We’re Getting Salty With You (and we like it!)  Nov 15, 2017  10   Pink Himalayan salt has been getting a lot of attention lately. You can find salt lamps, recipes for salt baths, and even premade salt shower scrubs on wellness websites and in health stores everywhere. Proponents encourage you to wear it in a pouch around your neck, mix it in...

Uncovering Your Massage FAQs  Jul 26, 2017  71     Massage is like meditation, exercise, or any other wellness activity – from the outside it might seem weird, awkward, and not all that pleasant; but once you try it, you’re absolutely hooked.  With massage, especially, the element of mystery and misinformation tends to run...

  How Massage Helps You Have Your Best Golf Game  Aug 1, 2017  42     The saying goes that the worst day of golf beats the best day of work.  This is a presumably popular sentiment, as golf continues to capture the hearts, minds, and free time of people of all ages, with all skill levels, from hundreds of countries around the...

5 Ways to Slow Down Your Summer  Jun 28, 2017  574   Come September, it’s as common as back-to-school ads; people everywhere remark on how quickly the summer flew by.  With May we entertain summer visions of lazy days spent reading, swimming, and relaxing, and before we know it the summer has passed by in a flurry of activities and social...

Why the Title of Massage Therapist Matters     They’re popping up everywhere.  Much like a certain green-logoed coffee chain, these things seem to be increasingly ubiquitous.  In many strip-malls you’ll find signs advertising “massage” of some kind or another.  So what is the difference between what your experience...

Spring Growth and Renewal Is Not Just for Nature  Mar 22, 2017  476     The winter months are officially behind us, and SPRING has sprung.  All fussy springtime snowstorms or unseasonable heat waves aside, spring was made official on Monday.  We are always happy for spring’s arrival for so many reasons; the budding trees,...

Can Massage Therapy Help Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?  Mar 8, 2017      Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a disease affecting the central nervous system that can cause a wide range of symptoms, is becoming more and more prevalent.  It is thought that over 2.3 million people worldwide are diagnosed with MS, with about 200 new cases cropping up...

How to Fight Against Inflammation  Mar 2, 2017  Body inflammation is getting a lot of press these days, with plenty of talk about anti-inflammatory diets and medications.  What is inflammation?  Doesn’t everyone’s body become inflamed at some point?  Should you be worried about it?   To put it the most simply: inflammation...

How A Couples Massage Says "I Love You"     “It’s his smile that made me first notice him.”  “Her eyes drew me in right away.” “I fell in love with his kindness and sense of humor.”   Every couple has their own “I knew it when . . . “ story.    You know...

If there is one thing that people universally value, it’s our right to choose.  We want the exact kind of clothing, coffee, furniture, education, hairstyle, and food that suits us.  Author David McKay summed it up well when he said, “Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.”  Knowing this, why is it that we...