Press
Jennifer Goldsworthy interview on the Benefits of Massage in the November/December 2013 issue of Holland & Barrett’s ‘Healthy Magazine.’
Jennifer Goldsworthy article on CranioSacral Therapy and its benefits in ‘Your Healthy Living’ magazine in October 2013
Jennifer Goldsworthy mentioned in October 2013 Natural Lifestyle Issue
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Massage can help your health and wellbeing n all kinds of ways. Jennifer Goldsworthy, founder and owner of Bristol’s ShenMindBody, points out that it can reduce anxiety, help manage chronic migraines, aid lymph movement, improve blood circulation and immune system functioning, as well as having the effect of being generally relaxing. Time to book your next massage?
Jennifer Goldsworthy Featured in BT online Home & Lifestyle section
September 2013
http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/familyhome/wellbeing/top-11-reasons-you-need-a-massage-11363829144503
Jennifer Goldsworthy, LMT, founder and owner of Bristol’s ShenMindBody, says: “Massage is an investment in one’s health. The body is the most amazing engineered piece of equipment ever created or formed. It’s crazy to think one’s bicycle, closet or car receives more attention.”
Reasons at the ready:
- Reduces anxiety
- Can manage chronic migraines
- Rids the body of toxins
- Helps speed muscle recovery
- Encourages good circulation
- Leads to deeper more controlled breathing
- Can improve posture
- Improves joint flexibility
- Enhances a calm mind
- Leads to a better night’s sleep
- And finally… it just feels amazing!
Jennifer Goldsworthy Featured in The National Federation of Women’s Institutes Website WOMAN’S WORLD
September 2013
http://www.womans-world.co.uk/index.php/health-mainmenu-48/1119-what-a-massage-can-do-for-you
ShenMindBody Top Ten List of Massage Benefits
For many of us a massage is something a star athlete gets after demanding performance on the field, something celebrities can’t live without, something many actors enjoyed on the screen to show their characters’ luxurious life.
But an occasional massage is not only for the stars. In fact, Jennifer Goldsworthy, LMT, founder and owner of Bristol’s ShenMindBody, a safe and nurturing space where clients can forget the demands of work and life to achieve a greater sense of self, believes that massage is one of the most important things for everyone to treat themselves to on a regular basis. Why?
Here are Jennifer’s top ten reasons massage is important to the body and mind:
- Reduces anxiety. As a natural deep relaxant, a successful massage can significantly reduce anxiety. Usually, anxiety is stored in some key areas of the body – the lower back, shoulders, abdomen, and neck. By relieving these areas of tension, the mind can ‘let go’ of anxiety and experience a light, almost freeing sensation.
- Can manage chronic migraines, Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), tight neck and shoulders.
- Can dramatically aid lymph movement, which together with blood, supplies nutrients and oxygen and rids wastes and toxins.
- Reduces/eliminates exercise-induced pain. Regular massage can increase endurance, control muscle and physical fatigue. It can also speed muscle recovery rates as it eliminates irritation from waste.
- Helps keep the body and mind functioning optimally by promoting well nourished and healthy skin.
- Improves circulation of blood, immune system functioning, energy flow, general relaxation while reducing muscular tension, sleep.
- Can lead to deeper and mindful breathing. Conscious, deep breathing is important to ensure that oxygen circulates easily throughout your body, and encourages healing and growth in the process. (Note: decreased oxygen circulation results in headaches, tension aches, and random muscle pain that can accumulate into a significant problem over time. By enhancing your oxygen intake, you will naturally promote the release of toxins and negative energy within the body.)
- Can improve posture as the spine and muscles around the spine become more flexible and supple.
- Increases and promotes joint flexibility. Repetitive stress or overused joints can stunt growth and create problems later. Massage helps to relieve stored tension and encourages flexibility of the joints after rest. Any soreness experienced after a massage can be indication that these are tension spots for you, and focusing on these areas on your next massage will increase joint recovery.
- Enhances a calm mind and promotes mental alertness. Massage encourages a calm mind, which creates an avenue for creativity; it is during these times that our minds are most conducive to creative thinking, developing plans, organising thoughts, and reducing stressful thoughts. Massage can encourage this state of mind by relaxing the entire body.