Retreat Garden

31/07/2022

Great post by
"Your spine isn’t like a tower of Jenga blocks ready to topple over with a gust of wind…

It’s more resilient than that!

And things like spinal manipulation can certainly help reduce pain and tightness and improve ROM, but not because it’s relocating a bone that is out of place.

If our vertebrae “slipped” out of place that easily, we’d be in trouble!!

Spinal manipulation can help to quickly desensitize the area around the joint (via neurophysiological effects) which produces immediate improvement in mobility and decreased pain

Manipulation CAN be a part of a solid treatment program, but our bias would be to follow that up with some movement and loading as well 😉

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23/07/2022

Being nominated for an award is an important milestone and succes for any bussiness or individual!
For those of you that know me well, you know i am not speechlees too often.
And now, this just happened!
Just learned that Retreat Garden has been nominated for The Best Wellness Clinic 2022 alongside other incredible and hard working difference makers out there.
I am honored and grateful to have been nominated for this award from the International Spa & Beauty Awards!

If you wish to contribute with your vote and give a chance to the practice to win this nomination, please follow the link and submit your vote! Voting will close on 10th of August!

https://internationalspaawards.com/app/isa-vote?nid=SmdyVkZqMUJydUtTUjd0WVlvSkgvZz09

Or visit our website, scroll down a little and follow the "Visit contest" button.

https://www.retreatgarden.nl/

I would like to thank my customers, friends and family, you all have been my greatest supporters, this prize if for you all and we all deserve to celebrate it!
Celebrations connect people and now more than ever celebrating and connecting is important to make a positive and meaningful impact in our lives and in the world.

06/07/2022

A roundup of all the most effective treatments and rehab strategies for common kinds and causes of chronic pain

18/05/2022

What is actually happening?

11/02/2022

Another great post about pain.

10/02/2022

The best posture is your next posture!
Can't get enough of saying this everyday, take multiple short breaks! It will make a difference.
Motion is lotion 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️
Oh, and have plenty or good sleep, really!
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Let's worry less about posture and focus more on movement!⁣
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The more you move, the less posture matters.⁣
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If you need to crank out an hour worth of emails, try not to sit like a gargoyle. Otherwise, focus more on taking small movement breaks every half hour.⁣
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Here are some movement break ideas:⁣
🔷Climb the nearest staircase⁣
🔷20 squats⁣
🔷10 push-ups⁣
🔷Reach for the sky then touch your toes 10x⁣
🔷Browse my recent posts and find an exercise or stretch that looks cool! ⁣via
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09/05/2021

Happy Mother's Day!

On this Earth there are so many wonderful women that will care for someone or something! Gratitude to all of you, making this life easier and safer.

Everyday is Mother's day for there is no love that can match a mother's love.
Congratulations to all the wonderful mothers out there. ❤️😊

Sending good vibes and lots of gratitude to all the supermoms out there❤️

23/02/2021

Dearest clients,

Very happy to announce that on 3rd of March, Retreat Garden is finally going to reopen!🍀

This time was indeed a long wait, I hope you are all safe and healthy and i can not wait to see each one of you for a treatment.💆🏽‍♀️
Just as a reminder, you all know, i take Covid protocol very seriously and I aim to maintain a safe and relaxing space for each treatment.

🌿 One customer per time in the practice.
🌿 Please use our disinfection station once you arrive for your treatment.
🌿 Please make sure you cancel your appointment in case you have any Covid symptoms.
As always, i will wear a mask 😷and make sure the practice is safely prepared for your relaxing treatment💆🏽‍♀️

Thank you all for your patience.🙏🏻
Hope to see you all very soon! 🍀

13/01/2021

Dearest customers,

As you may have heard on Tuesday's press conference, the government announced that the lockdown has been extended with 3 more weeks. That means, all non essential businesses will remain closed until 9th of February 2021 or until further notice.

Many of you have appointments booked with me, sadly, i will have to cancel them all. I will personally contact each one of you, to reschedule your appointments once we receive news from the government.

Sad news for all businesses out there, but i really hope this strict measures will help all of us to stay healthy and safe, so we can enjoy our life once this pandemic will get under control.

If you wish to purchase Gift Certificates for your friends, family or a nice treat for yourself, please feel free to contact me and I will make arrangements to post it to your address if needed.

You can find all contact details on the website, and you can easily WhatsApp me if you need any further information.

I’m very blessed to have the most amazing customers in the world! Thank you very much for your ongoing support throughout the year and for your kind and lovely messages.

Best wishes to everyone, safe and healthy in 2021!

With kind regards,

Bianca Butoi

25/12/2020

Merry Christmas to all my beloved friends from near and far.
Wishing you all a blessed and peaceful Christmas celebration with your dear ones🎄
Please, please stay safe and healthy, i hope to see you all once this pandemic will get under control.

15/12/2020

Dearest customers,

I hope this message finds you and your family safe and well.

I know this is a trying time for us all, full of contradictory information and uncertainty. However it appears that the vaccine is going to become available soon and life will slowly start getting back to normal. In the meantime, please continue to take all the reasonable precautions and follow the government advice. The most important thing right now is to stay healthy both mentally and physically.💚

As you may have heard on Monday evening, the government announced that we are going into our second strict lockdown. That means, all non essential businesses will be closing their doors starting from midnight of December 14th until January 19th 2021 or until further notice.

