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Karool Massage - What's New?
Embrace Your INNER SHARK
Some of my clients have heard me speak about the benefits of embracing your ‘Inner Shark’. I’m speaking about the amazing abilities of the shark to move with grace and fluidity all through the day—perhaps that’s one reason this prehistoric creature continues to live amongst us today with such vitality.
As part of our modern life style it is quite typical to feel like we just don’t have enough time in our day? Day to day life is busy and can be stressful. Many of us regard ‘exercise’ as something we do recreationally and outside our normal working day. This may form only a small part of our daily activities, if at all. When we decide to ‘do’ the exercise, it can be too rushed or intense and is something we need to "warm up" for or risk injury. Compared with our recent ancestors and from an evolutionary perspective, this is something of an aberration; our hunter-gatherer relatives would have in effect been exercising all day long. Physical activity is what we are designed for and what we repeatedly need in order to condition us for the demands of physical stress. Or in the case of my friend the shark—they die if they stop moving. It should therefore be no surprise that functional disorders, including pain and disability of the musculoskeletal system are associated with how we habitually use our bodies and our level of conditioning.
I tell my clients that having a massage is wonderful but it’s only one piece of the puzzle. Keeping the body fit requires a commitment to make time for your self. Massage is one aspect, and can be a catalyst for getting other issues sorted in the exercise and mind-body dept.
So, next time you’re enjoying a Karool Massage, couple it w/a walk around the lake, a bike ride through the forest, or a yoga class in a quiet place. Then do it again.
Be good to yourself, you only get one of you.
