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Hot Stone Therapy

Hot Stone Massage

This treatment uses basalt stones heated in water to perform the massage. Heather uses these smooth, heated stones to warm and relax the muscles, allowing for a deeper tissue massage and enhancing the client's relaxation.

The different sizes of these beautiful stones make them perfect for specific massage strokes. Some are placed on the body, while others are used to palpate the tissue. Many people who have experienced this type of massage are pleased with the healing results

-The Benefits of Hot Stone Massage

In addition to relaxation, a regular hot stone massage has many other benefits. Here’s what you can expect:

• Better blood circulation and lower blood pressure
• Helps to relieve muscular tension
• Ensures a deeper massage
• Helps to reduce symptoms of arthritis and fibromyalgia
• Improves flexibility
• It may help to relieve depression and anxiety
• Relief of chronic pain, especially in the neck and back.
• It warms those who regularly feel cold
• Soothe the peripheral nervous system
• Grounds body energy

How Does It Work?

During this treatment, the therapist prepares heated basalt stones in hot water. Stones are often strategically placed along the spine in the middle of the back. Heated stones can be placed on the abdomen, feet, chest, face, toes, and palms as needed. The placement of the stones can balance the body’s energy and help relieve pain in problem areas. It is believed that this originated from an ancient Chinese technique.

Before your massage, we will discuss your concerns and determine the best placement of the stones based on an assessment of your needs and physical condition.

What Happens During Treatment?

A Hot Stone Massage takes place in the tranquil ambiance of Heather's treatment room. The lights are low, and soft music is playing. The table is warm and comfortable as you disrobe and climb under the sheets. The massage utilizes heated, wet basalt stones of varying shapes and sizes to soothe and relax tension from sore muscles. Heather will place the stones on trigger points while others are used to palpate the muscular tissue. The stones balance the body’s energy and soothe the peripheral nervous system. Heather will use the stones throughout the entire massage, leaving you feeling refreshed, energized, and confident once again.

Himalayan Salt Stone Massage

Healers have been using Salt Stones for optimal health for thousands of years. More recently, massage therapists started using them because of the enhanced health benefits and therapeutic results. A hot Himalayan Salt Stone Massage provides the healing of the mind, body, and spirit.

When heated, Himalayan Salt Stones emit negative ions, dispelling the environmental energetic pollution of computers, cell phones, TVs, microwaves, and positively charged free radicals, which can add to chronic inflammation in the body. A massage with Himalayan Salt Stones helps clear the body’s electromagnetic field, realigning natural energy flow and restoring the balance of the nervous system.

Himalayan Salt is prized for its unique flavor and high quality. It is mined in the Punjab region salt range of Pakistan from an ancient seabed high in the Himalayan mountains, where it has been protected from pollutants and impurities. This unrefined salt has natural antimicrobial and antibacterial properties, making it an excellent choice for those seeking to improve their health and well-being. Incorporating all the natural power and healing benefits of Himalayan Salt into a massage will surely delight all who experience it.

-The Benefits of Himalayan salt

You may already know about its culinary and air-purifying benefits. But did you know it is becoming increasingly popular for massage treatment because of its amazing benefits?

Below are a few benefits of a spa-grade Himalayan Salt Stone Massage:

• Balances the autonomic and peripheral nervous systems
• Provides deep relaxation
• Gently exfoliates the skin
• Improves circulation
• Supplies immune support
• Helps to reduce symptoms of autoimmune conditions
• Contributes to a sense of wellbeing
• Treats insomnia
• Enhances detoxification
• Reduces inflammation
• Relieves muscle pain and tension
• Relaxes the mind and spirit
• Promotes a healthy respiratory system
• Supports the sinuses 
• Boosts bone health

– How Does It Work?

The Himalayan Salt Stone Massage is a gentle therapy tailored to your needs. This type of massage is very similar to traditional Hot Stone Massage, but therapists use heated stones made from pure Himalayan Salt instead of basalt stones to soothe tense muscles.

Additionally, these stones provide important minerals, hint elements, and ions that enhance normal fitness and well-being. If you are looking for an effective way to treat yourself, this remedy may be just what you need!

Himalayan Salt crystals contain 84 important trace minerals, electrolytes, and elements. We have included an explanation of a few that are involved in important day-to-day physical activity and well-being:

