What we do here.
Hi, I'm Antonio. I've been practising massage therapy since 1995, and I opened The Workshop in 2011. The workshop spa offers a number of established treatments, given by a small team of trained therapists in our five massage rooms.
Sessions are unhurried, with plenty of time between bookings, so your massage session isn't rushed. The setting, clean rooms, warm towels, sauna, and showers are included; plain, unscented oil. There's more about how I think about the work, naturism in general, and the years that led to it in the blog.
The treatments.
Five main treatments are offered here. Each has its own page with the details, but the short version is below. If you're not sure which to book, the phone is the easiest way, and a short conversation usually settles it, or you can decide on how long you'd like and decide on treatment once we show you round and discuss your preference face to face.
Full body massage
The standard session is where most first-timers start. Every part of the body is attended to in one continuous flow, with usually no fixed sequence, the work moving from one area to the next without breaks. The naturist setting earns its keep here because the work doesn't pause for towel adjustments.
Swedish & deep tissue
For when you've come in with something specific to work on. Shoulders that won't drop, a lower back that's been tight for a fortnight, recovery from training. The session is shaped around that area, with deeper pressure where the muscle wants it. The rest of the body still gets included.
Tantric massage
The slowest of the treatments. Long, even strokes with plenty of time for you and your body to reflect on the touch. Best given 90 minutes or more. Worth knowing in advance: the slower pace tends to surface what the body has been holding, and people sometimes find old feelings coming up. For most, that's a relief.
Four-handed massage
Two therapists are working on one client at the same time. The mind tends to stop tracking which hand is where, and the work goes deeper for it. Available with two female therapists, or with one female and one male (me, Antonio). Tantric version available at 45- and 60-minute durations.
Couples massage
For two of you in the same room, each with your own therapist working separately. Available as a standard couples session or as the slower tantric variant. Separate rooms are also possible if you'd prefer that.
What clients say.
One recent client, who'd booked a four-handed tantric session for the first time.
"I came last week for a four-handed tantric massage with Jessica and Roxanne. This was the first time trying this; I usually only have one masseuse. And I must say it blew me away, pure heaven. I didn't want it to stop. I had an hour, and it just flew past. Think I need to indulge myself for two hours next time. Please thank the girls for the most amazing experience."
J., four-handed tantric
Questions?
The most common ones, on what's offered, how booking works, what to expect first time, and how couples sessions run, are answered on the FAQ page. For the principles behind how we work, see consent and boundaries.