About MetaPhysica
MetaPhysica is a dream ten years in the making — a clinic built on the belief that healing is both a science and an art.
It’s a place of refuge, rest, and relief, where massage therapy becomes more than a treatment — it’s a celebration of the unseen forces that connect and restore us.
At MetaPhysica, we honour the intangible benefits of massage therapy:
Relief from chronic pain and tension
Deep relaxation and stress reduction
Improved circulation, posture, and mobility
Emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being
Our mission is to create an environment where body, mind, and spirit can reconnect — helping every client find balance, comfort, and renewal.
My Story
In this life, I’ve had the good fortune to explore nearly every path that called to me — from performance art to photography, from bartending to marketing and tech. I studied dance, drama, vocals, and classical music, and for a time, worked as a portrait photographer. For many years in Toronto, I lived and worked in the rhythm of hospitality — managing bars and connecting with people from all walks of life.
Through it all, I realized I was always seeking one thing: a state of flow.
Like many, my path has not been without adversity. Those challenges guided me back to my roots and ultimately toward a new calling — massage therapy — where I found not only healing, but purpose.
I come from a long line of helpers. My maternal grandmother in the Philippines, though she never attended school, served as a village midwife, using native plants as home remedies. My mother became a pharmacist, leaving the Philippines for Yale in the 1960s, where she built a life in Canada as a medical technologist and researcher.
Some may say I’m a dreamer…I hope I’m not the only one.
I’m fascinated by the unseen forces that connect everything: the spaces between cells, the molecules in the air, the quiet currents of energy that bind us together. What seems like nothingness, when you look closer, is full of structure and life.
MetaPhysica is a celebration of those unseen things — the invisible threads that hold and heal us.
I’ve always loved art, science, and history — objects of beauty, craftsmanship, and meaning. I’m drawn to antiques and vintage pieces, things that had a life before they found their way to you. They remind me that care and intention create enduring value.
Over the past several years, I’ve worked in massage, physiotherapy, and spa environments. My vision is to unite the best of both worlds: the clinical precision of therapeutic care with the calm and serenity of a spa experience.
MetaPhysica is the space I once imagined in my darkest times — a refuge for rest, relief, and renewal.
Nancy Griffenham, RMT Founder of MetaPhysica