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Receiving a Healing Massage in the autumn
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 | Featured, Health, health tips, Massage, Seattle, stretching | 1 Comment
Hello Seattle.
The calendar says we’re still in summer (for a few days), but the chill in the air makes it feel like we’re already in autumn.
One thing your body may be telling you is how the colder weather reminds you of your body’s stiff areas, uncomfortable tightness, and old or new injuries that need some massage therapy care.
In the hot weather our muscles and ligaments expand, and this jello-like effect is what we experience throughout the summertime. We move easier and walk faster, with the sun in our hair and the warm weather on our skin.
When the first few cold snaps occur, our joints and muscles feel a stiffness that we haven’t felt all summer.
A massage therapy session can help to restore the body’s natural flow, and help to restore your structural alignment that has gotten out of place from bad habits, overuse, and just pulling a muscle the wrong way.
Yes, your body can be restored to a more active-friendly mode of being. And of course, you want your body to act like its spring or summer, even though the calendar says we’re in autumn.
Let’s try something.
Stand up and stretch to the side, first one way then the other.
See if you can locate the tight spots that feel as if you haven’t used them in months. These are the areas where deep tissue massage work can help loosen up problem areas or old injuries, and create the freedom of movement you want.
Joints and cartilage need to have work done on them so they don’t become rigid and stuck in the same rut, kind of like the way minds need to be exposed to new ideas and concepts to they can stretch out.
Improved circulation, being able to move in ways you couldn’t (even the day before), and getting the blood moving to joints and stiff and sore muscular problem areas—all of this helps your ongoing healthy body movements.
Stretching more freely, and sleeping more soundly, are two of the immediate benefits that you’ll receive from getting an early seasonal massage.
So, hopefully this will remind you to come into my Capitol Hill massage clinic and receive that well-deserved massage you’ve been putting off for a while.
After all, a new season is just around the corner…
Healing Massage and Emotional Release
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 | Health, Massage, Seattle | 2 Comments
A good, deep tissue massage isn’t just about healing the body, it’s also about releasing deeply stored emotions.
Intense emotions can be held deep inside our muscle tissue the same way they are stored in the brain, just waiting for a familiar scent or a stranger’s face to release them.
Receiving a therapeutic massage may dislodge some emotional layers you haven’t dealt with in a while and you might come away from a massage feeling either light as a summer’s breeze, or as heavy as a boulder, all depending upon which emotions were tapped into.
These emotional releases are connected with good, deep bodywork, and as a massage practitioner I’ve witnessed many emotionally-charged sessions when working with clients. Make no mistake, massage therapy can be intense.
We all carry around pockets of memories within our bodies and dislodging them, shifting them around, and making them a part of your day isn’t always easy. But, stirring things up can be a great thing! Getting these intense feelings outside oneself and into the light can be a fantastic improvement to one’s day.
So, consider turning a bright blue sky Northwest day into a day where you’ll receive important bodywork. If you’re in Seattle, browsing the web, and thinking of getting a deep tissue massage, also think about the healing benefits of therapeutic massage and bodywork. Maybe even the benefits you don’t usually consider. Like getting in touch with deeply held emotions and opening up more.
Turn your day into a healing day and your body and your emotions will thank you for it.
Women clients who want /need a massage practitioner that will:
Thursday, April 1st, 2010 | Featured, Groin Injury, Health, Massage, Seattle | No Comments
Help You to Reconnect With Your Sensuality
If you are a mature women, you’ve already gone through many life changes and challenges. And there are times when you may wonder where your body’s resiliency and your energy went. As an expert massage practitioner based in Seattle, I can help you to discover what you’re missing—by taking you emotionally and physically where others won’t go. After finding out which areas you’d like to improve on, we’ll move ahead and address long-buried issues and traumas.
Sexuality, body/mind connection, center of gravity, flowing sensuality.
With ongoing massage treatments you can add more flow and grounding in your pelvic area. In our massage session we’ll work to bring back core strength, to expand your ability to be stronger and more flexible. Our goal will be to free up the areas to help you to feel younger and more rejuvenated.
Areas than can be focused on include:
· Relieving pain
· Helping with overall movement
· Improving productivity
· Focusing scattered energy
· Healing old trauma
· Helping to feel more vibrant
· Freeing up movement for a more active lifestyle
You don’t have to live with lower back and hip pain. Vitality and focus can be increased. It is possible to bring back more creativity and passion to your life. When your body begins to feel more flexible, you can better express yourself in daily life, in relationships, and in all areas of your life.
