Essential Therapies - Sidmouth

Rebecca Elliott

I visited Kaya at Essential Therapies today for the first time, and was made to feel really welcome. I can highly recommend the Essential Ritual which combines body massage with a facial. I was offered a choice of the type of massage and chose deep tissue which was fabulous - just the right amount of pressure. I loved the smell of the products that Kaya used and the overall experience was so relaxing. Try it ! 😀

Preeti Woods

I had a facial, neck and shoulder massage from Kaya. It was my first ever treatment cause I’ve never had one before. I thought it was very relaxing and really good. The atmosphere was very calming with the music and stuff. Afterwards my face felt so good and my shoulders and neck felt less tense and no more knots or anything. I 100% recommend. Kaya is very talented, knowledgeable and passionate in what she does. Also her studio where she does the treatments is very cool!! Also being a teenager I can feel quiet insecure with my skin sometimes and after my facial with Kaya I felt so much more confident, she was very gentle and it felt really nice and the next day my skin felt so hydrated and looks good.

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Marion Bristow

I have been going to Kaya at Essential Therapies for several years. Having had really painful sciatica - not cured by physios, chiropractors etc - Kaya resolved it and it has not come back. Regular visits have helped my back issues and kept me active....plus the sessions are just so relaxing and her knowledge and professional approach is second to none.

Victoria Lingwood

The Essential Therapies Studio is THE place to go not only to relax and unwind but to also help ease those aching muscles. Kaya is absolutely fantastic at what she does and I could not recommend the 120 minute Essential Ritual enough. I leave feeling like I'm walking on clouds with not a care in the world.
The skin care range that is used is also available to buy and I have started expanding my skincare routine and my skin is thanking me for it!!!
Would I go anywhere else.......Nope

Sheldon Wressell

I had booked a treatment with Kaya solely based upon the strength of the reviews that I read. However, my own experience couldn’t have been more different. Consequently, I felt it necessary to add a review of my own particular experience, so that others might have more balanced expectations.

I had booked Kaya’s ‘tension tamer’ treatment and at the time of booking had emphasised that I required a deep tissue massage for my back neck and shoulders, and reiterated this prior to my session. At the beginning of the treatment, Kaya asked me to undress, while she was still in the room, which struck me as strange and highly unprofessional, and I had to ask her if she would mind leaving. The treatment itself, which lasted less than an hour, despite the session supposedly being for 75 minutes, involved Kaya simply applying oil to my body, without adding hardly any pressure at all, which when she did, which was only twice, simply involved her using her forearms. There were two occasions when she moved over my spine, which made me very nervous. When it came to the head massage, she simply ran her oily fingers through my hair, not once applying any pressure to my scalp, which again seemed unusual. When I returned home, feeling so very dissatisfied and disappointed with the treatment that I received, I emailed Kaya, explaining my disappointment, her response was to suggest that I was, ‘so numb and dissociated from my body, resulting in me not feeling that the pressure that she had exerted was enough.’ However, Kaya didn’t once, during the entire treatment, apply any pressure through her fingers or thumb, making me question whether she was actually physically capable of being able to do this.

I’m 53 years old, I’ve traveled the world and always sought out a massage, wherever I go. Some have been fantastic, others not so much. The treatment that I received from Kaya has been the worst by far. Not only a waste of £75, but a complete and utter waste of my time and effort travelling there and attending. Her response to my complaint was quite frankly shocking. Consequently I have given one star.

CC DB

I've had shoulder and neck issues for a while and Kaya's massages are really helping to untangle things. Her experience and knowledge in massage is very obvious and she is also very intuitive in getting to root of the problem. A lovely experience too and relaxing!!!

Ann Little

It was my first visit to Essential Therapies yesterday morning and I have already booked another.
The Tension Tamer with Kaya was absolutely amazing and left me feeling relaxed, stress and knotted muscle free.
Kaya is friendly but professional at the same time.
Highly recommended.

Susannah C

I had a blissful Evolve Organic Facial, my skin looks and feels great, and the massage was wonderful too! I floated out of the room and slept so well that night too. Thank you Kaya, I'll certainly be back!