Massage
Working with the body to quiet the mind
Massage therapy is an integral part of any wellness plan. Each treatment is customized to provide you with quality care. It is an opportunity for your body to reset its dial and provide you with asound foundation to build all other aspects of your life.
Massage Styles
Integrative Bodywork Swedish based massage combined with techniques such as Deep Tissue, Shiatsu, Lomi Lomi, Acupressure and Sports.
Deep Tissue Massage is a massage technique that focuses on the deeper layers of muscle tissue. It aims to release the chronic patterns of tension in the body through slow strokes and deep finger pressure on the contracted areas, either following or going across the fiber's of the muscles, tendons and fascia.massage image
Myofascial Release is a effective hands-on technique which provides sustained pressure into myofascial restrictions to eliminate pain, headaches and restore motion. Fascia is very densely woven, covering and interpenetrating every muscle, bone, nerve, artery and vein as well as all of our internal organs including the heart, lungs, brain and spinal cord.
Pre-Natal Massage is specialized care and touch for expecting mothers at each stage of pregnancy. Can help in reduction of anxiety, nausea, as well as the general pain and discomfort from with the rapid and intense changes a woman experiences in her body throughout her pregnancy Click here for prenatal massage.
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.
Seated Chair Shiatsu Massage is short 15-20 minute massage received in a specialized chair. Works neck, shoulders, arms, mid-lower back. This clothes-on massage may be received in the work place or special events. Click on Workplace Massage for more information.
Sports Massage Therapy is to help alleviate the stress and tension which builds up in the body’s soft tissues during physical activity. Where minor injuries and lesions occur, due to overexertion and/or overuse, massage can break them down quickly and effectively.
Swedish Massage is long connecting movements using massage oil working with the most superficial muscle groups to increase circulation and induce relaxation and reduce stress.
