Massage Benefits
Get relief from-• Stress
• Headaches and eyestrain
• Shoulder, neck, back pain
• Tension and stiffness in muscles
• Increase range of motion
• Sense of deep relaxation
and well-being
• Stimulates your lymph flow-
enhancing your immunity
• Increases joint flexibility
• Reduce scar tissue, internally
and externally
Ahna Weston LMT, cst
Nationally Certified CST Therapist
"People often ask me exactly what kind of massage I used on them, and the only answer I can come up with is 'Ahna therapy'. I gently read each person's body and use whatever techniques will be most beneficial for that session."
Ahna Weston has formal training in the following massage techniques and related classes:
Swedish massage
Deep Muscle massage
Structural Integration
Meridian Therapy
Pregnancy Massage
Needleless Acupuncture
CranioSacral Therapy I & II
Somato Emotional Release I & II
Advanced CranioSacral Therapy
Gua Sha Technique
Medical Chi Gong
Rhythmic Movement Training
Emotional Freedom Technique
Bach Flower Remedies
better with each session." - Nell F.
A Message from Ahna
Every class I have taken has been valuable, either for techniques, or for more understanding about how the body works; physically, mentally, emotionally, and psychologically.Most of us have collected extra tension through the course of our lives, from accidents, injuries, surgeries, long term stress, from our repetitive activities, or attitudes we've acquired along the way. These injuries and tensions form a pattern in our bodies. Exercise, and our mother's nagging to 'Stand up straight!' may help, but most of this patterning happens below our conscious awareness and becomes part of "who we are". These patterns become written into our muscular tensions, or skeletal form, and into the tissues that go between: the connective tissues.
I specialize in CranioSacral Therapy and body restructuring, both focusing on different aspects of that connective tissue (fascia), relieving stress patterns and trauma, and reducing the tension in the nervous system, to allow your body to function better. When you come in, I will quickly assess what is going on with your body, and during the massage, will use whichever therapeutic “tool” from my massage “kit” will be most beneficial.
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Massage Therapy
Definition: Massage therapy is a systematic manual application of pressure and movement to the soft tissue of the body - the skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia (the membrane surrounding muscles and muscle groups). It is felt to encourage healing by promoting the flow of blood and lymph, relieving tension, stimulating nerves, and stretching and loosening muscles and connective tissue to keep them elastic.
In the 5th century BCE, the Greek physician Hippocrates wrote that his colleagues should be experienced "in rubbing ... for rubbing can bind a joint that is too loose, and loosen a joint that is too rigid." Various forms of massage were also employed by the ancient Chinese, Egyptians, and Romans. However, the technique as we know it today didn't appear until the late 19th century when Per Henrik Ling, a Swedish gymnast, formulated the principles of Swedish massage.
Dozens of specialized massage techniques are in use today for the treatment of anxiety, tension, depression, insomnia, and stress, as well as back pain, headache, muscle pain, and some forms of chronic pain. Massage is also frequently used for the treatment of minor sports injuries and repetitive stress injuries, and for the enhancement of physical conditioning.
Ref: http://www.camreports.hs.columbia.edu/diseases.html
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