I recently took my own advice regarding wellness and booked a massage with Cathy Callahan. You

can’t help but relax when you step into not only the Spa, but her room. The ambiance was great,

 soft light by way of candles, the sound of water, soothing music and a hint of eucalyptus in the air.

Divine. She started the massage by placing moisture therapy under my back, which helped start the

 relaxation process.  I was toast at that point. For 60 minutes Callahan used reflexology, myofascial and

 trigger point/ deep tissue massage.

Within the first several minutes, I was thinking “liquid silver.”  Her movements were so fluid, her hands

 never left my body, even as she replenished the lotion she was using. She did much needed reflexology

on my feet, hands, neck and shoulders. I sit at a computer a good part of every day with my body leaning

forward.  The chest muscles, left unattended, have a tendency to get shorter and shorter. Thank you

Cathy for that, I didn’t know. She worked on stretching those muscles and suggested  using  

backward  motion when doing shoulder rolls.

By the time she had me flip onto my stomach, all was well with the world. The face cradle smelled of

eucalyptus, which took me further into paradise. The thing about deep tissue massage is that

 sometimes the therapist uses their own weight with their elbows to really get deep. I personally am

not fond of that because it hurts. And its hard to relax when you are feeling pain. Cathy used pressure

 points along my spine to get the same effect. Just an easy up and down movement that while firm,

caused no discomfort at all.

She used the moisture therapy under me for both my back and again when I turned on my stomach,

which was a great touch. The deep tissue method is used to release toxins, hence the need for hydration.

Water flushes those toxins out of your system. Something else she shared with me, massage increases

the blood flow by three times of what is usually is.

This isn’t a luxury, removing the stress and eliminating toxins is conducive to your health and allows

you to function better,  no matter what hat you happen to be wearing.