In a relaxation massage, the therapist won't push your pain limits in order to get the muscle to release. You might even fall asleep!  It's a good choice for someone who is getting a massage for the first time, or someone who just wants to bring their stress level down. 

Relaxation massage is also good for someone who get massage as a special treat once a year.  It's not realistic to expect that you can get rid of all your knots in one massage.  But to drift into a deeply relaxed state in fifty minutes -- that's doable!

 

There are substantial health benefits to a relaxation massage.  Gentle massage stimulates sensory nerve endings in the skin, which transmit messages through the nervous system and cause the brain to release endorphins.

 

These are the body's natural painkillers, feel-good chemicals that create a sense of well-being.

 

Massage further aids relaxation by stimulating the body's parasympathetic nervous system, sometimes called the "rest and digest system."  Blood pressure decreases, heart rate slows, and digestive activity increases. Relaxation massage also increase blood circulation and stimulates the body's lymphatic system, which carries away waste products.

 

Focus on your breathing, or on every movement of the therapists' hand.  Sometimes when you pay close attention, it becomes a form of meditation for both you and the therapist, and you get a more mindful treatment.

 

Either way, you will feel healing and calmness.

 

For your time to pamper yourself, call Akossage at 614-309-6028.