Inspire Massage Therapy

13/06/2025

Hi everyone, happy summer!
I hope you're all doing well.

I am opening up some availability in Cloverdale on Tuesdays and Fridays, and in Langley on Mondays.
If you're wanting to add more self-care into your life, and would like to book treatments with me, send a message and we'll find what works for you!

Take care. 🙏

22/09/2024

28/07/2024

I am thrilled to be part of this one year project to support connection, meaning, visibility, and legacy for olders living in care residences!
Please follow the page to follow the journey!
Thank you! 💜human.eyes

Through Human Eyes https://www.facebook.com/share/HKkSkz18b8x3tja5/?mibextid=qi2Omg

13/12/2023

☆SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT☆

My first book is being published this week!
I will be hosting an online book launch party over on Facebook on Tuesday, Dec 19th! It will be drop-in styles from 6am to 2pm Pacific. Come check out the event and enter to win some nifty prizes!

https://facebook.com/events/s/book-launch-party/894852959012814/?mibextid=Gg3lNB

Eeeeeee! 💜💜💜

Thanks to Shelly Lynn Hughes and pursuit:365 group !

05/07/2023

The choice to focus on a new perspective is always a possibility. Wake up and decide to let love make the decisions today, even if all circumstances are exactly the same as yesterday. There are millions of perspectives to choose from.

Sink into the most loving thought you can find and connect with it. Love it, and visualize it, loving you. Then go about your day, looking at everything you do with love. Ask yourself, how would love brush its teeth, or make breakfast, or enjoy food, how would it look at other commuters or interact with co-workers? How would it treat itself, would it forgive easier, rest more willingly, nourish itself with awareness, connection, and kind thoughts? How would it treat others?

If you thought about how to best connect with those you encounter in your day, what would you focus on? Do you believe communication would improve with those at work or at home? Might you relate to one another more consistently if daily intentions included cultivating relationships?

I tried an experiment for a few weeks at a fairly new job I held years ago. While I worked, I held an undercurrent of intention in mind to find a simple connection with every single staff member that I worked with on a daily basis. Because this was on my radar as a goal, my psyche pointed out any little thread that I could tug on that might create a bridge between my heart and theirs.

After a few weeks, the experiment felt like a river of miracles. One by one, something in common would surface that increased the pleasure in our interactions until there were actual connections discovered in the colliding of two worlds. At least, two of my different worlds came together when a co-worker realized she was a great friend of my sisters when they were younger. We just hadn't recognized each other.

Most humans have the capacity to hold more than one intention in mind, especially if each day consists of routine. If you've never played with a full day of curiosity and relational intention, why not try it tomorrow and see what happens?

13/06/2023

Why is our culture so afraid of aging and dying? We have all been touched by life-altering or life-ending disease. We've been affected by the way we ourselves or our loved ones have been cared for by our healthcare systems.

The way we view what happens in later years contributes to the aversion we have for facing these topics.

From the perspective of a Registered Massage Therapist who cares for the eldery and the dying in care homes, hospice, and hospitals, I have seen some needs of the community, ways we could get there, and the possibility of exceptional experiences in human dignity and care that can change the way we think about our future.

Even if patients are well cared for by nurses and doctors, there is often still something missing. Someone who is there solely to be a compassionate witness for this whole human, going through a possibly harrowing experience. Someone who listens and pays attention, who knows how and when to give safe, nurturing touch that helps calm the nervous system.

It's wonderful if that compassionate presence is a loved one. However, it's not always possible. Many times, family and friends have work or other obligations and can be there for short periods. Many are worried when visiting and can't be present for their loved one, as they are also deep in feelings of grief or fear, coupled with all the other concerns in their lives.

Nurses have so much to think about, crucial tasks to perform, and with few exceptions must keep an eye on several patients. RMTs and end of life doulas are excellent bridges between what nurses offer and what loved ones can do. Studies have shown that massage therapy reduces pain medication needs, helps patients feel more heard, and makes nurses' jobs easier. In Canada, RMTs are not widely employed in hospitals, hospice, or care homes, where kind, nurturing touch would be most beneficial. Patients must pay separately if they want treatment.

Seeing our loved ones being cared for in a way that improves quality of life in their elder years and at the end of life would be a good start to mitigating the fear of aging and hopefully lead to other beautiful shifts in the way we approach living...and dying.

This is a fantastic and insightful study called, "I didn't know massage could do that." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32951756/

09/02/2023

This is excellent information for anyone wanting to know more about Massage Therapy in context to trauma and safety in treatment.

A Trauma-Informed RMT cultivates trust, safety, clear communication, collaboration and choice.

17/01/2023

Friendly reminder...

13/12/2022

Take care of you this year. ❤️

22/11/2022

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