The Power of Aromatherapy Naps: Recharge After Your Massage

Why Add an Aromatherapy Nap to Your Massage?

Think of it as the finishing touch. Your massage relaxes your muscles and releases tension, and the nap gives your body and mind the chance to integrate those benefits. With aromatherapy woven in, you’ll leave not only more relaxed, but also recharged, balanced, and ready to take on the rest of your day.

Popular Essential Oils We Use

Lavender – Melt away stress and drift into a calmer state of mind. Lavender helps you feel peaceful, balanced, and ready for deep rest.

Eucalyptus – Breathe easier and feel refreshed. Its crisp scent clears the head, awakens the senses, and leaves you energized.

Peppermint – A cool, uplifting boost for body and mind. Peppermint sharpens focus, eases tension, and gives you a refreshing lift.

What Is Aromatherapy?

Aromatherapy is the practice of using natural plant extracts—known as essential oils—to support overall well-being. Essential oils are highly concentrated compounds distilled from flowers, leaves, bark, or roots. For centuries, they’ve been used to promote relaxation, boost energy, ease stress, and even support better sleep.

When you breathe in an essential oil, the aroma connects directly with the part of your brain that influences feelings, memories, and mood. That’s why just the right scent can instantly bring a sense of calm or give you a refreshing lift. 

Add it to your massage today for just $10!

If you’d like bring your own oils to add!

Hatha Yoga is Coming to Shine On Soon!!!

Hatha yoga has been around for thousands and thousands of years. Some believe the tradition to be 5000 years old while others think it dates back as many as 10,000 years. This disparity in time is due to the fact that when Yoga was first practiced there was no written word, no paper, no way of transmission other than the spoken word. So there’s no way to know for sure how ancient this practice is. What we do know is hatha yoga is a total life philosophy incorporating how we relate to the world, to ourselves and how to attain inner peace.

In the yoga sutras, (196 sutras or aphorisms written in Sanskrit around 400 A.D.) Patanjali describes hatha yoga as consisting of eight limbs or disciplines. This is known as the eight fold path. (More on this later!)

Two well known schools of yoga were derived directly from these sutras and today’s modern styles including ashtanga, Iyengar, anusara, yin, power, vinyasa, restorative, Jivamukti, kundalini moksha, Bikram, etc. all originated from these schools.

So in essence hatha yoga is the mother of modern day Yoga as we have come to know it. With this deep history and broad definition there is a massive variation of what can be offered in a hatha class. But generally it embodies this eight fold path and incorporates relatively slow paced, deliberate asanas (postures),pranayama(breathwork)and meditation.

In my classes I like to stay true to the roots of yoga to allow the holistic embodiment of it’s philosophy. I also like to incorporate some anusara and alignment based modifications using belts,blocks,and bolsters. This makes yoga accessible to everyone and helps beginners and people with injuries or chronic conditions get into correct alignment, bringing awareness to their bodies and breath, and calm their minds.

Try On-Site Office Massage!

Did you know you can improve office morale, reduce stress, and increase energy in your office by providing On-Site chair massages?

Working at a desk typing and mousing all day can lead to carpel tunnel syndrome or even arthritis. Massage therapy can help treat and prevent carpal tunnel syndrome by promoting circulation, relieving inflammation, aiding in removal of metabolic residues, and soothing the irritated muscles and tendons. Massage also helps with back pain, headaches, circulation, TMJ, stress management, improvement of focus, and more.

Did you know Shine On does On-Site massages? Book us for your office for some relief!