• Aluminum – significantly improves enzymatic functions that protect food by forming a protective shield against infection and contamination.
• Arsenic – generally used as a tonic and painkiller in herbal formulas that can improve nervous system function.
• Boron has anti-inflammatory effects that help relieve arthritis and improve brain function. It is also used to treat various types of cancer.
• Calcium – assists in building and maintaining strong bones. The heart, muscles, and nerves also need calcium to function properly.
• Carbon – is the main component of almost everything, including sugars, proteins, fats, DNA, and muscle tissue. It is the basic building block of the body.
• Chloride – the necessary component of HCl acid, which aids stomach digestion and maintains the body’s pH balance.
• Chromium – improves insulin sensitivity, protein, carbohydrate, lipid metabolism, and energy production.
• Cobalt – a component of vitamin B12, helps form red blood cells and release energy from the food you eat.
• Copper – assists nervous system function, energy production, collagen formation, and hemoglobin synthesis; it is an antioxidant.
• Fluoride – keeps teeth strong and reduces cavities. It also improves bone health.
• Germanium – therapeutic attributes include immune enhancement, oxygenation, free radical scavenging, analgesia, and elimination of heavy metals.
• Iodine – regulates healthy thyroid function, cellular oxidation, and normal metabolism.
• Iron – a mineral necessary for the growth and development of the body and for producing hemoglobin.
• Lithium – works as a mood stabilizer.
• Magnesium – relaxes the muscles and mind. It is an essential nutrient for the heart as well.
• Manganese – helps the body form connective tissue, bones, blood clotting factors, and sex hormones.
• Molybdenum – metabolizes carbohydrates and detoxifies toxic sulfites from the body.
• Nickel – is essential for the proper functioning of the human body, as it increases hormonal activity and is involved in lipid metabolism. 
• Nitrogen – helps protein synthesis, amino acids that affect growth, hormones, brain function, and the immune system.
• Oxygen – a gas your body needs to function properly. It helps cells to produce energy.
• Phosphorus – is needed for the production of RNA and DNA in the body, along with the growth, maintenance, and repair of all tissues and cells.
• Selenium – an essential component of various enzymes and proteins. They help make DNA and protect against cell damage and infections. It is also involved in the reproduction and metabolism of thyroid hormones.
• Silicon – nourishes the skin, hair, and nails. It helps to form tendons and ligaments in the body.
• Sodium – Helps maintain the proper balance of vitamins and minerals in the body, nerve impulse conduction, and the contraction and relaxation of muscles.
• Sulfur – is crucial for bodily functions such as making proteins, regulating gene expression, building and repairing DNA, and helping the body metabolize food. It helps maintain connective tissue integrity, such as skin, tendons, and ligaments.
• Zinc is a major player in the creation of DNA, the growth of cells, the building of proteins, the healing of damaged tissue, and supporting a healthy immune system.

All types of salt are composed of sodium chloride and have varying nutrient content. 

-What Should I Expect During Treatment?

This Massage occurs in Heather's decorated treatment room. The lights in the treatment room are low, and soft music can be heard. The table is warm and comfortable as you disrobe and climb under the sheets. This unique and specialized massage utilizes heated Salt of varying shapes and sizes to soothe and relax tension from sore muscles. Some stones will be placed on trigger points or along the spine, while others are used with tailored Swedish Massage techniques to palpate the muscular tissue. The stones clear the body’s electromagnetic field of environmental pollutants, restoring the body’s natural energy flow and balancing the autonomic nervous system. The heated Himalayan Stones will gently exfoliate your skin, revealing smoother, softer skin. Your mind will be able to unravel the worries it normally contemplates. Your body will receive many health benefits, increasing your overall well-being. Your spirit will connect to the earth from which the stones are obtained, leaving you feeling carefree, energized, and ready to conquer your world again!

This massage relieves pain and stress, helps balance the body’s electromagnetic fields, encourages healthy blood sugar and blood pressure levels, and balances the central nervous system.

Hands on Healing is confident that while you enjoy this amazing Hot Himalayan Massage, you will unwind, relax, and be rejuvenated.

Touch for Health Kinesiology

Touch for Health® Kinesiology (TFHK)is a system of balancing posture, emotions, and energy for greater comfort, vitality, and enjoyment of your life. Touch for Health is the most widely used system of kinesiology in the world.

Touch for Health falls under the branch of complementary therapy known as kinesiology – systems of healing that use manual muscle bio-feedback to determine which stimuli stress the body and how that stress can be decreased. It is recognized and respected as a fundamental training for other kinesiology systems and a healing modality in its own right.

The Touch for Health model does not treat or diagnose symptoms but works with the client's energy, lifestyle, and goals, offering a safe and effective way to maintain health, enhance well-being and upgrade performance.

Benefits

The Touch for Health hands-on, practical workshops will train you to:

• Develop personal awareness and clarify your personal goals & motivation.
• Clear mental / emotional / physical and energetic blocks.
• Increase energy & vitality
• Relieve pain & release tension – headaches, backaches, stomach aches, shoulders, etc.
• Release mental & emotional stress
• Enhance Health & wellness and help prevent disease and injury.
• Accelerate recovery from illness & injuries
• Improve performance at work, school, and home; in sports and relationships.
• Identify foods that enhance your energy and ones that do not.
• Balance your energy flow to enhance your personal bests, achieve more consistent and frequent peak performance, reach your life goals, and enjoy life to the fullest.

   

Trigger Point Therapy

Trigger Point Therapy is a style of bodywork that focuses on stimulating and releasing \"trigger points\" in your body. Trigger points are tender areas of tension similar to acupressure points, except they occur in the belly of the muscle rather than along the energy pathways of the body. These \"knots\" are built up throughout a person's life due to physical, mental, and/or emotional stress. During a session, focused pressure is applied through a variety of techniques order to release your trigger points. This process can be quite painful at times, yet the effects are lasting and profoundly transformative.

