Healing Arts
I believe in the connection of mind, body and spirit, integrating breath work, deep awareness, aromatherapy and flow into my sessions.
When touch is connected to our sensing and feeling nature, responding to what is here in this present moment, massage moves beyond technique into the art of healing.
Esalen Massage
Esalen® Massage is a holistic approach to bodywork in which the whole person is considered, contacted and worked with.
Esalen Massage is best known for it's long flowing strokes and healing and nurturing quality of touch/contact. It integrates many techniques, including soft rocking, passive movement and joint mobilization, stretching and sculpting of deep musculature on specific parts of the body. It encourages a greater awareness of one's body, stimulates the skin, circulatory and lymphatic systems and relaxes the muscular and nervous systems. It invites a fuller sense of fluidity, spaciousness and vitality.
Craniosacral Therapy
“Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.”
― Albert Einstein
CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle, hands-on approach that releases tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve whole-body health and performance. Using a soft touch practitioners release restrictions in the soft tissues that surround the central nervous system.
Buddha Belly Massage (Prenatal)
A great way to nurture Mama and Baby during this sacred journey.
Buddha Belly Massage sessions address different physical, mental and emotional needs using various techniques including Craniosacral Therapy, Swedish, lymphatic drainage and Esalen Massage. (Please refer to services page for more information)
Research shows prenatal massage therapy can help reduce anxiety, decrease symptoms of depression, relieve muscle aches and joint pains, and improve labor outcomes and newborn health.
Benefits of Prenatal Massage:
· Relief from muscle cramps, spasms, and myofascial pain, especially in the lower back, neck, hips, and legs
· Increase in blood and lymph circulation, which can reduce swelling
· Reduces stress on weight-bearing joints
· Increases blood circulation to take more oxygen to your cells and to your baby
· Increases lymph flow to carry away the waste products of the cells
· Decreases stress by creating Endorphins (the "feel good" hormones)
· Gives you emotional support and a safe place to vent or release emotions
· Can help you get a better night's sleep
Postpartum Massage
PostNatal massage can help speed up your recovery, from the stresss of labour, encouraging structural realignment, abdominal restoration and healing from a C-section. With PostNatal massage, Mother’s will not only find relief from the physical aches of carrying their new babies, but will also have all the usual benefits from massage.
Postnatal massage also provides support for the mother under the common physical and emotional strains of mothering. Breastfeeding and nursing during the night can lead to women feeling exhausted, and massage can support in reducing the stress, and provide relaxation, comfort and give a space for rest so mothers are better able to enjoy this special time in their lives. PostNatal massage may help provide support in cases of PostNatal depression.
Benefits of Postpartum Massage:
Helps speed up your recovery
Helps with structural realignment and abdominal restoration
Helps with the healing of a C-section
Relief from muscle aches and pains
Provides emotional support for the new mother and a safe place to express how she is feeling without any judgement
Helps reduce stress
Helps recharge batteries!
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