SKYRIVER Integrative Massage Therapy - Elspeth Fougere

31/12/2021

Wishing you all a restful holiday. Happy New year!

Are you getting your seven or eight hours of sleep a night — yet you still feel exhausted? Here’s why that could be happening, according to physician Saundra Dalton-Smith.

14/08/2021

Aromatherapy can provide a beautiful sense of solace during times of grief... Palmarosa is known for its soft comfort of missing those far away, and marjoram is a beautiful buffer for times of intense grief and heartache. Smell can evoke memories of loved ones or those passed too, a grandmother's perfume or grandpa's aftershave, a favourite flower, the smell of a childhood room.. We can create comfort through familiar fragrances that remind us of a inner sense of home 💖🙏 it's the small daily empowerments that help make life beautiful and get us through.

11/04/2021

This scientist has a great simple explanation of how emotions impact the brain, and how we can work with taking charge of some of our reactions to life.

Aromatherapy chemistry also impacts this area of the brain she is talking about, which is why I've had such good results with trauma survivors, chronic stress, and concerns of pregnancy and pain.

The scientific research is mounting up, aromatherapy definitely positively affects the brain.

The difference is a qualified practitioner who can pick the right oils to best reach your conditions.

22/02/2021

One of the reasons i love working with aromatherapy is that it reaches into the very deep parts of the brain that almost nothing else can touch. Science still can't quite explain how emotion and the physical body match up, but they think this area is one of the main places that feelings and memories become body chemistry, and this is where the organic plant chemicals of aromatherapy can help people manage their mood and emotions and nudge themselves towards their best feelings, and deeper peace.

Essential oils allow us to access buried emotions and memories so that we can accept and release them. Emotions are energy moving within our bodies, which work at a faster speed than our thoughts.

27/11/2020

A helpful point of view on resiliency in a year of covid by a leading scientist https://bowperson.com/2020/11/your-brain-is-not-for-thinking-by-dr-lisa-feldman-barrett/?fbclid=IwAR11IyZhrZlt2WIqxaRoZX351pwHEuwLzfaKH0zQHxrxj1cNSWsroIS18oM

Once in awhile I come across an article that just begs to be included in my blog. This is one of those articles. According to the author, Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, in stressful times (like now), a …

15/10/2020

🥰 Hope your all faring well in this time of covid 💖 I'm here with aromatherapy advice as well as consultations in my clinic at mama inc

Burnout. We’re all there. It’s exhausting. The good news? There’s a path through it.

In this episode of I talk to Drs. Emily and Amelia Nagoski about their book, Burnout.

I’ve been practicing their 7 “complete the stress cycle strategies” since we recorded the podcast and I must say: Total game changer!

HUGE learning for me: Dealing with the STRESSOR is just one part of dealing with burnout. The other part is dealing with the STRESS by completing the stress cycle and getting through that emotions tunnel.

You can listen to our conversation here: https://bit.ly/3iRRX4Q

03/10/2020

See the way this birds head stays still while it watches its prey? It's quite similar to how our bodies cope when we concentrate on our screens or phones for too long, but our bodies simply arnt made to stay still like this for long. If you have a sore neck or shoulders from bracing with too much screen time, come and see me for a therapeutic massage and I can give you some posture tips to help keep your neck in good shape whole you work, so you don't lock up, and can find some freedom as well as focus 💖

14/09/2020

for this complicated upside-down time

Image, Madison Safer

03/08/2020