4 Much Less Obvious Benefits of Massage

The obvious benefits of the beautiful art and science of massage are all over the internet. The four not obvious benefits of massage are here. 

The first of the less obvious benefits of massage
is that it’s an excellent tool for grounding. Grounding is being down to earth – this time literally rather than figuratively. We operate best when we’re connected to the earth = grounded. Most of us know the feeling of being ungrounded. It’s when we have thousands of things rushing through the head at once – an overwhelm. If we move our focus to our tummies, that busyness goes away. And if we move our focus to the feet and from there into the ground, we will be even calmer and more stable. Grounding is a natural process. People who do sports all find grounding essential albeit they may use different words to call it. 

Massage is human touch. And human touch is very grounding, which is why many people fall asleep or into deep relaxing trance during a well done massage. When we’re ungrounded, we often feel scatty, disorganized, fidgety, unsettled, uncomfortable in our bodies. This breeds times when we can’t make ourselves do anything and then feel guilty for wasting a precious day, but powerless to do anything about it. Some of us cope with this by comfort eating, others by drinking gallons of coffee or alcohol, smoking like chimneys, biting nails, getting high, or other ways to escape. But all these things have consequences for our health, productivity, earning potential, happiness. Regular massage will ground us beautifully and provide a relaxing escape. And its consequences are only positive!

Why do many men have gray hair? 
Because one of the causes of gray hair is tense scalp from stress. Regular head massage prevents tension of the scalp and enables blood to circulate freely and bring nutrients into the hair roots. This prevents the hair from withering and going gray – or falling out before its time. So regular head massage is also beneficial for delay of baldness. And for health of the hair. 

Do allergies make your working life hell during the sunniest of days? 
Regular massage with the right essential oils can be very helpful for prevention of allergic reactions such as hay fever, because the oils absorb into the blood stream and decrease the severity of the allergic response.

Do you have trouble satisfying your women? 
Regular massage can be a major factor in improving your sexual performance. A lot of energy gets trapped in the reproductive organs. Massage improves circulation and releases the blocks. Certain essential oils also strengthen the reproductive organs and thus improve their smooth running. What a benefit!

Massage has even more benefits
and other articles in which I’ve written about them are:

why a real and well done massage has far greater benefits than sex
the benefits of massage by independent masseuse vs. at a massage clinic