Wellness in Rockingham & Peel

A massage clinic on Rafferty Road in Mandurah, part of the 4 Life Physiotherapy group. Its therapists are registered with AAMT and offer remedial, sports, Swedish, deep tissue, pregnancy, seniors and trigger point massage, plus reflexology, in 30, 60 or 90-minute appointments. Published prices run from $60 for 30 minutes and $99 for an hour to $155 for a 90-minute hot stone massage. Late weekday and Saturday appointments are offered, with HICAPS health fund claiming.

The City of Rockingham runs pay-on-arrival pickleball sessions on the indoor courts at Baldivis Indoor Sports Complex. There are two kinds: pickleball games on Wednesday mornings and Sunday evenings, and cheaper casual sessions on Tuesday and Friday mornings.

Remedial, sports and pregnancy massage with kinesiology and dry needling, working from rooms inside Feel Good Fitness on Reserve Drive. Most private health funds rebate on the spot through HICAPS, and booking runs online — one of the more complete hands-on therapy menus in the Peel region.

A 3km loop over limestone headland with small bays on either side and wartime gun emplacements still standing in the scrub. It faces west across Cockburn Sound, so the light does the work at the end of the day.

Kate Bennison's small spa on Peel Street, Mandurah, after 24 years as a beauty therapist including resort spa work. Express facials from $80 and full 75-minute facials from $130, dermaplaning, microdermabrasion and gua sha, Swedish, deep-tissue, back-neck-shoulder and Indian head massage, reflexology, spa-day packages of one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half hours from $130, and waxing and brows. Tuesday to Saturday, Mondays by request; every price is on the booking page.

Chiropractic and physiotherapy near the Mandurah foreshore: manual adjustments and mobilisations, shockwave therapy, dry needling, cupping, clinical pilates and structured pre- and post-operative rehabilitation, open weekdays in morning and afternoon sessions.

A classical Pilates studio and equipped Pilates gym on Anstruther Road in Mandurah, founded by Sharon Michau (formerly trading as My Pilates Gym). Group classes include 45-minute reformer, jumpboard reformer, matwork and Fit Barre sessions, plus 60-minute anti-gravity classes and DanceFit. Casual classes are $35 for matwork and Fit Barre and $45 for reformer and anti-gravity, with private hour-long sessions from $95. Classes are booked through the studio timetable or app.

A bulk pantry and wholefoods store in Mandurah Forum selling scoop-and-weigh nuts, dried fruit, seeds, flours, herbs and spices, loose tea and coffee beans, with gluten-free and organic lines and an online shop.

A rammed-earth retreat house in the timber town of Dwellingup, purpose-built in 2012 for small groups of up to eighteen: eight ensuite bedrooms, a large common room and kitchen, and the Bibbulmun Track at the boundary, under a kilometre from town. Yoga studios, art teachers and craft groups book the whole house for weekend retreats — myoga's Iyengar weekends and Art Outdoors' painting retreats among them — and self-cater or bring in local caterers.

A not-for-profit cold-water group that meets on the Rockingham foreshore at 6am every morning for a swim or dip and a coffee.

A Thai massage shop on Kent Street in Rockingham offering traditional Thai, remedial, deep tissue, sports Thai, relaxation, aromatherapy, pregnancy and hot stone massage, along with foot reflexology and facials. It opens seven days: 8am to 8pm Monday and Thursday to Sunday, and 10am to 7pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. An early-bird deal takes $10 off one-hour or longer massages booked between 8am and 2pm. Health fund rebates apply to remedial massage via HICAPS.

The Centre for Attitudinal Healing's bush retreat an hour south-east of Perth, used by community groups, families and teams. Accommodation runs from a cottage to shared quarters for 23 or 46, with a hall for meetings and meditation, a fully equipped kitchen, an outdoor meeting grove, a winter bonfire area and walking trails through the property. Published rates: cottage $500 a night, the 23-bed wing $1,600, the 46-bed wing $3,000, and hall hire $500 a day Monday to Thursday.

An award-winning, locally owned Rockingham practice covering toenail care, diabetic foot treatment, orthotics, minor surgery and sports podiatry, with home visits available. Medicare and DVA rebates accepted, and pensioner rates offered.

The Rockingham studio of the STRONG Pilates group, in a purpose-built space on Robinson Road with 18 custom reformer beds, Rowformers and Bikeformers. Its 45-minute classes combine reformer Pilates with strength and cardio work, with a different class each day. New clients can start with a 10-day unlimited introductory pass for $59. The studio has change rooms, showers, a mobility area and off-street parking.

Three float cabins — roomier than the traditional pods — in the middle of Rockingham, serving the coastal strip south of Perth. The cabins' extra space makes floats less daunting for first-timers who baulk at an enclosed pod.

A family-owned natural wellness store in Mandurah with a wall of loose herbs, herbal teas and their own organic cacao, plus vitamins and supplements, natural skin and body care and water filtration, and a counter serving organic coffee, smoothies and cold-pressed juice.

A day spa on Railway Terrace at Rockingham Beach, open since 2007 and multi-award-winning by its own account. Massage, facials, skin needling, Dermalux LED, body wraps, foot treatments and a sauna, grouped into packages for singles and couples, with Ultraceuticals skincare on the shelves. Tuesday to Saturday; lift access for wheelchairs; gift vouchers online, by phone or in store.

A Perth women's community running retreats since 2012, best known for the Wild Woman Weekend — four days and three nights of ceremony, dance, workshops and singing in bushland at the foot of the Darling Scarp in Serpentine. Facilitators Tracy McFie and Larissa O'Neill have held the weekend for thirteen years. Fully catered with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options; $1,666 all-inclusive, alongside mentoring and smaller gatherings through the year.