Sarjana holding a Deep Tissue Massage session at Well Bath.

Treatment at Well Bath

Deep Tissue Massage in Bath

Slow, sustained, held

You describe the area holding the most. Sarjana works it slowly and stays until it responds. Sarjana's deep tissue work is slow and sustained rather than fast and percussive. She stays with each area until the tissue responds, and moves on only when it has.

Deep here means depth of contact, held with care. Sarjana's pressure meets the body where the body is, and adjusts session to session. First-time clients often come expecting something harder and leave saying the depth was exactly right without ever crossing into pain.

Duration

60 minutes

Price

£75

Available add-ons

You can extend the session on the booking page

Treatment Extension £35 · +30 min Add thirty minutes for a longer, deeper session.

What people bring

Presentations commonly worked with

Sarjana meets bodies carrying long-held tension across the whole body rather than a single site. Her sustained pressure reaches material a lighter touch cannot.

Chronic tightness in shoulders, upper back and neck from desk work
Long-held lower-back and hip pattern
General muscular tension without a specific injury
A body that has never had bodywork and is ready for something considered
Recovery from a hard training block or physically demanding period
Regular maintenance for people who want the pattern kept in check
Preparation for surgery or a life event where the body wants clearing first

Deep Tissue Massage is a bodywork treatment, not a clinical intervention. If you carry a specific injury or diagnosis, mention it at the intake. For acute injury or clinical assessment, look at Olivia's Physiotherapy sessions.

What a session is like

From arrival to the last breath in the room

The session runs sixty minutes in the therapy room. Sarjana works from the pace her fifteen years of practice have shown reaches the tissue best.

01

Arrival and intake

Front door, herbal tea, up to the therapy room. Sarjana asks what has brought you and where the body is asking to be met. Longer intake for first-time clients.
02

On the table

Undress to your underwear, warm blanket, only the area being worked is exposed. Sarjana settles you in and confirms pressure preference.
03

Opening

Sarjana begins slowly, reading the tissue as she works. Her opening pressure tells her how deep the body is willing to be met today.
04

Sustained pressure

This is where the work does what it is here for. She stays with each area until the tissue responds, then moves on. Not fast, not percussive. Held.
05

Whole-body pass

Sarjana works across the whole body rather than an isolated area, so what she releases in one place is met by what she does in another.
06

Closing

Time to sit up slowly, drink water, feel the difference. Sarjana will speak briefly about what she found and what to do with the rest of the day.

Weighing it up

Deep Tissue versus Swedish Massage

Sarjana holds both. The difference is register.

	Deep Tissue	Swedish Massage
Pressure	Deep, sustained, held.	Long, flowing strokes at moderate pressure.
Purpose	Reach long-held tissue, release chronic tightness.	Restore circulation, calm the system, ease tension.
Register	Worked. You leave clear and slow.	Held. You leave settled and rested.
Best if you	Have specific chronic tightness that needs meeting.	Want a gentler, more restorative full-body session.
Cost	£75 for the hour.	£75 for the hour.

Some regulars alternate: Deep Tissue when the body is loaded, Swedish when it needs pure rest.

What the evidence says

Research and clinical literature

Deep tissue and myofascial work has a substantial evidence base for chronic musculoskeletal pain and range of motion.

Deep-tissue and myofascial techniques produce clinically meaningful reductions in chronic low-back pain compared with usual care in controlled trials.

Journal of Pain Research · reviews · 2018
Sustained deep pressure is associated with increased parasympathetic activity and reductions in cortisol during and after sessions.

International Journal of Neuroscience · Field et al. · 2014
Regular deep-tissue work in adults with chronic tightness improves range of motion and self-reported pain across sixty- and ninety-minute session formats.

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies · reviews · 2020

Questions people ask

Before you book

Will it hurt? +

Sarjana's work sits at the edge of discomfort by design — that is where deep tissue meets the body properly — but she keeps it below pain. She checks pressure and adjusts.

What is Sarjana's training? +

Sarjana originally trained in traditional healing in Nepal, where massage is a central part of postnatal and everyday care. She spent time in Japan observing massage as stress relief and relaxation, then took her ITEC diploma in massage in Bath. She is a fully insured member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists.

Will I be sore afterwards? +

Sometimes, mildly, for a day. This is normal. Drink water, keep the day easy where you can, and the tissue will settle.

How often should I come? +

For chronic tightness, a run of three or four sessions across a month tends to shift the pattern. For maintenance, monthly is a common rhythm.

Is this a whole-body massage? +

Yes. Sarjana works across the whole body even when a specific area is asking for most of the attention. Release in one place is met by release in another.

Can I add the Treatment Extension? +

Yes — thirty extra minutes for £35, for when you know the pattern needs longer than the hour. Select at booking.

Held by

Practitioner

Deep Tissue Massage

Sarjana

Deep tissue massage in the therapy rooms. Slow, sustained pressure, held work.

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