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THERAPIES

What Therapies Do We Offer?

At Torside, we offer a comprehensive range of therapies designed to support your physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

From balancing practices like acupuncture and craniosacral therapy, to supportive treatments such as homeopathy, reflexology, and colon hydrotherapy, each therapy is tailored to nurture the body holistically.

We also provide grounding practices like massage, yoga, and breath work to promote relaxation and restore inner calm. Explore our therapies to discover how we can help you achieve lasting wellness.

Strengthen. Detoxify. Nourish.

SUPPORTIVE

Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a gentle yet powerful holistic therapy that works with the body’s natural healing processes to relieve symptoms safely and effectively.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the body may be mapped out on the feet and all of the organs and body parts treated by releasing blockages and stimulating the acupressure points there. A relaxing and reviving treatment.

Reflexology

Reflexology is a deeply relaxing and holistic therapy that applies pressure to specific points on the feet, promoting overall body balance and wellbeing.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the body may be mapped out on the feet and all of the organs and body parts treated by releasing blockages and stimulating the acupressure points there. A relaxing and reviving treatment.

Colon Therapy

Colon hydrotherapy is a gentle yet effective cleansing treatment that flushes out toxins, hydrates the colon, and promotes overall wellbeing and detoxification.

Although there are many misconceived notions surrounding this therapy that can cause people to cringe, it is rare to find someone who isn’t an avid convert once they have had one! Water is one of the most healing substances to the body. Much like a pot plant that is in need of water, the water can often run straight through if received from the top. Conversely, if the pot is sat in water it can steadily absorb enough water to fully hydrate. This same principal can be applied to the body. The colon absorbs water in a way that ensures the body becomes systemically hydrated. Hydration enables all bodily functions and promotes health as well as facilitates the detoxification processes of the body. It also has a remarkable calming effect, feeding the thirsty adrenal glands and makes an excellent support for anyone suffering with adrenal fatigue. In addition to hydration, a colonic helps to shift bowel congestion, often removing very old faecal matter and bowel plaque. Coffee or Chamomile enemas can also be administered which are excellent for assisting the liver to dump its waste (including stones). Colonics are highly advisable during cleansing to assist toxin elimination and replenish the body’s hydration levels.

Myo-Facial Sculpting Massage

Facial drainage massage is a soothing, therapeutic treatment that alleviates facial tension, reduces puffiness, and enhances overall wellbeing and relaxation.

This therapy helps to release tension in the face jaw and cranium. The jaw, in particular, holds a lot of tension and is directly related to the pelvis. Releasing tension here can therefore have a knock-on effect throughout the body. Releasing tension in the head is helpful in order to shift congestion in the sinuses and ears, brings great benefit to those who suffer from posture-related headaches and is also excellent for smoothing lines and wrinkles. Hydrating and nourishing oils are used to feed the skin.

Emotional Trauma Release

Releasing emotional trauma is often key to recovery. Our qualified practitioners offer therapies like Grief Counselling, EFT, and breath work.

Disease very often carries with it an emotional element and it is often said that releasing this trauma is the key to recovery. Several of our practitioners are qualified to assist and support you address trauma and difficult emotions. We use a variety of therapies including Grief Counselling, Emotional Freedom Tapping, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Psych-K, Emotion Code, Heart Math and breath work.

Iridology

Iridology provides valuable insights into your overall health, detecting potential weaknesses and imbalances before they manifest into more serious concerns.

Iridology gives a constitutional picture for your lifespan. It will pick up weakness in the connective tissue in an area but not disease. For example, in the digestive area it can tell you if you have developed low stomach acid and in the circulatory system if any deposits are building up within the arteries.

Pilates

Pilates is a gentle yet powerful exercise method that enhances strength, alignment, and mobility, making it suitable for all fitness levels.

Pilates is a movement method that focuses on using the body in the most anatomically correct and beneficial way to not only perform exercise but to carry out everyday movement in a safe and efficient manner. It was developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates who was widely considered a genius of anatomical mechanics. Today it is practiced worldwide, particularly in the West. Although often likened to Yoga it is a very different practice with the focus not on stretching or held positions so much as muscle targeting using alignment, breathing and centring (use of the ‘core’ muscles) to tone the body in an efficient and effective manner. 

