Can Massage Help What Ails You? - Spiral Eye News June 2011

Spiral Eye Newsletter June 2011
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In This Issue:

Oregon Symphony Triumpfs at Carnegie Hall
Can Massage Help What Ails You?
Save $10 on Massage
Blind Cafe
Tidbits
Last Laugh

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"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." Confucius

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Oregon Symphony Triumpfs at Carnegie Hall

Recently, my husband and I travelled back east to visit family and friends. We were fortunate in the weather - it was about 70 and sunny much of the time. A pleasant break after our cool, wet spring.

Travelling makes me appreciate the comforts of home even more than usual. After insufficient sleep, strange beds, and grueling travel, I was relieved and delighted to finally receive a massage after we returned home. Ah!

While in New York City, we attended the Oregon Symphony's debut concert at Carnegie Hall. They played as well as we have ever heard them. We happened to sit next to a woman from Vancouver, B.C. whose daughter was in the symphony. Can you imagine how proud she was?

More about
The Carnegie Concert
orsymphony.org/carnegie/

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"The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different." Peter F. Drucker

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Can Massage Help What Ails You?

Useful for all of the conditions listed below and more, massage can:
- Alleviate low-back pain and improve range of motion.
- Improve the condition of the body’s largest organ—the skin.
- Increase joint flexibility.
- Lessen depression and anxiety.
- Reduce spasms and cramping.
- Relax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles.

Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress related. And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress. Massage can, without a doubt, help manage stress.

This translates into:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Enhanced sleep quality.
- Greater energy.
- Improved concentration.
- Increased circulation.
- Reduced fatigue.

Furthermore, clients often report a sense of perspective and clarity after receiving a massage. The emotional balance bodywork provides can often be just as vital and valuable as the more tangible physical benefits.

Increase the Benefits with Frequent Visits

Getting a massage can do you a world of good. And getting massage frequently can do even more. Taking part in this form of regularly scheduled self-care can play a huge part in how healthy you’ll be and how youthful you’ll remain with each passing year. Budgeting time and money for bodywork at consistent intervals is truly an investment in your health. Consider massage appointments a necessary piece of your health and wellness plan, and work with your practitioner to establish a treatment schedule that best meets your needs.

Learn More About
Massage and the Benefits
massagetherapy.com/learnmore/benefits.php

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Save $10 on Massage

Buy one hour of massage at the regular price of $60, pay only $50 for the second one.
90 minutes - $85 first, $75 second.

call Sue at 503-235-4839 to take advantage of this special offer.

New clients pay only $50 for the first 1-hour massage.
Only $75 for 90 minutes.

Give the Gift of Healthy, Nurturing Touch -
Great Gifts for Dads & Grads.

call Sue at 503-235-4839 to arrange for gifts

or for a simple way to purchase and print gift certificates at home, go to:
Massage Gift Certificates
sueredding.com/gift_certificates.htm

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"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." Helen Keller

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Blind Cafe

"It's really dark in here!" I heard this repeated several times by different people. I wondered "What part of 'totally dark room' did you not understand?"

Apparently, it's uncommon for sighted people to actually experience real darkness. There's always a little light - leaking around window coverings and doors, or from luminous devices.

Not at The Blind Cafe - An Award Winning Community Awareness Concert and Dinner in the dark.

My husband and I attended this event last time they came to Portland and found it to be entertaining and enlightening. We highly recommend it.

Dine on a tasty, vegetarian meal served family-style in a completely dark
room. Hear music, poetry, and experiences of blind people. The event is thoughtfully and safely set up to provide an interesting sensory experience for the usually-sighted. Part of the proceeds will be donated to benefit the local blind community.

June 2nd - 4th - 3rd Portland Blind Cafe.

check it out at:
Blind Cafe
theBlindCafe.com

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Tidbits

one in three Americans is obese. Mississippi has the most obese people per capita.

Sperm whales have names. - Journal of Marine Mammal Science

Did you hear about the new restaurant on the moon?
Great food, but no atmosphere.

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Last Laugh

Irv is sitting at the kitchen table with the crossword puzzle when he hears the car pulling into the garage.

He thinks, "I'd better clean up my mess before Iris finds out I've been eating her chocolates." He scoops up the candy wrappers and throws them away. He's back at the table innocently working the crossword when Iris enters with her packages.

She glances at him and says, "Irv, you've got chocolate all over your face."

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We Welcome Your Feedback

Please send your comments, questions, or suggestions to Sue@SueRedding.com
Or tweet me at SueReddingLMT. Thanks.

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Content of this newsletter is for information only and is not intended as medical advice. Please consult your health-care practitioner.

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Blind Cafe

"It's really dark in here!" I heard this repeated several times by different people. I wondered "What part of 'totally dark room' did you not understand?"

Apparently, it's uncommon for sighted people to actually experience real darkness. There's always a little light - leaking around window coverings and doors, or from luminous devices.

Not at The Blind Cafe - An Award Winning Community Awareness Concert and Dinner in the dark.

My husband and I attended this event last time they came to Portland and found it to be entertaining and enlightening. We highly recommend it.

Dine on a tasty, begetarian eal served family-style in a completely dark room. Hear music, poetry, and experiences of blind people. The event is thoughtfully and safely set up to provide an interesting sensory experience for the usually-sighted. Part of the proceeds will be donated to help the local blind community.

June 2nd - 4th - 3rd Portland Blind Cafe.

check it out at:
TheBlindCafe.com

"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."
Helen Keller