Massage with Beth

When we feel stressed/anxious we breath more from our upper chest. The scalene muscles (which assist in inspiration) overwork, and overtime our neck becomes tight and stiff.

A nice stretch to do...

* Sit straight on a chair, feet flat on the floor, shoulders relaxed and gaze straight ahead.
* Breathing from your belly, slowly begin to tilt your right ear down to your right shoulder. With every exhale feel the side of your neck begin to lengthen.
* Begin to rotate your head back and gaze up to the left corner of the ceiling.
*Pause here with closed eyes, an inner retreat, breath for 15-30 seconds.
*Slowly bring head back to neutral and repeat on the other side to keep things balanced.

Picture of me and my late cat Moomoo taken during lockdown. Moomoo as chilled and relaxed as ever and not needing to do breathing and neck stretches!

massage + music = healing magic

I think one of the reasons why people love my massages so much is because I use music as an intentional part of the experience (even if you're not aware of it!)

Over the years I've curated a playlist of relaxing, spacious and predictable flowing rhythms and sounds that communicate to the brain much like rainfall, ocean waves and crackling fire, that it's ok to settle in the present moment.

As your massage therapist, your body then becomes my instrument! Every note/ beat, a gentle vibration through your soft tissues, your mind and body relaxing into the rhythmic/dance like flow of the strokes.

Somewhere within that symphony is where I believe the healing magic is. For it's here that your nervous system remembers something it often forgets, what it is to feel safe, and to rest..💜

*Availability for tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday ...let me know! * 🙏
A few pics from the bank holiday spent on the west coast of Ireland which was stunningly beautiful 😍

Availability tomorrow (tuesday) at 10am or 12.30 (can be flexible around these times). Let me know 🙏

😂 I have availability for 1 more massage this week...10am or 3pm on Wednesday, 10am or 12.30 on Thursday or 10am on Friday..let me know 🙏

This summers courtyard view from the treatment room 🌿 - and my grand fur child, Nuala who visited at the weekend! ❤️

We all know that massage reduces stress and relieves aches/pains but more so it teaches us to live inside our body again.
Most of us spend our days, entirely in our heads, thoughts, noise, screens. We loose what neuroscience calls 'interception awareness' the ability to read internal signals such as tension, emotion, safety.
We stop trusting ourselves, we miss what our nervous system is trying to tell us.
Massage doesn't just relax muscles, it reminds the brain that it has a body - and that body has things to say!
When did you feel truly at home in your body?
I currently have some availability next week if you'd like to tune in and reconnect! 🙂🙏

Back from the land of a thousand lakes 🇫🇮 feeling lovely and relaxed 😊 Currently have some availability for next week...let me know 🙏