Nourish Holistic Health

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CACI Facelift & Body Treatments Nourish is based in Ashford, Kent.

I offer numerous types of holistic and complimentary treatments as well as CACI Non-Surgical Lift and Rejuvenation. Nourish was formed to offer high quality treatments in a relaxing environment.

In its most basic form, holistic therapy addresses the mind, body, and spirit to support health and healing. Holistic th...
25/05/2024

In its most basic form, holistic therapy addresses the mind, body, and spirit to support health and healing. Holistic therapy may be a buzzword in the mental health space today, but it has existed for centuries.

Older 2007 research credits ancient Greek philosopher Hippocrates as one historical figure who laid the foundations for holistic therapy. Different forms of holistic therapy also existed in traditional medicine systems, such as Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

Peer-reviewed research suggests that holistic therapy can help improve overall mental well-being and may offer benefits for:
- depression
- anxiety
- stress
- cognitive function
- family communication
- addiction
- trauma
- chronic pain

A 2019 randomized control trial of 230 adolescent females in India suggests that individuals who underwent a 1-month holistic-based stress management program were less stressed, anxious, and depressed than the control group.

A 2017 study of 40 healthy adults indicates that diaphragmatic breathing, a common tool in holistic therapy, could improve cognitive function and lower stress responses.

Common types of complementary therapies included in holistic therapy are:
- breathwork 💕
- meditation 🧘‍♀️
- stress management
- general therapy
- hypnosis
- cognitive behavioral therapy
- yoga
- acupuncture
- massage 💆🏼‍♀️
- tai chi
- grounding
- cranial sacral therapy
- reiki 💫
- sound baths

20 years ago today... I qualified as a Beauty Therapist 🤓 Thank you to each and every one of you who have supported me, ...
17/05/2024

20 years ago today... I qualified as a Beauty Therapist 🤓 Thank you to each and every one of you who have supported me, and Nourish, over the years - couldn't do it without you 🥰

Let's celebrate 🥳 as there's sunshine too 😎 *Edit: Was sunshine...

20% off treatments booked and paid for today 💜

Self-talk is the way you talk to yourself, or your inner voice. You might not be aware that you're doing it, but you alm...
14/05/2024

Self-talk is the way you talk to yourself, or your inner voice. You might not be aware that you're doing it, but you almost certainly are. This inner voice combines conscious thoughts with inbuilt beliefs and biases to create an internal monologue throughout the day.

Self-talk is important because it has a big impact on how you feel and what you do. It can be supportive and beneficial, motivating you, or it can be negative, undermining your confidence. Your self-talk can affect your mental health and your relationships with others.

If you mainly think negatively about yourself, you will feel bad most of the time. This can drag you down or if you’re down, it can be hard to get back up. Negative self-talk is often experienced by people who have depression or anxiety. The constant negative chatter can be overwhelming and difficult to break out of. Negative self-talk can make it more difficult to deal with chronic pain. It can also affect a person’s sexual confidence and body image. Negative self-talk can lead to stress and a tendency towards perfectionism.

💜 Tips to stop negative self-talk 💜

- Be aware of what you’re saying to yourself. Just the act of stopping and recognising negative thoughts for what they are, is the first step to working through the problem. Ask yourself, would you talk like this to someone else?

- Challenge your thoughts. Ask yourself — is it true? (often it’s not). Ask yourself if there’s another explanation or way of looking at a situation. Remember that many things you worry about don’t happen. Much negative self-talk is exaggerated.

- Put your thoughts into perspective (so what?). Try and look at things from a different perspective. Perhaps from a different person’s perspective. Try writing your thoughts down or saying them out loud. Ask yourself will this matter in a few year’s time?

- Stop the thought. You can do this ‘thought stopping’ technique visually — by imagining the thought being stopped or squashed etc — or by having a little ritual.

- Replace the thought with a neutral or positive thought. Ask yourself — what is a more helpful thought?

One Mineral, Many Responsibilities! helps to regulate and facilitate many essential bodily functions. “Perhaps its most...
21/04/2024

One Mineral, Many Responsibilities!

helps to regulate and facilitate many essential bodily functions. “Perhaps its most important job is to enable healthy enzyme function,” says internal medicine specialist, Dana Habash-Bseiso, MD. “Magnesium is involved in more than 300 different enzyme activities that help to regulate biochemical reactions in our body,” she adds.

Magnesium also plays a crucial role in supporting the following aspects of our health:

💜 Heart health. Regulates nerve and muscle function throughout the body, including the heart muscle. Magnesium helps the heart maintain a healthy rhythm and is involved in the regulation of blood pressure and cholesterol production.

💪🏻 Bone health. Crucial for normal bone structure, magnesium plays a critical role in both bone formation and the maintenance of bone density as we age.

🤓 Metabolic health. Facilitates the digestion of fatty acids and proteins and helps to regulate blood glucose levels.

