Staying warm healthy and happy this winter with massage!
Did you know that getting massages is great way to stay warm, healthy and happy this winter?
Massage techniques can improve circulation, massage moves the blood around your whole body making you feel warm. Also with the warm hands of your therapist moving along your body it can really relax your muscles and make you feel so warm and cozy! Do you know that you lose most of your body heat from the top of your head? Usually in the winter I like to spend some extra time on my clients scalp to really warm them up, along with a nice blanket that is really comforting. You will feel like a child being tucked in on a snowy winter night! So this winter before cranking the heat up, cuddle up with a special someone or your favorite blanket and just give your toes, fingers and scalp a nice massage!
Are you looking to maintain your healthy lifestyle you worked hard for even when in the winter, where it seems to get harder to acomplish your health goals? With all the holiday parties, and cooking you will be doing this winter, as well as the natural cycle of your body craving those crazy carbs when you get a cold chill, massage is a great way to boost your metabolism as well as fight cellulite. So if you are feely guilty about that extra cookie or glass of eggnog, get a massage, not only will it help you forget about the previous snacks, but it will help you feel fit and light on your feet again!
Have these cold, dark months got you down?Are you stressed by the snow, hoidays, lack of sun and anything else that can the best of you this winter? Don’t stress, massage can help to beat those winter blues. There is nothing better for yourself than to get a massage. With the smell of fresh lavendar in the air, some relaxing music for you, you get to just close your eyes and a nice therapist will take care and nurture you, you will feel the stress sweeping out of your body. When the massage is through you will feel, relaxed, motivated, and refreshed, as well as happy, and ready to handle whatever life may hand you next!
Massage is a very healthy way to lose those winter blues. Stay warm, healthy and happy this winter with the power of massage, let Bee Well do something nice for you!
MASSAGE TIP #2: when you get cold this winter, give your feet, hands and scalp a nice relaxing massage!
December 24th, 2007 at 4:02 pm Thanks so much for letting me comment here because I felt inspired after reading this writting on holiday massages. I agree with everything you wrote Bee Well, and as a massage therapist I wanted to share my holiday massage story. This is about how I gave the gift of massage, and I was given a gift as well.
As a single women with no children and most of family down south, it was a struggle for me to get into the holiday spirit this year. So as I was looking for this love for the holidays I knew I had, I was hired by a friend/boss to practice massage for his family who were arriving from out of town for Christmas. I went there prepared to work and put myself in the state of mind I do for any other massage job, but what I was not prepared for was what I most needed!
I arrived to the house, I walked up the snowy steps and knocked on the door. Soon my friend opened the door, we gave eachother a great big hug and I walked into the coziest, warmest house with the aroma of home cooked food and a burning wood stove. I knew this was going to be a good experience. The first to arrive was the brother and his wife who was ill, so I gave his brother the first slot and practiced an hour for him. He reminded me so much of my friend. I started to really miss my sister and wish for her company this holiday season. It took everyone else a little while to arrive so while we waited I helped around the house preparing for the family Christmas party. This is when I started to really feel the holidays. With the family catching up, joking, and laughing, telling stories, hugging and all working together to pull off this special meal I felt apart of something special and new this was a special family. Eventually the parents arrived and can I tell you, they are the cutest parents I have ever seen? Mom is full out Christmas turtle neck and sweater, Dad came ready for the holidays with his santa hat on, they were great. I then gave a massage to the mom. She was so sweet and kind you could tell she was a mom of large family. Where the room was set up, I could hear the rest of the family arrive. It was such a magical thing to experience from the outside. Everyone looked alike and the men all sounded the same. The women gathered in the kitchen talking about food, and the holidays, men around the table discussing skiing and booze. The family moved so they were all sitting at the table in front of the raging wood stove, with music on and cocktails in their hands, it was a sight. I continued to massage the wife of a brother and girlfriend of another brother, both women were so sweet and very easy to talk to. I can see where they fit in with the rest of the family so well. My four hours came to an end so quickly. I really felt that the holidays were upon us it was such a joyful time of year, and I could finally feel it! I was paid and then invited to stay for some drinks, I decided against it. As I drove home, I saw families in cars, houses all decorated, and cars filled with gifts, they had a new meaning to me. Even though I don't have children and my mom and sister are very far away I can have a different Christmas experience with my fabulous friends and people that are close to me. I will make this Christmas just as special as they have always been and will continue to be if all of us have the spirit!
Thanks Bee Well for letting me share, and thanks to the fantastic family for the wonderful holiday gift they didn't even know they gave- the gift of spirit.