Sage & Soul, Massage Therapy

Whipped up some Lactation Bites for my FRESHLY Postpartum client 👶🏼🍼

✨ A great quick snack to provide energy, combat fatigue + support breast milk supply. These little bites are also packed with fiber, iron, Vitamin B, protein, fatty acids + plant nutrients. A great way to provide dense nutrition in a small bite and sustain energy through the long nights!

Recipe -
-1 cup rolled oats
-1/2 cup natural nut butter (peanut, almond)
-1/4 cup ground flaxseed (or flaxseed chia mix)
-2 tablespoons brewers yeast
-2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
-2-3 tablespoons choc chips (optional)
-1-2 tablespoons shredded coconut (optional)

Let’s talk essential oils 💧
You all know how much I LOVE adding essential oils into my practice for so many incredible reasons - but I also love incorporating them into my day to day life!

✨ Essential oils can help ease stress, relieve pain, improve your mood, clear sinuses, increase focus, improve headache symptoms + SO much more! A few of my personal favorites are..

•Peppermint- Helps to relieve tension headaches, reduce bloating and indigestion, soothes muscle and joint pain, and clears respiratory congestion. Peppermint also helps boost mental focus and energy.

•Lavender- Helps to reduce stress, improve sleep quality, and even soothe minor skin irritations (eczema, acne-causing bacteria, minor cuts, burns, bug bites) thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties. Lavender also helps relive sore muscles + joint pain, ease headaches, and lowers cortisol levels, promoting calmness.

•Ginger- Increases blood circulation, A powerful anti-inflammatory oil, soothes and reduces aches, headaches, migraines, arthritis, back pain etc.

•Black pepper - Is known to have a warming sensation, increasing blood circulation, easing feelings of anxiety, relieving sore muscles + supports healthy digestion.

•Clary Sage - Helps to balance hormones, relieve stress, ease menstrual cramps, reduce hot flashes + soothe muscle tension.

•Sweet Orange - Eases nervous tension + anxiety, promotes a sense of relaxation and well-being. Sweet Orange is rich in antioxidants (like vitamin c), and can also be used to soothe bloating, gas + indigestion.

•Eucalyptus - Known for its respiratory, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties. It helps open the airways, clear mucus + ease sinus congestion. Promotes mental clarity, reduces feelings of stress + anxiety, and even relieves sore muscles + joint stiffness.

What’s your favorite essential oil? 🤲🏼

Happy Strawberry Full Moon 🌝
🍃 This full moon is a time for gratitude, emotional healing and abundance. A time to nurture the connections around you, address + let go of unresolved emotions and embrace the change ahead..

🍓 The Strawberry Full Moon is also a time to savor the present moment and plant seeds/intentions for your future. This isn’t just another lunar phase; it’s a cosmic invitation to release emotional clutter, restore your inner balance, end any karmic/negative patterns, and finally find peace 🤲🏼

✨ This moon is our mini wake up call, guiding us to take responsibility for our own happiness. To remind us that we are in charge of our own lives.. and if you want there to be change in your life, then you need to be brave enough to create the change. Take the leap. Believe in yourself. Take a step back, and ask yourself what habits, limiting beliefs and repeating cycles are preventing you from living the life you dream of?

“I shed old layers and welcome the flow of new, vibrant energy. I am ready to manifest my highest potential + anchor my new reality. I release all that no longer serves me. With the full strawberry moon tonight, I make space for new beginnings, new timelines, and the highest version of myself to shine.” ⭐️

Seven ways to support your nervous system today + bring your body back into balance… ✨

•Humming, chanting or singing - Activates the vagus nerve which triggers your parasympathetic system, helping to lower your heart rate + reduce stress.

•Spend some time in nature 🍃- Go barefoot in the grass, listen to the birds sing, feel the wind on your skin + sunlight on your face. Green space lowers cortisol levels and slows your heart rate, taking your body out of fight or flight and into a restful state.

•Heel drops - Stand on your tiptoes, then drop
heavily onto your heels to send a grounding shockwave up through your skeleton, taking you out of your head, and into your body.

