Massage

Massage or bodywork takes place in a warm, comfortable, quiet room to help you relax. Massage is the practice of applying pressure or vibration to soft tissues of the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, and joints. It can be applied to parts of the body or the whole body.

Massage can also be done with heated stones that are placed to relax and repair tired muscles while they calm nerves and clear the mind. This technique is known as La Stone and is great if you like warmth.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an effective form of health care that has evolved into a complete and holistic medical system. Practitioners of acupuncture and Chinese medicine have used this noninvasive medical system to diagnose and help millions of people get well and stay healthy.

Fine, sterile needless will be placed at specific acupoints on the body. This activates the body's Qi and promotes natural healing by enhancing recuperative power, immunity and physical and emotional health. It can also improve overall function and well-being. It is a safe, painless and effective way to treat a wide variety of medical problems.

Yoga

Yoga refers to the practice of physical postures or poses and is the union between mind, body and spirit. By doing this practice you are creating balance in the body through developing both strength and flexibility.

Reflexology

Reflexology is a unique method of using the thumb and fingers to stimulate more than 7,200 nerve endings in each foot. These nerve endings correspond to all parts of the body, including organs and glands.

Stimulating the appropriate region is intended to eliminate energy blockages thought to produce pain or disease in the related areas. Reflexology is used to prevent, rather than cure, and is used to relieve a wide variety of ailments, such as stress and tension within the body.

Reflexology's benefits all work toward helping the body to heal itself by restoring balance to the vital energies.

LaStone Therapy

Clients love the potent recharge they receive in the LaStone treatment; as they walk forth into the sacred stream of life; clients unanimously express the same feelings as they leave the treatment table. LaStone provides the connection to "Body-Mind-Soul" in your everyday life. This is one of the fastest growing massage techniques across the world!

The physiological benefits of alternating hot and cold to the body have long been scientifically and medically proven. The stones are the medium and the hot and cold temperatures are the massage. This "vascular gymnastics" of the circulatory system assists the body in self-healing.

Pregnancy Massage

What is prenatal massage?
Prenatal massage shares many of the goals of regular massage — to relax tense muscles, ease sore spots, improve circulation and mobility, and just make you feel good. But it's also tailored specifically to the needs of pregnant women and their changing bodies, and therapists who are trained in prenatal massage adjust their techniques accordingly.

How do you lie on the table?
Most women find it uncomfortable to lie facedown right from the start of pregnancy because of their tender, swollen breasts. And you can't lie facedown once your belly is starting to grow. On the other hand, it's not a good idea to lie flat on your back either, particularly once you're past mid-pregnancy, because the weight of your uterus puts too much pressure on the vein that returns blood from your legs to your heart.

For this reason, some prenatal massage therapists use a special table or pad with hollowed out areas to accommodate your belly, and often your breasts as well, so you can lie facedown. If only a traditional massage table is available, you can lie on your side and hug a full-length body pillow for support.

Chair Massage

Ofice chair massage has become very popular for its portability and its capacity to offer therapeutic massage to a large number of people in a short period of time. Clients remain clothed keeping turn-around times short and helping to create a comfortable environment. Receiving just five or ten minutes of chair massage has been found to be effective for relief of aches and pains and reduction of stress

Employee Benefits:

• Decrease Stress
• Immune System Boost
• Improve Circulation
• Less Muscle Pain
• Headache Relief
• Improve Thinking
• Lower Blood Pressure
• Enhance Flexibility

Employer Benefits:

• Increase Productivity
• Improve Retention Rates
• Decrease Absenteeism
• Lessen Stress and Ergonomics Related Injuries
• Reduce Muscle Pain
• Lower Stress Levels
  

Aromatherapy Massage

Aromatherapy can be defined as the art and science of utilizing naturally extracted aromatic essences from plants to balance, harmonize and promote the health of body, mind and spirit. It is an art and science which seeks to explore the physiological, psychological and spiritual realm of the individual's response to aromatic extracts as well as to observe and enhance the individual's innate healing process. As a holistic medicine, Aromatherapy is both a preventative approach as well as an active treatment during acute and chronic stages of illness or 'dis'-ease. Aromatherapy is the treatment or prevention of disease by use of essential oils Two basic mechanisms are offered to explain the purported effects. One is the influence of aroma on the brain, especially the limbic system through the olfactory system. The other is the direct pharmacological effects of the essential oils.

Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses volatile plant materials, known as essential oils,, and similar aromatic compounds from plants, for the purpose of improving a person's mood, cognitive function or health. essential oils are increasingly used in pain management, women in labor pain, relieving pain caused by the side effects of the chemotherapy undergone by the cancer patients, and rehabilitation of cardiac patients, anxiety/depression, and alzheimer�s disease. Aromatherapy may be used in combination with other forms of alternative medicine such as massage therapy and acupuncture.

Hypnotherapy

Hypnosis, also referred to as hypnotherapy or hypnotic suggestion, is a trance-like state in which you have heightened focus, concentration and inner absorption. When you're under hypnosis, you usually feel calm and relaxed, and you can concentrate intensely on a specific thought, memory, feeling or sensation while blocking out distractions.

Under hypnosis, you're more open than usual to suggestions, and this can be used to modify your perceptions, behavior, sensations and emotions. Therapeutic hypnosis is used to improve your health and well-being. Hypnosis is intended to help you gain more control over undesired behaviors or emotions or to help you cope better with a wide range of medical conditions. Hypnosis isn't considered a treatment or a type of psychotherapy. Rather, it's a procedure typically used along with certain treatments and therapies to help a wide variety of conditions.
Hypnosis may be used for:

• Pain control
• Smoking cessation
• Reducing stress
• Weight loss
• Fear of test taking