Services
We are fully qualified Massage Therapists, ITEC & CIBTAC Diploma.
We offer : Back & neck & shoulder massage, Full body massage, Hot Stones and Aromatherapy, Reflexology Foot Massage. Facial treatments with Elemis Skin Care Products.
Essential oils can help treating a lot of ailments: insomnia, stress & tension, High Blood Pressure, neck & shoulder pain, lower back pain, Sciatica, circulatory problems, fatigue, headaches, muscle/ joint aches, allergies, sinusitis, constipation, cellulite and oedema, helps digestion, helps immune system.
MASSAGE
You can relax. We're experts at this.The benefits of professional massage. We are specifically trained to provide massage and myofascial release. This hands-on manipulation of soft tissues relieves muscle aches and stiffness, increases range of motion in joints, and enhances general relaxation and stress relief. Other benefits that can be experienced by massage are: increased circulation, a reduction in toxins that have built up in the body, an increased speed in healing, regular sleep, an enhanced overall flexibility, and reduced blood pressure.
When your muscles are relaxed, everything feels better.
On site Massage available
On site seated massage is a massage which....
• Comes to your workplace or event.
• Takes place in an ergonomically designed portable massage chair that allows total relaxation.
• Is performed in your work attire, fully clothed and requires no oils.
• Usually last 10 to 20 minutes. The same length of time as a coffee/tea break.
• Focuses on the upper body areas that often cause problems for people who sit at a desk or use a computer for long periods.
• Leaves people feeling relaxed, refreshed and revitalised, which has a direct influence on morale, productivity and stress related sick-days.
Foot Reflexology treatments
Reflexology accesses the nerve endings which are linked to every organ and system of the body. Through skillful manipulation a reflexologist can help to unblock the flow of energy in organs and rebalance entire systems.
Reflexology is a complementary therapy, that is, it is used in conjunction with conventional medicine to assist in the body’s recovery from certain diseases and illnesses. It is particularly useful for stress related conditions as it helps to discharge the negative effects of stress and stimulate the body’s own healing.
Massage
is one of the oldest healing arts: Chinese records dating back 3,000 years document its use; the ancient Hindus, Persians and Egyptians applied forms of massage for many ailments; and Hippocrates wrote papers recommending the use of rubbing and friction for joint and circulatory problems. Today, the benefits of massage are varied and far-reaching. As an accepted part of many physical rehabilitation programs, massage therapy has also proven beneficial for many chronic conditions, including low back pain, arthritis, bursitis, fatigue, high blood pressure, diabetes, immunity suppression, infertility, smoking cessation, depression, and more. And, as many millions will attest, massage also helps relieve the stress and tension of everyday living that can lead to disease and illness.
Many people wait until they are already in pain or suffering spinal injuries before turning to massage, but why let it get that bad? It is a good idea to take regular massage as a preventative measure so that such injuries do not occur. Regular massage maintenance will increase your overall sense of well being for optimum physical and mental health, helping you to achieve your goals.
Massage is used to treat a wide range of disorders, such as:
- Insomnia
- Muscular tension
- Headaches and migraines
- Work related stress
- Repetitive strain injury
- Depression
- Arthritis
- Eating disorders and digestive dysfunction
- Pre-natal pregnancy conditions
- Fibrositis
- Spondylitis
- Frozen shoulder
- Whiplash
- Sports injuries
List of Prices
Reflexology 1 Hour : £40
Back & neck and shoulder massage ( 30 min ) : £30
Therapeutic Massage for pain relief ( 30 min ) : £35 ; 60 min : £60
Hot Stone Massage ( 30 min) : £35 / for 1 hour : £ 60
Swedish Relaxing Full body ( 60 min ) : £50
Head Massage ( 30 mins) £25 ; 1 Hour £40. Neck, shoulders, head and face are massaged.
Aromatherapy massage 1 hour £50
Thai Foot Massage ( 30 mins ) £25 ; 1 Hour £40
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Aromatherapy & Aromatherapy Massage
Aromatherapy has been around for some 6000 years and involves the use of pure essential oils (fragrant plant extracts), usually through massage, inhalation, baths or compresses. In an aromatherapy massage, individual blends are prepared by the practitioner, in a base of cold pressed oil and then applied to the patient's skin through a remedial or relaxing massage. It is important that they are not used directly on the skin, as burning or rashes could occur.
As a holistic treatment, aromatherapy can have a profound effect on physical and psychological well being. There exists the belief that scent, as the most enduring of our senses, has the power to transform our emotions, and heal our bodies.
