Prenatal Massage

Pregnancy is full of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual changes and challenges. Massage is a wonderful way to honour yourself - body, mind and spirit - for the intense work that you are engaged in.

Increased weight and the changes in both your hormones and structural alignment combine with the emotional stresses often experienced during this time to contribute to physical distress and tension. Massage addresses many of the aches and pains experienced during pregnancy and helps to instil a feeling of well-being. Receiving regular massage is preventative, restorative and pleasurable and can help you to prepare your body for labour and birth.

Circulation of both the blood and lymphatic systems is also improved with massage which results in better nutrition and more efficient elimination of toxins for you and the baby, as well as decreased swelling (edema) and varicose veins. Massage can also help you to train your mind and body for one of the most important parts of birth: noticing tight muscles and being able to relax them. Regular massage throughout pregnancy can contribute to a shorter labour and reduce distress, complications and interventions.*

*Field T; Hernandez-ReifM; et al., "Pregnant Women Benefit from Massage Therapy". J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 1999 March: 31-38.