Phoebe didn’t come to Face Up looking for a “new beauty technique.”

“The more I learned about it, the more inspired I felt. Olga’s approach really fascinated me because it acknowledges the emotional connection we hold in the body and works with the fascia and lymphatic system - areas I’m really passionate about.”

Phoebe - "When Your Work Finally Feels Aligned With Your Body, Your Values, and Your Life"

Starting Point:

Face Up didn’t feel like just another technique. It felt like a return to what she loved: working one-on-one with people, using her hands, and supporting the body in a deeply embodied way.

When she was asked to research Face Up massage for the place she worked, something shifted.

After spending most of her twenties as a dancer, then moving into yoga teaching and somatic practice, working with the body, stored emotions, and nervous system support had always been part of her world. But in recent years, she found herself in a very different rhythm - a marketing role, long hours on a laptop, less human connection, less physical presence.

She came looking for reconnection - with the body, with people, and with work that felt tactile, embodied, and meaningful again.

“It offers an emotional landing place for women,

and real physical support to create a healing, grounded, and beautiful state within themselves.”

“Face Up offers my clients a moment to truly switch off, to be held, nurtured, and brought back into balance.”

“The support from Olga is amazing. She continually offers workshops and online trainings, and the Face Up app is a great resource for self-practice. I also assisted Olga on her Auckland training, which helped refresh my knowledge. I feel very supported as a practitioner.”

“Once my Face Up bookings were busy enough, it gave me the nudge I needed to believe in myself and leave my other work.”

Training:

She hadn’t done any other face sculpting training before. She came in completely new, open to learning from the ground up.

“I was raised in a family where my mum is a naturopathic doctor, so caring for the body has always been part of my life. Face Up reinforced that there is a beautiful, holistic alternative to mainstream beauty standards. It’s genuinely grounded in caring for the body and face, which aligns perfectly with my values.”

“At the start of the second day, I felt a little wobbly. But Olga, and Rachel were there to support me. By the end, I felt inspired and jumped straight into practice.”

“It felt like a mix of grounded decision-making and divine guidance. An easy, intuitive yes to something clearly aligned with the next step in my life.”

“The depth of the theory really helped me understand the foundation behind the technique, and although the hands-on component was intense, it was exactly what I needed to feel confident developing my practice afterwards.”

What Face Up gave Phoebe wasn’t just a new skill — it deepened her belief in her own approach to beauty and wellbei

The online learning felt comfortable for her. The hands-on days were intense - physically and emotionally. By the end of the first day, imposter syndrome crept in.

When she first tried to apply, the training was sold out. Instead of forcing it, she trusted the process. A few days later, she met Rachel - who now owns the Face Up studio in Auckland - and through what felt like pure divine timing, a spot opened.

What made her experience even more special was the timing.

Her only real concern was whether she could absorb such a hands-on skill in the time allocated. But very quickly, she realised how intentionally the training was structured.

Since completing the training, Phoebe slowly built her confidence, offering Face Up massage one day a week in Auckland and one day a week in Mount Maunganui, while still working full-time in marketing.

With her somatic background and deep understanding of the nervous system, she sees Face Up as both emotional and physiological support.

But the real value of Face Up, for Phoebe, is what her clients feel.

She has now resigned from her full-time job and opened more space in her week for Face Up. And for the first time in a long time, her work feels aligned with her body, her values, and her life.

Balancing both eventually became too much — but it also showed her what was possible.

Results: