Metta Wellness, Ayurveda, Massage & Wellness

#03 Self Care: Self Abhyanga Winter is here! Snow, ice, warm fireplace, cozy blankets, hot cocoa and dry skin, oh my. This is winter here in the New England area, dry, wet cold and is a challenge for our skin over the long winter months. What to do? Well Ayurveda has this under control!  A few ways Ayurveda helps in the winter: Eating warm grounding foods                    Do you remember when you where young and your mother or grandmother would make a stew or pot pie and left you feeling full and loved. Relaxing with warm foods in the cold dry weather helps keep you feel comfort, grounded and nourished through food. Nourishing foods keep the body strong,healthy and balanced the immune system. Add ghee to your diet                    Ghee is the perfect winter soother. Ghee can be added to your foods to help lubricate the joints and moisten dry skin. Massaging the skin, lips, dry areas to relax, soothe and lubricate the skin and leave you glowing. get outsi

Do something nice for yourself. Sounds easy, right. How often have you given a friend, co-worker or partner some good advise, to only not follow it yourself? It just had this happen this week. My client came in, we were talking about self-care, I had suggested that she take some time and do something nice for herself. The next afternoon, I had a client come in for a massage, when I asked her what brought her in, she said," My body was telling me this is what it needed". She took the time to listen to herself. It seems so simple. I do my mediation, and do my herbals, for me its keeping up with my yoga and doing the gentle pampering s of taking time that I forget. So for me, it was a foot scrub! I am either on my feet or using  my feet in my Thai yoga massage, and they sometimes yell for a nice foot scrub. So that's just what I did, a nice eucalyptus sugar scrub followed up with a tea tree lotion bar. My feet have been saying thank you all day. So

Blueberry Nettle Tea With the summer heat in the high 80's to 90's, it's hot out their. At Metta Wellness I look to Ayurveda for tips on staying cool during the summer heat. This summer has been one for looking at many tools to keep cool since we are not accustom to the heat for the amount of time we have had this summer. Even for me, loving this heat, I had to go to some of my cooling tips from Ayurveda. So, let me share with you some of the ways that I have stayed cool this summer:   Coconut oil , apply coconut oil to my feet and face to keep the skin hydrated and cool. You could add in some essential oils to bring in a calming effect. Blueberry nettle tea : this tea is refreshing and energizing tea. I like to  make this tea, let it set at room temperature then add in frozen blueberries to keep the tea cool, not cold. I will switch this out with hibiscus cooler , just as cooling. Earthing, this is one I like to do in the late morning or early in the evening

Creating space for self care, connecting to your true self, simply being present. These are just some of the benefits of meditation, and the focus here at Metta Wellness . Invest in your self, taking time for self care like mediation is investing in your future.  We hear so much about stress, auto immune disorders, chronic fatigue, due to the modern lifestyle. This is where doing some self care is key to your long term health. Start your self care off with a guided mediation here at Metta Wellness! Join our classes or book a one on one mediation to get started on your self care.

 With the summer heat,outdoor sports and picnics, theirs nothing better then to cool down with a massage! Keeping the body cool during the summer months helps with balancing the emotions, sleep patterns, cooling the skin and overall ease of the summer months. Cooling the body with massage can be done at home by adding essential oils to coconut or jojoba oil and apply to the body at least once a week. If doing a self massage does not fit into your routine, you can book a cooling summer massage, or apply your massage or the the feet and back of the neck to bring in some cooling. Not sure where to start with your cooling massage oil? I would go with coconut, aloe or jojoba oil and add lavender & rosemary essential oil, orange & peppermint or chamomile & sandalwood, any of those combinations will bring in a cooling along with grounding to help the mind and body during the summer months. This month Metta Wellness has a cooling summer blend of coconut and aloe oil with o

Living in the now How do we live in the now? Being right where we are, right now.   Allowing our-self to be in the now, living your space. Live life as beautiful and peaceful as you can, right now.   We suffer as we stay stuck in our past and in fear of what may be as we look at our future, but not living now.    Living now, present to be fully in our space, in our bodies in our life. This gives us peace, and joy in understanding that we live now, and allowing the past to be what was, and the future to be what will, and now is.   Living in the now also allows the body to let go of holding patterns. The body is a vessel, holding our past through emotions, these can be powerful in both positive and negative. When we live in the now we give the body permission to create space. Space in the body gives room to silence, allowing inner stress to shift, to soften.   Being present in the here and now, give your self time to be just where you are. When working with

Our focus during the summer months is on self care and building a better relationship with ourselves. Self care is a hot topic at the moment but it is important to remember its more then just sweets and relaxation, it's a focus on health, both physically and mentally. Look for our tips and new classes to get in touch with the inner you.

