Being Aware

Discovering that your body wants to heal is a quite a leap forward. Just picking up the phone to schedule an appointment with your licensed massage therapist is only the beginning and a great start. If this is your first session, apprehension is common. That is why we ask that you show up 15 minutes early to fill out paper work, relax with a cup of spa water and get comfortable with your surroundings.
Awareness of the body has many levels. You may notice changes on the outside, or engage on the inside. Both bodyways need attention and choosing a modality of healing may be daunting from the mile long list of services. Start by looking at the top of the list. Just like ingredients have to be listed in order of most to least. Spas tend list the most common service at the top.
More than likely you will see Swedish Massage for 60 min. This is a introduction to "traditional" massage by using classic strokes such as Effleurage, Petrissage, Friction and Tapotement just to name a few. Smooth gliding to light tapping can relieve the tension with immediate results. Twenty-four to Forty-Eight hours later you mind find more range of motion in your body than before you picked up that phone.
Massage Therapy is one of the oldest forms of healing in the world and I would like to take the opportunity to introduce this invaluable tool.
Being aware of your pain is just the beginning.
by Amanda Powell