Kowhai Massage Therapy is a massage practice at 25 Larsen Crescent in Tawa, Wellington. The practitioner, Anna, is registered at Level 6 with Massage Aotearoa New Zealand and works under its Code of Ethics. The website describes her massage as based on broad, warming Swedish strokes, adapted to each client's needs and preferences.
Her training includes trigger point release, myofascial release, neuromuscular therapy and PNF stretching, and a McLoughlin scar tissue release course. She also holds a certificate in psychology and counselling, and works within a defined scope that does not include processing psychological trauma. Clients say she is attentive, caring and skilled with back, hip and neck problems, and that they leave feeling better than when they arrived. Some have been seeing her for two years. Our pick in Tawa for a calm, skilled massage practice.