About Me

My name is Josephine Horn and I am a fully qualified Massage and Soft Tissue Therapist.

I am a Swede, practising Swedish Massage which I qualified for in Sweden! Can it get more authentic than that..?

My husband (then boyfriend) and I moved to Oxfordshire in 2007 following a year in Australia. After having two boys, in fairly quick succession, I decided to start Orca Massage Therapy in 2014. This came from a desire to help women live their lives more freely, with less (or no!) pain and increased mobility. I wanted to support women in their wellbeing journey.

In 2016 we welcomed another little boy and then Max, the labrador, joined our family in 2018. I am now completely and utterly outnumbered!

Why choose me? Because I offer you a complete package.

I combine the experience you get when you go to a spa for a relaxing massage; think those soft towels, quiet music and nice scents, with the therapeutic massage you get if you go to a sports massage therapist. AND I come to your house so you can stay relaxed and calm following your appointment and not have to rush out and drive somewhere. This allows your body to further integrate the benefits of the massage.

Whenever I have gone to a spa, I have always felt relaxed in that atmosphere, but then I have often found the massage lacking, like they are just stroking rather than actually working on tense muscles. When I have gone to a sports massage therapist, I have found the massage mostly good and beneficial (although sometimes there’s just too much elbow, fist and pain) but it is much more clinical, often cold and bright.

I think the best results come from a combination of both. The relaxing atmosphere, calming sounds, scents and gentle massage strokes mixed in with deeper more specific, targeted work on muscles that need it make the experience much more enjoyable and helps you relax even more which in turn enables you to get greater benefit from the massage.

I don’t follow a set routine when it comes to a massage, instead I look at the client in front of me and the reason they have booked to see me and draw from all my different trainings and experiences and tailor the massage to best help that person in that moment.