Ever wondered how high your personal stress level is? Here is a great tool - the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale. This tool developed by psychiatrists in 1967 helps you measure the stress load you carry, and think about what you could do about it. Obviously the death of a spouse is ranking at the top. But even pregnancy, moving house, and a career step adds a lot of stress to our life. Mostly it is not a single event, but the sum of several at one time, that pushes us 'over the edge'.

                                                                  check your personal stress scale here

Massage is one of the most effective ways to help prevent and manage stress! No wonder, as massage not only reduces muscular tensions, but activates the parasympathetic nervous system ( the 'rest & digest' response) and helps you get back into balance.
So if you score high in the test - maybe it is time to give me a call...

Another beautiful weekend! This one I didn't spend out in the sun, but at yet another training. I took a closer look at one of my "tools": a refresher in Holistic Pulsing.
The power of Holistic Pulsing lies in its softness. The gentle rocking creates ripples through the body, mobilising all the body fluids. Apart from being deeply relaxing, I found it especially effective in restoring freedom and mobility to the joints.

Going back to what I have already learnt is always a good experience: it deepens my understanding and gives me the opportunity to concentrate on the smaller details. With bodywork, a lot of learning actually happens through receiving. On a full weekend of hands-on training I learn not only to apply a technique, but also how it feels like on my own body. I notice the effect it has, sense what feels good - or not so good. And most of all: how it can feel even better! Often it is just a tiny change, that creates that difference in the quality of touch! And that is what I'm striving for...