Soniya ShaMassage Therapist in Velachery, Chennai

Soniya is based in Velachery and works largely with the IT crowd from Taramani, TIDEL Park and the OMR corridor. Her evening slots fill first because of it, and her regulars tend to book the same weekday time for months at a stretch.

She has six years of experience and trained in Swedish and deep tissue before adding aroma therapy and hot stone work. Hot stone is the one she recommends to desk workers in the cooler months, because the heat opens the upper back and shoulders before any real pressure is applied, and the deep tissue that follows is far less uncomfortable as a result.

A session runs sixty or ninety minutes. Most of her guests take the ninety, because the pattern she sees again and again is a locked upper back, tight hip flexors from sitting, and a stiff neck from looking down at a screen. Those three take time to release properly and cannot be rushed in an hour.

Her rooms sit in a residential lane rather than on the main road, close enough to the 100 Feet Road stretch and the Velachery MRTS station to be convenient without the noise. Guests come from Guindy, Adyar, Pallikaranai and Madipakkam as well as Velachery itself.

Soniya speaks Tamil, English and Hindi. She works by appointment, confirms the therapist and price before you travel, and keeps rooms private and one to one. Linens are changed for every guest and a shower is available afterwards. If you are coming straight from the office, message ahead and the room will be ready when you arrive rather than after.

Most of her guests end up booking the same slot each week, and Soniya keeps notes on what worked so you are not repeating yourself at every visit. If a particular stretch or pressure helped, she will pick it up where she left off. For anyone sitting at a desk five days a week, a shorter weekly session does more good than a long one once a month.