Practitioners will teach you how to improve the way you 'use' your mind and body, with a view to improving your overall well-being. The learning process will involve finding out how to improve your posture and your attitude to health, to avoid slovenly habits like slouching, and generally keep your joints and muscles supple. As you learn the technique you should find some aches and pains are alleviated, you give your body more freedom to move and breathing, circulation and digestion can all be improved. Aromathertapy is said to help us relax and improve our overall well-being using the properties of essences or essential oils extracted from the bark, flowers, fruits, leaves, seeds of specific plants. Oils are usually diluted for massaging into the body or are breathed in or added to a bath.
Aromatherapy is claimed to help relaxation and reduce stress and even rejuvenate the body.
Different oils are also used for specific problems such as headaches, allergies, menstrual pain and nervous tension. Massage is a way of stroking, kneading, and pressing muscles and tissues to relax you mentally and physically. Most people enjoy a relaxing massage but it can also stimulate the body and mind. Gentle massage may release the body's natural painkilling compounds, endorphins. Stronger massage can help increase blood flow and clear the toxic products of everyday metabolism from the lymph system.