"... Just what I needed. Going through an awful amount of stress, Iiving on my own, in a rural area, I was feeling very low, isolated and had lower back pain... During my massage, and a friendly talk, I instantly felt relaxed and at ease, my lower back pain had disappeared! I am so grateful, with the positive and supportive impact it had, I have decided to go on a training course myself!"

“Having been brought up in a repressed male environment with the brutality of the cane and rugby scrum, I was amazed at just how much my first ATOG hand massage with Mathilde effected me. After I did the training course with Helen, I felt empowered to connect in a deeper way with a paralysed stroke victim I'm supporting. The results have been extraordinary for both of us.”

“The rest repaired my body, but with your kindness and feeling of real care with the hand massages, you gave me back my sense of self worth. I was very down… but you were so kind. So I’ve not given up hope and I will move forwards once again. I can not emphasise the major part you with your hand massage played in my recovery and I will always be so thankful.”

"I so enjoyed this experience.
It has restored my faith in humanity after a very brutal redundancy."

"I am 38 years old and have always longed to experience what a caring mothers touch may feel like. Today I think I felt it. I will remember it for ever."

"It made me feel human and safe at a time when I was scared and uncertain."
 

"After being homeless for two years I was offered a hand massage by one of the volunteers in a drop-in center. When a kind stranger reached out with her hands, made human contact with me, with no agenda, I was lifted. My spirit, my soul, my heart felt warm again. That twenty minutes of gentle touch and kindness gave me hope, switched a light back on and was stronger than anti-depressants could ever be. I am now a volunteer myself and absolutely love being part of this growing family."

"Our often lonely and isolated guests and those with a diagnosis of or recovering from Cancer, feedback to us [about] the wonderful and healing feeling of a hand massage. An example of the many comments: "The lady who gave me my hand massage had a warm smile, a wonderful aura and spirit. She was so calm, quiet and listened to me. And the beautiful smell of the oils was so soothing. We just love having them around".

"I had one of the most magical and deeply relaxing experiences of my life. Receiving the hand massage felt like my whole body was pampered, loved and protected; so much so that I would have liked to remain in that ecstatic experience forever ! That same night, I slept deeply and very well for the first time in what it felt like an eternity. Having a hand massage ... is the best present I had ever received in my life and The One I would like to receive from now on."