Therapeutic touch with supporting intention can be profoundly healing. In addition to the plethora of health benefits, it conveys care and warmth, and provides a safe space to unwind and just be. Massage elicits a greater self-awareness, which is a foundation of any change.
We offer more than a dozen of massage and bodywork modalities a the spa, spanning from Eastern to Western approaches and including couples massage, geriatric, pediatric and heated stones massages. Come in to the Julian Wellness Center and discover what form of massage supports you the best. Swedish massage includes long gliding strokes, kneading, friction, tapping, and shaking motions.
It affects the nerves, muscles, glands, and circulation, and promotes health and wellbeing. Light to medium pressure is used. Get a Therapeutic Massage together! Therapeutic blend is a synergistic combination of different bodywork modalities to customize and tailor the session to your needs.
The combination may include Swedish, Deep Tissue and Neuromuscular approaches, as well as acupressure and Tui na. It allows more specific concentration on the problem areas while providing general circulatory massage. Tui na is not generally used for pleasure and relaxation, but rather as a treatment to address specific patterns of disharmony.
As such, practitioners use it for many of the same reasons and according to the same principles as acupuncture. Like acupuncture, TCM uses tui na to harmonize yin and yang in the body by manipulating the Qi in the acupuncture channels.
