DURATION: 1hour
PRICE: 30 minutes – $50 / 60 minutes – $60
Head massage, in particular comes with plenty of other benefits including relief from emotional as well as physical problems. Massage therapy improves your mood and the feeling of well-being by stimulating the release of hormones like serotonin, cortisol and dopamine. These chemicals make your mood better, reduce your stress and promotes relaxation. In addition to reducing stress, massage helps improve memory and cognitive skills, strengthens the nervous system and promotes healthy growth of hair.
Serotonin imbalances are known to be associated with mood disorders, specifically depression. Dopamine, too, plays a role in mood; think of it as the reward and pleasure hormone. A study published in the International Journal of Neuroscience found that massage therapy had a positive impact on the levels of serotonin and dopamine in the body, which translates into a positive impact on our mood. Serotonin levels increased an average of 28 percent after a massage session, and dopamine by an average of 31 percent. Massage also helps lower the levels of the stress-hormone cortisol in our bodies by an average of 31 percent.
