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Bio-Dynamic Cranio-sacral Therapy
Bio-Dynamic Cranio-sacral Therapy is one of the most successful and fastest growing approaches to mind-body health. These treatments work with the central nervous system, the cranial nervous and the body’s expression of the deepest level of health and the body’s own ability to heal. The treatment process can manifest as a relief of symptoms to resolution of very core problems. A session begins with a discussion of health issues or concerns, and the treatment is comprised of a gentle listening touch as you lie fully clothed in the massage table. A client may have a variety of experiences, including extremely deep relaxation, changes in fluid pressure, tissues release, heat tingling and energy flowing in the body.
Conditions that respond to Bio-Dynamic Cranio-sacral Therapy:
-Headaches
-Sinus problems
-TMJ dysfunction
-Visual disturbances
-Digestive problems
-Trauma
-Chronic fatique
-Calms the nervous system
-Increases vitality

Regression Therapy
Regression and Past-Life Regression Therapy is a guided form of self-healing; it is the mental act of going back to an earlier time, in order to retrieve and clear frozen blocks of energy (painful memories or harmful belief systems in the sub-conscious mind) that are causing adverse conditions in your life now. Through hypnosis, the client and therapist work as a team to release these blocks and align the client to actualize their highest potential. Life Between Life (Michael Newton’s Technique) sessions are also available that focus on the soul’s relationship in the spirit world with their soul group’s purpose, meeting of teachers and guides and much more.
Benefits and Uses for Regression Therapy:
-Change negative patterns
-Understand and release fears and anxiety
-Realize your potential and gifts
-Understand relationships and their karmic implications
-Free yourself to find new awareness, which endows your life with deeper meaning

Massage Techniques:
Massage is the practice of applying structured or unstructured pressure, tension, motion, or vibration — manually or with mechanical aids — to the soft tissues of the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, joints, lymphatic vessels, organs of the gastrointestinal system and reproductive system to achieve a beneficial response. Massage Therapy is performed primarily by a professional Massage Therapist but is often used as a form of therapy by other Healthcare practitioners such as Chiropractors, Osteopaths and Physical Therapists.
Benefits of Therapeutic Massage:
-Relieves muscle spasm, excellent therapy for chronic low-back pain, shoulder and neck tension.
-Relieves joint-pain by reducing muscle tension and promoting circulation to the joints.
-Improves posture and body balance
-Improves breathing capacity, allowing more oxygen to the system.
-Stimulates circulation of the blood, sending more oxygen and nutrients to the tissues, promotes deep release of toxic wastes of the body’s metabolism and toxins from the environment.
-Helps relieve headaches.
-Restores refreshing sleep, by relaxing the body on all levels, muscles, organs, nervous system.

