Treat Yourself: A Therapeutic, Self-Massage Workshop
Offered in person or online
Is your neck sore? Does your back ache? Are you stressed out? There is help - and that help is you!
Massage therapy helps decrease stress, diminish pain, keeps your muscles and joints healthy, improves circulation, encourages better breathing, and promotes an overall feeling of wellness. In this online or in-person workshop, Jessica Marsh RMT will teach you how to treat your own body using a variety of massage techniques. Workshop participants will follow along as Jessica leads them in one hour of self-massage. Participants remain fully clothed, with bare or sock feet. Techniques are designed to be done seated and standing - and most can be modified for your ability.
For more information or to book a workshop for your business, organization or group, email: jessica.marsh.hfx@gmail.com. Text or call (902) 580-2708.
Jessica Marsh has been a registered massage therapist, RMT, since 2000. She taught anatomy and massage therapy at Northumberland College and has a busy independent practice in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Testimonials from Workshop Participants:
“I found out about muscles I didn’t even know I had! Jessica is a very good instructor. Even though I had no previous knowledge about massage, I understood everything she taught us.”
“I felt great afterwards. I went into the workshop with leg and joint pain and left with none. I learned how sore my muscles were and I also learned how much I can do about it.”
~ Treat Yourself participants from the Dartmouth North Community Centre
“People really liked the Treat Yourself workshop Jessica brought to our health group, because they learned how to take care of themselves and be less in need of others. In the following meeting, most of the participants remembered what Jessica taught and taught those techniques to the new members of the group. These are good skills for ISANS clients to have, especially when they are living with financial constraints and can’t afford things like massage or physiotherapy.”
~ Carmen Celina Moncayo, Community Wellness Coordinator, Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)
"Jessica delivered a series of Treat Yourself workshops for us who are seniors living on limited budgets and do not have easy access to massage therapy. Her sessions were wonderful, enjoyable, full of excellent information, exercises and suggestions on how to use ordinary objects (like rolling pins, tennis balls, elbows and fists) to release tight spots in our body. Not only did she provide us with a useful learning experience but she also brought us the gift of laughter, which in my book is another important healing tool."
