PRACTITIONER

Kars Dodds is a massage therapist and yoga teacher with a clinically-grounded, trauma-informed approach to bodywork, and the founder of Home Body, a practice built for clients — particularly queer, trans, and neurodivergent people — who need wellness spaces that are genuinely, structurally safe.

Kars holds an ITEC Level 3 in Holistic Massage, with further training in deep tissue massage, pre/post-natal massage, and lymphatic drainage. They are a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200) and certified Neuro-Somatic Yoga practitioner. Kars is a member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT) and insured by Balens. They are currently studying at the JING Institute towards becoming an Advanced Clinical Massage Therapist, deepening their assessment and treatment skills for complex musculoskeletal and chronic pain presentations.

This clinical training sits alongside twenty years of dance training and performing, which gave Kars an embodied, technical understanding of movement, muscular tension patterns, and the relationship between the nervous system and physical presentation. This knowledge informs assessment and treatment planning in every session.

Every treatment is built individually around the client's presenting goals, history, and desires, with consent treated as an ongoing part of the clinical process rather than a one-off formality.

Kars also runs Home Care x Home Body, a virtual home care platform that extends support beyond the treatment room, and offers a membership programme for clients who want to receive treatment on a regular, ongoing basis as part of their care.