Massage is one of the best ways to relax the body, and the mind. In this world of busy, fast pace, high stress day to day life we live, having ways to relax is key. Relaxing the body seems simple, but the effects on the mind and body has a ripple effect. The impact of our daily lives can cause the body, mind to be overwhelmed or feel tired. The long term stress can cause other issues for the body, headaches, auto immune issues, problems with sleep, moods can be off. This is where the power of relaxation tools come in. Doing daily meditation, healthy eating, herbal teas, exercise and yes, massage. Giving the body this space to calm brings in a natural healing, a balance allowing the system to come back into its whole(whole= mind, body, spirit connection) self. A regular wellness routine is key, so look at your wellness tools and see if you are working in balance. Do you need to add or adjust your wellness routine? Its always good to check in. At Metta Wellness I work on guided

Create balance in your everyday through massage. At Metta Wellness, we work to create ways to share the benefits of the tools we have learned over the years to create balance in your everyday. Life is in constant motion, ever moving, faster and always available at the touch of a button. Through social media, phones, emails we are just a touch away. This can be overwhelming for the adrenals and creates an imbalance in the emotional connection to self and the natural environment around you. Allowing the body to relax through massage, gives you a space to come back into self and gives the mind body connection time to balance. Creating space to come into calm is one way to boost the immune system, giving time away from the virtual world and just be. Massage is just one of the tools that I us with my clients here at Metta Wellness to create well-being, balance in your everyday. Lets work together to create a wellness routine that brings you into a space of wellness and bal

 Stress is part of our everyday world, some good and the some not so good. Stress is one of the main factors when my clients come in for a massage or an Ayurvedic session. Stress will effect sleep, digestion, work performance, reaction time and over time cause issues with memory, anxiety, mood and can lead to auto immune disorders. This becomes a vicious cycle, stress,  sleep disturbance, imbalance through out your daily life, then it starts over again. In Ayurveda we focus on the root and how to balance . The key is patience and allowing yourself the time to recreate the cycle you have been in,to teach the body a new story. Stress is a part of the world we live in, but through Ayurveda we do not need to live in our stress. Ayurveda is your key to your own wellness through yoga, massage, meditation herbals and setting your daily routine to create balance. #mettawellness #mettaherbal #ayurveda #stress #balancedroutine #balance #ayurvedaforstress #mettawellnesspaxton

 This has been a practice for me this past year. Learning to trust in self is key to allowing my personal and business to continue to move forward and grow. As we move out of 2018 and are into 2019 , we where welcomed with an incredible lunar eclipse of the blood wolf moon. This is energetically a time to stop and reboot, to speak to your true self. In this past year, I moved my business from one location to another location while opening a second location and launching my herbal business into the public online world. While it is all very exciting and quite the learning (and yes mistakes where made, but those are to learn from also), growing and self expansion. During this growth, I had to learn to trust. Trusting my self, could I do this, how will my clients respond, can I grow enough business and do I have a strong enough support team to make this happen. Well here I am, three  and a half months in, and taking stock in self, that 'Yes" I can do this. Now, I have

  Metta means "loving Kindness", Metta Wellness in your wellness in loving kindness. Bringing together the mind, body and spirit for a full circle of healing. For me, I see that we all want, or strive to live in peace, harmony and balance with ourselves and the world around us. At Metta Wellness I feel it starts in the mind . The mind is a powerful element that can determine our peace and harmony. How we look at ourselves, our internal conversation, and the way we feel the world sees or views us. If we look at ourselves in pure loving kindness, we are going to walk out into the world full of love, inner strength and kindness. With a healthy, positive and balanced mind, the body works in harmony. When we fall out of harmony in the mind the body will feel it through stress , inflammation, skin issues, anxiety over time this can result in an auto immune disorder. When the mind is struggling, and the body shares the disruption, the spirit disconnects . When the mind,

Happy New Year! I walk into this new year in hopes of calm, peace and whole body wellness.  As we enter into a time of reflection and looking forward, take this time to be. Be grateful, be peaceful, be happy with the space you are right now, right here. Life is always moving forward, stop and be grateful for the space you have. I am grateful for my life I am grateful for my health I am grateful for my family and friends I am grateful for you. I am grateful. Happy New Year from  Metta Wellness