Bloom Organic Body llc

Happy New Year!!!

Bloom Organic Body — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:21:38 +0000

Lots going on at Bloom in the new year. James and Casey, our new massage therapists, are now accepting insurance clients, we did a little spring cleaning and re-organizing, and I’m hanging wallpaper this weekend! Finally!!! I know, some of our wallpaper samples have been tacked to the wall for almost a year! It’s going to be beautiful.

First Friday is tomorrow! Come on down and enjoy delicious chocolate all over down town.

Great Question

Bloom Organic Body — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:10:31 +0000

Here was a great question from the Face Book party:

Q: Is massage supposed to hurt?

A: Pressure is so subjective. Some people really like the firm pressure that “hurts so good,” and some do not. Tension should not be bullied out. There is always a certain amount of finesse about it, and not just brute strength. Speed and surface area have a lot to do with whether or not the pressure hurts or feels good. There is an edge to a muscle … between the muscle giving way and fighting back. The muscle should give way just ahead of the pressure like a melting butter pad. This is the “hurts so good” pressure. That amount of pressure is different for every person, so the trick is being able to feel that edge.

Types of Massage

Bloom Organic Body — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:38:46 +0000

Lots of people ask about different types of massage. There are different modalities such as Sweedish, Hot Stone, Reiki, Shiatsu, Lomi Lomi, Thai, etc. These modalities use different techniques of manipulating the soft tissues of the body. Typically there is some continuing education beyond massage school to get certified for these different techniques. But often the question is in reference to deep tissue/treatment and relaxation. So here is my soap box about that.

During my brief adventure in teaching at East West College, students would say “I’m only going to do treatment massage.” or “I only want to do relaxation massage.” Here’s the thing. Every massage should ultimately be relaxing the muscle tissue, and thus every massage will have theraputic benefit. The trick is tailor fitting the massage to the individuals needs. So… a treatment massage should be a relaxing massage, and a relaxation massage should be treating the clients soft tissue needs.

Welcome Face Book Party People!!!

Bloom Organic Body — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Bloom!!!

Hope you had a good time on our little face book party tonight. Looking forward to seeing you all at Bloom for your Hot Stone Neck & Shoulder Therapies very soon. Cheers!

Simplify

Bloom Organic Body — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:32:18 +0000

In an attempt to simplify my life, I am changing my web site to a wordpress blog. Please forgive me as I muddle my way through this learning process. Thanks for your patience. In the end we will have a clean presentation of our services as well as an interactive blog!!!! In the meantime, if you need info that is not posted yet, give us a call @ 360-834-1886.