| Amma/Anma emcompass pressing, stroking, stretching and percussive manipulations with the thumbs, fingers, arms, elbows, knees and feet.
Aromatherapy use of essential oils for physical and emotional health and well-being.
Attunement non-touch (or light touch) approach to healing, employing spiritual techniques to restore one's naturally vibrant energetic and physical well-being.
Ayurvedic massage vigorous massage with large amount of warm oil and herbs to remove toxins from system.
Balance create harmony.
Color therapy the use of color to effect moods, health, and way of thinking
Deep tissue massage deeper relaxation relieves tension, stress in tight muscles, soreness and general fatigue. Use of hands and elbows.
Energy flow balancing gentle treatment assist in balancing enery flow. Emphasis is given to the chakras and at home with self, with less pain, increase mobility and greater range of motion.
Feng Shui a guide to understanding individual energies, both fixed and fluctuating.
Four or Six-Hand Massage two or three practitioners to simultaneously massage the left and right sides using same motions and equal pressure for a balanced experience.
Healing touch an energy-based therapeutic approach to healing. Affects physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health, as well as healing.
Hellerwork emphasize vertical realignment of the body and release of chronic stress and tension. (Involves 11 one hour sessions)
Herbal therapy the use of herbs for healing or cleansing purposes.
Hot stone therapy hot stones are placed in particular areas of the body to relax tight muscles during Swedish or deep tissue massage
Integrated/Eclectic Massage combination of various massage, bodywork and somatic therapy techniques.
Lymph drainage therapy therapist palpate the lymphatic flow by identifing the rhythm, direction and quality of the lymphatic flow.
Massage manipulation of the body by rubbing, pinching, kneading, tapping, etc. to increase metabolism, promote absorption, relieve pain, and more.
Myofacial release massage Deepest connective tissue stretch, designed to stretch underlying tissue, where deep tissue technique may not be enough or pressure of deep tissue is too much for the client.
Myofascial trigger point therapy relieve muscular pain and dysfunction through applied pressure to trigger points.
Oriental bodywork use physical pressure and manipulation, monitoring the flow of the vital life energy.
Prenatal/pregnancy massage many methods of massage and somatic therapies that are effective and safe prenatally, during labor and post partum periods of women's pregnancies. Reduce discomforts, concerns and enhance the physiological and emotional well-being of both mother and fetus.
Qigong a combination of hands-on and hands-off techniques that balance the flow of qi (energy) through the body, move and relieve qi blockages, and improve circulation.
Reflexology an ancient technique, dating from 2330 BCE, that is practice to better health, encourage relaxation, reduce pain, and prevent disease by applying pressure to the feet and hands.
Reiki a 19th century ancient Tibet technique that restore the body’s physical, emotional, and mental balance by applying a gentle, non-invasive, light touch to the body.
Rolfing structural integration a method to reorder the major body segments utilizing physical manipulation and movement awareness to bring head, shoulders, thorax, pelvis, and legs into vertical alignment.
Seated massage (chair massage) includes bodywork and somatic techiques such as amma, swedish and shiatsu.
Shiatsu a Chinese technique of acupuncture without the use of needles. Use fingers and hands to press down deeply in particular areas of the body.
Spiritual massage healing a form of divinely inspired and guided religious healing. Consisit of prayer, love, anointing with oil, and movements derived from the laying-on of hands.
Sports massage enhance athletic performance and recovery. Useful to an athletic pre-event, post-event and injury treatment.
Swedish massage Light strokes for relaxation, increased circulation and general feeling of well being.
T'ai Chi Chih series of simple, non-strenuous movement known to relax and refresh the mind. Help feel calm even in the midst of activity, and helps relieve daily tensions and stress.
Thai Massage method acts as a external stimulate to produce specific internal effects. Perform techniques on a mat on the floor instead of on a table, client remains fully clothed. |
