Massage and mental health

While I believe massage therapy can help our bodies in a lot of ways, I am really grateful to have learned/continue to learn about massage therapy and mental health. Today words like “trauma,” “mind-body” and “embodiment” are more in our vocabulary than ever, and I am grateful to be in the field of massage therapy in this time of cultural and scientific learning. Research about connections between our bodies, minds, and emotions is at an important phase - and I see massage therapy as an interesting way to learn more about this for yourself & your body.

I am going to share some basics in upcoming posts about a few key aspects of massage therapy, namely:

• body awareness

• moderate pressure

• human touch

• therapeutic alliance

  and how they can relate to and affect our mental health.