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Alyssa Thomas, RMT, Edmonton, AB (2025)

12/16/2025

🎄 ‘Tis the Season for Stillness 🎄

A massage table by the Christmas tree,
twinkle lights, deep breaths, a moment to be.
No rushing, no fixing, no holiday race,
just calm, quiet care in a familiar space.

Among ornaments, laughter, and year-end cheer,
we make room for rest while life hums near.
Because even in seasons that feel full and bright,
your nervous system deserves a soft landing site.

Care doesn’t pause for the holidays
it simply meets you where you are. 🤍

12/10/2025

🌿 Essential Oils & Your Baby: What You Need to Know

When it comes to infant massage, simple is safest. That includes avoiding essential oils.

While essential oils are often marketed as natural and healing, research shows they can be too strong for babies’ developing systems, especially their skin and respiratory system. Their bodies absorb substances more easily, and their organs are still maturing, which means even diluted oils can cause reactions.

According to pediatric and aromatherapy safety guidelines, essential oils may pose risks such as:
• Skin irritation or chemical burns
• Breathing difficulties from strong scents
• Allergic reactions
• Overstimulation of the nervous system

Many reputable sources, including Johns Hopkins Medicine, Saje Natural Wellness, and BabyCenter Canada, recommend avoiding essential oils entirely for infants under three months, and using extreme caution even beyond that age.

So what’s safe during infant massage?

For babies: unscented, neutral carriers only, or simply your hands.
Gentle touch alone has been shown to support development, bonding, digestion, sleep, immune function, and overall regulation. Your baby doesn’t need added fragrance to benefit deeply.

My practice follows evidence-based guidelines to keep your little one safe. When I provide infant massage or teach you hands-on techniques, it is always:
✔ Unscented
✔ Baby-safe
✔ Aligned with current research
✔ Focused solely on your baby’s nervous system, body, and needs

Your baby’s safety is the priority, always. 🤍
If you ever have questions about oils, lotions, or products, I’m here to guide you with clarity and care.

12/04/2025

🐾 Does Your Dog Never Leave Your Side?

It turns out when your furry friend is nearby, it’s not just comfort. Science says it helps your body and brain find calm too.

🌿 What the Research Says
• Interacting with companion animals (petting, cuddling, simply being near them) can boost feel-good hormones like oxytocin, lower stress hormones like cortisol, and even decrease heart rate and blood pressure.
• Studies show people with pets often experience reduced anxiety, improved mood, and greater emotional well-being. Especially when they share affectionate, attentive moments with their animals.

🤲 What That Means During a Massage
Having your pet nearby during a massage can:
• Help your nervous system settle more deeply, enhancing the relaxation and restorative effects of massage.
• Add a layer of emotional safety and comfort, reducing stress and supporting calm.
• Improve your brain’s regulation of stress and relaxation. Thus, making the session more effective physically and emotionally.

If your dog never leaves your side, maybe that’s because they know, on some level, that you need that quiet support. 🫶

Whether you want a relaxing massage with soft music, or a massage session where your pet gets to hang out peacefully nearby, I’m happy to adapt to your comfort and needs.

Because healing doesn’t always need silence. Sometimes it needs a wagging tail and a warm presence.

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12/03/2025

✨ I Come To You, You Create the Environment ✨

One of my favourite things about offering mobile massage therapy is that you are in complete control of your space.
You choose the environment. The lighting, the temperature, the noise level, the smells, the sounds, the energy.
Your home becomes your treatment room, and that can make a world of difference.

When you’re in your own space, your nervous system recognizes it as safe.
And a safe nervous system is a responsive nervous system.

✨ Benefits of creating your own environment:
• Reduced tension — Your body softens more easily when it doesn’t have to adapt to a new or unfamiliar space.
• Decreased stress — Familiar surroundings cue your brain that it’s okay to settle, lowering stress hormones.
• Enhanced relaxation — You get to pick what feels soothing: silence, music, dim lights, pets nearby, blankets you love.
• More effective treatment — A calmer baseline means your muscles and connective tissue respond better to therapeutic work.
• Nervous-system regulation — When you choose your environment, you naturally support rest-and-digest mode, increasing feel-good neurochemicals and regulation.

Mobile massage puts you in the driver’s seat: your comfort, your pace, your preferences.

I show up with the table, the knowledge, and the care. You create the environment that helps your body do what it’s designed to do:
relax, release, restore. 🤍✨

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11/27/2025

Touch isn’t just a comfort; it’s a form of communication. One that reaches deep inside our nervous systems and helps our brains literally “sync up.”