😴 Sleep. Plays a key role in supporting deep, restorative sleep by regulating certain neurotransmitters that calm the nervous system and allow the brain to transition to a restful state.

😵‍💫 Stress management. Helps to reduce the levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the body.

Saturday morning swim 🏊‍♀️ Baltic 🥶 But beautiful xxThe Benefits of Swimming in the Sea A whopping 7.5 million people (a...
20/04/2024

Saturday morning swim 🏊‍♀️ Baltic 🥶 But beautiful xx

The Benefits of Swimming in the Sea
A whopping 7.5 million people (and growing) enjoy outdoor swimming thanks to its positive impact on the body and mind. Cold water swimming, or wild swimming, offers unique health benefits that you only get from swimming in nature’s cool waters.

https://www.padstowsealifesafaris.co.uk/blog/benefits-of-the-sea/

Reflexology 👣 45m, £30The benefits of include its ability to stimulate nerve function, increase energy, boost circulat...
19/04/2024

Reflexology 👣 45m, £30

The benefits of include its ability to stimulate nerve function, increase energy, boost circulation, induce a deep state of , eliminate toxins, stimulate the central nervous system, prevent migraines, clean up urinary tract conditions, speed-up recovery after injury or surgery, help relieve sleep disorders, reduce and relieve pain.

Reflexology is an alternative treatment for a wide variety of conditions, as mentioned above, and has been in use for thousands of years. The ancient Chinese and Egyptians have documented practices similar to reflexology as a treatment for certain afflictions. It involves the reflexologist applying pressure to specific areas in the hands, feet and ears that affect certain reflex areas of the body.

As our bodies age, our nerve endings become less sensitive in parts of our body, particularly in our extremities. That being said, reflexology has been connected with stimulating more than 7,000 different nerve endings in a single session, thereby increasing their function and reactivity. Openinh neural pathways can help improve functionality and flexibility in many areas around the body. Neural pathways are like muscles, so it is good to work them once in a while to keep them sharp!

As mentioned above, reflexology has been known to open neural pathways, and this sort of free-flowing neural activity results in a more relaxed state in the body. For this reason, reflexology can flood your system with relaxation, inducing a state of calm throughout your body and mind. In this same vein, reflexology is commonly used to cure sleep disorders. Insomnia can be a very troubling condition but reflexology helps your body relax and get back to its normal, healthy Circadian rhythms.

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10/04/2024

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I asked, you answered, I delivered 😘Now a permanent addition to the Treatment Menu 🥳
10/04/2024

I asked, you answered, I delivered 😘

Now a permanent addition to the Treatment Menu 🥳

Massage is perhaps one of the oldest healing traditions. Many ancient peoples – including the Ancient Greeks, Egyptians,...
06/04/2024

Massage is perhaps one of the oldest healing traditions. Many ancient peoples – including the Ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Chinese and Indians – were convinced of the therapeutic properties of and used it to treat a variety of ailments.

Research indicates that massage is effective in managing:

- subacute/chronic low back pain
- delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)
- anxiety
- stress
- soft tissue injuries
- high blood pressure
- insomnia
- osteoarthritis
- headaches

One of the immediate benefits of massage is a feeling of deep and calm. This occurs because massage prompts the release of – the brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) that produce feelings of wellbeing.

Levels of stress hormones, such as adrenalin, cortisol and norepinephrine, are also reduced. Studies indicate that high levels of stress hormones impair the immune system.

Some of the physical benefits of massage include:

- reduced muscle tension
- improved circulation
- stimulation of the lymphatic system
- reduction of stress hormones
- relaxation
- increased joint range of motion
- improved skin tone
- improved recovery of soft tissue injuries
- heightened mental alertness
- reduced anxiety and depression

Think of cortisol as nature’s built-in alarm system ⏰️ It’s your body’s main hormone. It works with certain parts of y...
01/04/2024

Think of cortisol as nature’s built-in alarm system ⏰️ It’s your body’s main hormone. It works with certain parts of your brain to control your mood, motivation, and fear.

Your adrenal glands -- triangle-shaped organs at the top of your kidneys -- make cortisol.

🤓 Cortisol plays an important role in a number of things your body does;

Manages how your body uses carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
Keeps inflammation down
Regulates your blood pressure
Increases your blood sugar (glucose)
Controls your sleep/wake cycle
Boosts energy so you can handle stress and restores balance afterwards

After the pressure or danger has passed, your cortisol level should calm down. Your heart, blood pressure, and other body systems will get back to normal.

🤔 But what if you’re under constant stress and the alarm button stays on?

It can derail your body’s most important functions. It can also lead to a number of health problems;

Anxiety and depression
Headaches
Heart disease
Memory and concentration problems

Massage therapy is one of many ways to cope with stress 👇🏼

https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/massage-for-depression-anxiety-and-stress

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28/03/2024

Spring doing its thing 😋

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