About Tabea, massage therapist in Sagres

I'm Tabea. I've been treating clients in Sagres for two years — at Mandala, in the centre of the village, and as home visits along this stretch of coast. Shaantha is my practice: ayurvedic massage, sports massage, and more often than not both of them inside the same hour.

Trained in two traditions

My training sits in two places at once: traditional ayurvedic massage, and sports and deep-tissue massage. They come from different worlds. Ayurveda works with warm herbal oils, long rhythmic strokes and the whole body, head to feet. Sports massage is narrower and firmer, interested in one thing — the muscle that isn't letting you move the way you want to.

Holding both is what makes the combination treatment possible, and it's the one most people end up booking: warm oil first to open the tissue, then deeper work exactly where it's needed. If you're weighing one against the other, ayurvedic vs sports massage lays out the difference.

Five languages

I work in German, English, Spanish, French and Portuguese. In a village where clients are either passing through from somewhere else or living here all year, that matters more than it sounds. Describing exactly where your shoulder hurts is easier in your own language — and so is understanding what I'm about to do about it.

Where treatments happen

Two options, one treatment. At Mandala, a calm wellness space in the heart of Sagres. Or at your place: Airbnb, villa, guesthouse, anywhere in Sagres and around. The table travels; nothing else about the session changes.

How a session works

Every treatment starts with the same question — where is your body holding it? The pressure, the pace and the focus follow from your answer, which is why no two sessions look alike. Sixty minutes, 50€, whichever treatment you choose. If you're staying a while or coming back regularly, the Recovery Pass is four treatments for 150€ within three months.

Ayurvedic treatments use warm herbal oil, generously — plan on a shower afterwards rather than dinner straight after. Beyond that, bring nothing and arrive as you are.