For the month of July, prenatal massage is 15% off! We also have on going prenatal yoga classes on Mondays & Tuesdays with Dianna Lucas as well as Mama To Be Massage & Yoga packages.

Massage therapy has been shown to provide numerous health and wellness benefits for all people in all walks of life. Many of these benefits can also help pregnant women during a time of change and growth. Pregnancy is a dramatic shift in a woman’s life — from a growing belly causing aches and pains through out the body, from Baby putting pressure on internal organs leading to heart burn, indigestion, and nausea and all the stresses, anxieties, and joys of getting ready to welcome Baby earthside. During this time of great growth, massage therapy from experience massage therapists brings the mama-to-be back into a place of centered calm and comfort. Receiving regular massage during pregnancy is a great boon to a new mother, a true chance to slow down and connect with her baby while taking care of herself, helping her body grow a new life, and prepare for the big day of delivery.

 Just give us a call for more information or check it out here on our website – you can also schedule online by hitting the “book an appointment” button above .

Alive’s Hot List 2013 is full of great shout outs to local businesses. Indigo is honored to be named “Best Massage Therapy” by the magazine. Check out the digital version of this months magazine for more great local businesses!

 

“Before Western medical practices displaced traditional midwifery, the touch and massage of a midwife or birth attendant was a central component of prenatal care around the world. In the absence of obstetrical tools and gadgets, a midwife had her eyes, ears and hands to diagnose and assist pregnant women. Honed by constant practice, the midwife’s senses of observation and intuition were finely tuned. Today, traditional healers and midwives skillfully integrate the ancient healing arts of massage and midwifery, as they have for thousands of years.”

More on the fascinating subject of touch and prenatal care here!

The chakra system originated in India between 1500 and 500 BC in the oldest text called the Vedas. Evidence of chakras, spelled cakra, is also found in the Shri Jabala Darshana Upanishad, the Cudamini Upanishad, the Yoga-Shikka Upanishad and the Shandilya Upanishad. According to the scholar Anodea Judith in her book the Wheels of Life, knowledge of the chakra system was passed down through an oral tradition by the Indo-Eurpoean people, also called the Aryan people. The Chakra system was traditionally an Eastern philosophy until New Age authors, like Anodea Judith, resonated with the idea and wrote about the chakras, expanding upon the older texts and making the knowledge more accesible.

What is a chakra? The word is defined as a spinning disk or wheel; a chakra on the human body is a spinning disk or wheel of energy that runs along the spine. There are seven ‘main’ chakras along the spine, though some say there are as many as 114 all over the body.  The health of one’s chakras is directly connected to the health of the physical body, the mind, and the emotional wellbeing of a person.

The chakra system and yoga have been interlaced since the beginning. Dianna Lucas will be leading a workshop on Wednesday, 3/27 about chakras and yoga – click here to register!

Naturally End Pain with the MELT Method   by Sue Hitzmann

Can you really get out of chronic pain without medication or surgery? For the 100 million people who live with pain, I have good news. There’s a simple solution that you can do on your own, at home, to get out and stay out of pain.

Regardless of what initially seemed to cause your pain – illness, disease, surgery, pregnancy, injury, or perhaps you are just assuming your pain is caused by aging – I believe the reason your pain became chronic is the same for everyone.

Click here to read the rest of the article.  Indigo is featuring the MELT Method Self-Care Intro Workshop (hands/feet) on Tuesday, 3/5   6p-7:30p. Register Here! We also have the MELT Foam Roller Series for three Saturdays 3/9, 3/23, 3/30 1p-2:30p. Register Here!

What’s a great way to reboot your yoga practice for the new years? Women’s Health recommends Tree Pose to tone your abs, clear your mind, and hone your focus. 

Don’t have any new goals for the new year? No worries! Indigo is offering a new workshop with Katie Bohn called “New Year, New Inspiration” that focus on rejuvenating you physically, mentally and spiritually with Katie’s gentle guidance.

We wish you all the best of the best in this coming year and hope to see you soon!

 

Winter is a time of extremes – you love the cold air and dark nights or you hate them, Nature takes a break, yet it seems that we keep pushing harder than ever with a whirlwind of festivities, gatherings, and visiting family. We become more aware than ever of the blessings of bounty we have that some lack. Winter has long been an inspiration to writers across the ages; here are a few quotes that Indigo loves!

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
― Edith Sitwell

I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind

“Snow flurries began to fall and they swirled around people’s legs like house cats. It was magical, this snow globe world.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, The Sugar Queen

“And don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It’s quiet, but the roots are down there riotous.” – Rumi

What are some of your favorite quotes about winter?

 

 

Our Holiday Gift Card Sale Starts Now!

Gift Cards for select massage therapy sessions are 20% off                                                          60min and 90min appointments – our most popular massage lengths! You can also treat your partner or a special couple in your life to 20% off a 60 or 90 minute couples massage.

There are several ways to purchase gift certificates – by phone, by visiting our lovely office in Benton Park, or through our new online system where you can send the gift directly to the recipient, schedule a delivery date, or print the gift to give to them. If purchasing online, please make sure you are in the “Gift Cards” section of the site!

 

Click here for our online store!

Indigo’s office hours are as follows – stay tuned for updated times and dates as the holidays approach!

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY: 9:30AM – 5:00PM

TUESDAY: 11:00AM – 5:00PM

SATURDAY: 11:00AM – 3:OOPM

As always, if you have any questions please give us a call or email.

Our Holiday Gift Card Sale is starting now!

Gift Cards for massage therapy sessions are 20% off – $56 for a one hour therapeutic massage or $80 for a 90 minute therapeutic massage! You can also treat your partner or a special couple in your life to a one hour or 90 minute couples massage.

There are several ways to purchase gift certificates – by phone, by visiting our lovely office in Benton Park, or through our new online system where you can send the gift directly to the recipient, schedule a delivery date, or print the gift to give to them. If purchasing online, please make sure you are in the “Gift Cards” section of the site!

Click here for our online store!

Indigo’s office hours are as follows – stay tuned for updated times and dates as the holidays approach!

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:30am – 5:00pm

Tuesday: 11:00am – 5:00pm

Saturday: 11:00am – 3:oopm

As always, if you have any questions at all please give us a call or email.

John Jeremiah Sullivan of the New York Times, was tasked by his editors to get as many massage therapy and bodywork sessions as he could and then write an article about it. Coming from a skeptical point of view, Sullivan goes to several different spas, practices, and offices to check out the many offerings of bodywork – finally coming to the conclusion that “…maybe that’s what massage is to a lot of people, those who don’t have chronic pain or migraines — it’s enforced meditation for those of us too distracted to meditate. You’re paying someone to meditate you. It’s not anything they’re doing, necessarily. It’s that they open a little window. They give you an excuse to lie there in silence and pay a deeper attention to the fact that you exist. The true value of shamanism may be a concealed one, that it holds us in place and says this.”

We agree.