meet your practitioner
Kia ora, I’m Bec
Welcome to A L C H E M Y.
I offer mindful massage, somatic bodywork, online coaching, and day retreats from my sweet suburban sanctuary in Karori, Wellington, New Zealand.
My gift to you is dedicated care, and a good dose of experience and knowledge.
As a coach, educator, facilitator, and bodyworker, I support women reconnect with their bodies with safety, curiosity, and compassion.
I believe our bodies hold innate wisdom, and are also shaped by the stories we hold and life itself - relationships, conditioning, stress, medical experiences, menstrual seasons, grief, identity shifts, and change. My role is never to override or correct, rather it’s to listen and tend to your body, stories and heart with you.
Alchemy sessions weave together attentive touch, somatic awareness, and gentle enquiry to support nervous system regulation, embodied presence, and a renewed sense of aliveness.
Keep reading to learn more about Alchemy, my training and experience, and opportunities for 2026 event bookings and speaking opportunities.
About Alchemy
Alchemy was created as a gentle alternative to pushing, fixing, or performing wellness.
Many women arrive feeling disconnected from their bodies - shaped by stress, conditioning, responsibility, medical experiences, caregiving, or long seasons of putting others first. Alchemy offers space to slow down and listen again.
This work is informed by years of bodywork practice, somatic education, and a deep trust in the body’s innate wisdom. Sessions and retreats are held with care, curiosity, and respect, supporting women to reconnect with themselves in ways that feel grounded and sustainable.
Alchemy is not about becoming someone new, but about remembering what is already here.
More about Bec
I’m trained in therapeutic massage, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum & baby massage, head, face & buccal massage, somatic coaching, embodied movement, sexological bodywork, and somatic sexology. I’ve also spent two decades as a human-centred strategic communicator, and a lot of time understanding and learning about what it means to be trauma-informed, client-led, and consent-focused.
I love infusing warm oil, hot stones, cupping, and guided practices into bodywork sessions.
At the heart of my somatic coaching approach are four pillars: Presence. Pleasure. Power. Play. Four potent ways to feel more deeply at home in our bodies, resourced in our nervous systems, and connected to our own sensations, boundaries, desires, and aliveness.
My work continues to evolve toward deeper specialisation in women’s wellbeing, including pelvic and trauma-informed somatic care. I plan to complete advanced training in mastectomy massage and breast care in 2027.
Book Bec for your event
I love meeting people and talking about presence, pleasure, power, and play - especially if there is opportunity to weave in some experiential exploration. As a seasoned communicator, I enjoy nothing more than speaking at workshops, retreats, and events. Provide me with a good brief, and you can expect a well-prepared, insightful, and evocatively human experience. This extends beyond wellbeing spaces to include corporate and business settings interested in somatic leadership and embodied living. I also offer the highest-quality mindful massage and somatic bodywork experiences at retreats and events in Wellington and beyond.
Somatic Sexology
Learn more about the Erotic Literacy Salon, sessions, and somatic sexology workshops here.
Let’s connect.
