Ty Francis, PhD

I am a fully-qualified, accredited and insured Raynor Naturopathic Massage specialist. I completed my Level 3 Diploma in 2022 and gained my Advanced Practitioner’s Diploma in 2023, being personally trained by Brandon Raynor himself (pictured opposite - that’s Brandon on the left and me on the right). I’m also qualified in Myofascial Cupping.

I work from my home in Penylan, offering deep-tissue naturopathic massage in the Cardiff area.

I’ve taken an unorthodox route towards becoming a deep-tissue massage therapist…

I have a PhD in Psychology; I am a Gestalt-trained executive coach; and a specialist in a group therapy process called ‘Constellations’. In different ways, these diverse influences have a common focus on looking at the body holistically, and on seeing what ‘hidden dynamics’ might hold us back from achieving our potential. These are important perspectives that I include in my massage work.

What originally ignited my interest in massage were two experiences (of emotional and physical healing) that changed the course of my professional work. A few years ago, I was trying to recover from repeated injuries while training for a marathon. I found a wonderfully skilled masseur whose passion for his work inspired me to look more closely at what was happening in my body biomechanically. But my first-ever experience of receiving massage was at The Esalen Institute in California, in 2010. I had an unexpected and profound sense of complete peace and ‘oneness’ while being massaged. It was surprising and emotionally very moving…