Massages and détente…

Throughout my many, many years of intense sporting activity, one thing that I never found very appealing, or took seriously was getting a massage and looking after my body in this way.

The few massages that I did experience were either of no benefit in relieving the pain I felt, or even, in one case, made the painful areas worse!

So when I met Jill Dobkin  (www.karoolmassage.com.au) who has a massage and wellness studio at the Narrabundah business centre (at the same location of my sports performance studio in Canberra), and we got to chat in between clients, I found that I enjoyed talking to Jill. 

Jill comes from a long experienced background of wellness and health care with a Masters or whatever in something or other, but for me, degrees and certificates are not important, at least not in my experiences. Just like bike fitting, just like great coaching, you can have all the certificates and degrees etc that you want to go study, but if you ain’t born with the gift of transmitting your knowledge and experience then those diplomas don’t mean a thing…

In Jill’s case, she has natural gifts that are worth more than any diplomas and courses.

When Jill suggested to me about having massage, after I described to her the lingering lower back pain that has been niggling at me for over 10 years, I kinda politely said yeah ok, and really didn’t have the intention of doing much about it. However the more I spoke with Jill about how she massages, what methods etc, the more it seemed to me that she was pretty much different from any other masseur that I have spoken to. Instead of the clinical terms and “party line” standard explanations, Jill was totally different in her way of presenting exactly what she done. In fact I find a great similarity in her way of work to mine. ; More “off mainstream” and down to individual attention, treating each client as an unique canvas on which to work on, or work with, I should say.

So eventually, with the old niggling lower back pain that had never been solved by masseur, chiropractors, etc, I said to Jill. Ok, book me in and lets see what you can do.

So one Saturday lunchtime I took 2 hours off and delivered my body to Jill, to see if she could actually fix what no masseur had ever been able to fix.

Without going into long details, Jill explained everything she done as she done it, and tweaked my body in every part, in every corner.

Working on the meridian lines of the body, and pressure points on the foot with using acupressure on my feet, to calm my lower back and then, and only then, once this long and careful, deep and nurturing part was complete, did Jill actually start working on the part of my lower back that had been giving me strife since 10 years or so. As the massage went on I could feel myself de contracting like never before.

Being in a powerful and strong, purposeful yet delicate and sensitive way,  the benefits were immediate. After a 2 hour session (time flies by when you are relaxed!) I got off the table feeling completely new and relaxed like never before. Jill also went through some preventive exercises with me to address the points of stress and tension that she felt in my body’s structure.

The result? Well I have never felt so good. The pain had, gone! Yes, no more lingering lower back pain, it had absolutely disappeared! What a powerful experience, it was really out of this world. As Jill had nurtured my whole body, any minor pains and tense areas of muscle that I had put up with till then had completely been relaxed and disappeared, allowing my Chi to totally flow…

It struck me as ironic that the few masseurs that I had experienced, including the physios and chiropractors that all follow the mainstream “school” had never achieved the same result…But then again, maybe that’s normal, as I believe that being able to heal and nurture a body is a gift that you are born with and not something you can learn at a school... Jill has that gift, a special gift of being able to nurture your body to health and vitality that is unique.

But that’s my experience… I don’t often recommend others or products unless I have really experienced something that is on par with my level of high standards…but Jill I do recommend.

Go experience the Karool body nurture, Have a talk with Jill and see how she can nurture you back to full vitality, health and wellness… Just go prepared…prepared to leave feeling the best you ever have!

You can contact Jill on 0418 201 897 or 02 6100 6373 as well as email at : This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it    (Just don’t tell her that I mentioned her :))