Types of massage
Chair massage
Chair massage, also known as corporate massage, can be a convenient method of massage therapy. A chair massage session typically lasts 12-24 minutes, and is performed while fully clothed. Chair massage promotes better circulation, muscle stimulation and stress relief. This form of massage reduces tension in the back, neck, shoulders, head, arms, hands, legs or feet, providing a deep relaxation effect.
Deep muscle therapy
Deep muscle therapy is a massage technique that focuses on using a very specific set of movements applied to all muscles and concentrating on all layers of the muscle that have become depleted of their regular blood and lymphatic flow. This technique aims to restore the circulation with its healing properties to the cellular level.
Deep tissue massage
Deep tissue techniques are generally designed for more focused massage work. Working a specific joint, muscle or muscle group, the practitioner can access deeper layers of the soft tissue. Starting superficially and easing into the depth of the muscle slowly often allows more movement.
Effleurage
Effleurage consists of long, flowing or gliding strokes, performed with open hands. In many massage sessions, effleurage is used as the initial type of stroking, as it has a calming effect when performed slowly. Effleurage is usually performed in the direction of the heart to promote circulation and lymphatic drainage.
Esalen Massage
The basis of Esalen Massage is traditional massage, which works in a very precise manner on the muscle and circulation systems, which emphasizes the deeply relaxing and emotional responses of the body when a conscious, structured and pleasant touch is applied. In addition, gentle rocking of the body, passive joint exercises and deep structural work on the muscles and joints, together with an energetic balancing of the body, “experience”.
Foot or sole massage
Foot massage, as practiced by the Chinese is performed in the context of chi, in that each spot on the sole of the foot corresponds to an internal organ, and the applied therapy is healing to one's overall well being. The theory supposes that an ailment of an internal organ will be associated with the nerve ending on the sole of the foot.
Mayan abdominal massage
A traditional massage in the abdomen region practiced in many countries in Latin America. It helps to improve digestion, correct digestion related problems, and to help the reproductive organs.
Muscle Energy Technique
Reciprocal Inhibition is when the therapist uses a client’s muscle to stretch the opposing muscle. The therapist takes the muscle that they are wishing to stretch to its point of bind. The therapist then gets the client to use the opposing muscle by moving away from the therapist. When the client relaxes the therapist then moves the muscle to realign the muscle fibres therefore stretching the muscle.
Myofascial Release
Myofascial Release refers to the manual massage technique for stretching the fascia and releasing bonds between fascia and integument, muscles, and bones, with the goal of eliminating pain, increasing range of motion and balancing the body.
Myoskeletal alignment technique
Myoskeletal Alignment Technique (MAT) identifies postural distortions to improve and prevent pain conditions. Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation and myofacial techniques are used to lengthen tight/facilitated muscles while fiber activation techniques tone weak/inhibited muscles.
Neuromuscular therapy
Neuromuscular Therapy is used for pain relief and specific problems. Structural and postural imbalances are identified through an initial postural assessment. These are then addressed through systematic and site specific massage.
Petrissage
Petrissage is one of the five basic strokes of a Swedish massage. It is performed with kneading movement with the whole palm or finger tips, wringing, skin rolling, compress and lifting. Petrissage is usually applied vertically to the muscle tissue.
Pregnancy Massage
A session that is specifically designed to meet the needs of the expectant mother at any stage of her pregnancy to provide relief from pregnancy symptoms, stress and promote relaxation.
Reflexology
A deep and stimulating foot massage that works reflexive points on the feet and affects the whole body.
Reiki Massage
Reiki Massage is a Japanese healing practice that helps people feel more connected to life. It is an ancient healing technique involving the placement of hands onto the body in order to channel energy. Reiki allows the massage therapist to tap into an unlimited supply of "life force energy" to improve health and enhance the quality of your life.
Scalp massage
In some barber shops in Hong Kong, scalp massage often lasts 30 minutes to 45 minutes during shampooing of the hair. It is also very common in India, after applying oil on the hair.
Shantala massage
Shantala massage is an ancient Indian massage technique with a rhythmic character, given to massage babies and children.
Shiatsu
Shiatsu is a form of Japanese massage that uses thumb pressure and works along the energy meridians in the body also with a lot of stretches the same meridians as acupressure. You are fully clothed while being worked while on a mat on the floor.
Sports Massage and Sports Therapy
One of the fastest growing forms of treatment for athletes for the prevention of injuries, enhancing performance and in rehabilitation. The sports therapist applies a range of techniques including therapeutic soft tissue massage, gentle mobilization, and stretching techniques to restore function to muscles and joints before, during and following sporting participation.
Stone massage
Massage in which smooth hot or cold stones, usually basalt or marble, are used to massage the body. When heated stones are used muscles relax allowing the massage therapist to work deeper into the muscle without the discomfort of regular deep tissue massage. Sufferers of sinus congestion usually find relief when cold stones are placed on the sinuses.
Structural muscular balancing
A gentle and effective technique that releases chronic contraction in the muscles. The nervous system is triggered to release contractions through compression applied to muscles placed in a shortened position.
Swedish massage
This style utilizes long, flowing strokes, often but not necessarily in the direction of the heart. Swedish massage is designed to increase circulation and blood flow with six basic strokes:
-Effleurage
-Petrissage
-Friction
-Tapotement
-Compression
-Vibration
Thai massage
This form is usually soothing because of its emphasis on stretching and loosening the body. Its roots go back far into history, originating in India based on the Ayurveda, and then becoming popular in ancient Siam, now known as Thailand. he receiver is put into many yoga like positions during the course of the massage
Trigger point therapy
A trigger point is an area of a muscle (about 50 cells) that may refer pain sensations to other parts of the body. Trigger Point Therapy applies manual pressure, or CO2 injections, to these points. With the proper pressure, duration and location, immediate release of tension and improved muscular functioning may occur.
Watsu
Is the combination of Water and Shiatsu developed by Harold Dull in his time spent at Harbin Hot Springs, California. The work is done in skin temperature water with both the therapist and practitioner in the water, usually a pool which is between 3.5 ft to 4 ft. deep. The work entails much movement in the water and incorporates the activation of the energy lines derived from Shiatsu.

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