Sunbear Shiatsu

After my first session I immediately signed up for the package deal because the massage really felt therapeutic and healing. Great ambiance and friendly staff. Good work Sunbear

Whenever I visit Gerald for a shiatsu it’s always a comfortable, warm welcoming environment where I can relax and enjoy the treatment. Highly recommend ️

Highly recommended! I suffer from chronic neck pain and found the Sunbear Shiatsu treatment helped me enormously with reducing tension and pain in my body, as well as helping me to feel more mentally relaxed and grounded.

Fantastic treatments from Gerald. He is a highly skilled shiatsu practitioner and has helped greatly with easing pain from muscle tightness and back/neck pain.

Such a lovely experience every visit. Gerald is so intuitive and thorough as a massage therapist. I leave feeling relaxed and more grounded every time!

Money well spent. Massages truly rejuvenate, calm and nourish. Defiantly would recommend to family & friends. Easy to organise, with great website & I’m excited to try out the new infra red sauna to warm up winter-tense muscles.

I’ve been having weekly Shiatsu sessions with Gerald for 1 year. I trust my feedback will be helpful based on repeated experience over a long period of time.

Something important in any service provider, any health practitioner for that matter, is character. Do they listen to me? Do I feel safe with them? Do they care?

Gerald has always been laid back and zen, but I’ve realised over time, he is extremely quick and attentive. He definitely listens. Because Shiatsu is ultimately a touch based therapy, I need to know that I feel safe with the procedure itself. I can honestly say, I feel safe with Gerald’s skill and professional approach. Overall, I’ve always felt genuinely cared for by Gerald, but recently, this point was highlighted with changes and new things being offered. Gerald has recently offered cushioned prop ups for each session, as well as infrared therapy to accompany Shiatsu. This tells me this practitioner is interested in constantly improving his practice, and ultimately, holding the comfort and experience of his clients as top priority.

Another equally important criteria when choosing a practitioner is: are they any good? This is a loaded question as it depends on your experience and specific health condition. I have worked with my hands for over a decade as an Acupuncturist, so I believe I can weigh in on this answer. Simply put: Gerald is skilled at what he does. And you can’t pick up that sort of skill by watching Youtube videos. Gerald has the ability to touch and adapt his treatment approach in the moment, and that is a rare skill indeed.

As someone who also works in the health industry, I know enough to be terribly picky about who treats me. I feel blessed to have found Gerald, and will continue my weekly Shiatsu sessions with him into the future. I highly recommend anyone interested in trying Shiatsu to call and make your way to Gerald at Sunbear Shiatsu.

Elisa Yip
Acupuncturist
B. Biomed. Sci. (Hons)
B. App. Sci. (Hum. Bio. /Chin. Med.)

I’ve now had 3 sessions with Gerald & it’s always a pleasant experience. Warm relaxing room with soothing music really sets the scene & I always leave feeling relieved from my tension.

I have been coming to Sunbear Shiatsu for regular massages and I would highly recommend Gerald as your local massage guy. He’s easy going, polite and a very good practitioner.

Years ago my lower back froze and I could not walk for a few days. In one solid session he unlocked my back. Very impressed. I have been seeing him regularly ever since.
Highly recommend this man for Shiatsu Massage and SCENAR therapy.

Such a great experience. Gerald fixed my back pain in one session and continued to work on tension over another few appointments. He was able to quickly identify issues and deal with them with very little explanation on my part. Would definitely recommend Sunbear Shiatsu!

Sunbear is a wonderful shiatsu masseur. He is both technically adept and deeply intuitive which means that right from the first session I felt deep connection and trust and immediately booked in for four more. He managed to unblock my frozen shoulder but this wasn't just treatment at a physical level. He brings a focused personal concern to each session. Very highly recommended.

I have been enjoying the benefits of the scenar treatments for a fractured greater tuberosity. The shoulder was virtually diagnosed as being 'frozen' and after three weeks of treatment I am gradually starting to see an increase in mobility. Very grateful for Gherald for his dedicated, skilled and compassionate care.