Wave Bodywork

Wave Bodywork Therapeutic & deeply relaxing
Lomilomi ~ Deep Flow ~ Pregancy massages ~ Body Salt Scrub & Aromatherapy ~ Indian head massage My name is Melanie. Thank You.

I grew up in France and ​I give thanks to the K’omoks Nation and the Pentlatch people on whose land I live, dance, pray and play in gratitude to the forest, rivers, mountains, ocean and all of creation who nourish this land. I am a massage practitioner, energy healer, and ceremonialist. I am devoted to helping others to reclaim their sovereign bodies: physical, emotional, and energetic. My aim is

to create a safe and peaceful space where the nervous system can unwind, physical tensions can be released, the heart can open, and the soul remembers its home. I help people reconnect to themselves, feel whole, and at home in their bodies. For over 15 years I have had the honor of serving highly-sensitive, empathic spiritual seekers through my passions for massage and energy medicine. As a survivor of sexual and emotional trauma, I know how important it is for women to feel truly safe. It is from a trauma-informed place that I now specialize in holding sacred space for women of all ages and backgrounds. My aim is to help them remember who they came here to be and how divine and empowering it feels to come home to their natural body, both innocent and wild. I specialize in relaxation massage and use mindful presence, energy healing and body-reading skills during my sessions. I listen with my hands, allowing my intuition to guide my massage. My intention is to create a deeply connected, nurturing experience where muscular tension is released, and the nervous system is soothed. My personal journey into bodywork has been profoundly healing and enlightening, and I am inspired as ever to explore how bodywork deepens our connection to our body, soul, and spirit. I am a passionate about self care and maintain my own practices in meditation, energy healing, Qi Gong and conscious dance. I am committed to a lifelong journey of doing the work necessary and using my place of privilege to support a world that is safer, gentler, and more loving. I look forward to sharing my passion with you! Melanie

I’m Melanie — a holistic bodyworker and devotee of the intelligence that lives beneath the skin.For over 19 years I’ve b...
05/27/2026

I’m Melanie — a holistic bodyworker and devotee of the intelligence that lives beneath the skin.

For over 19 years I’ve been in service to the body’s deeper language — the tremors, the holding, the quiet ways it asks to be met and listened to. My work is rooted in trauma-informed care, nervous system awareness, and a reverence for consent and safety… but beneath all of that is something more primal: a belief that the body is not broken, only waiting to be met with loving presence.

I work from my practice, Wave Bodywork, here on Vancouver Island — a land of moss, mist, and ancient green memory. In sessions, I listen with my hands. I follow the threads of tension, breath, and energy as they reveal what is ready to soften and return home.

Outside the treatment room, I love to learn, grow, and expand. I adore sober ecstatic dance, speaking to animals as equals, drinking cacao like medicine, and disappearing into forests that feel older than language itself. I trust the intelligence of these spaces — they teach me everything I need to know.

I don’t see healing as fixing, but as remembering — a shedding of what is not ours. A slow return to something more instinctual, more honest, and more alive.

I’m looking forward to keep walking this path of devotion, mystery, and embodied listening.

Let's connect! 💝

Growing up in France, I never had to think about predators. Most of the bears and wolves had long disappeared, so nature...
05/25/2026

Growing up in France, I never had to think about predators. Most of the bears and wolves had long disappeared, so nature felt soft, romantic… almost decorative.
Forest walks were for croissants, existential thoughts, and maybe an emotionally complex goose.

Then I moved to Vancouver Island.
Specifically,Cumberland — where the local community updates read like: “Bear near the bakery.” “Cougar spotted behind the school.” “Please bring your pets inside.”

Suddenly, my peaceful European nervous system was confronted with the reality that I had entered an actual predator-filled ecosystem. For four years, I carried this low-grade fear every time I walked alone in the forest.

What fascinated me most was not just the fear itself, but the psychology underneath it. Somewhere deep in my body, nature had split into two roles: Predator and prey. Dangerous and vulnerable. Hunter and hunted.
And apparently… I had unconsciously cast myself as the trembling French deer.

This past week, I decided to work with that fear instead of avoiding it. I started taking daily forest walks and talking to local friends who hike alone regularly. Strangely, they didn’t speak about bears with terror. They spoke about them with reverence, respect… even love.

Then yesterday, while walking with my friend River, a black bear suddenly rushed across the trail right in front of us.
My nervous system absolutely left the chat.
But then I noticed something unexpected: the bear was scared too.
He wasn’t some cold-blooded apex predator stalking us through the forest. He looked like a giant, furrycompletely panicked and vulnerable creature.

And in that moment, something shifted in me.
I realized how much fear had distorted my perception. Shadow work teaches us that what we fear externally often reflects something unresolved internally. I had projected “predator energy” onto these animals — as if they existed in opposition to me — when in reality, we were both just beings trying to move safely through the world.

Since that encounter, something sacred has changed in the way I want to enter the forest.
I no longer want to walk into it like a consumer of nature. (...) more in the comments

Ten years ago today, I journeyed to the sacred island of Kauai to apprentice in the ancient art of Lomilomi massage. I t...
05/09/2026

Ten years ago today, I journeyed to the sacred island of Kauai to apprentice in the ancient art of Lomilomi massage. I thought I was going there to learn a massage technique… but what I received was an initiation.

Lomilomi transformed my work from a profession into a spiritual practice. It taught me how to truly hold another human heart with reverence. How to listen beyond words. How to move in prayerful rhythm with the body, to “dance” with the energy field, to co-regulate, soften, and open to grace.

