Hi, I'm Lavinia.
I believe true wellbeing emerges through embodied relaxation, genuine safety, and the gradual reconnection with who we are at our core. This informs all my work.
Body-based work and energy practices have been at the centre of my life for many years. In addition to forms of natural healing and holistic massage, I have studied yogic teachings for over a decade, and practiced Kriya Yoga for years. These have taught me that the body can be one of our most direct paths back to a deeper sense of ease, and to who we are beneath all the strain, the past experiences, and the layers of external conditioning.
Inherent, the name I have chosen to represent my practice, reflects this acknowledgement and commitment to the process of self-reconnection and utmost authenticity.
Training & Credentials:
ITEC Diploma in Holistic Massage
ITEC Certificate in Lymphatic Drainage Massage
Professional Diploma in Aromatherapy
Certificate in Reiki Usui
CPD in Trauma Informed Bodywork
A few more things about me:
I studied linguistics, literature and translation (MA, Sapienza University of Rome), and I still think listening closely for what lies beneath the words is at the heart of good work.
Before bodywork, I worked in literary agencies, taught languages, including in schools in France, and spent several years in tech, focused on how people interact with the things they use.
I’m originally from Sicily, and I love that my new home is another island much like it: wild nature, a long history and myth, and down-to-earth people.
“The moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it.
The moon is within me, and so is the sun.
The unstruck drum of Eternity is sounded within me; but my deaf ears cannot hear it. [...]
The musk is in the deer, but it seeks it not within itself: it wanders in quest of grass."
Kabir, There’s a Moon Inside My Body, 15th-century
Got more questions, or wondering which treatment might be best for you? You’re welcome to contact me.
