can be the source of great pleasure but also great and lasting pain. So I am honoured that you have entered this space and trusted me enough to make it this far.
I will do my best to collaborate with you as we move into this touch-based experience and relationship. We will always talk for as long as you need and and whenever you need both before and during the massage so we can plan how to make our time together most useful, comfortable and safe for you.