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Pilates is a suitable practice for any level of fitness and mobility. It is both safe and versatile and can therefore benefit those suffering from postural imbalances, injury or physical disability. It can also be highly challenging for those wanting to build strength and endurance and makes an excellent ‘support practice’ to athletes, such as runners and cyclists. It can even be used as a body sculpting technique for those wanting to improve their ‘bikini body’. 

Gentle therapies to restore inner harmony

BALANCING

Craniosacral Therapy

Gentle touch restores balance, promoting healing through craniosacral therapy.

A cranial therapist uses light and gentle touch o work with the cerebrospinal fluid, nervous system, connective tissues (fascia) and bones of the body to restore balance and harmony, leading to improved health and well-being. All living beings possess an inherent life-force with a vitality that distinguishes them from non-living things. Craniosacral therapy meets the system at a deep level and this vital life-force responds, thus promoting healing and restoring us to our true selves.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture uses fine needles to release energy blockages, aligning the body’s meridians.

A highly effective and ancient technique using fine needles to release stagnation of energy and bring harmony to the body.


Glastonbury itself is said to be situated on a Ley line or meridian. The ancient Britons believed that the Earth, like the body, has lines of energy that run through it and across it. They built various structures, such as stone circles, along their length to mark out where they lay. Glastonbury, the ancient Isle of Avalon, is thought to exist on such a line, and is sometimes thought to be a kind of acupuncture point of the earth.


The ancient Chinese also held similar beliefs and called them ‘dragon lines’. They took this notion further and discovered that there are similar passages of energy that run around and through the body. It is these pathways or meridians that an acupuncturist seeks to utilise during a treatment.

Shiatsu

Shiatsu blends Japanese bodywork and Chinese elements, balancing energy flow.

Shiatsu is an ancient body work therapy developed in Japan with the wisdom of Chinese 5 element theory – the body’s relationship with the Elements and Chi (the body’s energy current).


Understanding the body as a whole; energetically, physically and emotionally means that the Shiatsu therapist has the ability to deeply listen to your body, to its strengths and its weaknesses.

Nutrition

Good nutrition supports health. We provide simple, practical meal advice to address dietary imbalances.

A good diet is fundamental to good health. Modern living as well as poor food quality and availability makes it increasingly harder to achieve a healthy diet.

 

In assessing your diet and lifestyle we can advise you how to help support your health through good nutrition and what to cut out that might be contributing to your health issues. With so much conflicting advice out there, people often find the concept of nutrition overwhelming or confusing.

 

Our aim is to provide simple, easy to follow advice with practical meal suggestions. In understanding what foods are beneficial to you and what are not you can go on to make healthy meal choices that you can be confident will support your wellbeing.

Kinesiology

Kinesiology identifies imbalances through muscle testing, addressing physical and emotional health.

Kinesiology is a holistic therapy that uses muscle response to identify imbalances affecting physical, emotional, and nutritional health.

 

It is a gentle, non-invasive approach that addresses a wide range of issues through techniques such as nutritional supplementation, lifestyle changes, emotional work, and structural corrections. Treatments may also incorporate other therapies like EFT, Emotion Code, Psych-K, and Vibrational Healing to support overall well-being.

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Calming practices to restore clarity

GROUNDING

Massage

We offer deep tissue, Thai, lymphatic and shiatsu as well as more tailored forms of body work. Massage is effective at shifting toxins from the body as well as releasing tension that can affect the Posture and proper physical functions of the body.

Indian Head Massage

An Ayurvedic treatment that releases tension in the head, neck and shoulders. Deeply relaxing, restoring and relieving of tension.

Meditation & Mindfulness

Deeply restorative practices to quieten the chattering, racing mind. Clarity and focus will improve as the body enters deep rest and the brain centres.

Sound Healing

Using singing bowls, gongs and other instruments this is a beautiful, harmonising treatment that is deeply personal. Sound is a great healer and the us of these instruments assist bring the body back to a state of healing and calm.

Breath Work

Learning to manage the breath is a key means of quickly bringing the body back into a ‘parasympathetic’ state of rest and repair. Our practitioners will guide you through breathing cycles to effectively bring the body out of stress.

Yoga

A grounding practice aligning mind, body and soul. Deep stretching will assist to relieve tension, release toxin from the tissues and balance the body’s energy system. We offer Vinyasa, Yin, Hatha and Yoga Nidra.

DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING YOUR WELLBEING

MEET OUR PRACTITIONERS

Pia Barratt BA MSc Dip.KA

Torside Health & Wellness is the manifestation of Pia’s dedication to achieve a practical, sustainable, enjoyable wellness doctrine. It is designed to be easily integrated in order to create and maintain a robust body and mind able to navigate the challenges of modern life.

 

Pia chooses her team carefully. All are practitioners that she goes to herself for treatments and considers excellent in their fields.

Northamptonshire-born, Pia worked for many years in property and financial services. In her twenties Pia suffered for several years with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) after a bad virus. Frustrated with finding little effective help, she turned with an open mind to the holistic field. In doing so, she discovered Kinesiology and was astounded by how quickly and simply it effectively addressed her symptoms. During her healing journey she became aware that as she learnt more about what had been happening to her she was better able to manage her health herself – knowledge in healing is indeed power. She has since favoured a functional approach to medicine. In the years that followed, Pia learnt how to manage a modern lifestyle without allowing it to have a detrimental impact upon her health and is passionate about supporting the body to create durability without imposing radical or impractical restrictions upon it.


Pia is an advocate of treating the whole person; physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically in order to fully address health issues. She likes to work with her clients, encouraging them to better understand their bodies and take responsibility for their healing and wellbeing.


Pia became a Pilates instructor, having experienced the benefits of better bodily alignment and correct movement patterns. Soon after she qualified in Systematic Kinesiology and combines the two in order to provide a full-spectrum holistic health and wellness service, both being focused on the optimal functioning of the body. She has since qualified as a Colon Hydrotherapist with The Avalon School of Hydrotherapy.


Pia relocated to Glastonbury in Somerset. After restoring the house and grounds she realised that this was the perfect place to restore health. Torside Health & Wellness is an embodiment of Pia’s enthusiasm for pragmatically applied natural healing methods and for encouraging the individual to better understand and maintain their own health.


Pia is a Professional Diplomate of the Kinesiology Association, a Founding Member of the Body Control Pilates Academy, a Member of the Body Control Association and a Member of the Society for the Pilates Method. She also holds diplomas in Nutrition and Anatomy and Physiology.

Grounding

Kantinan Oakley

Kantinan offers Thai Deep Tissue Massage, Tok Sen Massage and Traditional Thai Massage. Her massages are focused on reducing muscular pain and tension, relieving pain and stress and improving circulation. She has many years of experience in both England and Thailand.

 

Her qualifications include:

  • Thai Traditional Massage Course, Aromatherapy Massages Course at Thai Traditional Medical service Society, Pathumthani, Thailand
  • Traditional Thai Massage Acupoint Tapping Training/Thai Hammer Massage From NuadTok Sen Baan Por Cro Dao, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  • Spa Therapist Massage at Mahaboon’s Thai Massage School,
    Rachasima, Thailand
  • IVTCT Level 3 Certificate in Thai Massage at Fami Hair and Beauty Institute, England.

Thai Massage

Natasha Arcoleo

Natasha has spent the last decade training and working as a bodywork practitioner, starting as a professional dancer, then transitioning into facilitating yoga and mindfulness, and now offering massage therapy as well. Her background in dance gave her a deep love for movement and an appreciation of the joy that physical expression brings. Yoga allowed her to refine that love into something she could share with others, blending movement with meditation to help people connect more deeply with themselves. Massage therapy has completed this journey, providing Natasha with a way to support individuals in exploring and overcoming the barriers they face within their bodies.

The practices Natasha offers are all designed to promote better movement quality and a deeper understanding of the mind-body connection. Whether someone has full mobility, limited range, or is experiencing restrictions, there are ways to improve functionality and integrate these changes into everyday life. Natasha works closely with individuals to identify and explore what’s holding them back and find practical ways to move forward, always promoting a holistic approach.

Qualifications include: Level 5 Diploma in Soft Tissue Remedial Therapy – registered therapist with the ISRM, 500hr qualified Yoga Teacher, Masters & BPA (Hons) Degree in Contemporary Dance & Performance.

  • Massage
  • Yoga
  • Sound Healing
  • Cacao Ceremonies

Tallulah Rendall

Tallulah empowers people through Qi Gong and Sound Meditation to connect to their creative expression and lead happier, healthier and more embodied lives. Having learnt to maintain her health through a mix of Chinese medicine, Acupuncture and Nutrition plus training in Qi Gong and Sound Therapy, Tallulah became inspired to support the wellbeing of others. This led to the creation of her singing and creative facilitation workshops and retreats, Sound Meditations and one-to-one Sound Therapy sessions.

