The Coquitlam studio
A calm, welcoming home studio tucked just behind Coquitlam Centre — easy to reach, and set up with care. The address comes with your confirmation.
Her offerings
Six ways to feel like yourself again
Every session here is therapeutic bodywork, offered with warmth and twenty years of listening to bodies. The names below are starting points — what your body needs on the day is what shapes the hour, and As̄ka follows that gently.
Deep tissue
Slower, deeper work for the places that have been holding on for a long time. As̄ka works patiently into the deeper layers of muscle and the fascia around them, at a pressure you set, so long-standing tightness can soften and movement can return. Firm, and always within your comfort.
Swedish relaxation
Long, flowing strokes through the back, shoulders, arms and legs at a steady, soothing pressure. It eases tired muscles, gets circulation moving, and lets the nervous system finally exhale — the gentlest place to begin.
Energy healing
A quiet, gentle practice that works with the body's own energy — restoring balance, calm and a sense of lightness. As̄ka offers it on its own, or woven into a massage session. If you're curious, say so in your request and she'll happily share how she works with it.
Couples, back to back
Two people, one visit — a lovely gift for partners, friends, or a parent and grown child. The sessions run one after the other, so each of you gets As̄ka's full attention. Book it as a single appointment and name both of you.
Corporate chair massage
As̄ka brings a massage chair to your workplace or event, so your team can take a real break — shorter, seated sessions through the neck, shoulders, upper back and arms, fully clothed. A simple, generous way to look after people. Send the date, the place, and roughly how many.
Access Bars
A gentle, deeply restful session in which As̄ka lightly holds a series of points on your head — thirty-two of them, called the Bars — while you lie back, fully clothed, and simply let go. Many people drift somewhere between waking and sleep, and come up feeling lighter, quieter in the mind and clearer, like a long exhale for the whole of you. As̄ka is certified in Access Bars, and offers it on its own or alongside a massage session.
Where you'll find her
Come to the studio, or have the studio come to you
Mobile, across Metro Vancouver
As̄ka brings the table, the linens and the same care to your home. A gift for new parents, anyone recovering, or someone you love who'd rather stay put.
What to expect
What to expect, from hello to goodbye
Knowing the shape of it before you arrive makes it easier to settle in — so here it is, start to finish.
A warm hello first
A few minutes to talk — how you've been, what's been bothering you, what you're hoping for, and anything to be gentle with or leave be. It shapes everything that follows.
During the session
You're comfortable and draped throughout, with only the area being worked uncovered. The pressure is yours to set, and As̄ka checks in as she goes. Talk if you like, or drift off — both are welcome.
Afterwards
An easy, gentle start back into your day. Some people feel light and loose right away; others feel it the next day, the way you do after a good stretch. Both are your body settling.
Never had a massage before? Just say so in your request. First-timers are very welcome, and she'll explain everything along the way.
What bodywork does
What an hour of care does for you
Massage works on the body, and the body carries everything else with it — so an hour of caring, skilful touch reaches further than the muscle it starts with. Here's what people tend to notice, in the session and in the days after.
Tension melts
Muscles that have been braced for weeks — sometimes years — finally get permission to soften. That's why movement often feels freer before you've even left the table.
Everything flows again
Warm, steady hands-on work brings fresh blood and oxygen into tired tissue, carrying warmth to places that have felt cold and stuck for a while.
Your whole system exhales
Steady, caring touch is one of the surest ways a body steps out of alert and into rest. Breathing deepens, the mind quiets, and that calm tends to come home with you.
Sleep comes easier
Sleep often comes deeper and easier for a few nights afterwards, and the shoulders and jaw tend to stay soft along with it.
Recovery comes gently
After training, a hard week, or a long stretch of stress, bodywork eases soreness and helps your body find its way back to rest.
You come home to yourself
A session often shows you where you've been holding on — and leaves you a little kinder toward your own body.
Massage and energy work support how you feel and how you carry yourself day to day. They walk alongside medical care, never in place of it — if something needs a doctor, please see one.
Session lengths and rates
As̄ka sets these herself and shares them in her reply, along with the times she has open. Nothing is charged and nothing is committed until you've said yes to both.
Let the week go.
Tell As̄ka a little about what's going on and where you'd like the session. She reads every request herself, and writes back with a warm hello and the practical parts.
Request a session