Apex Massage for Women
Renew Yourself!
919-741-9449
Anora has an exquisite kinesthetic sense. … appreciating the power of process and relationships within whole systems.
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Understanding Massage – Medical and Healing Massage; and Relaxation Massage
Massage therapy can be seen in two different fields, the medical and healing field, and the relaxation and beauty field.
Currently in America, although there is a national qualifying examination for the profession, it only has one level, and then defers to the individual states for licensing, if the profession is even licensed.
In North Carolina, anyone practicing a field of bodywork not encompassed in nursing or physical therapy, ends up having to have a massage and bodywork license, the same national exam, and the same NC license.
But not all massage therapists have the same training or the same skills and gifts. We all have to have the minimum 500 hours training, but beyond that, many massage therapists take additional trainings that give them specialized skills.
There are many different classes and courses of study which offer certificates, some for 8 hours of work, others for 650 additional hours, so you see the spectrum of additional training is vast.
There are massage therapists who really have focused on a medical related practice.
There are others who have a more alternative focus, perhaps called healing, but still the focus is on helping people who have pain or recovering from some injury or illness.
Yet others primarily offer massage for relaxation. There is special training for that too, the use of hot stones, of various wet treatments, to name just a few.
About Massage
We say that massage or bodywork can integrate our body, mind, heart and spirit, but in reality, these aspects of our being are already integrated – what we’ve lost is our sensation of wholeness, our sensation of integration.
Everything we are is based in our body – our emotions are sensations and responses without our being; our thoughts also; our spirit also. We are amazing beings with such potential. Taking the time to refocus on our inner sensation brings us home to ourselves.
We live in a time when everything calls us out of ourselves. There is seemingly unlimited distractions and learnings possible with activities, schools, and all kinds of electronic media.
Embodiment – the feeling (sensation, experience) of being connected and at one with our physical being – requires a connection to sensation – inner sensation.
We tend to be focused outside. Not to really be in touch with ourselves. Not really connected inside. That is called disembodied.
Massage at any level, done therapeutically, is valuable, healthful, helpful.
Massage connects you to your physical being. It invites you beyond conceptual thought, into the sensational universe that is our body being.
Massage will most always relieve discomfort. For many reasons. It works, giving temporary relief.
To relieve chronic discomfort takes a multi-session approach.
It can mean changing sitting, standing, sleeping patterns. Eating differently. Stretching. Exercising.
If there is damage, it can often mean working in collaboration with a doctor – be it chiropractor, osteopathic, orthopedic; or with a physical therapist. That takes understanding in depth what is causing the pain, and what is the behavior that is sustaining the pain.
In my work, given the nature of my own growth in embodiment, and my thirty year aspiration to give bodywork therapy, I aspire to invite you into a deeper relationship with your whole being. Since this is the work that I am engaged in for myself, with the massage therapists and structural integrators that I receive work from, it is natural that I wish to offer this depth to my clients.
Questions – If you have any questions e-mail anora@apexmassageforwomen.com or call 919-741-9449.
Apex Massage for Women offers massage for women near Historic Downtown Apex, North Carolina. Also near Cary, Holly Springs, Fuquay Varina, New Hill and Morrisville. Landmarks: Apex Peakway, Hwy 55, Beaver Creek Commons, Olive Chapel Road, Scott’s Mill, Apex Barbeque, Kelly Road, American Tobacco Trail, Apex Community Park, Lake Pine and Laura Duncan.
Isn’t it time to find out just how good you can feel?
