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Aromatherapy Massage

This treatment combines specialized massage techniques with the healing effects of pure essential oils. A full-body massage that promotes the elimination of toxins, strengthens the immune system, increases circulation and aids in achieving a healthy balance of mind, body and spirit.

Head, Neck & Shoulders

This massage concentrates on the head, neck and shoulder areas that are associated with tension and tend to causes chronic pain.

Pregnancy Massage

Ease to-be-mom sensitive muscles and give the baby a treat, too. A special massage designed to alleviate leg; hip and lower back pain due to bodily adjustments of pregnancy. Not recommended during the first trimester or for those experiencing a high-risk pregnancy.

Reflexology

Compression is used on specific reflex points in the hands and feet. These points correlate to individual organs and other parts of the body. This therapeutic technique helps re-establish energy flow and enhance circulation. Not recommended for pregnant women, those suffering from high blood pressure or those on medication for blood thinning.

Sports Massage

This massage aids in relaxation and recovery after strenuous workouts. This deep-tissue massage uses slow, very firm pressure and stretching to manipulate specific muscle groups while soothing sore muscles and increasing range of motion.

Stone Massage

Smooth basalt rocks are heated in water. The therapist holds the stones in their hands and massage oil is used to help them glide across the body. The heat within the stones helps penetrate deep into muscle tissue inducing relaxation without overheating or over-stimulating the muscle.

Thai Massage

This unique experience features a choreographed series of assisted stretches, combining acupressure and yoga positions to warm the muscles and encourage energy flow. You’ll receive this treatment in the traditional style on a mat. Please wear loose-fitting, comfortable clothing.

Swedish Massage

The most popular form of massage helps maintain and rehabilitate physical functioning and enhances your health by working on the muscular, nervous and circulatory systems.

Temazcal

Temazcal is a pre-Hispanic bath used as spiritual practice from the many cultures of America, a sacred ritual for healing and purification.

For thousands of years prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1519 the indigenous people of Mesoamerica developed a highly advanced civilization. Herbal medicine and natural health practices were established throughout the area.

Temazcal, the herbal steam bath was a vital part of traditional life and was used for well being, treatment of many ills and as a religious ritual to purify and clean the mind, body and spirit and its name given to it by the Aztecs, temazcal, a nahualt word that means “The house of Vapor” Temaz=Vapor, Calli=House.

In the last decade there has been a great interest in the ancient natural medicine that has spread across the country, including the temazcal, curative steam baths, which uses hot rocks, water and curative plants such as peppertree leaves, rosemary, basil and eucalyptus and is still a right of renovation, a spiritual encounter between mother earth and humans.

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Counting Calories
The number of calories consumed and the number used as energy determine weight. If more calories are consumed than burned, the result is weight gain. To maintain your weight, you must consume the same number of calories you burn but to lose weight, you must consume fewer calories than you burn.

Simply controlling grams of fat consumed, which was popular nutrition advice in the past, does not necessarily result in a reduction in calories.

If you have not count how many calories you are eating or you only count portions it could be you are eating more than you realize. Or you might take in fewer calories than you should, which causes your metabolism to shut down and go into starvation mode and save those calories.

So you need to balance practical and realistic expectations with a nutrition program that gets results. Create a daily menu including calories, protein, carbohydrates and fats. After you have your menu, print it, stick it on your daily planner so you can have an eating objective for the day, with a calorie target.

Fiber
Fiber has little nutritional value, but prevents constipation and reduces intestinal disorders such as diverticulitis. A High-fiber diet may lower cancer rates and lower levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. Almost all fiber comes from plants, mainly legumes, whole fruits, green leafy vegetables, whole grains, and bran.

More of these types of foods can be eaten without consuming lots of calories, and should be included in the diet where possible. The sensation of filling is because fiber absorbs water as it moves through the digestive tract. Low calorie fiber rich snacks include: rice cakes, carrots, air-popped popcorn, apples and other fresh fruits.

A well-balanced, varied diet is recommended for a healthy lifestyle. For information on how to increase the fiber in your diet contact a specialist dietitian or your doctor.

If you want to remain healthy, some of the choices you can eliminate from your diet include:

These foods contain empty calories without adding any nutritional value.

Healthy Food Alternatives:

OVERWEIGHT
In some people, obesity seems to be a genetic characteristic, and typically become progressively and severely overweight even before adolescence.

The definition of obesity is a chronic condition defined by an excess amount of body fat. The normal amount of body fat that is necessary for storing energy, heat insulation, shock absorption, and other functions is between 25-30% in women and 18-23% in men. Women and men with over 30% and 25% body fat respectively are considered obese.

Being overweight is a risk factor of many disorders, including hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus, and, in women, endometrial carcinoma and can lead to potentially fatal cardiopulmonary disease. Obesity has diverse factors, such as excessive eating, genetic predisposition, social class norms, nutrient availability and density, basal and exercise-dependent energy expenditure, and, occasionally, underlying medical, neurological, or psychiatric disorders. In general, the more severe the weight abnormality and the earlier it manifests, the more likely genetic or medical factors are involved. Binge-eating disorders present in approximately 25% of obese individuals.