WELCOME to our Autumn – Newsletter

We are currently operational and functioning as normal!

The well being of our clients is our top priority. If you have a scheduled appointment , please let us know if any of the following apply to you:

Within the last 14 days:

• Recently returned from overseas
• You have had known contact with any person tested positive with COVID-19
• You have flu like symptoms.

If any of the above apply to you please contact us on 5223 2370 before attending your appointment.

Self-Acceptance – Stop Beating Yourself Up

For change to occur within us, self-acceptance is considered the prerequisite. It can be achieved by stopping criticizing and beating ourselves up. That is, tolerating and accepting of our imperfections.

So what is Self-Acceptance?

• the awareness of one's strengths and weaknesses,
• the realistic (yet subjective) appraisal of one's talents, capabilities, and general worth, and,
• feelings of satisfaction with one's self despite deficiencies and regardless of past behaviours and choices.

Self-acceptance involves self-understanding, a realistic, albeit subjective, awareness of one's strengths and weaknesses. It results in an individual's feeling about oneself that they are of "unique worth".

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Why Massage?

Through the centuries massage has been used, and it has been shown to have many benefits for body and mind, it is still used today for the very same reasons. Massage is used to heal and to nurture. It improves circulation, immune function, muscle tone, mental and physical health. Massage can be a part of your health maintenance program, a time to nurture yourself, time out to relax and allow the body to heal. It reconnects Mind and Body.

There are many studies to show that massage helps to reduce stress, anxiety, depression, relief of digestive disorders, nerve pain, headache, chronic pain and insomnia to name a few. I also offer Manual Lymphatic Drainage, which uses specific techniques to help relieve inflammation, help the body to detox, relax, reduce chronic pain, inflammation and reduce healing time post-surgery or injury. It can be part of a decongestive therapy plan for Lymphoedema or Lipodema.

A review study on massage found that levels of the stress hormone cortisol dropped 31% following a massage while levels of feel-good hormones like dopamine and serotonin increased roughly 30%. That’s why it feels so good and you feel relaxed after a treatment. In fact, pain reduction—along with depression relief—is one of the benefits that research has most consistently linked to massage, says Tiffany Field, director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami.

“Pressure receptors under the skin, when stimulated, increase vagal activity,” she says, referring to the vagus nerve, a major component of the human nervous system that plays a role in autonomic functions like heart rate, breathing and digestion.Increased activity in the vagus nerve could have—among other benefits—a meditation-like calming effect, which would explain the drop in cortisol and other stress-related symptoms.

So next time your having a massage be mindful of the behind the scenes work of the body to help you feel relaxed, for tension to be eased, where healing can take place.

You can book online at www.dysonmassage.com.au or phone Geelong Bodi & Mind on 5223 2370. I work Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.

I look forward to meeting and treating you to help you be the best version of you.

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ROASTED PUMPKIN, WALNUT & KALE SALAD

You have just found your new favourite salad recipe!

This fresh and easy salad makes a tasty meal on its own or a nice side dish to any main. Bursting with delicious orange flavours, featuring our Blood Orange Fig Dressing.

Recipe by Daen's Kitchen.

INGREDIENTS

• 4 tbsp Blood Orange Fig Dressing

• ½ pumpkin sliced into wedges and skin removed

• ½ tsp cumin

• ½ tsp cinnamon

• 1 tbsp Virgin Olive Oil

• 1 ½ tbsp Blossom Honey

• 1 bunch kale

• 1 pomegranate seeds

• ½ cup walnuts

• 50g goats cheese

• Flakey sea salt and freshly cracked pepper

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees celsius.
2. Place the pumpkin onto a pre lined baking tray and sprinkle the cumin and cinnamon powder and a pinch of salt and pepper all over. Drizzle with the honey and olive oil and massage into the pumpkin. Roast for 20 - 25 minutes until soft and slightly caramalised.
3. In a large bowl, add the kale and drizzle with 3 tbsp of Rich Glen's Blood Orange Fig dressing. Massage the dressing into the kale and leave to sit for 5 minutes.
4. Add the roasted pumpkin, pomegranate seeds, walnuts and goats cheese to the bowl with the kale. Finish off by drizzling 1 tbsp of the dressing and all over. Serve immediately.