Research continues to show the enormous benefits of touch. Although a single massage session will be enjoyable, getting it regularly can play a huge part in how healthy you will be so it is truly an investment in your health.
One of the major risk factor in our present day life is stress. Experts estimate that up to ninety percent of disease is stress related. The good news is that massage can, without a doubt, help manage stress. The relaxation experienced during the massage can be as good as a few hours of sleep and the effect of a good massage can last for days. As we relax our body and mind get numerous benefits from this beautiful healing touch.
On physical – body level:
- Alleviate low-back pain
- Improve posture
- Exercise, stretch and relax muscles, improve athletic performance
- Increase joint flexibility
- Enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow
- Eliminate toxins from the body
- Improve circulation
- Reduce heart rate
- Promote deeper and easier breathing
- Reduce high blood pressure
- Improve skin condition
- Assist with shorter, easier labour for expectant mothers
- Ease medication dependence
- Relieve pain
- Help recover from exercise or injury, speed healing time
On mental, emotional, spiritual level:
- Help release the stress and anxiety
- Lessen depression
- Foster peace of mind
- Enhance capacity for calm thinking and creativity
- Create body awareness
- Increase awareness of body-mind connection
- Reduce mental fatigue
- Promote better sleep, increase energy level
- Improve concentration, alertness and performance
- Create an overall sense of well-being
- Help healing traumatic experiences of the past
- Release negative behavioural patterns
- Transform limiting belief systems
- Help moving past blockages of any kind
- Help accessing inner resources, knowledge and understanding