Glute Bridge Exercise

Glute Bridge A basic exercise that has many benefits in yoga and stretching. This movement is also known as the butt lift. 1. Lie on your back with your hands by your side with the palms facing the floor. 2. Place your feet shoulder width apart with your knees bent. 3. Without lifting your hands off the floor, exhale and press through your heels to to lift your hips off the ground while keeping your back straight. 4. After holding this position...

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Massage Business

Tabulating existent numbers of practicing massage professionals is unenviable. It is ostensible, though, that there is an exceptionally countertenor order of contriteness in the avouchment. Most grouping hand the profession after only a few period. Time forceful burnout is a key compute, the most commonly cited cerebrate is inability to form an satisfactory extant. As discussed above, there are accelerando opportunities for practitioners to utilise...

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Mind, Body and Spirit

In massage and bodywork, there is an elephant on your tables and chairs, in your spa apartment, and, in fact, everywhere you exact the profession. Not the compartment and peanuts benevolent. No, this being is metaphorical in nature, yet an insectlike, nonetheless. Funnily paradoxical, this elephant is the sand of numerous modalities and to some of our lives, yet is oftentimes avoided in the traducement of seclusion, sacredness, and because we honourable...

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Education : Future of Massage Therapy

Education and Training For years, the community's maturation place has been extensive. Concurrently, exponential growth occurred in the numerate of massage schools. Statistics from the past ABMP school entry analyse present that finishing to 1,530 massage training programs are currently in functioning in the Incorporate States.7 That find is up 7.8 proportion over the figures from 2004. It is also celebrity that piece the education drawing were...

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Education : E-Learning

Studying for a degree in massage therapy could be hard if you don't have the time to go to school. Alot of people might already have a job and want to learn massage therapy as an extra, that's why some places offer e-Learning for massage therapy. What is e-Learning? e-Learning is short for electronic learning. Esentially, this means that the course is delivered via electronical means such as through the computer. All content and test will be...

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Education : CERTIFICATE IV IN MASSAGE THERAPY PRACTICE

At the Australian College of Massage (ACM), they offer  to study programs.  CERTIFICATE IV IN MASSAGE THERAPY PRACTICE course duration : 3 months to 2 years centrelink approved : 12 months Subjects offered :  1Introductory Massage5Human Biology 2Clinical Aromatherapy6Safe Practices 3Foundations of Massage 17Healthcare Business 1 4Foundations of Massage 28Massage Practice 1 Your Occupational Title may include: Massage...

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Studying Massage Therapy : Benefits

Choosing to study massage therapy as an education is a great idea. There are many benefits in learning about the human body and how to massage it for relief. Also, a degree in massage therapy can lead to many jobs as you can work privately, for a hospital or even a gym. Benefits: Understanding the human body - Having great knowledge of the human body and how to relief pain from certain ares is great. Majority of the population have back pains,...

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Downward Dog Exercise

Downward Dog This yoga stretch is very beneficial to do. It helps focus on the hip/lower back region. At first you might not be able to do this exercise perfectly due to lack of mobility, but go as best as you can and soon you'll be able to do it with ease. 1. Begin by going on the floor and into a push up position. Your hands should be beneath your shoulders with your palms flat on the floor. 2. Slowly start raising your hips up trying to aim...

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Morning Routine

Everyone has a morning routine, whether it'd be hitting the snooze button 5 times or drinking 8 cups of coffee. I'm here to share my personal morning routine and maybe you could try it sometimes. My morning routine is nothing special, it's basic things that anyone can do. Morning Routine :  Squat Pause - squat down as low as you can and stay there for about 1 minute. Push your knees out with your elbows and try to keep your back straight....

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Arm Stretches

The average working person, usually spends most of their days sitting at work and sitting at home. Not using our arms much can really cause them to tighten up and lead to aches/pains. A great fix for this is doing some stretches that will loosen up our tissue fibers. Here are the top 3 stretches that will help you loosen up your arms and increase your mobility/flexibility. 1. Triceps Stretch Place one arm behind the head with the elbows bent and...

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Foam Rolling IT Band

Iliotibial band also know as the IT Band is the band that runs down the side of our leg, from the hip/pelvic region to our knees. Tightness in the IT band is the cause of what people call 'runner's knees'. The best way to loosen up the band and get rid of runner's knee is to roll them out to loosen up and hit some trigger points. At first it's going to hurt, but if it doesn't hurt then you're doing it wrong. Foam Rolling Begin by placing...

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Lacrosse Ball Feet Massage

The sole of our feet are populated with many trigger points. Wearing the wrong shoes or being imbalance while you walk applies uneven pressure and can cause tight knots in our feet. The best way to release these knots and loosen our feet is to hit the trigger points to relieve them. Since the trigger points and knots are very small in our feet, the best option to roll them out is to use a  trigger point footballer or lacrosse ball. I find...

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Relaxing Music

Music is all around us, It affects our mood so why not use it to our advantage. We receive most of our information via ears, constant sounds coming in and transmitting it all to our brains. This is why hearing the right type of music makes us feel happy and free and is also the reason why relaxing music can improve our body. Benefits of Relaxing Music: Reducing levels of stress - It has been shown that hearing relaxing music such as the soothing...

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Cat-Camel Exercise

Cat-Camel  One of the most basic and commonly used pose/stretch in yoga. As the name suggests we will be round our back up like a scared cat and bring our stomach down to resemble a camel where our upper back and bottom looks like the humps. 1. Begin by going down on all fours with hands and feet shoulder width apart. 2. Inhale a deep breath and slowly arch your back up while gently tipping your head down. 3. Hold your breath and keep this...

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Preparation for a full-body self massage session

Just like weight lifting or before playing a sport, you must also warm up and have some preparations before start a massage session. Here are the steps that you should take before you decide to start a full body massage. Equipment Things you might need to have/prepare : 1. Yoga mat 2. Foam roller 3. Towel 4. Body lotion 5. Lacrosse Ball You don't necessarily need all these things to help you massage yourself, but they do indeed aid and assist...

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Hand Massages

Hand Massages  Thumb-Palm Massage: Have your hands ever felt tight? Ever woke up and not be able to clench your fist? Well try these massages to loosen them up and have a great feel in your hands. Start by putting one hand under-neath the other and gently press into your palms (wherever you might feel tightness). Move your thumb deep into your hands and gently roll/move it around in a circular motion. This will help release all the...

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Don't Pay hundreds of dollars for a massage or therapy!!! Introduction to self massage/physical therapy

Massages and Physical Therapy that make our body feel all loose and relaxed are great, but why pay someone else to do it when you can do it yourself in the comfort of your own living room. I've spent over hundred of dollars on massages and physical therapy back in the past, but ever since I learnt about self massages, I haven't been back to one in over a year. Saving me a lot of time and money. I'll be posting regularly information, guides and links on how to perform massages/therapy such as myofascial release, trigger point massages, foam...

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