Massage And Bodywork

Clinical & Swedish Massage: Whiplash, fibromyalgia, migraines, sports injuries, low back & sciatic pain management, pregnancy massage, stress reduction, emotional integration. Enjoy deep relaxation and hot steamy towells:

$60.00 per hour

One Hour Foot Treatment: Treat your tired feet ! Foot soak, salt scrub , massage, hot stones between your toes:

$60.00 per hour

Hot Stone Massage: Takes massage to a whole new level! Experience the luxury of hot basalt stones on a cold winter day:

$80.00 per 1 1/2 hour

Reiki: The application of universal life force energy. For those who cannot tolerate a deep tissue massage; $60.00 per hour

Raindrop Therapy: Essential oil treatment. Assists with some scoliosis conditions and gives immune system support:

$80.00 per 1 1.2 hour

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM YOUR FIRST MASSAGE

Full body massage is usually done unclothed. You will be asked to dress down to the level of your comfort and cozy up under the sheets of a well draped massage table. When you are prepared and on the table under the sheets your therapist will knock on the door and enter the room to begin your treatment. You can be assured that adequate modesty and draping with sheets or blankets, will always be practiced. Only one part of your body will be exposed at a time, as that part of your body is being treated.

Treatments are often embellished with the use of dreamy hot steam towels, hot stones or aroma therapy essential oils, and soothing background music. This leaves you with a complete and relaxing sensory experience.

Don't wait! Make your appointment today! You deserve to love yourself to the fullest.

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THE BENEFITS OF MASSAGE THERAPY

Massage Therapy is a wonderful addition to your personal healthcare program. It is not simply a luxury to be enjoyed at the spa while you are on a vacation. Massage therapy helps with a variety of your health care issues and can assist you in many ways. Here is a list of the many benefits you can hope to gain by adding massage to your weekly routine.

- Improved circulation

- Lymphatic circulation and detoxificiation

- Improved flexibility of the joints and muscles

- Improved skin and muscle tone

- Pain management

- Potential reduction in stress and the use of pain pills

- Emotional release and emotional integration

- Mind body healing

- Assistance with immune system support

- Assistance with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

- Low back and sciatic pain management

- Treatment for sports injuries, muscle and ligament tears

- Potential decrease in headaches, migraines and stress tension

- Post surgical massage for scar tissue reduction.

This is only a short list. There are many other excellent reasons to participate in a weekly massage therapy routine.

WHAT IS REIKI

Reiki is a non invasive "laying on of hands", deep relaxation treatment. It is designed to work on balancing the chakra system. Chakras are major energy energy centers along the spinal column resulting from electrical magnetic emissions given off by large groups of nerve endings at specific points along the spine. These major nerve centers correlate to many of the internal organs in the body. It is the belief among many ancient traditions as well as alternative health care traditions that the strength and integrity of your electrical magnetic field (the aura) is in direct relationship to the strength and integrity of your immune system. Weaknesses in this field may indicate weaknesses in the immune system. Reiki has often been a complimentary treatment along with western medicine, in the recovery of medical problems and other difficulties.

This treatment is deeply relaxing and also has a peculiar power to assist some people in mind body integration and awareness. This treatment is done while fully clothed. It is ideal for those who cannot tolerate deep tissue massage or physical manipulation. This treatment can sometimes assist in the body's ability to detoxify.

Many people report very unique and pleasing experiences while receiving a Reiki treatment.

This treatment is applied with the use of therapeutic grade essential plant oils. Plant oils contain medicinal constituents which have positive effects on the immune system and the central nervous system. These oils may contribute to assisting a variety of immune system issue as well as some cases of scoliosis. In some cases of scoliosis, researchers have discovered that viruses and bacteria or toxins, may lay dormant in the muscle tissues along the spinal column and may contribute to the disfiguring symptoms and postural problems that scoliosis presents. Essential oils are very effective at killing these microbes in the tissues and helping to correct muscle patterns in some individual cases.

There are typically two types of scoliosis. Functional scoliosis which is a result of physical and mechanical injury from everyday wear and tear on the body. This type of scoliosis may not respond very well to essential oil treaments because the problem is more mechanical, which means it may respond better to massage or chiropractic adjustements and postural correction exercises.

Ideopathic scoliosis is a type of scoliosis where the cause of the condition is mostly unknown, or is possibly genetic. These types of scoliosis may respond well in individual cases to essential oil treatments because the causes may have more to do with tissue toxicity, bacteria and/or microbes.. Some people respond better then others, and some people may not see any change at all but there have been cases when clients have noticed signifigant improvement in quality of life, posture and pain management with this treatment.

Raindrop therapy is also a helpful treatment for assisting in relieving post traumatic stress and many other emotional and stress related conditions. Essential oils can potentially help the nervous system to recover from severe emotional or physical shock, because they contain hormonal balancing properties.

It is very important to provide your therapist with an accurate medical intake history. Some essential oils are contraindicated for certain medical conditions and may also react badly with pharmeceutical medications. Please be sure to give your therapist a full disclosure of your medical and prescription drug history before recieving this treatment. Essential oils are contraindicated for using at the same time you are taking antibiotics. Essential oils may also react badly with anti depressent medications.

Some plant oils may be caustic and require proper dilution before applying to the skin. All essential oils should be used by a certified professional aromatherapist or massage therapist and should never be taken internally except under supervision of a medical doctor or professional healthcare practitioner.

I spent the better part of my life working in the horse industry in many different capacities. My primary experience was with racehorses and show jumpers. A love for horses was inherited from my family so I was practically born on a horse. Both of my parents rode horses semi professionally and my grandfather was a farrier most of his life.

I worked as a groom and an exercise rider for many years in the racing industry. I trained free-lance on the side and I also assisted in the sales preparation of horses for California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Sales. I assisted in the veterinary and rehabilitation care of many horses over the years including the administering of lazer, microcurrent and aqua-tred therapies. I also briefly worked under strict, California state regulations, as a groom and caretaker for thoroughbred racehorses in a quarantine facility.

After many years of riding and training horses, I gradually shifted gears and became more involved in the alternative healthcare field for horses. I took a job as the assistant for an animal chiropractor, (Bay Area Animal Chiropractic / Dr. Michael Gleason DC.) a position I held for seven years before becoming a massage therapist. My primary job was to handle and safely provide restraint for the horses while my employer worked on them. With my extensive experience with the rehabilitation of horses and their injuries, and my natural aptitude and interest in the healing arts; combined with my metaphysical background; I transitioned easily into the field of massage therapy for humans.