Many of you have appointments booked with me until late January, sadly, i will have to cancel them all. I will personally contact each one of you, to reschedule your appointments once we receive news from the government.

If you wish to purchase 🎁Gift Certificates🎁 for your friends, family or a nice treat for yourself, please feel free to contact me and I will make arrangements so you will receive them right on time for Christmas.
You can find all contact details on the website, and you can easily WhatsApp me if you need any further information.
www.retreatgarden.nl

I’m very blessed to have the most amazing customers in the world!❤Thank you very much for your ongoing support throughout the year.🙏🏻

Warmest greetings of the season from Retreat Garden, I hope you have a joyful and relaxing holiday season together with your dear ones!

Merry Christmas and I hope to see you all safe and healthy in 2021!

Warm wishes, Bianca

05/10/2020

Hello everyone, I've been quite absent from virtual space in the last few months, that is due to the fact that I was fully booked and there was not much time left 😊

Customers who come to my practice get my 100% attention and care.💆🏻‍♀️💆🏽‍♂️
But I didn't forget you, i will be soon coming with some posts and i'll try my best to improve my social media skills🤭, most of you know that i'm not very good at this :))

As well i would like to take this moment to thank every one of you that has been supporting my business 💚 I very much appreciate it and i feel blessed in so many ways💜🙏🏻
I understand that this are very difficult times for all of us, but I'm very happy to see that my practice is busy, so again, I'm very thankful for your ongoing support!💜🙏🏻

As for the new restrictions and rules, you all know, i have always maintained the highest hygiene standards in my massage practice and moving forward during this time of Covid-19 my protocols, policies and procedures has not changed very much, but i have slightly increased the measures to ensure your safety.

Since i reopen, immediately after the lockdown in May, i have always wore a mask during all treatments and i have increased the break time between appointments, in this way, there is plenty of time to clean, disinfect and properly ventilate the space.😷

I'm grateful to each one of you for your feedback, i was very pleased to see that you felt secure and safe durig your visit at Retreat Garden. I thank you as well for your cooperation and patience, together we can make this difficult times a little easier to navigate through. 💚💪

Measures stay the same:
🤒 feeling sick or having symptoms such as: nausea, fever, cough, general fatigue please cancel your appointment and stay home to recover.

Otherwise I'm very happy to see your booked appointment at www.retreatgarden.nl/book/

Have a safe&healthy autum everyone!!!!!🍁🍂

Warm wishes,
Bianca

24/05/2020

As a therapist is not easy to rewire your brain, but when you want the best for your customers nothing is too difficult!
The new crossed 😉😉
Knowledge is power!

CROSSED SYNDROME

I used to prescribe exercises according to crossed syndrome theories, and sometimes it worked.

Then I found out the science behind it and got pi**ed off that I was taught it in the first place.

It took a lot of backfire before I discovered other approaches and saw better examples in practice.

It takes courage and humility to acknowledge past misunderstandings and be willing to learn.

No one wakes up to say, "I'm going to be wrong and outdated today."

Ready for the next step?

06/05/2020

Dear customers,

Very happy to announce that beginning with 11th of May, Retreat Garden will be open!

The prime minister just announced that massage practices and contact professions are allowed to open, but of course there will be some measures to still keep in mind.

🔴 If you travel by public transport please use a mask and once you arrive to your appointment please wash hands and/or use the hand sanitizer that is available at the practice.
🔴 If you have any symptoms such as, nausea, fever, cough, general weakness, please cancel your appointment and stay at home.
🔵 As a therapist i will do the same if i discover any of the above symptoms.

🔵 If you feel healthy and you can not wait to visit us😊, please book you appointment! I can not wait to hear from you! 💆🏻‍♂️💆‍♀️

💚 Thank you very much for your patience and your flexibility. It was a long and unpredictable wait, but safety and health are the most important in this life!
Very happy that now we can all enjoy the wonderful benefits of a massage!

I look forward to seeing you soon!

12/04/2020

During these uncharted times, I hope you and loved ones are staying safe, healthy, and well. This will always be the most important part of any crisis. It's clear that we are truly all in this together.

Holidays are usually times when people, friends and families are coming together, celebrate and enjoy, but giving the times we are living in, I hope you can find a way to connect and have a good time with family and your dear ones that might not be physically with you.

Although we are all in quarantine, many of you still work from home and that doesn’t really give you much time to relax and enjoy the sunny days that we’ve been blessed with for the past weeks. Therefore, if you celebrate the Easter holidays or not, I hope you will manage to take the chance to relax and enjoy this beautiful weather and finally just get yourself that “me" time.


Stay well and healthy, take care of yourself and thank you for your continued support. Look forward to seeing you, hopefully very soon!

Wishing you a very blessed Easter Holiday!
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Warm wishes, peace and health,

Bianca

14/03/2020

Little help goes a long way! Feel free to ask us anything that might concern you regarding your massage appointment and the Corona virus.
We are here for you and we care for your safety. 💆‍♀️