Treatments
Here at Lavendergate we offer an excellent range of established and recognised therapies.
All the therapies are administered by qualified, experienced and enthusiastic practitioners intent on promoting your health and wellbeing. Each practitioner is a member of their respective and well respected professional organisations and we are also fully insured.
Explanations of the wide range of therapies we offer and the conditions we are able to treat are explained below. For more information describing the practitioners see the About Us section.
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
NLP is an advanced psychological technology that helps master the way you think and feel and allows you to have the life you desire.
NLP is about you enjoying a better life today. Whatever changes you would like to experience in your life, NLP will help you to start to achieve them.
With NLP we know that your past does not determine your future - you can have the life you want today. Your life is not shaped by events, but how you interpret them. With NLP you will overcome any obstacles that stop you achieving your goals.
NLP is a technique used by top athletes and performers as an effective method to bring positive and lasting change.
Hypnotherapy
How good would it be to design your life rather than live it by default?
Hypnotherapy is the key that enables the vast power of the mind to bring about positive and beneficial changes for you.
Hypnotherapy is a combination of:
- hypnosis and counselling combined with 'solution focused' talking therapies
Using a combination of therapies we can assist you make beneficial changes to your own life, to help you in:
- relaxation
- positive projection and planning
- learning how to re-programme your thoughts
- changing negative beliefs at the subconscious level
all that can lead to amazing and often rapid results.
Reiki
Reiki is a delightful experience, rebalancing the body's energies.
It will leave you feeling relaxed and mentally, emotionally and physically restored.
Reiki benefits most conditions and terminally ill cancer patients usually find this therapy relaxing and supporting on all levels.
As your practitioner, Sonia will gently lay her hands on your head, neck and fully clothed body, avoiding any personal areas.
Reiki accesses the universal life force which flows through the practioner's hands to you, the client, boosting your energy levels to enable your body to deal with any disorder... a truly relaxing and supporting experience.
Reflexology
Reflexology stimulates the body's own healing mechanism and is an excellent treatment for stress.
Everyone experiences stress at various levels. Some stress is good stress, for example planning a party which is enjoyable; however, when we experience negative stress it may result in stress related illness. A high percentage of illness is stress related as our body's immune systems are depleted when experiencing stress. Reflexology deals with this admirably.
Reflexology involves a soothing foot massage applying pressure to reflex points on the feet.
Massage
Massage:
- benefits blood and lymph circulation
- promotes sleep, tones muscles
- removes waste from the muscles allowing them to work to their optimum.
It is ideal as a one off treatment for relaxation, or as a more committed approach to restoring full health to weary, knotted muscles.
Each type of massage brings about a deep feeling of relaxation and being truly centred.
Deep Tissue Massage
Deep Tissue Massage would be ideal for those with knotty, stressed muscles, where the muscles have become so tense and locked that they are beginning to produce pain and other physical defects such as headaches, neck, shoulder, lower back disorders or general back pain to name just a few.
It would also suit those who preferred a deep, strong massage. It leaves you feeling refreshed, calm, and "lighter", with a reduction of pain, if not pain free.
Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy is a softer massage which incorporates a base oil, such as almond oil or apricot oil, to which is added essential oils.
Essential oils are derived from plants, their flowers, seeds and resins.
A blend of base oil and essential oils are prepared to suit the individual's requirements.
Each essential oil has various healing properties which aid a huge range of complaints.
Some oils have a positive effect on our emotions, uplifting and calming, while others aid conditions such as insomnia, asthma, stress, pain relief, or apathy to name just a few
Remedial Massage
Remedial massage is a medium pressure massage, falling between deep tissue massage and aromatherapy.
It treats a wide range of disorders and illnesses similar to the previously mentioned massages. It is usually experienced using base oil only, that is almond oil or apricot oil, or if the client prefers a blend of essential oils may be added to suit their particular needs.
Please see the aromatherapy section for a description of the essential oil usage.