Essential Oils
The Essential Oils used in aromatherapy are extracted from plants and herbs to treat conditions ranging from infections and skin disorders to immune deficiencies and stress. When aromas are detected in the nasal cavity, impressions associated with previous experiences and emotions are created. Combining this with the fact that the parts of the brain that control heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, memory, stress levels and hormone balance are also related to the nasal cavity, it is evident that the use of essential oils contributes to and achieves many physiological or psychological effects.
Some common oils and their uses include:
- Eucalyptus: for congestion/colds
- Frankincense: for calming emotions and nightmares
- Geranium:for menopausal problems & PMS Lemongrass; for sore or injured muscles
- Lavender: for relaxation
- Peppermint: for quick energy
- Rose: a uterine tonic and aids in contractions during childbirth, also helps with eczema
- Sandalwood: for relaxation, digestive troubles (esp. due to tension), very dry skin
- Tea Tree: a strong disinfectant, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal
Aromatherapy can have a wide range of benefits, from the physical to the emotional. The benefits of essential oils can be obtained through inhalation or by external application. Aromatherapy is often used in conjunction to mainstream medicine to help treat common colds and flu, insomnia, nausea, skin conditions, migraines and headaches and many other ailments. Aromatherapy is easy to practice, readily available, and can be effective as a therapy, but should be used with care.
Aromatherapy is the modern name for the ancient knowledge of healing and improving health using fragrant natural ingredients. These natural ingredients called essential oils are found in herbs, plants. Flowers, and the bark and the roots of trees. Aromatherapy massage uses the relaxing and soothing effects of essential oils to help clients re-balance both physically and emotionally. Individual blends are prepared to suit each client.
Aromatherapy Detox With Essential Oils
Detoxification is a natural and constant bodily process. We are continually eliminating excess toxins through our digestive, urinary, integumentary (skin), circulatory, respiratory, and lymphatic systems.
While we are designed to handle some toxins, our bodies can become overloaded when bombarded with too much processed food, drink, sugar, parasites, air, and water pollutants. This can lead to fatigue, constipation, gas, bad breath, low immunity, hormone imbalances, skin problems, poor circulation, mood swings, depression, and mucus build-up.
Essential oils derived from the likes of lemon, grapefruit and juniper can help relieve some of these symptoms by assisting the body in ridding itself of unwelcome toxins. When used in conjunction with a dietary and herbal detoxification, essential oils complement the holistic, natural cleaning process.
Entering the bloodstream through the pores of the skin, essential oils are carried to all parts of the body via the circulatory and lymphatic systems. They are chemically complex and their constituents have a direct effect on the body, mind, and spirit.
During a detoxification, aromatic essential oils can be used in a massage oil or in the bath.
In a Massage
Why not combine the relaxing, manual lymph drainage of a massage with the detoxifying properties of essential oils? Pure essential oils are very concentrated and most should be diluted in a carrier oil before being used on the skin.
Revitalizing and Detoxifying Massage Oil:
4 drops grapefruit
4 drops juniper
4 drops cypress
6 drops laurel
2 Tbsp (30 mL) sunflower oil / grapeseed oil/ olive oil
Mix essential oils with sunflower oil in a 30mL bottle
Water is healing and detoxifying, and bathing is an excellent way to use essential oils, as it combines the benefits of inhalation with the powers of absorption through the skin.
Detoxifying Bath Salts:
10 drops grapefruit
10 drops juniper
4 drops helichrysum
1 cup (250 mL) Dead Sea salts
Mix essential oils with the Dead Sea salts before pouring into a tub full of warm water.
Detoxifying Essential Oils
Juniper berry (Juniperus communis): This powerful, detoxifying oil is a purifier, helps avert nervous tension, and reduces cellulite. Juniper essential oil is an antiviral, antiseptic, diuretic, and can help relieve pain, the symptoms of rheumatism, and expel uric acid from the system. Juniper’s spicy aroma helps to strengthen and fortify the spirit during times of low energy, anxiety, and emotional overload. The oil can irritate some people’s skin, and should be avoided during pregnancy.
Helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum): Ideal for use during a drug or alcohol detox, helichrysum helps stimulate liver cells, thin mucous secretions, and acts as a free radical scavenger. It is non-toxic and non-irritating.
Lemon (Citrus limonum): A refreshing citrus oil, lemon stimulates white blood cells to defend the body against infection. Its detoxifying and regenerating properties are beneficial for the liver, and aid in bringing clarity to the mind and emotions. Lemon may irritate those with sensitive skin, and when used in a bath it must be used with a carrier oil.
