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Heel & Loom - Bodywork & Performance Art

Heel & Loom - Bodywork & Performance Art

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Mistiques Newtown
Mistiques Newtown
70 Enmore Road, Newtown

Experience the choreography of touch. Feel the weather of the body. Release what we call pain. Physical therapy and deep relaxation in one effective massage.

A practice where physiology, emotion and artistry converge..for change & healing. Heel & Loom, here & now, the body remembers its language and finds a way home. Ka Huna massage offers the physical therapeutic benefits of massage including:

>Improved immune system
>Detoxification
>Muscular relaxation, release of tension
>Increased movement and blood circulation
>Improved alignment
>Lymphatic drain

11/04/2026

"my only regret : it wasn't long enough"
- yesterday's body

[who'll be today's?]

your body is a tunable instrument and by consciously attuning to vibration through sound, sensation, and movement you can diagnose, shift, and reorganize your internal state. in turn your perception of reality changes and expands. research shows that sound and vibration directly interact with the nervous system, especially through the vagus nerve, which regulates stress. studies have found that pairing sound with neural stimulation can reshape how the brain responds over time essentially expanding neural pathways and sensitivity. practices like humming, singing, and slow breathing have been shown to increase heart rate variability, a key marker of resilience, longevity, and nervous system regulation. even simple sound-based meditations have been linked to reduced anxiety, tension, and decrease in depression while increasing overall well-being. in other words, when you “tune” your body with vibration you train your nervous system into a new baseline. here’s something you can do today, no instrument required: take one breath in for 4 seconds, and on the exhale, hum… long, steady, and low. feel where the vibration lands in your body, where is there tension, what happens to the space around you, where do you feel blockage in the vibration? gently shift it by changing your tone or posture. do this for 2 minutes. what you’re practicing is awareness, system control, responsiveness, and pedagogy . these skills transfer to every thing you do: how you speak, how you move, how you respond to stress, how you interact, and how you create. #nervoussystemregulation #somatichealing #vagusnerve #mindbodyconnection #breathwork 30/03/2026

Some of the most precise somatic work can look… a bit idiotic from the outside.�Yet that’s often where something profoundly wordless starts to shift.
When we give ourselves permission to connect with the thinking-body - to breathe, to bellow, to de-industrialise.
I’ve been weaving in this tapestry for a while, and it’s quietly affirming to notice threads of it in the rug of Charles Ressler.
It feels like a kindred string alongside what’s unfurling at Heel & Loom.

your body is a tunable instrument and by consciously attuning to vibration through sound, sensation, and movement you can diagnose, shift, and reorganize your internal state. in turn your perception of reality changes and expands. research shows that sound and vibration directly interact with the nervous system, especially through the vagus nerve, which regulates stress. studies have found that pairing sound with neural stimulation can reshape how the brain responds over time essentially expanding neural pathways and sensitivity. practices like humming, singing, and slow breathing have been shown to increase heart rate variability, a key marker of resilience, longevity, and nervous system regulation. even simple sound-based meditations have been linked to reduced anxiety, tension, and decrease in depression while increasing overall well-being. in other words, when you “tune” your body with vibration you train your nervous system into a new baseline. here’s something you can do today, no instrument required: take one breath in for 4 seconds, and on the exhale, hum… long, steady, and low. feel where the vibration lands in your body, where is there tension, what happens to the space around you, where do you feel blockage in the vibration? gently shift it by changing your tone or posture. do this for 2 minutes. what you’re practicing is awareness, system control, responsiveness, and pedagogy . these skills transfer to every thing you do: how you speak, how you move, how you respond to stress, how you interact, and how you create. #nervoussystemregulation #somatichealing #vagusnerve #mindbodyconnection #breathwork

24/03/2026

Dearhearts - radically inclusive now of both the light...and the dark...the yang & the yin...I'm holding space for youse at the love-beacon on Gadigal at Redfern - Heel & Loom House:

KaHuna & Lomi Lomi
Polynesian Floorwork & Thai Massage
Yoga Massage & Manual Stretch
Joint & Bone Ancestral Bodywork
Shiatsu & Rocking Therapy
Hot Stones
Fascia Release, Deep Tissue, Trigger, Meridian, Nerve, Acupressure
Sports, Dancer Performer & Artist Rehab
Heel & Loom Flow
Performance Art Bodywork
Be Danced, Sonic Bodywork & Sound Bathing
Play Therapy
Cuddle Therapy
Foot-washing & Elemental Grounding
Body Grooming & Alkaline Scrub
Listening & Feedback, Counselling Somatically
Guidance in MindBody, Meditation & Breath
Guidance in Voice, Dance, Expression & Presence
Ergonomic Chair Massage
Corporate, Events, Teams, Workplace, Parties, Venues, Markets, Festivals

WHERE:
Private, quiet, cosy, dedicated, nurturing Redfern space with shower and all amenities.
Parking can be provided on site. 2mins from Redfern station
Visits to your home or hotel by request with travel fee
Bodywork Gathering: 2 or more treatments at one time in one location - reduced or waived travel fee
Exchange / Concession considered for card-holders, low-income, students, artists etc.

WHO & ABOUT:
I am a strong, caring, passionate bodyworker, artist and performer with over two decades wide-ranging training and experience in these fields.
Fully Insured and Certified member of International Institute of Complementary Therpists (IICT).
All bodies, backgrounds and identities welcomed.
Full discretion assured. All questions welcome. Ask me for more details.
Pick from the menu of modalities or I create bespoke fusions, tailored to your needs.
Holding space with respect, care, and professional presence.

RATES: $120 / 1 hr || $170 / 1.5hrs || $210 / 2hrs || $250 / 2.5hrs || $290 / 3hrs
longer times are possible
Flexible booking across 7 days, day and evening.
Call, text or Whatsapp or email : DM me
Online bookings (inc. card / flexible payment options): https://hlstudiobookings.as.me/heelloom

Feel the weather of the body.
Experience a nervous-system rest & reset.
Balance the rhythms of sympathetic & parasympathetic response.
Support the release of physical & emotional tension, patterns and pain.
Encourage circulation, lymphatic flow, digestion, and stress recovery.
Invite insight, revelation, and catharsis.
This work is where physiology, emotion, and artistry converge.
At Heel & Loom House, here & now, the body remembers its own language and finds the way home.

H&L Studio Schedule your appointment online H&L Studio

31/08/2017

Dearhearts!
Of Light has been actively floating.
We have been invisibly present.
I am always happy to hear from you - if you are visiting...holler aloha!

22/09/2015

I love you.

18/01/2015

Seek and you shall find.

Of Light Bodywork - Photos 18/01/2015

This is me. Gideon Payten-Griffiths.
I aim to hold a space for you to heal yourself - body and mind.
I also aim to make you feel awesome through offering a healing, caring, sensory participatory performance of bodywork!

Photo by Sasha Cohen Photography (google it!)

Photos 18/01/2015

This is how you might feel.

Photos 18/01/2015

This is what I do.

Image by Shinichi Maruyama

14/01/2015

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