  • Sound Meditation
  • Qi Gong

Tegwyn Hyndman

With over 20 years experience, Tegwyn’s wide skillset allow her to help us discover, remember and celebrate who we are, what we are and where we are.


Tegwyn has experienced a rich life with much loss and challenge and from within her own healing transformation journey she has come through with a love, integrity and dedication in providing safe places, healing & holding touch. She facilitates journeys for profound discovery and remembering of Soul perspective & integration of our wounding thus bringing a deeper peace & understanding.

  • Shamanic Soul Work
  • Reiki
  • Breath Work
  • Rebirth
  • Grief Counselling
  • Bodywork/Massage

Balancing

Matthew Fellows

Matt’s studies have taken him around the World, but he always comes home to Glastonbury. Matt is trained to the highest level and gained an honours degree at The London College of Traditional Acupuncture. He is a member of the British Acupuncture Council and continues to study frequently and partake in various forms of continual professional development.

Acupuncture

Beth Wightman

Beth has been working in and exploring holistic health for the past 23 years. She first trained in Ayurvedic medicine and massage in India in 2000. She then qualified in Holistic therapies (Swedish massage, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Indian Head Massage, Anatomy and Physiology) back in England at Brighton College in 2001. She has also studied Cranio-sacral therapy (2003) and qualified as a yoga teacher in 2007. Most recently she obtained an honours degree in 5-Element Acupuncture from The Acupuncture Academy in Leamington Spa. She is a member of the British Acupuncture Council and Federation of Holistic Therapists.


Beth is passionate about weaving all her knowledge together, working with each person to create a treatment which is tailored specifically and thoughtfully to them; meeting them where they are and honouring who they are. She is particularly experienced in and inspired by retreat work, having worked as a therapist at and managed a retreat in Sri Lanka for 7 years, before settling in Glastonbury and becoming involved in running retreats in England. It is a privilege to witness and be part of the transformation that happens when a person comes to a retreat. It is magical.

  • 5 Element Acupuncture
  • Reflexology
  • Indian Head Massage
  • Cranio-Sacral Therapy

Tracy Burke

Tracy has always had a keen interest in health, the body and human process. Initially training in Kent in 1988 as a registered nurse, she went on to work in a wide variety of acute healthcare settings within the NHS and New Zealand. After returning to the UK in 1999 she trained in massage, reflexology and then Cranio-Sacral Therapy from Karuna. Tracy runs a busy practice in Glastonbury where she sees a variety of clients, working with trauma, anxiety and complex cases. More recently she has been working with the pre and postnatal process.

Cranio-Sacral Therapy

Rhiannon Christie

Rhiannon believes that touch is the most instinctive form of healing there is. Her love for shiatsu comes from this simple and beautiful truth, that touch is an innate expectation of our human experience.


Rhiannon is Level 4 qualified in Shiatsu and offers a grounded treatment that helps the body to regain its balance through the listening touch. She also offers an excellent deep tissue massage that incorporates areas often missed in massage such as the hands, feet and chest.

  • Shiatsu
  • Deep Tissue Massage

Supportive

Kate Mead

Kate has been a homeopathic and craniosacral practitioner for over 20 years. She was the Director at the Contemporary College of Homeopathy for 10 years and has been a clinical practitioner at Ainsworths Homeopathic Pharmacy for over 15 years. Kate has a great interest in all aspects of women’s health, from adolescence to fertility and menopause. She also specialises in treating digestive health and was featured in an article in The Times relating to her successful treatment of IBS/Crohn’s.

Kate has a varied practice in terms of the conditions she treats and is interested in identifying the reasons our health becomes compromised. Finding and identifying the causes of compromised health is the initial key to healing and is an enlightening and empowering process. Kate explores the importance of who we are as individuals, our thoughts, feelings, relationships and past and the role that they play in our health.

Homeopathy

Fiona Bruce

Fiona has worked within the holistic therapeutic field for over thirty-five years. In 1988 she became a teacher in special diet cuisine both for the catering industry and for private individuals.


