
WELCOME,
KIA ORA,
I’m Daphne Gough, the hands and heart behind Natural Touch Remedies.
With 17+ years in the wellness industry, I have worked in luxury spas, award-winning skin clinics, and as a beauty therapy tutor. My journey through endometriosis, trauma, and personal healing shaped the way I practice today.
I limit myself to three clients per day to ensure every session receives full presence, attention, and care.
My work blends:
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clinical body therapy
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deep tissue + myofascial release
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holistic massage
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Māori-inspired healing philosophy
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advanced skincare
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elemental & emotional balancing
Every treatment is personalised to support your hinengaro, tinana, and wairua.
Qualifications:
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City & Guilds Advanced Beauty Therapy
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Diploma in Beauty, Spa & Body Therapies (Level 5)
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Rongoā Māori (Level 4)
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Bloodborne Pathogens & Infection Control
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17 Years industry experience
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Former spa trainer + beauty tutor
My Story
I am the founder and therapist behind Natural Touch Remedies – a home-based clinic created from a lifetime of resilience, lived experience, and a deep calling to help women heal.
My journey into massage, beauty therapy, and holistic wellness began long before I earned my certificates. As a child, I was always told I had “healing hands.” I didn’t understand it then — but my path would later show me exactly what that meant.
A life shaped by struggle and healing
For many years, I battled endometriosis a condition that affected every part of my life. It slowed me down, stole time, drained energy, and eventually led to a hysterectomy. Losing both my womb and my sense of control broke me open in ways that changed my entire worldview.
But it also pushed me deeper into healing work.
My pain became my teacher.
My recovery became my initiation.
It reshaped my hands.
It softened my presence.
It refined the way I touch, listen, and care.
I learned that healing is not only physical — it is emotional, spiritual, ancestral, and deeply personal.
My professional journey spans across:
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luxury hotel spas
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advanced skin clinics
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medi-spa environments
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training roles
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and three-time beauty tutoring positions
Working in award-winning clinics across Aotearoa taught me structure, excellence, and discipline. Working in cultural and indigenous settings taught me presence, intuition, and connection.
These experiences gave birth to a style of treatment that is uniquely my own blending technical skill with soulful healing.
A clinic built from lived experience
Natural Touch Remedies was not created to be another beauty clinic.
It was created because I saw the gaps in the industry:
Women rushed in and out.
Women not being listened to,
Women masking their stress,
Women carrying trauma quietly,
Women needing a space where they could breathe again,
So I built that space.
Calm. Sacred. Safe. Private.
A haven where the body can soften, emotions can unravel, and women can come home to themselves.
My hands are my karanga
Every client who lies on my table comes with a story,
Some come for relief.
Some come for emotional release.
Some come because their spirit led them here.
None of it is random you find me because your body is looking for the kind of care I give.
I limit myself to three clients per day so every session is:
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unrushed
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intentional
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intuitive
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and guided by what your body needs that day
While my clinic is not a Rongoā Māori clinic, my learning journey in the healing world including Rongoā Tikanga Level 4 deeply shapes my understanding of:
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wairua
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connection
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elements
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cycles
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body memory
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karakia
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and safe space practice
My whakapapa, my wairua, and my journey sit quietly behind everything I do.
Why I opened Natural Touch Remedies
I opened this clinic because:
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women deserve affordable, accessible care
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healing should not be rushed
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touch is medicine
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wellbeing requires time, not pressure
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I wanted a space that honours tapu and noa
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and because I was meant to create a sanctuary for the women who find me
This is more than a business for me.
It’s my kaupapa.
It’s my calling.
It’s my purpose.
A message for anyone who reads this
If you are tired, overwhelmed, aching, stressed, or carrying silent battles this space is for you.
You don’t need to arrive perfect.
You don’t need to hold it together.
You don’t need to explain everything.
Bring your real self.
I’ll take care of you from there.



