While therapists and life coaches will tell you the best way to reduce stress is to work fewer hours or avoid tense situations, in our fast-paced modern world this can seem impossible. Luckily, there’s one powerful way to reduce stress without giving away your worldly possessions and relocating to a mountaintop in the Himalayas: MASSAGE THERAPY!
Here are just a few of the reasons why massage therap...
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Pressure is a part of life, and helps to keep us motivated. But excessive pressure can lead to stress, which leads to poor decision-making and costly mistakes. Stress undermines performance and stifles creativity. It can also lead to illness.
In the film and television industry, stress is the norm – time is money and every aspect of fil...
There are always new diets popping up and a ketogenic diet is one of the most popular in recent years. Before you adopt this low-carb diet, it is important to understand what it requires, what benefits it can provide, and some of the best foods to make this dietary goal a reality!
What is a Ketogenic Diet?
The ketogenic diet is a low-carb, high-fat diet, similar to...
Just knowing you have an appointment with your favorite massage therapist can be an incentive to get through a long day in the studio. Achy muscles and tension will soon melt away and be replaced with that lovely sense of blissful relaxation.
Luckily, a massage is more than just a guilty pleasure. It can actually increase circulation, reduce muscle tightness and relieve stress. But while massage th...
Magnesium is by far the most important nutrient in the body and has a vital role to play in health. According to American neurosurgeon and pain medicine pioneer, Norman Healy, MD, Ph.D., every illness is somehow associated with a magnesium deficiency, and it is the missing cure to many diseases.
Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the body and is found in the teeth, red blood cells and...
Epsom salt is best known as a component of bath salts, but it offers a wide range of uses, from soothing sore muscles, benefiting health and improving a gardener’s crops to household cleaning, enhancing beauty and more. It was discovered in the 17th century, first distilled from the water of a bitter saline spring at Epsom, in Surrey, England.
What is Epsom salt?
Epsom salt is different from tr...
Did you know you’ve probably pulled, stomped or sprayed a natural superfood that grows in your backyard? Dandelion is mostly known as a backyard weed, but it has amazing nutrient qualities and health promoting properties.
All the parts of the plant can be used in various ways though the roots and leaves are the most commonly used as herbs. Who knew that this plant with puffy flowers that grant chil...
The typical American diet is a deadly one, consisting primarily of toxic and acid-forming foods like processed sugars, artificial sweeteners, refined grains, conventionally produced meats and dairy, and hidden genetically modified organisms. All this, combined with a plethora of other challenging environmental factors (such as lack of rest, psychological stress, and pharmaceutical drugs), mean it’...
Do you know that eating raw foods is really good for you? Some countries in the east, especially Japan has shown a longer life expectancy for its people as compared to other countries and part of the reason is because of the dietary habits that involve a lot of raw foods.
Why raw natural food? Because natural raw food gives you health and is life-saving! All natural raw food has the full spectrum o...
Defining Sports Massage Therapy
When we start to define sports massage therapy, we see that it is targeted to support fitness, help reduce the demands of sport, increase performance and shorten recovery time. In many cases, specializations are defined by the techniques that are utilized, but when we dive a bit deeper and look at the techniques used in sports massage, we find there are no magic bull...