Hello Spring sunshine!  I am so welcoming the start of warmer weather, blossoms and a time to enjoy Australia’s great outdoors and festivals. Spring season may mean different things to different people. For some, it’s endless days spent outdoors doing both leisure & thrill-packed activities. For others, it’s taking a vacation and enjoying the beauty that nature has to offer. For many people, however, it also means mosquitoes & irksome insect bites. Have you ever wondered why some people happily parade around in sleeveless tops and shorts and don’t get a single bite? Others may g ..read more

MASSAGE THERAPY A massage session doesn’t just relax you, it can help to promote tissue repair, improve the blood circulation and does wonders for your stress levels and mood. Getting regular massages counteract the effects of prolonged sitting. Postural stress is a common problem in many people working in the office. More often than not, it manifests in the neck and shoulders. Desk workers sitting for long periods are more prone to advanced forms of postural stress characterized by painful and weak lower back and gluteal muscles. Getting regular massage therapy can prevent the imbalance ca ..read more

There’s no escaping the truth; winter is coming around again. The days are going to start getting shorter and the sweaters are going to have to come out of the wardrobe. It’s not unusual for people to get the ‘winter blues’ – which is a condition many people in the northern hemisphere are afflicted with due to lack of sunlight during the colder and darker winter months. The good news for everyone is that massage therapy can help increase health happiness for everyone during the cooler months of the year. Here a few reasons why… Massage May Help to Banish Seasonal Affective Disorder As we’v ..read more

Why make your own cleaning products? SAVE MONEY If you have an initial upfront investment of $30 to purchase the supplies to make your cleaning products, and the supplies last you for 12 months, that’s like paying around $2.50 per month for all of your cleaners. If you only use baking soda and vinegar, it’s going to be significantly less than this.  If you typically buy commercial cleaners on sale, I’d say there’s a good chance you are purchasing an average of 4 cleaners of some sort each month, at around $2-3 per cleaner. At this rate, you could easily save $100+ per year.  N ..read more

Stress seems to be almost unavoidable in our busy lives.  It’s easy for people to suggest that you might feel better if you’re less stressed, but if you’re already stressed, that’s just going to stress you out even more! Adding to the problem, stress can cause a lot of unwanted symptoms in your body, including pain. In some cases, stress causes pain to develop, like headaches. In others, it makes existing pain worse. Think about it; if you’re tensing your body up and putting stress quite literally onto your muscles, you are going to feel the effects of that in a sore back, shoulders and ..read more

Massage has been around for a very long time and enjoyed by a huge amount of people, but there are always new things to learn. Here are a few things that you might not realise about your favourite massage therapy! 1. Bob Hope got a massage every day and lived to be 100 If that isn’t a reason to get your next massage session in your planner right away, we don’t know what is!    2. The longest ever ‘massage chain’ involved 1600 people A massage chain is defined as three or more people arranged in a line with each person giving the next in line a massage. The longest massage ..read more

Most of us enjoy a massage to help us ease our tension and soothe away aches and pains. Elderly people can really benefit from regular massage, as it’s such an enjoyable and relaxing, non-invasive way to help manage the inevitable symptoms that go hand in hand with getting older. There’s no doubt that a regular massage has the potential to help improve your quality of life, and this applies to elderly people too.  The Effects of Massage on Older People The positive effects of massage on the health of elderly people are well documented by research. It’s been proven that the gentlest o ..read more

Massage might be something that’s always on your to-do list, but there are some people who just never seem to get around to me-time, and they need to know the restorative powers of a good massage session.  If you’re looking for a gift for someone who seems to have it all, or even just someone close to you that needs spoiling, here’s why a massage is the best choice for a gift!  It shows that you’ve put a little thought into the gift . You could wander around the gift selections in stores or just order something online, but if you treat a friend or a loved one to a blissful massa ..read more

The holidays are upon us again and although we all love this time of year, sometimes the pressure we put ourselves under to have the ‘perfect’ celebrations can cause so much stress and anxiety that we wonder if it’s all really worth it!  It’s no surprise that according to the American Psychological Association, women are most at risk from holiday stress. No matter how equal the sexes claim to be, it’s still the case that women tend to take charge of most of the organisation of holiday arrangements, whether it’s planning, buying and preparing food, decorating the home, buying the gifts ..read more

During the winter months, it’s relatively easy to neglect our bodies. We stay in to avoid the bad weather, and even often neglect our garden, because things can wait until spring right? And don’t even get me started on fitness regimes. Who wants to do sports outside in the cold breeze or rain? It’s fair to say that it’s out of sight out of mind until one day, the sun peeps out and it begins to feel a little warmer. Spring is the time that most of us start something new, awaken the passion for our hobbies that was temporarily gone during the cold days, and detoxify our physical and emotional ..read more