Body Suite Massage Therapy

07/24/2023

What a sweet location this was...

05/01/2023

04/12/2023

So pleased to be back to live, work and play on the Monterey Peninsula!

After two years in Southern Oregon to a safe haven because of the limitations of the massage profession during the Covid years, I followed my heart and was able to (with many thanks to one of my lovely clients) secure a place to live in Monterey. I'm now back in the Seaside office and offering massage therapy with a calendar that offers a lot more flexibility than my one-week-a-month commute while living in Gold Hill.

08/04/2021

My Monterey Peninsula visit coincides with Big Car Week in August! I have a couple of openings so if you want to take a little time for yourself and indulge in a massage, message, text or email me soon!

04/29/2020

Love what you do Ruth!

This is our reason for staying home. This is our reason for 💙

03/08/2020

WARNING: Powerful difference making vibes coming at you! Women have paved the way in challenging many things and Coastal Kids is no different. CKHC was founded on the basis that children deserve high quality home health care.

After more than two decades as a pediatric nurse, Margy Mayfield knew what children living with serious-illness most wanted - to simply be home. Yet, as coordinator of pediatrics at a home care agency she watched as pediatric programs faced quotas and cutbacks - affecting the quality of care that children received. Margy believed that kids deserved better.

In June of 2005, Margy co-founded Coastal Kids Home Care, California’s only pediatric home health agency. Her idea was revolutionary. With an exclusive focus on pediatrics, Coastal Kids was able to bring high-quality, compassionate home care to children with serious or life-limiting illness - all at a very low cost to families and community healthcare dollars.

Nearly 15 years later, Coastal Kids Home Care annually cares for more than 600 medically fragile infants and children with illness and disability from Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and Santa Clara Counties. Our agency is the only specialized provider of pediatric palliative and end-of-life care in these communities as well. Since opening our doors, Coastal Kids has remained true to Margy’s pioneering idea – to offer exceptional healthcare to children and support to parents, all in the comfort of home. .

01/24/2020

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12/25/2019

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10/04/2019

https://www.facebook.com/727974550664624/posts/2755059387956120/?substory_index=0&sfnsn=mo

This is really worth trying!

02/20/2019

Lots of folks are suffering with sinus problems at this time of year. I recently came across this article on how you can relieve many of the symptoms at home with simple and easy remedies. It's a thorough read from Olivia
at EssentialOilBenefits.com, I recommend taking a look.
https://essentialoilbenefits.com/7-ways-you-can-use-essential-oils-for-relief-in-sinus-congestion-headaches-and-infections/

Let me tell you 7 ways to treat sinus headaches, congestion and infections with natural essential oils. I will also tell you a few essential oil recipes to make at home.

12/04/2018

It’s remarkable that a single noise can reduce a 9-year-old to uncontrollable giggles, but that same noise will make an adult cringe and want to hide underneath the table. 

08/25/2018

Share if you love massage bliss!

03/21/2017

Get a massage, feel great!

Happy first day of spring!

01/21/2017

Great article from the BBC news.

Call it the power of positive touch: According to research by the University of Miami Touch Research Institute, platonic touch can lower blood pressure and heart rate (two telltale signs of stress), decrease cortisol (a stress hormone), and increase oxytocin – a powerful hormone associated with positive feelings.

1 Moderate pressure is the key to getting all the healthy benefits — too light of touch may just tickle and too heavy a hand can tip off your flight-or-fight response. Massage is recognized as an ideal way to get all the health benefits as it hits a happy medium. Massage may enhance immune functions as it increases the amount of natural killer cells in the body. (Contrary to what their name implies, killer cells are good guys – they’ve been shown to fight off infection).

2 And there’s more: Touch may even have the power to alleviate head pain for some headache sufferers. In a study from 1986 (one of the most recent studies specifically looking at touch and headaches), 60 participants with tension headaches were either treated with “therapeutic touch” (a “laying of hands,” or touch that intends to help or heal) or a placebo. Of those who received therapeutic touch, 90 percent experienced a reduction in headache pain immediately afterward and 70 percent felt a reduction four hours later. An increase in serotonin may explain the healing effect at play.

3 The takeaway? The effects of touch are lasting ones.

Next time you’re feeling stressed or dealing with a headache, give a friend a hug or maybe treat yourself to a massage.