Heel & Loom - Bodywork & Performance Art

Heel & Loom - Bodywork & Performance Art Experience the choreography of touch. Feel the weather of the body. Release what we call pain. Physical therapy and deep relaxation in one effective massage.

A practice where physiology, emotion and artistry converge..for change & healing. Heel & Loom, here & now, the body remembers its language and finds a way home. Ka Huna massage offers the physical therapeutic benefits of massage including:

>Improved immune system
>Detoxification
>Muscular relaxation, release of tension
>Increased movement and blood circulation
>Improved alignment
>Lymphatic drain

age
>Reduced stress
>Increased energy
>Holistic healing

Ka Huna also employs layers of connection, love and meditation holding a space for the body to balance, cleanse and heal itself. You will receive:

>Deep relaxation and meditation
>Love, care and attention

Ka Huna can be deep and firm or gentle and light; invigorating or calming depending on your needs. It is is rooted in the ancient Lomi Lomi healing practice of Hawaiian Temple style massage. Unique style and background:

I am qualified as a Ka Huna practitioner by Mette's Institute in Kin Kin, QLD and have developed experience through a burgeoning mobile massage practice. I have received some wonderfully positive feedback and feel I have a gift to give. I have 20 years experience in other body, mind and somatic practices which compliment the necessary sensitivity and awareness. As a performer, dancer and artist, I am particularly interested in the giver/receiver relationship, intimate performance, touch and the senses. I also have experience in metaphysical and therapeutic work such as reflexology, meditation, breath, hands-on healing and visualisation. Your treatment can include:

>An extra focus on the hands and feet
>Manual stretching, opening and breath work
>Atmospheric elements including music, sound and scents
>Energy work and balancing
>An intuitive approach, sensing the bodies needs, improvising and dancing within the strong techniques and structure of the massage. More about me:

I am a friendly, caring, intelligent, strong and youthful. I am attentive; offering you my whole presence and energy is important to me and to the treatment. I bring compassion and intuition to the work. Atmosphere and Facilities:

Be massaged to my great selection of music in peaceful silence and breath to experience the deep meditation of the massage or feel free to talk - I’m a good listener. Organic oils used, usually coconut, excellent for the skin. Sarongs, coverings and towels provided. Taking a shower before your massage is ideal to maximise the cleansing process, the benefit of the oils and hygiene. Luca, my non-toxic, environmentally friendly, wide, soft and very comfy massage table is waiting for you! Rates and Availability:

1 hour of massage at the rate of $100 is beautiful.
90mins for only $150 is recommended and divine! I am happy to arrange longer massage times for a deeper healing experience. I am happy to travel to you for a reasonable fee based on time/distance. My availability is flexible across 7 days, day and night. Quiet studio is a peaceful part of Redfern close to transport and convenient parking. Talk with me:

We can discuss your needs and often I can be flexible with time in the moment. Massage is great for every body - if you are new to massage or feeling unsure you are welcome to enquire. Respect and privacy is assured. Please do give me a call or send me a note if you have any questions at all. I will always respond as soon as I can. Please make contact if you require my special rate for artists and those on low incomes. Organise a massage party! - I am happy to arrange a deal for more than one massage, arranged back-to-back in the same location. Please do invite or pass this on to anyone you think may be interested. Let me take you on a blissful journey and fly you to a cloud. Aloha! Gideon

Of Light Bodywork and Ka Huna Massage
0402 33 77 37
[email protected]

Testimonials:

“I loved the massage, great skills I felt very comfortable. I’d love to have another in the future.”
Erica Brennan

"Wow! that's what it feels like to be completely relaxed. It's been a long time. Now I know why they call it Kahuna. It feels like "I've just come of the beach in Hawaii, and... oh...., I might just have a little siesta." without the plane fares and accommodation bill. And that's coming from someone who's had their fair share of massages.”
Sam Williams

“My massage with Gideon was pure bliss. I have been having kahuna massages for many years and am happy to say he is the best!”
Annika Padman Williams

“What a magical experience. I feel like I’m on a cloud”
David Buckley

11/04/2026

"my only regret : it wasn't long enough"
- yesterday's body

[who'll be today's?]

