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A grounded, research-led approach to bodywork, energy healing, and recovery

Dedicated therapeutic care for muscle pain, fatigue, and stress.

Each session is designed to regulate your nervous system, release physical tightness, and help you regain your energy.

Meet Dr Laura Brera (PhD)

Grounded care at the intersection of science and movement.

Hi, I’m Laura.
My practice at the Canonbury Natural Health Clinic comes from a unique intersection of professional dance experience, rigorous anatomical study, and advanced PhD research into Reiki-energy.

I offer thorough, honest, and highly individualised bodywork and energy healing designed to release physical restriction, calm your nervous system, and restore balance.

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Treatments

Cancer Care Massage

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Safe, gentle, and fully adapted bodywork for individuals living with or recovering from cancer. Drawing on specialised oncology massage training, I tailor every session to ease physical discomfort, reduce anxiety, and support your body’s resilience at any stage of treatment or recovery.

Cancer Care Massage is a supportive, complementary bodywork therapy designed to work alongside your medical care — such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery — not to replace standard oncology treatment.

Indian Head Massage

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Indian Head Massage focuses on the upper body, targeting key areas where postural strain and mental stress accumulate, the shoulders, neck, scalp, and face. Combining rhythmic friction and targeted pressure, this treatment relieves tension headaches, eases jaw clenching, and calms an overstimulated nervous system to restore mental clarity and physical ease.

Deep Tissue / Therapeutic Massage

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Combining slow, targeted pressure with versatile bodywork techniques, this treatment releases deep muscle tightness, breaks down restrictive knots, and restores mobility. Tailored to your specific physical history, posture, and activity level, sessions address persistent pain, support injury recovery, and calm an overstimulated nervous system.

Reiki

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Reiki and Energy Healing is a gentle, non-invasive therapy that supports physical, emotional and mental relaxation. Using light touch or hands held above the body, treatments facilitate a calming flow of energy to reduce stress, relieve tension, and encourage self-healing. Informed by my PhD research, The Embodiment of Reiki-Energy as a Resource for Creative Healing, my approach blends a lived, embodied understanding of energy with practical therapeutic techniques to bridge physical recovery, mental clarity, and self-cultivation.

Pregnancy Massage

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Pregnancy Massage offers safe, nurturing bodywork designed to support you throughout every stage of your pregnancy. Utilising a specialised pregnancy bolster, treatments allow you to lie safely and comfortably on your front, with positions easily adapted at any point to suit your comfort. This therapeutic treatment targets lower back ache, hip tightness, and physical fatigue, helping to ease postural strain, reduce stress, and promote deep relaxation.

Hot Stones Massage

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Hot Stone Massage utilises smooth, heated basalt stones integrated with therapeutic bodywork to melt away deep physical tightness and quiet an overactive nervous system. The penetrating warmth enhances circulation and relaxes rigid muscle tissue. Upon request, this treatment can be combined with Deep Tissue techniques for a relaxing yet powerful session that soothes the soul while releasing tension in knotted muscles.