🔎 What Research Shows
• When caregivers hold or gently touch their infants, their brains begin to synchronize, showing similar patterns of neural activity in real time. That synchrony supports bonding, emotional attunement, and social-development pathways for the baby.
• In adults, interpersonal touch (like hand-holding or affectionate contact) increases brain-to-brain synchrony, especially among people with strong emotional bonds; helping reduce stress and increase feelings of connection.
• For infants, gentle touch doesn’t just feel nice. Touch helps develop their sense of self, body awareness, and nervous-system regulation. Consistent, loving touch supports early neural, emotional, and social development.

💛 What That Means in Real Life
When you hold, cradle, or massage your baby, you’re doing more than comforting them. You’re:
• Helping their brain and body learn safety, connection, and regulation
• Supporting their emotional development and early social wiring
• Building a foundation for healthy attachment, trust, and self-awareness

🤲 As a therapist, I believe in the power of touch. Not just as relaxation, but as meaningful, brain-supporting care. Whether it’s infant massage or adult massage, the right kind of touch can help regulate the nervous system, foster connection, and support long-term wellness.

Your body and your baby’s brain are always listening. 💛

11/25/2025

From the moment babies are born, their brains are building the foundational connections that will support learning, emotion, and movement. Research shows that sensory stimulation, especially touch, is essential for healthy brain development.

Here’s how massage contributes to your baby’s sensory growth:
• Stimulates the nervous system — gentle, rhythmic touch activates mechanoreceptors (the nerves under the skin), helping regulate the autonomic nervous system.
• Encourages neural development — every stroke sends sensory signals to your baby’s brain, promoting the formation of neural pathways that support cognition, movement, and emotional regulation.
• Supports motor skills — through touch therapy, babies become more aware of their body, arms, legs, and overall movement, which helps with coordination and motor development.
• Builds body awareness & balance — massage helps babies understand where their limbs are in space, supporting balance and proprioception (sense of body position).
• Promotes emotional security — consistent, loving touch fosters bonding and a sense of safety, helping your baby feel grounded and connected.

11/24/2025

👶💤 Does Your Baby Hate Tummy Time? You’re Not Alone and Massage Can Help!

Throwing your little one on their tummy for “tummy time” doesn’t always go as planned. Many infants fuss, resist, or cry. But here’s the thing: that doesn’t mean tummy time is bad or that your baby isn’t strong enough.

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🌱 Why Some Babies Struggle with Tummy Time
• Tummy time challenges their developing neck, shoulder, and core muscles, which can feel strange or uncomfortable at first.
• They may be overstimulated or overwhelmed by the new position.
• If your baby prefers to be carried upright, they might resist face-down play.
• Some babies have physical tension or tightness that makes holding themselves in that position harder.

These are totally normal and common. According to trusted sources, tummy time is important for development, but it doesn’t always have to be forced or prolonged.

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🤲 How Infant Massage Helps

Gentle, intentional massage can make tummy time easier and more comfortable for your baby by:
• Relaxing tight muscles: Massage can ease tension in the neck, back, and shoulders so your baby can lift their head more comfortably.
• Improving circulation: Better blood flow helps muscles wake up more peacefully, helping your baby feel stronger.
• Building body awareness: Through touch, your baby learns where their limbs and core are, making tummy time feel more familiar and less stressful.
• Supporting calmness: Massage reduces stress hormones and activates the rest-and-digest part of the nervous system. So ,when it’s time for tummy time, they’re more relaxed and soothed.

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💡 Tips for Introducing Massage + Tummy Time
1. Massage just before tummy time so muscles are loosened and calm.
2. Start with short tummy sessions — even 30 seconds at first — and gradually increase as your baby tolerates it.
3. Use supportive props like a rolled towel under their chest to help with lifting their torso.
4. Praise and comfort your baby gently. Smile, speak softly, and always stop if they seem too uncomfortable.

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If your baby struggles with tummy time, massage might offer a gentle, powerful boost. As an RMT trained in infant massage, I’d love to help you support your baby’s strength, ease, and confidence, all from the comfort of your home in Edmonton.

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11/17/2025

Honouring International Prematurity Day

Premature babies face unique challenges as their tiny bodies finish developing outside the womb, and gentle, evidence-informed touch can make a meaningful difference.

