Schedule a healing massage either at Pleasant Dreams B&B or at your own location. Ayurvedic Marma point therapy with traditional oils blended with our customer's health in mind. Achieve relaxation and pain relief with skilled natural healer, yogi, holistic counselor and massage therapist Colleen Milligan, LMSW, CYT, CMT while enjoying lovely Victorian Surroundings. Massage & Yoga can be scheduled for your group at Pleasant Dreams during a stay or at your own location or other times.
Individual instruction also available:
To schedule, contact Colleen Milligan at flexiblehealth@gmail.com or call 989.317.0063
About Yoga and our Yoga instructor: Yoga means union a way of joining the mind and body gaining more health from both in the process. Trained 5 years by Guru and has practiced 15 years running. Has been teaching for 9 years. Has published in yoga for stress management at university. Hatha and Astanga Yoga practiced and taught at basic and beginning levels. Yoga for healing specialty for 1:1 sessions by appointment. Gentle adapted yoga can be provided for any group.
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Book for sale available at Pleasant Dreams B & B :
Title: Pleasant Dreams: Nighttime Meditations for Peace of Mind
Product Description: This book will help you make simple changes in the way you end your day so you can gently ease your mind into a relaxed and peaceful state at bedtime. 106 pages. |
The Amazing Benefits of Massage and Different Types of Massage Explained
by www.SixWise.com
More people than ever before are adding massage therapy as a routine part of their lifestyle, according to the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), and they're using it to help relieve stress and pain, lower blood pressure, increase circulation and flexibility and even boost the immune system.
Massage therapy has grown so much in recent years that it's now on par with other complementary services like chiropractic and physical therapy, says the Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP).
The medical establishment, too, is embracing massage as a legit and beneficial form of treatment. The AMTA reports that one national survey found over half (54 percent) of primary care physicians and family practitioners would encourage their patients to pursue massage therapy as a treatment. Further, people surveyed over the last three years said that when they discuss massage therapy with their physicians, more than 70 percent responded favorably.
Even though massage is fast becoming the newest health "trend" in America, it is hardly a new phenomenon. Many ancient cultures embraced massage as a form of medical care. Egyptian tomb paintings show people being massaged, traditional Indian medicine, or
Ayurveda, has long used massage with aromatic oils and spices, and massage has roots in Chinese, Greek and Roman cultures. It has even been said that Julius Caesar may have received one daily for
neuralgia.
People use massage for many reasons. Here are just some of the health-enhancing benefits of massage, according to the AMTA:
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Emotional and Physical Benefits for Cancer Patients: Women who have undergone a lumpectomy, mastectomy or breast reconstruction due to breast cancer have reported less pain and swelling after surgery by using massage. They also report that, emotionally, massage helps them to feel reconnected to their bodies.
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Boost the Immune System: Research has shown that massage can increase the immune system's cytotoxic capacity, or the activity level of the body's natural "killer cells," while decreasing the number of T-cells. The result is an improvement in the body's immune system function.
