I hope you've all had a wonderful Diwali and a special time celebrating with friends and family and a chance to reflect upon light over coming darkness, especially in the times we live in. It's important to find beauty in the simplest of things.
Returning from the UK trip
It's great being back with you all after my trip to the UK where I had the opportunity to pick up some additional pieces for the business including a new instrument for the sound meditation and do some additional training in cupping.
Introducing cupping
I was fortunate to attend a cupping course whilst I was in the UK and am looking forward to adding this modality in to some of the remedial therapy sessions. Cupping can be carried out both statically by placing the cups there and leaving for up to 10 minutes. This allows the blood to be drawn to the surface through the suction created with the cupping.
The cups can also be used with movement and is another way of getting into the tissue, working differently to massage by lifting up the tissue and fibres whereas in massage we apply pressure down. Ultimately it's another way of trying to get into those problem areas, to remove restrictions and to free up the muscles further.
We will be offering cupping in conjunction with either our dry needling or our deep tissue therapy treatments. They can be combined to provide the greatest effect for muscles.
A reminder of the different treatments we offer
We often get asked what other treatments we offer, so as a reminder that aside from the deep tissue remedial therapy and swedish therepeautic massage that we offer we have many other treatments. From winter warming hot stone massage, head and face massages, dry needling, sound meditation or guided meditation. Our massage and sound meditation combo sessions have proved very popular since we introduced them earlier in the year and we know a lot of you are loving the massage and dry needling modalities together.
A reminder of the policies
As I write about the business here, it's an opportunity to remind people of the policies. Firstly i want to start by saying a big thank you to everyone for keeping your appointments and for the low number of cancellations. However we continue to see some very last minute cancellations, often within a few hours before the session.
Therefore it has become necessary to remind people of the cancellation charge which has been in place for some time and that it will be upheld going forward, regardless of reason. This charge is 50% of the treatment cost if cancelled within less than 12 hours notice and full session cost for no show. Often when sessions are cancelled at short notice, there's not enough time to fill the space and others miss out who had been waiting for a session. This ensures fairness all round.
Sound Meditation Schedule
With the season now in full swing, we're running our regular sound meditation groups again including the sound sessions we do in collaboration with other spaces. Below is the schedule for November. You can get in touch to book a space for sessions at the studio and I can give you the contact details for the events at other spaces.
Upcoming workshops
This coming weekend we have our collaboration with FindYourFit. Three restorative and soothing workshops to help you relax, unwind and reset after the busy Diwali period. A chance to take care of your health and well being after the Diwali season.
It's sure to be a brilliant and restorative wellness day, so why not sign up to take part. Our DIY body oil workshop will provide an opportunity to make your own nourishing and restorative body oil, ideal for the dryness of the winter months.
Facial massage and cosmetology treatments by Yulia
Talking of health and welbeing, I wanted to mention Yulia and her amazing facials.
It's always important to support and give a shout out to other small businesses, especially other therapists and going forward, each month we will do a shout out to a small business that we admire and think you might want to hear about.
This month is Yulia who is a comsetologist here in Jaipur. Originally from Russia, she has recently set up her space and is offering face and skin related treatments. I had a lovely treatment with her recently and really benefited from her expertise and her hydrating ways for my face! She has an instagram page where she shares comsetology related information and helpful tips. Here is her price list and whatsapp contact details incase anyone would like to try one of her lovely face treatments.
Monthly charity/NGO
As our sound meditation pracitce continues to grow, we've decided to spread the connection that goes with these kind of events by supporting one NGO a month through donating the proceeds from one of our sound bath sessions. Each month, we will donate the proceeds from one of our sound meditation sessions to an NGO.
This month the NGO will be Help In Suffering, a long standing and caring NGO helping animals in need.
We are what we eat!
For the new beginnings post Diwali, I've pledged to really start to eat truly nurturing, soulful food. In next month's blog posts I'll share some recipe suggestions and information regarding what foods are helpful for us to consume including those for inflammation in the body. Perhaps we can all make a pledge to eat a little bit more mindfully to ensure the right nutrients in the body so we can nurture from the inside outwards.
That wraps things up for November's newsletter. I hope everyone begins to rest and recharge after the Diwali celebrations and chance to restore the body once more.
Hopefully see some of you either for a therapy session or at the sound meditation groups or workshops!