Can you tell us a bit about your work and how you got where you are now? I am from Indonesia, and I grew up in a comforting bubble of calm and care. From what I recall, my very first massage experiences are the soothing massages parents give their children in my home country.
These roots undoubtedly guided my professional choices later in life and still inspire me today in my work. I started my professional development path in Indonesia in the 90s, in Bali and Java. Back then, I learned a lot working in what you can call precursors of the spa institutes as we know them today. There, I experienced and learned many traditional massage techniques; the creambath, a Balinese head massage, the Mandi Lulur, a traditional face massage and many others such as the Mandi Susu, the Mandi Rempah and the Boreh.
My career took me to Paris where I worked at the Cinq Mondes institute in the early s, when the spa concept started thriving in France. The centre is aimed at all the wellbeing professionals who want to develop their skills spa therapists, masseurs and masseuses, beauticians etc.
The summer training session includes an experience in Bali. In , I opened a Balinese massage private studio dedicated to a private clientele. Balinese massages provide a much deeper inner experience than what most people think; what a lot of people experience in Bali as tourists are unfortunately often watered-down versions, if not painful unprofessional versions in the worst case scenario.
These massages make you experience a deep wellbeing. They are particularly famous for the great pleasure they bring, one of the many physical and emotional benefits of these massages being the unique relaxation they induce. Balinese massages seem to have very specific benefits. You teach everything about them in your training centre, tell us a bit more about it.
