Tips

What moves you from place to place, often gets overlooked, and requires regular maintenance to be in top condition? That’s right… your feet!

While many people will answer “a car,” your feet tend to take the burden of your daily commute—even if that commute is as short as going out to the mailbox! Day in and day out, your feet support you—and they can have important implications for your health. If your feet are sore after a long day at work, you might try to con a friend or significant other into giving you a foot massage, but did you know […]

As experts in professional massage services in New Jersey, the team at Essential Massage Therapy knows plenty about wellness and relaxation. While we personally choose massage first for our relaxation needs, we know that your relaxation toolkit needs a number of other elements to make it complete! This week, we’re going to focus on using the five senses to help you relax. When combined with a great massage from our massage office in Sparta, these tips can help you live a healthier, more balanced life.

The Basics of Mindfulness

The exercise we are about to suggest is one of mindfulness. While entire […]

Aromatherapy is popular with many of the massage clients that we see for massage in New Jersey. Clients like the smell, the feeling, the relaxation, and many swear that our organic aromatherapy options add even more benefits to their great massage. But do these benefits stand up to research? Science says yes! Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong recently published research results from a sample of adult women with cancer, finding that aromatherapy massage has some unique benefits compared to massage without aromatherapy. Here are four ways aromatherapy improves your wellbeing.
1. Aromatherapy promotes all around comfort and reconnection […]

If you’re anything like most massage clients, you may feel overwhelmed, tense, tight, or simply disconnected from anything. Many people who struggle with anxiety or depression report feeling distant from themselves, and many people with physical illness report feeling that their body is no longer working “with” them. How can you reconnect with yourself? Try mindfulness!
What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is the process of being engaged with yourself, your surroundings, and focusing your attention so you are not distracted. Mindfulness is a dying concept in today’s world that is full of distractions—cell phones, ads, and loud noises are constantly dragging our […]

Here at Essential Massage Therapy in New Jersey, we’re all about wellness. We enjoy sharing tips about health, massage, and current research, but we know at the end of the day that this isn’t all there is to wellness! One of the things that many people forget to do is to simply have fun! When you have fun, you release endorphins throughout your body that cause you to feel good—and these endorphins last for a while, boosting your mood for days. There are plenty of ways to have fun, including going out with friends, engaging in a great hobby, or […]