•Extended exhales 🫁 - Breathe in for 4 seconds through your nose - hold - breathe out of your mouth for 6 seconds - also stimulating the vagus nerve + taking your body out of fight or flight.

•Butterfly Hug - Cross your arms + tap slowly, left then right, on your chest. The alternating rhythm is bilateral stimulation, calming the nervous system, providing comfort + reducing cortisol 🦋

•Hugs/touch/massage - Physical affection triggers your brain to shift from a stressed "fight-or-flight" state into a calm, "rest-and-digest" state 🤲🏼

•Full body shake (Somatic shaking) - Stand up and shake your arms, hands + legs vigorously for 30 seconds to excess adrenaline + release mobilized energy rather than storing it.

🌱Try it out!

Dear Earth, THANK YOU 🌎🌙🌱
You have 2 homes: Earth + Your Body
Take care of them ✨

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” - Jane Goodall

Some things to do this Earth day to contribute…
- Volunteer in cleaning up trash
- Plant flowers, trees, herbs or vegetables
- Join a reduce, reuse + recycle challenge ♻️
- Hug a tree 🌲
- Start a compost bin
- Use a reusable shopping bag
- Turn off/unplug lights + electricals
- Make a bird feeder
- Support our pollinators 🐝
- Spend time in nature (ground yourself 🌿)

Life has felt heavy lately - the state of the world we’re currently living in, never truly feeling caught up, a lot of loss in the past few years … and in such a GIVING profession taking care of SOO many others, it’s truly hard to remember to give to yourself, too. Something i’m prioritizing a bit more lately, because the best project you’ll ever work on is YOURSELF ✨

After a rough morning yesterday, my client walks in with a big smile + bouquet of flowers. Not knowing the morning I had, but just because.. 🥹 - (And to celebrate four years together!) The loyalty, love, compassion + kindness was such a glimmer in a rough moment + truly a reminder of why I do what I do. Thankful to be seen + loved by such thoughtful souls 🫶🏼

Remember - everyone is facing a silent battle we can’t see, choose kindness always 💐

🌿✨ Fav Products Giveaway Basket - W I N N E R 🌿✨
We have a winner… Congratulations to Aimee Lynn!

You guys absolutely BLEW me away with this giveaway! We got over 100 entries + gained around 700 new followers!!! From the very bottom of my heart, THANK YOU to everyone who entered.. not a single comment, like, or share ever goes unnoticed 🫶🏼

🌿✨ MY FAVORITE PRODUCTS - G I V E A W A Y ✨🌿

What better way to celebrate FOUR YEARS of Sage & Soul Massage Therapy than with a GIVEAWAY?! 🫶🏼 Winner will be announced February 20th @ 6pm!

TO ENTER: 🧺 (Must complete all steps to be entered)
- Like + Share this post
- Tag 3 friends in the comments (Tag more then 3 for an extra entry)
- Make sure you have liked + followed this page (Sage & Soul, Massage Therapy)
-For an addition TEN entries!!!! Click the 3 little buttons on the top right of my page, and click invite all friends, then select all!

This beautiful basket of my favorites includes… 🫧
•Magnesium Spray
•CBD + Magnesium Cream
•Calendula Body Oil (Patchouli, Lemongrass + Frankincense)
•Cucumber + Aventurine Face Spray
•Willow Bark Joint + Muscle Soothing Balm
•Headache Relief Roller
•Wyrd Oil
•Tranquility Room Spray
•Muscle Melt Bath Salts
•Eczema Elixr Sampler
(Basket valued at $170)

Everything in this basket is made right here locally in Maine + are 3 of my favorite local businesses creating such incredible nourishing products that I use in my practice daily!
Shoutout to…
•Hippie Hollie Body Products
•Pickle's Potions
•Gardens of Asgard

DO NOT RESPOND to scammers! Sometimes pages that look like mine will tell you you have won, please ignore this. I will post + message the winner DIRECTLY on 2/20!
🎉 G O O D L U C K 🎉

I’ll never get over those little kicks during my prenatal massages ✨ So beyond thankful for your trust in me as you grow your precious tiny humans 🫶🏼

Packages from Sedona make my heart happy🌵
Love bringing a lil piece of one of my most favorite places into the massage room ✨