Grapefruit (Citrus paradise): Having a detoxifying effect on individuals recovering from substance abuse, grapefruit is antiviral, antiseptic, diuretic, and can aid the digestive system and skin. It refreshes the mind, relieves anxiety, is reviving, uplifting, and helps disperse negative energy. It may, however, increase photosensitivity.
Facial Massage
is designed to improve the tone and texture of the skin. A number of massage techniques are used. It is a deep relaxing massage which focuses on releasing the tension in both the facial& neck muscles thereby relieving pain as well as stimulating the skin's cellular production.
Lymphatic drainage
is a delicate form of massage that stimulates the body’s lymphatic system, improving the metabolism, helping the body to eliminate waste and toxins and providing a boost to the immune system. Lymphatic drainage massage is especially useful for individuals who seem to suffer regularly from common illnesses like colds and flu. It is also recommended for people who lead sedentary lifestyles, or those who want to reduce puffiness or swelling. It has a positive effect on problem skin, cellulite and people with low energy.
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HOT STONE MASSAGE.
The most common form of stone massage uses hot stones. They are used in combination with hot oils to massage the body gently and smoothly to bring about a deep state of relaxation. The heat from the stones penetrates the muscles, helping to ease tension, soothe inflammation, stimulate the circulatory system and assist the body in self-healing.
Reflexology
This is a gentle form of natural healing that involves treatment by massage to the reflex areas. On the feet. The reflex areas correspond to all the various parts of the body It produces a state of relaxation which encourages the body’s healing power.
Is a gentle and non-invasive natural treatment designed to assist in maintaining optimal wellness in healthy individuals and alleviating the symptoms of a variety of disorders. According to practitioners and those who receive reflexology treatments, it seems to be particularly effective for treating hormonal imbalances.
Reflexology is based on the principle that congestion or tension in any part of the foot mirrors congestion or tension in a corresponding part of the body. These parts, known as reflex points can also be found on the hands and other body parts, however, the most commonly treated area is the feet.
Reflexology is a complementary therapy that involves applying pressure to certain areas of the feet in order to create a positive effect in the corresponding part of the body. It is actually a very ancient therapy and has been around in varying forms as far back as the ancient Egyptians. If you are interested in the origins and history of reflexology, here's some great information.
Ancient Reflexology
Reflexology is a therapy that dates back for thousands of years. It can actually be traced back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, India and China. The oldest known documentation of reflexology is a pictograph that was found in the tomb of an Egyptian physician at Saqqara, near Cairo, which depicts patients having treatments done on their hands and feet. Up until AD200 in Greece, Delphi was an ancient health spa where reflexology was one of the treatments used to create relaxation, well being, and foresight.
Reflexology is a gentle and non-invasive natural treatment designed to assist in maintaining optimal wellness in healthy individuals and alleviating the symptoms of a variety of disorders. According to practitioners and those who receive reflexology treatments, it seems to be particularly effective for treating hormonal imbalances.
The Development of Modern Reflexology
The more modern form of reflexology was first pioneered by an ear, nose and throat surgeon by the name of Dr William Fitzgerald (1872-1942). Dr Fitzgerald was the founder of Zone Therapy, which was an earlier form of reflexology. He discovered that exerting pressure on the tips of the toes or fingers caused corresponding parts of the body to become anaesthetised. From this, Dr Fitzgerald divided the body into ten equal zones, which ran from the top of the head to the ends of the toes. By using tight elastic bands on the middle sections of the fingers, or using small clamps on the tips of the fingers, minor surgery could be carried out with no further anaesthetic agents required.
However, reflexology as we know it today was pioneered by a woman called Eunice Ingham (1889 - 1974), or the mother of modern reflexology. Eunice Ingham was a physiotherapist working in a doctor's practise using the zone therapy developed by Dr Fitzgerald. Ms Ingham thought, however, that it would be more effective to be practised on the feet rather than the hands. After extensive research, she developed the map of the entire body on the feet - where one point on the foot corresponds to a certain part of the body. By using acupressure or massage techniques on these points, a positive effect is created in the corresponding body part.
Eunice Ingham spent 30 years travelling around America teaching her reflexology first to medical staff, and then to non-medical practitioners. Modern Western reflexology uses the charts and theories developed by her and now called the Ingham Method. Ingham's work is carried on by the International Institute of Reflexology.
