Intuitive Massage

Your body changes from day-to-day. It has special needs that are uniquely your own. I believe the massage you receive should also be uniquely tailored to you... each and every time.

Some expensive spas insist that everyone receive the "same" massage. If you sign up for a Swedish massage at their location, regardless of the therapist, your arms, legs, neck, and back will be done in a certain order and a certain way. They train and judge their therapists by how well they follow this formula. That's fine as long as your body always craves the same work the same way every time. Mine sure doesn't. Does yours?

Let me give you some examples. We have two arms and two shoulders. Yet, we use them differently!  Your left side can be stiff from holding a baby while your right arm does the work of two. Or, one of your wrists can be sore from using the computer's mouse all day.

We all have a spine, of course, but some people have to sit at work all day. Others stand up the entire shift. And most Moms spend all evening cooking, cleaning, and stooping over to pick up toys and dirty clothes!

Your body reflects how hard your day is. Intuitive massage is designed to give the body precisely what it needs. One shoulder may need to be lengthened and soothed. The other may have deep knots crying for relief. Obviously, no "formula" can guide this type of deeply helpful work. It requires presence, sensitivity, and focused energy.

Your intuition plays an important role, too. Before we begin, I will ask you if there are areas in your body that are "speaking up" for attention. We'll use your body awareness as our starting point. As we unwind the tension using gentle approaches, you might be amazed when the pain in your neck releases through work with your low back. The human body is like that. Intuitive massage often leads us into surprising discoveries about how best to bring relief for you.

Using intuition to guide both where to work and how to work, we have the opportunity to relieve stored pain and stress (both physical and emotional) that other types of massage would just glide over. You will notice the difference right away.

What is intuitive massage all about?

Intuitive massage is a blend of relaxing and deep tissue techniques to relieve muscular tightness and tension, encouraging stress relief, releasing endorphins that help lift the mood and promoting general tissue health and well-being. It aims to treat the person as a whole, bringing all levels of the body - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual - into balance. This massage goes further than skin-deep - it penetrates right to the depth of your being.

As the skin is very much connected to the central nervous system, massage is able to calm and soothe the nerves, promoting relaxation, enhancing healing and boosting the immune system. Muscular tension and pain is released, circulation is improved and toxins are eliminated. As a person becomes more and more relaxed, breathing deepens, the uptake of oxygen is increased and carbon dioxide is expulsed from the lungs.

Massage not only relieves stress and anxiety, but it helps you become more aware of your body as a whole. It releases a great deal of energy wasted in tension, leaving you energised, aligned and renewed.

Who can benefit from having a massage?

Anyone and everyone can benefit from having a massage as touch is fundamental for the nourishment of our body, mind and soul, however, the following ailments can specifically be treated:

* Anxiety
* Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
* Chronic muscle or joint pain
* Circulatory problems
* Depression
* Digestive disorders
* Fatigue
* Fibrositis
* Headache
* Insomnia
* Reduced range of motion
* Sports injuries
* Stress

Benefits of intuitive massage

Physical Benefits:

* Promotes deep relaxation and helps relieve stress
* Helps release muscle tension, spasm and stiffness
* Relief from entrapment of nerves
* Speeds up the healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments
* Reduces pain and swelling
* Allows greater joint flexibility and range of motion
* Promotes deeper and easier breathing
* Improves circulation of blood
* Improves movement of lymph and therefore assists in detoxing
* Reduces blood pressure
* Helps relieve headaches and eye-strain from tension
* Improves posture
* Strengthens the immune system
* Improves athletic performance
* Rehabilitation after injury

Mental Benefits:

* Helps relieve mental stress
* Creates more body and mind awareness
* Calms the mind
* Facilitates clearer thinking

Emotional Benefits:

* Helps deal with emotional issues
* Reduces levels of anxiety
* Increase feeling of well-being

What to expect during a treatment

A session normally lasts approximately 60 minutes, depending on how much work needs to be done. During the first session your particulars and history are taken down. You will be asked to undress in private, leaving your underwear on. All jewellery needs to be removed. You then lie comfortably on the massage bed with a towel draping over you. Relaxing music is played in the background whilst your body is rubbed, squeezed, kneaded and stroked using oils from head to toe. Energy work, pressure point work and polarity are also included with the occasional bit of Thai massage and reflexology being thrown in, leaving you feeling relaxed, at peace and balanced.