Your body is designed to handle stressors that appear occasionally and disappear quickly, but chronic stress leaves you feeling drained and affects your health. If you experience sustained stress it wears on your sympathetic nervous system, increasing your chances for high blood pressure, IBS and other
digestive disorders as well as compromised immune function.
Regular monthly or bimonthly massage can help you break the cycle of stress and allow your body to remember what it's like to operate in a relaxed state. Massage shifts your body functions back into the parasympathetic nervous system, lowering blood pressure, heart rate and breathing rate. Once again your body can allocate more energy to digestion and immune function, which gives you more energy and a healthier life.
Katharine’s massage and acupressure treatments help me to relax and stay centered. Her treatments have also helped me deal with stress and anxiety issues at various times. I look forward to regular treatments at Pure Joy Bodywork every three weeks to keep me at my best!
