Massage for those Living with Cancer
There are experiences in life that deepen your understanding of why you do what you do. Attending a specialist oncology training course, learning massage for people living with cancer, was one of those experiences for me.
It was powerful, humbling and reinforced something I have always believed: wellbeing is not a luxury. It is not reserved for those who are well or relaxed or have time to spare. It belongs to everyone, in every season of life, including the most difficult ones.
What Oncology Massage Involves
Massage therapy for people living with or beyond cancer is a deeply specialised practice. It requires a completely different approach to traditional massage, one rooted in attentiveness, adaptability and a profound respect for what a person's body is going through.
Pressure, positioning, timing and intention all change. What remains constant is the foundational principle that skilled, caring touch can offer comfort, dignity and genuine relief - in ways that words, however kind, simply cannot.
The Iris Cancer Partnership trains therapists to work safely and sensitively with people at all stages of a cancer journey: from active treatment through to recovery and beyond. It is meticulous, compassionate work.
If You Are Living with Cancer
If you or someone you love is living with cancer and looking for complementary therapies, the Iris Cancer Partnership offers information on trained therapists and the benefits of oncology massage. We would always recommend speaking with your medical team before beginning any complementary therapy.
Wellbeing Through Touch
A gentle hand, a calming aroma, the deliberate, caring act of taking time for someone's body, mind and emotions. These gestures communicate something that goes beyond skincare or aromatherapy. They say: you matter. You are worth care. You are not invisible.
That belief runs through every product we make: from a pulse point rollerball to a bar of wellbeing chocolate. And it runs most deeply through the hands-on therapeutic work that sits beneath the brand.
Holistic Aromatherapy Treatments Across Scotland
Around the same time as the oncology training, JustBe Botanicals was working with Sleeping Beauty Spa & Salons, offering a JustBe Wellbeing Journey across their Edinburgh, Inverness and Shetland locations.
While that particular partnership has since moved on, it represented an important moment in the brand's development: taking the JustBe philosophy into professional spa settings and trusting trained therapists to carry it into the treatment room.
Around this time, our JustBe Loved Chocolate was chosen by Sandra at Beauty Balm for inclusion in her Skin Organics Clean Beauty Box.
A small but meaningful endorsement from someone who had followed the brand closely and chosen our chocolate as one of her personal favourites.