She helped to establish the first and largest vegan restaurant in the UK which specialised in sugar free, wheat free and dairy free diets which ran successfully from 1983 to 1995. Since then, she has been the resident colon hydrotherapist at the Fisher King Centre in Glastonbury, the longest standing residential cleansing retreat in the UK. This has given Fiona a keen understanding of how colonics aid digestive efficiency. She is passionately inspired by this line of therapeutic work and has since founded The Avalon School of Hydrotherapy. Fiona is also a qualified reflexologist.

Qualifications:

  • Colon Hydro-Therapist (Chi Centre, Maidenhead)
  • F.A.E.T.C. (South Mendip District Council)

Colon Hydrotherapy

Oana Crisan

Oana has worked in holistic face and body massage for over twelve years. She has worked for some of the most prestigious spas across the UK, including the Bamford Haybarn Spa in the Cotswolds and the Old Course Hotel Kohler Water Spa in St. Andrew’s. More recently Oana has worked at Face Gym both in London’s Chelsea and at Soho Farmhouse in the Cotswolds, which specialises in facial massage techniques that help to naturally tighten, tone and sculpt facial muscles, assist cranial drainage and alleviate jaw tension. Here, Oana built up a very strong clientele and received recognition for her skill in this field. Recently, Oana travelled to Saudi Arabia where she helped launch My Face by training their staff in facial massage techniques. Oana now works solely with her bank of private clients.


In addition to this work, Oana offers body massage. Her style incorporates shiatsu, acupressure and deep tissue. She likes to focus on areas which are not often fully treated in many massage therapies, such as the hips and ribcage. Oana also uses cupping where necessary and a range of Thai stretching techniques. She finishes her treatments with lymphatic drainage movements to help drain away toxins effectively.


Oana is also a qualified Yoga Trapeze trainer. This is a prop-based inversion form of yoga that has therapeutic benefits, particularly for stubborn back pain whilst being fun and freeing, giving a weightless sensation. This method helps to improve flexibility and works the core, upper body, and posterior chain.


Oana has an ITEC Level 3 in Holistic Massage and an NVQ Level 2 in Facial Massage as well as Face Gym’s high level in house training.

  • Facial and Cranial Massage
  • Deep Tissue Massage
  • Trapeze Yoga

Miranda Bruce AGSMD

Miranda trained at the School of Clinical Iridology and Applied Nutrition. She has been practicing Iridology for eleven years, chiefly with clients at the Fisher King Cleansing Retreat Centre in Glastonbury. She takes photographs of both irises and provides you with a written report on her findings.

Iridology

Victoria Hilton

Victoria has worked in the fitness industry since 2009 in both London and Somerset. She offers an intelligent, empowering and holistic approach to fitness and addresses each body as a whole systematic being. Her teaching style is informative with the aim of imparting knowledge and confidence into her clients.

Her qualifications include:
Mat Pilates- Beginner, Improver, Advanced (REP, NVQ, OCR, FIA) • Gym Instructor (REP, NVQ, OCR, FIA) Future Fit • Pregnancy Pilates; Modern Pilates • Pilates Equipment Training; Studio Apprenticeship • Level 3 Personal Training; Premier • NASM: National Academy of Sports Medicine International PT bridging course • Nutritional advice; Precision Nutrition • Dance- Ballet, Contemporary Modern Dance and Tap; Grade 5 • Barre; Body Barre London • Yoga Teacher Training (200hrs); Shanti Power Yoga • Thai Massage; Yoga Haven London • Doula; Birth Bliss Academy • Reiki; Goddess House, Glastonbury • Spiritual Counselling (Level 5 Diploma); Holistic Healing College • TRE Workshop; Deborah Maddison, Healing Space training provider and breath work practitioner.
findings.

  • Pilates
  • Personal Training

Barbara Fiennes

After witnessing a loved one who was suffering with a crippling auto-immune illness come back to health through the power of food-as-medicine.
Barbara trained as a Nutritional Therapist (BANT registered) at the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London and seeks to impart her knowledge about the invaluable role of food and diet in our health. She finds much joy in helping people who are struggling with illnesses or chronic conditions through giving them the tools to bring their bodies back to full wellness using the right diet and/or supplements.

Nutrition

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The team at Torside Health & Wellness Ltd are holistic practitioners. If you are unwell or experiencing symptoms that concern you please seek the advice of a doctor. 

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