FAQ's

MASSAGE THERAPY FAQ'S

Why should I get massage regularly?

Stress build up is serious business. Massage not only feels relaxing, but it can help us process and release stress. When stress builds up over time, bigger problems can arise. The power of touch can transform your life. Touch is one of our most basic, primal needs. Touch deprivation is linked to immune system disorders, anxiety and depression.

New to Massage Therapy?

Here's a break down of what to expect during your visits. First, we will go over any medical information and get a better understanding of what it is you need. For first timers, I highly recommend starting out with a Swedish Massage. This is the basic massage to allow your body to relax and be able to receive touch. After discussing any medical matters, areas of pain and discomfort and what a typical day is like for you, the therapist will leave the room allowing your privacy to dress down and get onto the massage table and under the sheets. Dressing down means removing clothes and bra. Underwear is optional. You will be draped professionally with sheets, only uncovering the area in which you will receive work.

The most important (and sometimes the most difficult, at first) is learning to relax. Let your body fall limp, as if your were pretending to be asleep. The more relaxed you are, the more your body and mind will reap the benefits of massage. Focus on your breath, notice when you may be shallow breathing or even trying to hold your breath. This is very common only because we tend to do this all throughout the day. Relaxing is an acquired skill. Stomach gurgling is also a very common occurrence. When the body is in a stressed state, proper digestion isn't important because you are in a flight, fight, or flee state. Once your body begins to relax then the digestive system starts to kick in, it's a good sign your body is relaxed and beginning the stages of healing itself. Falling asleep is also very common and nothing to be embarrassed about. Falling asleep allows the body to really get in some healing recovery time. Falling asleep during a massage, even an hour, equates to a full nights sleep of 7-8 hours.

SOUND BATH FAQ'S

What is a sound bath?
Over time our bodies can literally become “out of tune”. Sound baths can promote harmony with in our body down to a cellular level! Sound therapy is an excellent way to enhance you body's own ability to restore itself. Most people go into a deep meditative state feeling like they have traveled the cosmos and return to their body feeling grounded and rejuvenated.

What are the benefits of sound therapy?

Relief from headache, fatigue, insomnia, digestive disorders, pain, menstrual disorders, nausea, dizziness.
Relief from emotional imbalances (ie: when you can’t cope effectively and reasonably with life. In other words, your heart and mind are constantly at war.) An emotional imbalance may be due depression and/or Anxiety
Relief from Hypertension, Inflammation, Stress
Meditative, purifying, rebalancing, and rejuvenation
Reduces stress through deep relaxation and endorphin release
Liberates emotional traumas locked within the subconscious mind and in patters of tension in the body.
Enhances the body’s ability to maintain homeostasis
Enhances the body’s own self-healing response
Promotes deeper sleep
Harmonized the aura
Balances the chakra energy centers
Removes blockages – facilitates free flow of energy channels – meridians, nerves and blood vessels
Detoxifies through pulsations of the cells
Promotes balanced electrical charges in the cells (anti-oxidizing)

Who cannot receive sound therapy?

It is recommended that those with Pacemakers avoid sound therapy. It is possible that the monitor may confuse the heartbeats and sound waves. Also those who are pregnant may want to avoid long sessions of sound therapy, This is because sound therapy can cause a significant detox of the body, putting extra strain on a body already working very hard.

What does sound therapy feel like?

Best described as deeply soothing. Many clients experience a between sleep and awake state. During this state emotions that have been previously stuck can arise and be processed and released giving the body a sense of relief. The body may feel a need to adjust or move. Some report seeing colors or having a spiritual experience or an out of body type of sensation. After the sound session many claim they feel like they traveled the cosmos and came back to their body, now renewed and feel a deep sense of being grounded and calm.

What happens during a sound therapy treatment?

To begin a sound therapy session you will lie down on a massage table. It is up to you if you'd like to dress down and get under the sheets. Many choose that option to be comfortable and to get the full experience. If choosing to stay clothed, wear something comfortable without buttons and belts.

I'm new to sound therapy, where should I start?

Group sessions are a great way to experience sound therapy for first timers. I host group sound therapy sessions regularly, click here to see the upcoming events. A 15min Aura cleanse add-on is also a great way to experience sound therapy. Many first timers dive in after attending a group session and add the 30min sound bath to the end of their massage. 60 and 90min individual sound sessions are also available.

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