Research shows that infant massage therapy can support premature infants by:
• Promoting healthy weight gain through improved digestion, circulation, and nervous system regulation
• Enhancing sleep patterns, helping infants settle, regulate, and conserve energy needed for growth
• Supporting neurodevelopment, including sensory processing and early brain development
• Reducing stress behaviors by calming the autonomic nervous system and promoting feelings of safety
• Strengthening bonding, helping caregivers feel more connected and confident in supporting their baby’s needs

Studies also show that early massage interventions can improve overall developmental outcomes and may reduce length of hospital stays, giving families more time together at home.

As an RMT trained in infant massage therapy, I’m honoured to support families in bringing gentle, nurturing touch to their little ones, right in the comfort of your home. 💛

11/14/2025

✨ One Year Since My Accident ✨
Today marks one year since the car accident that changed everything. And while I wish I could tie this into a perfectly polished “growth journey,” the truth is much more human, and far less linear.

This past year has been a lesson in surrender, resilience, and rebuilding from a place I never expected to find myself.

One year of:
• My life flipping completely upside down
• Feeling like I was walking alongside Death (XIII) in the tarot, forced into transformation I didn’t choose
• Losing who I was as a practitioner, a person, a friend, a daughter, a sister
• Medical appointments taking over my schedule; sometimes one a week, sometimes six
• Learning to live with chronic pain and the chronic fatigue that tags along
• Moving through life with half (and sometimes a quarter) of the capacity I used to have
• Leaning into boundaries I never wanted but desperately needed
• Being honest with clients when I need to reschedule because pain or fatigue wins that day
• Endless imaging, countless specialists, and still no concrete answers
• Choosing acceptance. Even when today’s version of me looks different than yesterday’s
• Balancing the delicate line between managing daily life and managing a flare-up

I thought I’d share a reel, a look into what this year really looked like behind the scenes, but my nervous system isn’t ready to revisit all of it yet. And that’s okay. Healing takes honesty, and sometimes honesty means holding things close until they feel safe to release.

What I can share is gratitude: for my clients, my support system, my patience with myself, and the quiet determination that keeps me moving forward, even on the hardest days.

Here’s to year two. Whatever it brings. Meeting it with compassion, gentleness, and the strength I didn’t know I had. 💛

11/12/2025

✨ The Not-So-Glamorous Side of Running a Massage Therapy Business ✨

You see the calm room, the cozy linens, the relaxing music…
But behind the scenes? It’s a different kind of massage. Mostly for my brain. 😂

There’s:
💻 Scheduling, rescheduling, and triple-checking the schedule I already checked.
📞 Emails, texts, voicemails, all asking the same question in slightly different ways.
🧾 Bookkeeping (aka convincing myself that receipts don’t actually multiply overnight).
🧺 Endless laundry. The true, unsung hero of every RMT.
🚗 Loading my table in and out of the car like it’s a CrossFit event.
☕ And of course, surviving on caffeine, playlists, and purpose.

Running a small business isn’t always pretty, but it is worth it. Because, behind every spreadsheet and laundry load are the people I get to help feel better, and that’s the part that keeps me grounded. 🌿

Here’s to all the small business owners out there juggling the calm and the chaos. You’re doing amazing! 💪

11/05/2025

💆‍♀️ Massage Therapy Is Worth Every Dollar 💆‍♀️

Somewhere along the way, massage started being labeled as a treat. Something “extra” or “luxurious.”
But the truth? Massage therapy is healthcare.

It’s how we support our bodies as they heal.
It’s how we manage pain, release tension, and regulate our nervous systems.
It’s how we reconnect with ourselves when life gets heavy.

I see firsthand how consistent, intentional care impacts physical and emotional well-being. Massage isn’t just about feeling good for an hour, it’s about improving mobility, sleep, stress levels, and overall quality of life.

So yes, it’s worth every dollar, because investing in your health is never wasted.
Whether it’s for chronic pain, recovery, stress management, or simply showing your body gratitude for all it does, you deserve that care. 🌿

11/03/2025

🌿 Emotional Release Through Massage

In my work as a massage therapist, I’ve seen time and again how the body holds onto emotions—stress, trauma, grief, anxiety—often without us even realising it. Massage isn’t just about easing aches; it can be a powerful way to release what’s been stored.

Research shows massage therapy can lower anxiety and depression, improve nervous system function, and support emotional wellbeing. And when we allow ourselves to release, not just physically but emotionally, we open up space for healing.

I want you to know:
• This is a safe space. Your story matters. Your pace matters.
• You get to choose how much you share, how much you feel, and how much you release.
• We’ll work together through gentle touch, attuned care, and respect for both body and mind.

If you’ve been carrying something in your body (even if it didn’t feel like “trauma”), let’s explore it together. Because you deserve more than relief. You deserve to feel safe, seen, and whole 💛

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