There is something profoundly sacred about being invited into another person’s healing journey. I feel deeply blessed to have been touched by this lineage and entrusted with this level of healing. To share it with others continues to fill my heart with awe, gratitude, and joy. 🌺✨

🌊 Lomi Lomi is a traditional Hawaiian massage technique often referred to as "loving hands" massage. It is a holistic healing experience designed to harmonize the body, mind, and spirit.
It is based on the Hawaiian belief that memories and emotions can be stored in the body's cells. The continuous strokes and prayers being said over the body help release these blockages.🌈

www.wavebodywork.com

I was driving home at 10pm last night, alone on the highway… not another soul in sight.And then—out of nowhere—a massive...
04/08/2026

I was driving home at 10pm last night, alone on the highway… not another soul in sight.
And then—out of nowhere—a massive cougar crossed right in front of me. I nearly hit her.
She moved like a slow, graceful ghost. Completely unbothered.
Not afraid of my big car flying at 120km, not fazed by the high beams.
Just… poised. Regal. Like she owned the whole damn road.
Honestly? It felt like a wake-up call.
An electric little love tap from God.
First time seeing a full-grown murder kitten in the wild… and now I’m wondering if she’ll visit me again.
This weekend also marked the first anniversary of my dad’s passing.
And I can’t help but feel… maybe that was a wink from him.
A wild, golden, heart-stopping wink.
Maybe send a butterfly next year, dad?! ✨🦋✨️

Dear Vancouver & Comox Valley community 💛I’ve been feeling into the collective atmosphere lately, and many of us are car...
02/09/2026

Dear Vancouver & Comox Valley community 💛

I’ve been feeling into the collective atmosphere lately, and many of us are carrying more than we realise.

The current political and media climate is intense. The sheer volume of information—especially stories involving harm, abuse of power, and lack of accountability—can quietly activate old wounds in the body. Even when we don’t consciously follow the news, our nervous systems are listening.

For many people, this kind of coverage doesn’t land as “just information.”
It can stir anxiety, grief, anger, dissociation, or a deep sense of unease—especially for those with a history of trauma. These reactions aren’t weakness or over-sensitivity. They are intelligent, protective responses shaped by lived experience.

This is why tending to the nervous system right now matters so much. 🌿
Massage isn’t a luxury in times like these—it’s a form of regulation, grounding, and repair. A way to help the body remember safety, presence, and support.

At Wave Bodywork, sessions are offered as a quiet refuge from overwhelm. A place to come back into your body, your breath, and yourself—without having to explain or perform.

💛 My Vancouver books are open for March 2026, and I would be honoured to hold space for those feeling the call to rest and recalibrate:

• Mon March 23 — 12pm | 3pm | 6pm
• Tues March 24 — 3pm | 6pm
• Thurs March 26 — 3pm | 6pm
• Fri March 27 — 3pm | 6pm
• Sat March 28 — 12pm | 3pm | 6pm
• Mon March 30 — 12pm | 3pm
• Tues March 31 — 12pm | 3pm | 6pm

For my Comox Valley / Cumberland community 🌊
My doors are always open to you. You can book anytime here:
👉 https://www.vagaro.com/wbam8n/

I currently offer:

✨ Lomilomi
✨ Deep Flow
✨ Pregnancy massage
✨ Salt Scrub & Aromatherapy
✨ De-Stress Indian Head massage

Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, activated, numb, or simply tired—your body deserves care, gentleness, and support.

You don’t have to hold it all alone.
I’m here. 💛

With love,

Melanie
Wave Bodywork 🌊
www.wavebodywork.com

Dear Vancouver & Comox Valley community 💛I’ve been feeling into the collective atmosphere lately, and many of us are car...
02/09/2026

Dear Vancouver & Comox Valley community 💛

I’ve been feeling into the collective atmosphere lately, and many of us are carrying more than we realise.
The current political and media climate is intense. The sheer volume of information—especially stories involving harm, abuse of power, and lack of accountability—can quietly activate old wounds in the body. Even when we don’t consciously follow the news, our nervous systems are listening.

For many people, this kind of coverage doesn’t land as “just information.”
It can stir anxiety, grief, anger, dissociation, or a deep sense of unease—especially for those with a history of trauma. These reactions aren’t weakness or over-sensitivity. They are intelligent, protective responses shaped by lived experience.
This is why tending to the nervous system right now matters so much. 🌿

Massage isn’t a luxury in times like these—it’s a form of regulation, grounding, and repair. A way to help the body remember safety, presence, and support.
At Wave Bodywork, sessions are offered as a quiet refuge from overwhelm. A place to come back into your body, your breath, and yourself—without having to explain or perform.

💛 My Vancouver books are open for March 2026, and I would be honoured to hold space for those feeling the call to rest and recalibrate:

• Mon March 23 — 12pm | 3pm | 6pm
• Tues March 24 — 3pm | 6pm
• Thurs March 26 — 3pm | 6pm
• Fri March 27 — 3pm | 6pm
• Sat March 28 — 12pm | 3pm | 6pm
• Mon March 30 — 12pm | 3pm
• Tues March 31 — 12pm | 3pm | 6pm

For my Comox Valley / Cumberland community 🌊
My doors are always open to you. You can book anytime here:
👉 https://www.vagaro.com/wbam8n/

I currently offer:
✨ Lomilomi
✨ Deep Flow
✨ Pregnancy massage
✨ Salt Scrub & Aromatherapy
✨ De-Stress Indian Head massage

Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, activated, numb, or simply tired—your body deserves care, gentleness, and support.
You don’t have to hold it all alone.
I’m here. 💛

With love,

Melanie
Wave Bodywork 🌊
www.wavebodywork.com

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2486 Lindale Avenue
Cumberland, BC
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Thursday 12pm - 8pm
Friday 12pm - 8pm
Saturday 12pm - 8pm
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