Complementary Therapies for Women
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Women's Wellness Massage
An aromatherapeutic massage using a combination of Swedish & lymphatic drainage techniques. Targeted specifically for women. The full body option includes a Neal’s Yard facial. Or choose a back, neck & shoulder massage.
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Manual Lymphatic Drainage
Using the Vodder technique, MLD involves very light, rhythmic, pumping movements and stretching of the skin to redirect the flow of lymph in the body, aiding drainage of waste, toxins, excess fluid, detoxifying the body.
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Womb & Fertility Massage
Womb and Fertility massage aims to:
Improve women’s menstrual health, regulating cycles and easing menstrual / menopausal symptoms.
Prepare and support a woman on her fertility journey, whether natural or assisted.
Aid healthy digestion and elimination by encouraging a peristaltic action of the bowel.
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Meno-Massage
A relaxing massage using balancing essential oils, plus acupressure to alleviate some common menopausal symptoms. Strategically placed magnet plasters are applied to go home with and reduce symptoms such as hot flushes.
“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform”
-Diane Mariechild
Women’s hormones have important roles to play in general health and reproduction, with some of the most significant changes occuring during puberty, menstruation, pregnancy and menopause. When hormones are imbalanced, we suffer symptoms such as PMS, heavy periods, irregular periods, tender breasts, high cortisol, and levels of infertility.
The decline of oestrogen and progesterone during perimenopause and menopause is often variable and erratic, and not so much of a steady process, therefore contributing to undesirable feelings and symptoms. The ovaries naturally produce less hormones as we get older and as they decline we are more susceptible to the effects of stress due to cortisol levels rising as a result of the body prioritising survival over reproductive and digestive function.
It is a time to find ways of understanding our bodies, managing our symptoms and stress responses, therefore improving resilience and wellbeing. Relaxation practices such as massage are an excellent way to reduce anxiety and stress, improve sleep, improve mood, and minimise many hormonal symptoms at whatever stage of a woman’s life cycle. Prioritising time out for pleasurable activities and restorative rest to improve health is slowly becoming more accepted, but we have a long way to go.
“The hormonal changes, the highs and lows, and the hormonal shifts, there is power in that”
- Michelle Obama