Catherine Rose Massage Therapy

18/11/2025

Appointments available next week - booked out this week!

16/11/2025

Fascinating article researching the benefits of massage!

Link here:

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/nov/13/massage-health-benefits?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Amongst many benefits:

1. Decreased lower pack pain
2. Increased blood flow to working muscles
3. Better stress management

11/11/2025

Colder nights calls for hot stones! Still have a few appointments available next week. Get in touch!

08/11/2025

02/11/2025

Loving this poet atm. 🩵

30/10/2025

It means so much to receive such great feedback! Thank you!

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29/10/2025

I'm loving the crisp cold these days! I've been in Scotland for almost six years now, and yet I still feel grateful every day for being here 🩵

Still have some availability next week - message to book 🙏

26/10/2025

Well, firstly, it marks the official end of summer - sorry!

But it also means darker days, less sunlight. Our circadian rhythms change and there can be a decrease in melatonin and serotonin levels, maybe leaving us feeling sluggish, tired or less able to focus.

I like to think of these darker months as a way to prioritise self-care because otherwise, your system will feel it!

A massage is a great way to do that - it resets, rebalances and, with hot stones in the mix, it can also offer you that feeling of warmth and comfort that we so often crave at this time of year.

Message to book!

22/10/2025

Hot Stones for dinner! Lunch?

I use them in nearly all my treatments - they're such a delight! They let you relax and let me give a deeper massage! Give them a go!

21/10/2025

Dreich day but still beautiful at Rosemarkie beach! 🩵

20/10/2025

Soft Tissue Release (STR) is a way to ease and stretch a muscle. By 'pinning' a sore spot on a muscle and then mobilising that muscle, it helps to release any tightness in the tissue.

I particularly like the hamstrings STR as demonstrated in this photo. Many clients respond with ... well, a mixture of "that's sore ... but it feels like it's easing!" This is what we massage therapists call, 'therapeutic discomfort' - that kind of good pain!

19/10/2025

Life has been really busy recently - hectic, in fact! I have found myself getting dragged in different directions and feeling like I'm on an inevitable trajectory that I have no control over!

I have to force myself to take 5 minutes, just sitting with a cup of tea, listening to a background sound like birdsong, or giving affection to my dog. It's incredible what that can do - what seemed so tumultuous and unavoidable suddenly settles!

As a massage therapist, I believe in the power of rest and relaxation. We live in a world that insists on constant movement and activity - massage is one of the ways to counter-balance that and, as one of my favourite Buddhist teachers says, bring us "home". Home to ourselves!