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DIY Salt Glow Body Scrub Recipe
This homemade, eco-friendly, DIY Salt Glow Body Scrub recipe is an outstanding exfoliant that lifts away dirt, excess oils, and dead skin cells while stimulating the lymphatic system through its physical application.
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Why Massage Gift Certificates Are The Best Gift Ever
Whether you are on a hunt for a thank you, birthday, anniversary, or just because gift idea they are guaranteed to love, you’ve found it! A massage gift certificate is the perfect gift for any occasion. These 6 reasons will show you why massage gift certificates are the best gift ever.
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4 Steps To Destroy Stress
This year has been unlike anything most of us have seen. I could list here all things wrong in the world, but do we really need a recap of that? We have plenty of reminders of what’s bad in the world. Now more than ever is the time to destroy stress. It's time we get aggressive with our self-care. Eating well and exercise is a staple of self-care. But we need to go beyond that.
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Give Yourself This Experience, and Support Our Small Business
We cannot wait to reopen and get back to the work of relieving your stress. It has become increasingly difficult to manage stress – both physical and mental. There are less available options when it comes to improving physical health, and the instability of the world is at the top of many of our minds. 2020 is taking a toll on our mind, body, and spirit.
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Self-Care Strategy for Black People
As a black woman in this time it has not only become important but necessary to strategize and actively participate in self-care practices. With the bombardment of unsolicited inquiries around race many black women are receiving in this time, the first and foremost strategy is to be sagacious in the use of energy and time.
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Sacramento Small Business Owners: On Self-Care
Sacramento Small Business Owners: On Self-Care By Zach Stahlecker, CMT We are in the middle of a global pandemic, and a powerful & necessary social movement. If concerns about the welfare of others hasn’t overshadowed your self-care routine, maybe the fact that your typical self-care outlets are closed is having an impact. Many small business […]
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Benefits of Cupping
We have been proud to offer Cupping In Sacramento for nearly a decade! (Back before it was cool. 😜 We like to say “It may look weird, but it feels great—and it works!” Cupping Massage is a treatment that is designed to break up stagnation in the tissue and loosen extremely tight muscles. The cups are applied to the skin, drawing in the skin and superficial muscle layer.
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How to Relieve Hamstring Pain in 10 Minutes or Less
The hamstrings may be the most problematic muscle group that I’ve seen in my years as a trainer and massage therapist. They (the hamstrings) cross more than one joint, and commonly contribute to pain and injury in the knees and lower back. In our sedentary culture, the hamstrings are often chronically shortened by sitting, which further exacerbates follow-on issues.
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Coronavirus is accelerating a culture of no touching
Touch has profound benefits for human beings. But over the last few decades, people have become increasingly cautious about socially touching others for a range of reasons. With the novel coronavirus spreading, this is bound to get worse. People have already started avoiding shaking hands. And the British queen was seen wearing gloves as a precaution not to contract the virus.