Acupressure

Acupressure is based on one the most ancient healing principles

- that simply touching a specific point on the body will release stress and improve health. In an acupressure session, I apply firm pressure directly to these “points” on your body, which relieves your muscle tension and improves your circulation. This simple and powerful technique is very effective in treating headaches, backaches, and even insomnia.

Deep Tissue Massage

Deep Tissue Massage is a form of bodywork that aims to relieve tension in the deeper layers of tissue in the body. Deep Tissue Massage is a highly effective method for releasing chronic stress areas due to misalignment, repetitive motions, and past lingering injuries. Due to the nature of the deep tissue work, open communication during the session is crucial to make sure you don't get too uncomfortable. Keep in mind that soreness is pretty common after the treatment, and that plenty of water should be ingested to aid with the flushing and removal of toxins that will have been released from the deep tissue during the session.

Myofascial Release

Myofascial release is a form of soft tissue therapy intended to eliminate pain, increase range of motion, and rebalance the entire body. It does this by using massage techniques to stretch the fascia and release the bonds that exist between the fascia, muscles and bones. Fascia is the connective tissue that connects and covers all muscles, organs, and skeletal structures of the body. Direct myofascial release is sometimes known as deep tissue work. Indirect release applies light pressure and gently stretches the fascia; this allows for increased blood circulation and relief from pain.

CranioSacral (SM)

CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle yet powerful technique that is effective in releasing neck pain, back pain, and mental stress (among other things). It does this by optimizing the movement of cerebrospinal fluid through the spine and around the skull. Developed by physician William Sutherland, this therapy provides a very soothing and relaxing healing experience.

Zero Balancing

Zero Balancing is a simple yet powerful technique for aligning the body's energy system with the physical structure of the body. Each session generally takes between 30 and 40 minutes, and is performed with you fully clothed. Once your structure and energy system are balanced, many dysfunctional habits tend to release automatically. In addition, you are able to function with greater ease and clarity in the world, leading to a deeper overall sense of well-being and health.

Cancer/Oncology Massage

Oncology Massage is a special type of massage developed specifically for cancer patients. Cancer patients have unique needs which must be addressed to make sure that a massage is beneficial to their health. I focus my attention on creating a gentle, nurturing environment for you to relax into.

Reiki

Reiki is a Japanese form of energy work that cleanses and balances the energy system in the body. As a result, the body's natural self-healing mechanisms strengthen, helping to establish optimum health. During a session, I work directly with your energy field to remove blockages, detoxify your system, and restore your vital life force energy. Reiki utilizes a gentle laying on of hands to conduct the necessary energy force between us. The benefits of Reiki range from the release of habitual mental/emotional stress to alleviating chronic pain.

Energy Work

Energy work is based on the belief that everyone has a \"life force\", and that the body needs to sustain its balance for optimum health. Anytime you experience emotional or physical illness, it indicates that your life force has simply become unbalanced. I work directly with your energy field to restore balance and flow to your entire system. And once your energy field has been restored to full health, your body will follow.

Essential Oil with any session

Add essential oil with any scalp massage during your massage session. 

During an Aromatherapy Scalp Massage, Heather will apply pressure, circular motions, and long movements to the scalp area with essential oils to make the process even more relaxing. Instantly, you will feel a deep sense of relaxation and calm as you experience this unique type of head massage.

Add on any special technique to a Swedish Massage, Example.deep tissue, or hot stones

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Rejuvenating CBD Benefits: A Pain Relief Massage

Massage with CBD Oils vs Regular Massage

Cannabidiol (CBD) is a chemical in the Cannabis sativa plant, also known as cannabis or hemp, from the male cannabis plant. It is the only specific form approved as a drug in the US by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since June 25, 2018.

The main difference between a regular massage and a massage with CBD oil is simply the CBD, which is a huge factor. When applied topically, CBD interacts with neuro receptors in the body’s endocannabinoid system, which sends signals between cells to help regulate movement, mood, homeostasis, and the immune system.

The benefits are real, although the massage technique may vary from therapist to therapist. The easiest way to determine whether the added benefits work well for you is to try it and experience the difference. Results showed a significant reduction in intense, sharp pains and cold, itchy sensations in those who used the topical CBD.

Chronic Pain: Does CBD oil-infused massage work?

Individuals turn to massages as a way of escaping stress and relaxing. Thanks to its wide range of healing properties, just about everyone can enjoy and benefit from CBD in some way. CBD's pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory agents help decrease inflammation within joints and muscles, allowing massage therapists to work more efficiently. 

CBD massage treatments are designed to restore balance to these areas and soothe the tension, improving physical and mental wellness. CBD oil responds to receptors in the skin. It enters the body via the endocannabinoid (ECS) system, which regulates the immune system, nervous system, muscle tissue, and skin. CBD is athletes’ top choice to help accelerate the healing and recovery of injured connective tissue. 

The calming properties can be particularly beneficial for anyone with various ailments or stressors. In further studies, CBD has helped inhibit the growth of cancerous cells. Keep in mind that nonprescription CBD products are not FDA-approved, so be careful if you plan to avail CBD products online or by any other means.