The Benefits of Massage
Massage offers a drug-free, non-invasive and humanistic approach based on the body's natural ability to heal itself. Experts estimate that 80 to 90 percent of disease is stress related. Massage and bodywork helps us remember what it means to relax. The physical changes massage brings to your body can have a positive effect in many areas of your life. Besides increasing relaxation and decreasing anxiety, massage lowers your blood pressure, increases circulation, improves recovery from injury, helps you to sleep better and can increase your concentration. It reduces fatigue and gives you more energy to handle stressful situations.
Massage can also provide an integration of body and mind. By producing a meditative state or heightened awareness of living in the present moment, massage can provide emotional and spiritual balance, bringing with it true relaxation and peace.
I am Nancy Karels and graduated from massage school in Plymouth, MN, in March, 2006 and became nationally certified in June, 2006. My passion for massage came after attending a health retreat in Safford, AZ and realizing the health benefits to myself and others. I felt drawn to the ability to help others feel better and in facilitating their ability to heal themselves.