Massage your tensions away
August 29, 2006 | 12:00am
Feeling stressed, tense, and physically debilitated? With the pressures of everyday living and the physically abusive lifestyle you live, it is but natural for your body to react and materialize its complaints in the form of nervous tension, emotional pain, bodily and muscular pain, and even disease.
Heavy energy caused by personal problems, depressing experiences, emotional trauma, bad posture, and physical neglect gets lodged in the musculature and energy centers called chakras. These areas harden and block the flow of chi or prana, the universal life energy. These blockages, which can actually be located at strategic points in the body, are referred to as massage "trigger points" because applying pressure on them will dislodge and release the negative energy trapped in them.
A professional therapeutic massage is a marvelous way of easing your aches and tensions away. Massage is the rubbing, kneading or application of pressure on parts of the body to relax the muscles, stimulate nerves, promote circulation, relieve stress and pain, and promote general health and well-being.
Most massages have a relaxing, uplifting, and energizing effect. A good massage brings about deep relaxation, dissolves energy blockages, detoxifies the system, and provides new vitality by increasing the flow of prana. The pleasurable effect of a massage is attributed to the enjoyment one gets from being touched by another person, and the physical movement of the skin, muscles, and body parts.
Religions, systems of beliefs, disciplines, and martial arts believe that some sort of metaphysical healing occurs during a massage as the life force is unblocked, transferred, tuned up, aligned or balanced. Research shows that massage can reduce the heart rate, lower blood pressure, increase blood circulation, strengthen the muscles, and increase endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers.
A Singular Spa Experience
One of the best-kept secrets of massage devotees and spaholics is the Larossa Synchrotherapy Spa, a tranquil enclave of health, well-being, and beauty at the Subic Bay Yacht Club. I have heard that no trip to Subic should be without a visit to luxuriate in the exclusive treatments they offer.
I haven’t been to Subic in a long time so I jumped at the opportunity when a media group was invited to rediscover the place. We were each provided a brand-new Honda Civic to drive over. The ride was smooth and pleasurable with the car’s powerful V-tech engine, and I was so pleased that the roads to Zambales have been greatly improved.
The Larossa Spa’s drawing power is due to their synchronous massage, a treatment done by two therapists performing soothing, pleasurable strokes, and deep pressure kneading. Imagine four hands in synchronized, dance-like movements easing your tired muscles, healing your entire body!
I wonder why nobody has ever offered this service before. This technique makes more sense because the body has a left and right side. One therapist massages the right foot, for example, while the other does the left with exactly the same movements and pressure. Synchronous massage was pioneered by Larossa and it takes the therapists many months of training to perfect the movements before they are accredited.
I tried the SBYC Signature Massage, a graceful, pleasurable treatment using long, rhythmic palm and elbow strokes that flow seamlessly from one part of the body to another. I chose the ylang-ylang oil for this one because of its sweet, sensuous fragrance. All my cares and body aches melted away and I thought nothing could top this treatment.
Until I tried the Chakra Basalt Stone Massage! This is a deeply therapeutic massage to renew one’s vitality using heated basalt stones that are rubbed and kneaded onto the oiled body. A different set of smaller heated stones are placed on strategic, tense back muscles (on the face, too!), melting stress and tension away. I chose the relaxing and uplifting lavender oil for this one. The therapists must have been amused at my unabashed oohs and aahs!
Larossa has more massages and beauty treatments to choose from to pamper your body and awaken your senses. Next time I go, I will definitely try the Oyayi Traditional Filipino Massage, which uses the age-old art of hilot to unlock energy blockages. All body therapies are done in the synchronous manner, an unparalleled first in the spa industry.
The Larossa Spa is indeed massage heaven with their double-therapist synchronous treatments that are truly a mesmerizing, unforgettable, and singular massage experience. No wonder it has become a must-destination in Subic Bay!
Special thanks to Honda Civic, Dante "Clink" Ang, Amiel Cabanlig, Emmarose Policarpio of Larossa Synchrotherapy Spa, Khoo Boo Boon and Cheryl Singzon of Legenda, Jollibee, Mojo Jojo, Cheryl de los Santos, Apple Ting, Annalisa Herranz, Ren Briones, Leo Alluso, and the SBMA Tourism Department.
Heavy energy caused by personal problems, depressing experiences, emotional trauma, bad posture, and physical neglect gets lodged in the musculature and energy centers called chakras. These areas harden and block the flow of chi or prana, the universal life energy. These blockages, which can actually be located at strategic points in the body, are referred to as massage "trigger points" because applying pressure on them will dislodge and release the negative energy trapped in them.
Most massages have a relaxing, uplifting, and energizing effect. A good massage brings about deep relaxation, dissolves energy blockages, detoxifies the system, and provides new vitality by increasing the flow of prana. The pleasurable effect of a massage is attributed to the enjoyment one gets from being touched by another person, and the physical movement of the skin, muscles, and body parts.
Religions, systems of beliefs, disciplines, and martial arts believe that some sort of metaphysical healing occurs during a massage as the life force is unblocked, transferred, tuned up, aligned or balanced. Research shows that massage can reduce the heart rate, lower blood pressure, increase blood circulation, strengthen the muscles, and increase endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers.
I haven’t been to Subic in a long time so I jumped at the opportunity when a media group was invited to rediscover the place. We were each provided a brand-new Honda Civic to drive over. The ride was smooth and pleasurable with the car’s powerful V-tech engine, and I was so pleased that the roads to Zambales have been greatly improved.
The Larossa Spa’s drawing power is due to their synchronous massage, a treatment done by two therapists performing soothing, pleasurable strokes, and deep pressure kneading. Imagine four hands in synchronized, dance-like movements easing your tired muscles, healing your entire body!
I wonder why nobody has ever offered this service before. This technique makes more sense because the body has a left and right side. One therapist massages the right foot, for example, while the other does the left with exactly the same movements and pressure. Synchronous massage was pioneered by Larossa and it takes the therapists many months of training to perfect the movements before they are accredited.
Until I tried the Chakra Basalt Stone Massage! This is a deeply therapeutic massage to renew one’s vitality using heated basalt stones that are rubbed and kneaded onto the oiled body. A different set of smaller heated stones are placed on strategic, tense back muscles (on the face, too!), melting stress and tension away. I chose the relaxing and uplifting lavender oil for this one. The therapists must have been amused at my unabashed oohs and aahs!
Larossa has more massages and beauty treatments to choose from to pamper your body and awaken your senses. Next time I go, I will definitely try the Oyayi Traditional Filipino Massage, which uses the age-old art of hilot to unlock energy blockages. All body therapies are done in the synchronous manner, an unparalleled first in the spa industry.
The Larossa Spa is indeed massage heaven with their double-therapist synchronous treatments that are truly a mesmerizing, unforgettable, and singular massage experience. No wonder it has become a must-destination in Subic Bay!
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