Monday, August 27, 2007

Claire and Boni

Client comment

Tucked away in a little street of Parkhurst, there is a purple painted house with a little garden path. If you walk up and go inside, you will find an atmosphere of calm; wooden floors, warm light and the smell of healing oils. Before anything, you will be offered a drink (tea, not whiskey!)! This is the house of Claire and her assistant Bonnie, where I have been privileged to receive massage and beauty treatments for over two years now. I feel that all the services offered by Claire and Boni's help not just the body, but the body-mind temple. Whether it is a massage, a manicure or a wax, it feels as if Claire and Boni are not simply treating one part of your body, but are working holistically, on many levels, to help what needs healing. This lifts Claire and Boni’s work up from your regular beauty salon. All the products used are earth friendly, the towels are not throwaway - you receive your own fresh towel in the bathroom to wipe your hands, the music is chosen carefully and takes you into a calm and meditative space. And all through your treatment, you can look out onto the beautiful garden. So you connect to your body and to nature at the same time. It feels as if everything that happens at Claire's is done with the utmost integrity, from the punctuality to the cleanliness to the absolute brilliance of the service.
Claire’s massages are deep and powerful, she chooses the perfect oils to help me whatever my current challenge and blends intuition and skill to give my back exactly what it needs! Claire is a gentle, conscious healer and I have always felt that she reads the energy of my body and so can respond to where I am at even without my having to tell her. She also is an amazingly helpful resource on nutrition and generally on healthy living.
Every beauty treatment I have received from Boni is a delight. She has amazing skill and attention to detail - her pedicures are so great that I actually love looking at my feet after she does them! Boni is also warm and all the way through, she can chat and bubble with you while dolphins coo on the CD in the background. This little purple painted house is an undiscovered treasure of Parkhurst, a place where I look forward to going to renew my body-mind. Adina