Why I love the medium side of Massage Therapy
Why I love the medium side of Massage Therapy : Rest, Grounding, Healing, Nourishing You. by Luisa Scire For me the medium side of massage is the place where no force is used – here you won’t feel elbows and deep tissue techniques but the medium touch approach where there is enough delightful pressure [...]
Boosting Immunity through Bowen/Massage
Even though winter is upon us now, we don’t have to accept that with the season, colds and illnesses arrive too. With a good diet and plenty of warm liquids, the next most important health tip is to have regular bodywork! Soft tissue bodywork such as Massage and Bowen therapy not only assists in the [...]
Autumn Recharge with Bowen Therapy
What can Bowen do for you this Winter? Bowen can address pain relief, provide stress relief, improve immune function and increase energy levels. What is Bowen? Bowen sessions are about relaxing on a massage table while your therapist addresses your specific needs, using deceptively gentle finger-tip pressure to powerfully activate precise combinations of muscle nerve and connective [...]
Benefits of massage during winter
Massage has many wonderful benefits to all who partake , and in the winter months, this is no exception. Immune Boosting Massage therapy increases lymph flow which is packed with white blood cells or “killer cells”. These “killer cells” fight off infections and bacteria, boosting your immune system during this time of year where many [...]
Serotonin, Sleep and Massage
Ever thought about regular massage to help regulate sleep? Insomnia, linked to low levels of serotonin, also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine is a hormone in the pineal gland, the digestive tract, the central nervous system, and in blood platelets. Serotonin plays an important part in the regulation of learning, mood, sleep and vasoconstriction (constriction of blood [...]
Get the Most Out of Your Massage
Spending precious time and money on a massage treatment is, for most people, considered a luxury. More and more people are becoming attuned to the long term effects of regular massage, however, for many it is still a rare treat. For this reason, it is so important that this precious hour does for you what [...]
Do you clench or grind your teeth? Treating headaches and neck pain by targeting the jaw
I first became interested in the mechanics of the jaw and the TMJ (temporomandibular joint) when I began to suffer from tension, restricted range of movement and clicking in my own jaw. I think it was a combination of starting up my own business, having a baby and having to cope with a lot of [...]
Beating Anxiety, the Natural Way
Who hasn’t experienced anxiety at one time or another in their lives? And I’m not talking about that normal tension you get before an exam, or meeting the in-laws, or going for an interview. I’m talking about the kind of ANXIETY that starts affecting you and your daily life. Anxiety comes in varying degrees from [...]