Some of the most precise somatic work can look… a bit idiotic from the outside.�Yet that’s often where something profoun...
30/03/2026

Some of the most precise somatic work can look… a bit idiotic from the outside.�Yet that’s often where something profoundly wordless starts to shift.
When we give ourselves permission to connect with the thinking-body - to breathe, to bellow, to de-industrialise.
I’ve been weaving in this tapestry for a while, and it’s quietly affirming to notice threads of it in the rug of Charles Ressler.
It feels like a kindred string alongside what’s unfurling at Heel & Loom.

24/03/2026

Dearhearts - radically inclusive now of both the light...and the dark...the yang & the yin...I'm holding space for youse at the love-beacon on Gadigal at Redfern - Heel & Loom House:

KaHuna & Lomi Lomi
Polynesian Floorwork & Thai Massage
Yoga Massage & Manual Stretch
Joint & Bone Ancestral Bodywork
Shiatsu & Rocking Therapy
Hot Stones
Fascia Release, Deep Tissue, Trigger, Meridian, Nerve, Acupressure
Sports, Dancer Performer & Artist Rehab
Heel & Loom Flow
Performance Art Bodywork
Be Danced, Sonic Bodywork & Sound Bathing
Play Therapy
Cuddle Therapy
Foot-washing & Elemental Grounding
Body Grooming & Alkaline Scrub
Listening & Feedback, Counselling Somatically
Guidance in MindBody, Meditation & Breath
Guidance in Voice, Dance, Expression & Presence
Ergonomic Chair Massage
Corporate, Events, Teams, Workplace, Parties, Venues, Markets, Festivals

WHERE:
Private, quiet, cosy, dedicated, nurturing Redfern space with shower and all amenities.
Parking can be provided on site. 2mins from Redfern station
Visits to your home or hotel by request with travel fee
Bodywork Gathering: 2 or more treatments at one time in one location - reduced or waived travel fee
Exchange / Concession considered for card-holders, low-income, students, artists etc.

WHO & ABOUT:
I am a strong, caring, passionate bodyworker, artist and performer with over two decades wide-ranging training and experience in these fields.
Fully Insured and Certified member of International Institute of Complementary Therpists (IICT).
All bodies, backgrounds and identities welcomed.
Full discretion assured. All questions welcome. Ask me for more details.
Pick from the menu of modalities or I create bespoke fusions, tailored to your needs.
Holding space with respect, care, and professional presence.

RATES: $120 / 1 hr || $170 / 1.5hrs || $210 / 2hrs || $250 / 2.5hrs || $290 / 3hrs
longer times are possible
Flexible booking across 7 days, day and evening.
Call, text or Whatsapp or email : DM me
Online bookings (inc. card / flexible payment options): https://hlstudiobookings.as.me/heelloom

Feel the weather of the body.
Experience a nervous-system rest & reset.
Balance the rhythms of sympathetic & parasympathetic response.
Support the release of physical & emotional tension, patterns and pain.
Encourage circulation, lymphatic flow, digestion, and stress recovery.
Invite insight, revelation, and catharsis.
This work is where physiology, emotion, and artistry converge.
At Heel & Loom House, here & now, the body remembers its own language and finds the way home.

Schedule your appointment online H&L Studio

31/08/2017

Dearhearts!
Of Light has been actively floating.
We have been invisibly present.
I am always happy to hear from you - if you are visiting...holler aloha!

22/09/2015

I love you.

18/01/2015

Seek and you shall find.

This is me. Gideon Payten-Griffiths. I aim to hold a space for you to heal yourself - body and mind. I also aim to make ...
18/01/2015

This is me. Gideon Payten-Griffiths.
I aim to hold a space for you to heal yourself - body and mind.
I also aim to make you feel awesome through offering a healing, caring, sensory participatory performance of bodywork!

Photo by Sasha Cohen Photography (google it!)

This is how you might feel.
18/01/2015

This is how you might feel.

This is what I do.Image by Shinichi Maruyama
18/01/2015

This is what I do.

Image by Shinichi Maruyama

14/01/2015

The time is almost right to start inviting people to this page....

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