Cate A. Clark, LMT

River Stone Restorative Massage
About the Massage

Deep Relaxation Therapy
Heated river stones, of smoothly polished basalt, glide over oiled skin to warm the tissue and prepare your body to receive a seamlessly integrated blend of Swedish, Deep Relaxation and Deep Tissue massage. Heat and pressure are adjusted to your individual needs and preferences. This luxuriant massage promotes increased circulation, muscle tension relief, and a deeply revitalizing state of calmness and well being. Sessions are available to last from 30 minutes to 2 hours.

River Stone

Back, Neck, Shoulders
With or without Hot Stones, this focused treatment improves circulation, relieves muscle tension and promotes a revitalizing state of calm and well being. Session times can vary from 30 minutes to an hour.
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Sunflower

CranioSacral Therapy

There is a rhythm that can be felt anywhere in the body. It is subtler than blood pulse and subtler than the rhythm of breath. Using the gentlest of touch and pressure, the CrainoSacral Rhythm can be assessed and restored where it is lacking due to soft tissue restrictions.  CranioSacral Therapy is a very gentle treatment given over a clothed body and takes about 45 minutes.

The American Cancer Society understands that Craniosacral Therapy can be advantageous for individuals with cancer, including those with mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer attributed to previous asbestos exposure. When used in harmony with cancer treatment methods like chemotherapy or radiation, Craniosacral Therapy may relieve headaches and pain throughout the body, restore a feeling of balance and calm, and can even promote immune system function. For more mesothelioma information please visit Mesothelioma.com.
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Labyrinth

Lymph Drainage Therapy
Pumped by the heart muscle, the blood circulates through the body at a rate of about 8400 liters per day. By contrast, lymph is circulated by the pumping action of muscle movement at a rate of about 1.5 to 3 liters per day.  As a crucial part of the body’s amazing and complex immune system, the job of the lymph system is to “kill the bad guys and take out the trash”. Lymph Drainage Therapy is a very gentle treatment given without oil on bare skin. The session takes about 45 minutes.
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Bellybutton

Jai Ji Therapy

The Ohm vibration is a powerful catalyst for accessing our body’s innate healing ability. Ohm is an earth tone, based on the elliptical orbit of the earth as it travels around the sun. Ohm is universally considered sacred and healing; it is clinically shown to be a safe, effective and therapeutic sound frequency. Resonating with Ohm re-connects us to the earth, positively affecting our biological rhythms and circadian clock. As we begin to sync or “entrain” with natural cycles, it enables us to find our balance. A Jai Ji treatment is given on a clothed body on a massage table. This rhythmic and deeply relaxing treatment focuses on a group of points used to open the flow of energy from the neck down through the back muscles to legs and feet. As a group, these points empower a person to access deep sources of inner strength and to clear obstructions that cause pain and discomfort. This treatment balances the autonomic nervous system, restores chi and blood flow to all 12 meridians / organ systems as well as benefiting the back and the joints.  The session takes about 45 minutes and can be extended to last an hour.
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Chimes

Hand and Foot Reflexology

Reflexology is a form of energy medicine used to correct imbalances and blockages that contribute to chronic disease. Reflexology is based on the principle that specific points on the feet, hands and ears correspond to specific bodily organs. Massaging these corresponding points indirectly affects the corresponding organs and has the ability to stimulate, heal, and anesthetize these organs. Hand and/or Foot Reflexology sessions are given on the bare skin of hands and feet with the clothed body resting comfortably on the massage table. Session times vary from 45 to 90 minutes.
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Foot

Deep Tissue
“Deep Tissue” work releases chronic patterns of muscular tension using slow strokes and direct pressure directed across the grain of muscles. It is applied with greater pressure to deeper layers of muscle, and with greater specificity than Swedish massage. In many areas of the body, the muscles are arranged in layers. Deep tissue massage techniques are designed to reach these deep muscles or the deeper portions of thick muscles. Deep Tissue treatments are available in session times of 30 minutes to one hour.
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Shelf

Swedish Massage
“Deep Tissue” work releases chronic patterns of muscular tension using slow strokes and direct pressure directed across the grain of muscles. It is applied with greater pressure to deeper layers of muscle, and with greater specificity than Swedish massage. In many areas of the body, the muscles are arranged in layers. Deep tissue massage techniques are designed to reach these deep muscles or the deeper portions of thick muscles. Deep Tissue treatments are available in session times of 30 minutes to one hour.
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Glass

Deep Relaxation
Deep Relaxation Massage or Stress Reduction Massage Therapy focuses on decreasing overall muscle tension in the body. This is achieved through hands on general massage therapy techniques that bolster the parasympathetic nervous system while calming the sympathetic nervous system. Deep Relaxation Massage helps the body find balance, and when the body finds balance it is in a much better place to deal with the demands we place upon it and to heal itself. Sessions available in time lengths of 30 minutes to 2 hours.

Parasympathetic Nervous System:
Slows heart rate, aids in better digestive function through increasing intestinal peristalsis and gland activity it also induces relaxation.

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Sympathetic Nervous System: Increases heart rate, constricts blood vessels, and raises blood pressure.
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Reiki
Reiki is a very gentle, hands-on relaxation technique which brings the body into harmony by relieving physical and emotional blockages. Reiki can heal the cause and eliminate the effects of an imbalance. Reiki helps minimize any sense of helplessness when facing disease or the trauma of modern society. Reiki can be used in conjunction with standard medical procedures and religious belief without conflict. Sessions are available in 30 to 60 minute times.
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