Foraging Our Future…Pt.2
Sooo, some of you guys may be confused by reading part 1, because “isn’t this a massage website??!” In Fact it is a massage website. However, one of the biggest reasons I started Vital Touch is because I am an EMT. The other week, during EMS week, the theme this year was “Honoring our past. Foraging our future.”
A part of honoring the past is to see where your failures have been, you honor yourself by learning from those failures. If you look into the past and only honor the great, it's doing the people who came before you a disservice and not cultivating a space where you can forage for a better future.
In EMS, and the world as a whole has a history of ignoring mental health, and avoiding self care. There is still very little research on mental health in EMS, and alot of the research that has been done, is often not fully correct due to the fragility of reporting such a difficult issue.
When creating Vital Touch, I wanted to find a way to bring awareness to the ongoing issue of mental health. It is my goal to create a space that fosters a place where first responders make their mental and physical health number one priority. I created that space through Vital touch, offering massage and Reiki to heal .
Massage is great for your mental health. It has long term effects of lowering stress and anxiety levels. By increasing the secretion of serotonin and melatonin it helps cure insomnia and regulate our sleep cycle. Massage alleviates chronic pain, muscle tension and discomfort, which in turn helps our mental health. No one deserves to live in pain.
Massage has an endless list of benefits when it comes to our physical health. Here are just a few examples:
Pain Relief: Massage alleviates chronic pain and discomfort by targeting specific muscle groups and reducing tension.
Improved Circulation:Massage promotes blood flow, which helps deliver Oxygen and nutrients to tissue and organs, supporting our overall health.
Reduced Inflammation:Massage helps to decrease inflammation and swelling in the body, which can speed up recovery from injuries.
Enhanced Immunity:Regular massage can boost the immune system by increasing lymph flow, which helps the body fight off infections.
Overall, massage therapy contributes to better physical health by enhancing bodily functions and relaxation and recovery.
Reiki is a modality of Massage that deals with the energetical body. Everything around us is composed of energy, including us. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. Reiki is the life force. Reiki is that part of us that is still part of the Universe. It is the conscious energy that flows through me to you. This process clears all negative emotions, memories, and physical pain stored in your physical frame. The result of which allows you to heal.
I honor my past by acknowledging all the things that came with it, the good and the bad. I am forging a future by creating a space that first responders can come heal with massage and Reiki. We all deserve to live blissfully.
With Love and Light,
Emma-LMT
