Healthy Touch Heals

11/22/2025

🌿 A Thought on Tenderness 🌿
“Tenderness is the most modest form of love.” — Olga Tokarczuk

In my work as a Licensed Massage Therapist, tenderness isn’t just a technique — it’s part of who we are as practitioners. True bodywork begins with the ability to pause, pay close attention, and meet another human being with presence and care.

Tenderness is more than empathy. It’s a deep, quiet concern for the well-being of another person — an understanding that we are all connected, all navigating life in bodies that carry both strength and fragility.

At Healthy Touch Heals, this is the intention behind every session: to hold space, to listen with the hands, and to honor our shared humanity through mindful touch.

Thank you for trusting me with your care. 🤍

— Shawna, LMT, BCTMB
Healthy Touch Heals

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11/19/2025

THE SCIENCE OF TOUCH 💆🏽‍♀️

Healthy touch does more than feel good — it activates powerful biological systems that help the body heal. Research shows that therapeutic touch stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, lowering heart rate, blood pressure, and cortisol levels. This shift from “fight-or-flight” to “rest-and-repair” allows tissues to recover more efficiently.
Touch also triggers the release of oxytocin, a hormone linked to trust, emotional regulation, and reduced pain perception. At the same time, it enhances vagus nerve activity, improving immune function and reducing inflammation. Even brief, supportive touch (like a hug) can increase serotonin and dopamine, the body’s natural mood stabilizers.
From improved immune resilience to faster recovery and reduced stress, healthy touch is a simple yet profound biological tool for healing — one that the body is scientifically wired to respond to.

11/18/2025

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11/12/2025

Today marks 30 years as a Massage Therapist with a license to touch. It does not feel like that long!!! My Mom told me to find a career that felt like more of a purpose instead of feeling like work.
I continue to be in awe of the mind, body, spirit connection that heals us.

11/11/2025

Today I moved into my own Massage Therapy room! 🫶🏻 This allows me more flexibility in the appointment schedule that my clients have been asking for. It’s the largest room I have ever worked in which allows my body to have correct posture.

10/21/2025

💆🏽‍♀️Massage = More Than Relaxation 💆🏻‍♂️
Up to 90% of illness is linked to stress—and massage therapy can help reduce stress.
Regular massage can:
✨ Reduce anxiety & fatigue
😴 Improve sleep & energy
🧠 Boost focus & mood
💪 Ease pain & tension
🩸 Improve circulation & immunity
🤰 Support moms-to-be
🏃‍♂️ Help athletes recover
🌿 Promote healing & skin health

Feel better. Move better. Live better.

10/02/2025

Meet me here on a Saturday and let me guide you! This beautiful and new national historic interactive space for music is a must see.🎶

10/01/2025

I’m the new Docent for the MEC - Music Experience Center🎶🤩