Words of Wellness

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. But is this pink salt worth the hype?

Do you ever feel like you have too much? It can be an embarrassingly unique problem in our land of plenty in the United States, and yet so many of us live in a spirit of excess. How can you practice essentialism to help focus on the things that matter most?

If you remember, last week we talked about the different ways that massage can improve and promote sleep. Thank goodness it can! Because while we delved a little bit into what effect sleep deprivation can have on the body and mind, we barely scratched the surface. Here are five reasons why you need better sleep now.

With Halloween creeping up around the corner, you might have your mind set on haunted houses and your favorite horror films. However, as brave as you are, you might have fallen victim to a few of the scariest myths about massage.

Whether you were ready for it or not, autumn has officially arrived, in all its apple-scented glory. But this season can bring about some undesirable effects on your mood.

It’s clear that, as a whole, we need SOMETHING to deal with our headaches, considering that an estimated 80-90% of the population will experience tension headaches, and 17% of us will experience migraines. In fact, as a nation, headaches are our most commonly talked-about ailment. So what can we do about it?

As a general rule, there can be a lot of value to seeing the same massage therapist for every appointment, or at least sticking to the same two or three, and here’s why...

More than just a way to pamper yourself, massage has real health benefits that can help you experience real improvement...

In our studio, we get a ton of questions surrounding massage etiquette. And we understand the concern. After all – there’s something about being in a room with a complete stranger while he or she massages your muscles that tends to make one hyper-sensitive about being proper and considerate. One of the most common questions is “how much should I tip?” But there is one question that reigns supreme as the MOST ASKED question. What people want to know about the most, or get the most reassurance about, is concerning what level of undress is required for a massage.

THANK YOU! We are proud to announce that...  Boston A-List, hosted by WGBH  has declared that Elements Massage was voted Best Massage in Boston 2017! View the results...