{"id":36345,"date":"2019-10-30T10:15:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T15:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.massagebook.com\/massage-therapy\/?p=36345"},"modified":"2019-10-30T10:16:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T15:16:05","slug":"wellness-reminder-importance-of-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/massagebook.com\/massage-therapy\/wellness-reminder-importance-of-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness Reminder: Importance of Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From a handshake to a long embrace to a therapeutic massage, touch is more than just a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.5lovelanguages.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love Language.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0It\u2019s a proven way to enhance both physical and mental health and wellness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here at MassageBook, we do not believe that massage therapy is a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">luxury<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe that massage therapy is a <\/span><em>necessity<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.massagebook.com\/massage-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a powerful connection between the skin and the brain. Massage not only releases tensions within the body but fuels the body&#8217;s need for physical touch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During a massage session, while your therapist is working through knots and tight muscles, he or she is also communicating with your nervous system through physical touch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massage therapy has been found to reduce physical and emotional pain, anxiety, and depression. Have you noticed an improvement in your mood after a therapeutic massage? During a massage session, endorphins are released which the brain positively responds to in the form of feeling happy, calm, and taken care of.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you make massage a priority, you are also making your mental and physical health a priority. Make time for \u201cme time&#8221; part of your routine. Find and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.massagebook.com\/?utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=Oct_PU_5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">book a highly rated massage or bodywork session<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near you with MassageBook!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a handshake to a long embrace to a therapeutic massage, touch is more than just a Love Language.\u00a0It\u2019s a proven way to enhance both physical and mental health and wellness.\u00a0 Here at MassageBook, we do not believe that massage therapy is a luxury.\u00a0We believe that massage therapy is a necessity.\u00a0There is a powerful connection&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":36346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,16,73],"tags":[82,137,138,142,17],"class_list":["post-36345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-living","category-massage-therapy-benefits","category-massagebook","tag-benefits-of-massage","tag-book-massage","tag-feel-awesome","tag-importance-of-touch","tag-massagebook","description-off"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wellness Reminder: Importance of Touch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At MassageBook, we believe that massage therapy is a necessity. 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