New year, new beginnings, new resolutions…. new you

If in welcoming 2011 you have decided to treat your body with more respect whether you are pregnant or a nursing mum your list may include :- diet, exercise, detox, give something up, walk more often around one of Bristol’s many parks or just finally get to that yoga class then why not include a massage.

Many people see massage as just a one-off treat or indulgence  this can be beneficial but booking a regular massage can have many health benefits, some of my clients come once a month some once a week, you can decide how little or often and it may be that a one-off massage is just what you need.

MASSAGE :-

* Improves blood circulation which provides oxygen and nutrients to replenish the cells.

*Reduces anxiety, stress and tension.

*Stimulates the lymphatic system which cleanses the body.

*Calms the nervous system helping the bodies natural immunity.

    New Baby Massage  classes for Autumn.

   Come and learn how to Massage your infant in a cosy and friendly environment. Meet other Mums whose Babies are a similar age to yours or you could arrange the class for your own group of friends and Babies.

 

You may recognize this scenario, you plan a holiday, look forward to it for months, jump on a plane and on arrival come down with a cold or a flu type bug. What has happened is your nervous system has been activated and your body’s normal state of relaxation that allows repair to the body have been activated.

Your cold or flu were probably present in your body before you left but because you were in a state of stress with all the packing, forgotten to buy the Euro ect your body was stressed.

We all have our own individual experience of what it feels like to be ‘stressed’, deadlines are indeed a common cause.

And now the massage bit:- Massage, is reassuring, an experienced massage practitioners touch is deeply relaxing, inviting deep breath and a slowing of the heart rate, tension in the belly disperses and we feel ourselves again , if you like we are in our body again.

I always recommend to my clients to book some massage before they go away, once all the packing and rushing around is over, afterall why not arrive already chilled out and relaxed to your holiday, it enables you to make the most of your time.

So here is my invitation to relaxation, take some time out before you go, for a massage, sauna or long country walk, Bristol has alot to offer, whatever relaxes you and helps you to make the most of your holiday.

As you become more fully pregnant, heavier, more rooted to the earth you may be experiencing  your body in a way different to ever before especially if this is your first pregnancy, your needs, desires for food and rest ect are becoming more instinctual more animal indeed humans are very close to animals, and no more so than babies.

At times during history religions have sought to disassociate from this simple truth that we are our body and more besides. Adam and Eve saw themselves as naked and were afraid, the Buddha is said to have practiced body denial through fasting for 6 years but only after this time saw enlightenment and the sons of the Greek Earth goddess Gaia are killed by Zeus and Apollo and so on and so on.

Massage gives us the chance to forget the day-to-day and sometimes noisy chatter of our minds and simply be in our bodies, it helps you find some quiet time to reflect on your pregnancy and birth to come.   Massage  as well as being deeply relaxing during pregnancy can help to alleviate back pains, water retention and sooth your and body after all that is who you are……..

Sometimes pain can becombe so much a part of our day to day that we can’t imagine life without it. A niggle easily ignored gets louder and noiser untill we at last seek releif of some kind for it, even then it can be hard to let go of somthing our body has become so used to, used to moving in a different way so as not to feel it so much which in itself can cause more problems.

If you recognise this scenario then your not alone, many of my clients have been coming for years and even now we discover old places where the body has held itself, held tension. Massage in itself helps the release of the aches and pains and I often give my clients a few gentle stretches to do throughout the week to support the body as it gets used to moving without an ache or pain.

If you would like to talk through your symptoms before booking please feel free to give me a call. 0117 9245654

Why not treat yourself to a massage and treat a loved one too, a Sister in law, your Mum or sister………… two massages for the price of one as long as you book before mothers day.

Massage can be a one-off treat or indulgence  this can be beneficial but booking a regular massage can have many health benefits, some of my clients come once a month some once a week, you can decide how little or often and it may be that a one-off massage is just what you need.

MASSAGE :-

* Improves blood circulation which provides oxygen and nutrients to replenish the cells.

*Reduces anxiety, stress and tension.

*Stimulates the lymphatic system which cleanses the body.

*Calms the nervous system helping the bodies natural immunity.

 

New year, new beginnings, new resolutions…. new you

If in welcoming 2011 you have decided to treat your body with more respect whether you are pregnant or a nursing mum your list may include :- diet, exercise, detox, give something up, walk more often around one of Bristol’s many parks or just finally get to that yoga class then why not include a massage.

Many people see massage as just a one-off treat or indulgence  this can be beneficial but booking a regular massage can have many health benefits, some of my clients come once a month some once a week, you can decide how little or often and it may be that a one-off massage is just what you need.

MASSAGE :-

* Improves blood circulation which provides oxygen and nutrients to replenish the cells.

*Reduces anxiety, stress and tension.

*Stimulates the lymphatic system which cleanses the body.

*Calms the nervous system helping the bodies natural immunity.

Sounds good doesn’t it but you don’t have to identify with something from the list above before you book …………..but you can if you want to.

.WINTER WARMING PACKAGE………….

As the shadows  lengthen the days are  still warm but Winter  is  just around the  corner.

The summer sunshine has warmed our bodies but during the Winter we can easily neglect the adverse effects the weather has on our muscles . Massage can invigorate and warm tired muscles bringing them some much needed energy and relaxation.

I’m offering a Winter warming package, if you book two massages with me before November 30th then the third is FREE. You can spread your treatments out over the long Winter months and have rejuvinating massages to look forward to.

This offer would also make a wonderful Christmas present, vouchers avaliable on request.

Enjoy this wonderfully sunny Autumn .x

It is a common misnomer that the dance that we now know of as Belly Dance was danced by scantily clad women bejeweled for Sultans.

Eastern and oriental dance was a private dance for women to dance for women during pregnancy and birth. So much more is involved, this form of dance with its circular hip movements has been and still is used by various indigenous cultures, as a preperation to conceive and as a way of toning the pelvic and abdominal muscles in the third trimester in readiness for birth.

Childbirth can be prepared for, dormant muscles can be built up, bit by bit.

In Eastern cultures while a woman was in labour her circle of friends and sisters would dance, undulating, rhythmic and hypnotic the idea was that she would be encouraged to move with rather than against the contractions. It is a myth within our culture that we should lie still during childbirth, a myth that it should hurt so much and that we should need to ease the pains artifically.In North African cultures there are no hospitals for women and they have continued their tradition of dance as a way to ease the labour pains.

There are Arabic dance classes in most towns and cities Bristol has one or two, a good teacher should be able to teach you simple moves to use leading up to and during the birth such as the camel and some Figure of eights.

Massage combined with dance would be a desirable way to tone in readiness for birth however before doing any physicall exersise whilst pregnant seek the advice of your doctor or midwife.

If we hope to create

a non-violent world

where respect and kindness

replace fear and hatred

we must begin

with how we treat each other

at the beginning of life.

For that is where

our deepest patterns are set.

From these roots

grow fear, alienation

…or love and trust.

Suzanne Arms