Benefits of Seeing a Reflexologist
Reflexology has many beneficial and lasting effects. Some treatments are gentle in nature, aiming to restore systems for better function while others are more specific, addressing the client's particular conditions. It is a healing process that can be safely used when it is not convenient to treat other body parts. As a non-intrusive technique, it heals indirectly. Reflexology can be a relaxing therapy that works on many levels, soothing, calming, balancing and boosting the entire body.
The client's case history leads to the treatment protocol so that the technique is tailored to the needs of the client. A Reflexologist can facilitate relief for:
- Sinus pain
- Menopausal symptoms
- Migraines
- Pre-menstrual syndrome and other menstrual irregularities
- Constipation
- Diarrhoea
- Sciatica
- Asthma
- Back pain
- Neck pain
- Shoulder pain
- Reduced stress and tension
- Improved circulation
- Reduced toxicity
- Improved immunity
- Increased body awareness.
A foot reflexology session usually lasts about an hour, depending on the age and state of the patient's health. There is no need to get undressed as it is required that only shoes and socks are removed. After a session, the patient will become aware of the changes taking place as toxins released from congested systems are processed and eliminated.
In both women and men, hormone levels need to be finely balanced in order to maintain optimal health. If the scales are tipped too much in one direction or another, problems can develop; sometimes severe. Two of the most frequent causes of hormonal imbalance are nutritional deficiencies and stress. Of these, stress is probably the most common.
When we experience stress, our bodies release high levels of the cortisol hormone. This is part of our natural "fight or flight" response to danger. Cortisol raises our heart rate, dilates the bronchial tubes and releases fat for use as fuel in response to a crisis. The problem is that in our modern society, stress can become chronic and elevated cortisol levels are very common. Some of the negative effects of this include:
- High blood pressure.
- A weakened immune system.
- Infertility, PMS and other sexual disorders in women.
- Prostate and erectile problems in men.
How Reflexology Works to Correct Hormonal Imbalances
Reflexology can work in a number of ways to correct hormonal imbalances. It works directly on reducing stress and therefore in correcting cortisol levels. In addition, reflexology is believed to be of benefit in a number of other important ways, including:
- Removing toxins from the body.
- Boosting the immune system.
- Improving circulation.
- Stimulating reproductive glands.
Aromatherapy for STRESS and ANXIETY
Aromatherapy is the use of essential plant and flower extracts to promote health and wellbeing. Aromatic plant oils can stimulate, balance, uplift, soothe and calm. These can be massaged into the body in a mixture with a neutral base or carrier oil, or they can be inhaled via the use of a room diffuser. They work by triggering the olfactory senses which in turn are connected to our brains – so offer a direct method of influencing the production of the so-called feel good hormones, such as endorphins. Aromatic plant oils have the ability, therefore to stimulate, balance, uplift and calm. Some essential oils which are commonly prescribed for stress and anxiety include:
- Lavender
- Geranium
- Chamomile
- Clary sage
- Bergamot
- Jasmine
- Sandalwood; and
- Sweet marjoram
A build up of stress or anxiety can have a number of detrimental side effects, including elevated heart and blood pressure rates. If this is sustained over time this can have a cumulative effect which can result in more serious health implications. If you manage stress effectively it can be very beneficial to your world view and interaction on a personal level. The extended benefits include:
- Adapting to change more easily
- Increasing your energy levels
- Becoming more tolerant of challenging circumstances
- Being more open and relaxed; and
- Allowing you to enjoy improved sleep
Aromatherapy is a potentially relaxing and therapeutic remedy, and has proven to be especially helpful in alleviating stress and anxiety. It has been shown to lower heart and breathing rates, blood pressure and restore hormonal balance. Below are two blends to assist with stress.
Essential Oil Blends for Stress
This blend will help you to relax the mind and forget about things for a while. Add the following to 100ml of carrier oil (carrier oil is needed to dilute pure essential oils - you can use vegetable oil such as almond, olive or canola):
- 10 drops of bergamot oil (bergamot should not be used if you are going out into the sun, as it can cause photo-sensitivity which produced brown patches on the skin).
- 20 drops geranium oil
- 10 drops ylang ylang oil
- 5 drops frankincense oil
- 5 drops cedarwood oil
- 20 drops lavender oil
- 10 drops rosemary oil
- 10 drops black pepper oil
- 5 drops peppermint oil
- 5 drops cypress oil
It is important to consult a qualified and trained aromatherapist as some essential oils are so concentrated that they have the potential to be harmful, and can burn the skin. They may also be harmful if swallowed.
Stress
is the number one contributor to our dis-ease.