Wakatipu Therapeutic Massage

Country lane are finalists in the Qtown business awards, please support this awesome team by voting 😀

WE NEED YOUR HELP 🫶
We are over the moon to be double finalists in the 2023 Queenstown Business Awards!
‘Best Emerging Business’ & ‘Excellence in Sustainable and Regenerative Business Practice’.
Which means we need your help for the 'People's Choice Award'
We would be grateful if you could vote for us 🥰 Visit scene.co.nz or click here…

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It's holiday time!
Mere Kirihimete 🎄

We are closed from December 24th until January 3rd, we look forward to seeing you again next year.

Thanks for your support this year, wishing you a very happy Christmas.
With much love from the Wakatipu Massage team ❤

Don't give an unwanted gift this Christmas 🎄we have massage vouchers available, everyone appreciates feeling good!
The link is here to purchase vouchers online
https://bookings.gettimely.com/wakatiputherapeuticmassage/bb/purchase

Hope to see you all at Country lane on Sunday 🙂

Hope to see you all on Sunday!

We have some great prizes to give away from all the fabulous County Lane crew….
- Help spread the word by sharing this post and go in the draw.
- On the day take some fab pics and tag to win
- Prize for the best farm/cowboy/cowgirl outfit

Prizes up for grabs….
The Barn - $100 voucher
Coco’s Cabin - $100 voucher
Treebrush Apothecary - 200mL moisturiser and a 60mL kawakawa balm
Studio 42 - Jewellery School Queenstown - 3 hour jewellery class
Anna Claire Art Jewellery - pair of stone earrings
Sugary Patisserie - gift basket
Ride to the Sky Queenstown - 2 for 1 voucher
Queenstown Naturopathy - initial consultation
Free Rein Therapies by Amy - Bowen Therapy and FLOWpresso
Bright Ink Secondhand Bookshop Queenstown - summer must-reads
Wakatipu Therapeutic Massage - massage voucher

Wakatipu Massage is soooo happy to welcome Kaisa and her fantastic skills to the team🙂
Thanks for all your patience while it's just been me, Kaisa is worth the wait!
You can book online at www.wakatipumassage.com

https://bookings.gettimely.com/wakatiputherapeuticmassage/bb/book

Kaisa Föhr
Remedial Massage Therapist MNZ
The human body and its movement has always fascinated me. Over the years, I have
tried several sports and exercises myself and treated people with various physical
ailments. My own experiences have taught me that our ability to learn and improve
ourselves is endless. I graduated from Tampere University of Applied Sciences
(Finland) in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy. Working self employed
for 7 years I discovered that my passion lies in manual therapy and massage. In
2018 I followed my dream to travel to New Zealand and started working as a
massage therapist. Over 10 years of working as a physiotherapist and massage
therapist I have had a wide spectrum of experience from passive postural problems
to rehabilitating sports injuries.
Being a Physiotherapist is a great base for body work. I have also completed various
courses to help me learn and understand more about both physical health and
holistic wellbeing. I graduated in Finnish Body alignment (Kalevalainen jasenkorjaus)
in 2016, which was a turning point for me and inspired me to start treating patients
with a more holistic approach. Since coming to New Zealand, I have become a
registered massage therapist with MNZ and Reiki practitioner (Level 1,2 & 3). I have
also started to scratch the surface of craniosacral therapy and Honohono healing. In
September 2022 I will start my journey with visceral manipulation.
I’m passionate about my work and getting the best results possible requires
commitment from me and the client. Modern day life is hectic, demanding and
stressful in many ways, to pause and take time to improve your overall wellbeing is
my goal. Every session will be tailored specifically for your needs and what you are
comfortable with.

When work is done and I’m on Kaisa time you will most likely find me on a yoga mat
or in the sauna, usually accompanied by my two awesome cats. Dipping into the
lake 365 days a year is part of my daily routine that keeps me going. I also enjoy
wandering outdoors, running, gardening, and hanging out with friends- all things that
help to keep me sane and happy!

Matariki weekend! Hope you can all enjoy some time with whanau and friends 🌟

Price Increase 💲
You will notice a small price increase at your next appointment, this reflects the rising costs over the past two years.
From Monday 20th June all treatment costs will increase slightly.
If you're experiencing financila hardship or would like to set up a payment plan please get in touch.
Thank you :)

Science is now showing that may be just what we need to regenerate our exhausted and bodies.

The demands of modern life put a significant burden on the prefrontal cortex of the brain, which is involved in high-order thinking, decision-making and problem-solving.

Researchers in the new field of interruption science have found that it takes an average of twenty-five minutes to recover from an activity like a phone call. Yet such cognitive interruptions come every eleven minutes on average— which means we’re never quite caught up with our lives. And when our attentional resources become drained, we can become distracted, mentally fatigued, and struggle to focus and solve problems.

This is a common struggle. For many people, it’s incredibly difficult to disconnect or take downtime. Stillness is tremendously difficult in our media-rich, always-on, over-communicated society. We’re constantly filling our brains with news, work updates, music, podcasts and, of course, non-stop TV shows. As our internal and external environments become louder and louder, we need to deliberately seek out moments of silence from the noise— putting a pause on the information overload, constant stimulation, and a hurried life.

Constant itself can be taxing on a person. Studies of human physiology help explain how invisible phenomena can have pronounced physical effects. Sound waves vibrate the bones of the ear, which transmit movement to the snail-shaped cochlea. The cochlea converts physical vibrations into electrical signals that the receives. The body reacts immediately and powerfully to these signals, even in the middle of deep sleep. Neurophysiological research suggests that noises first activate the amygdalae, clusters of neurons located in the temporal lobes of the brain, associated with memory formation and emotion. The activation prompts an immediate release of stress hormones like . People who live in consistently loud environments often experience chronically elevated levels of stress hormones.

And it is not just the noise we need relief from, but also the constant thinking— a problem for the ages. Even the seventeenth-century French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal famously noted, “All the unhappiness of men arises from one simple fact: that they cannot sit quietly in their chamber.”

Although anatomically the brain isn't a muscle, it does contain some muscle. And like any muscle, it tires from repeated stress. A structured downtime can help a person do their best work.

The Draugiem Group conducted an experiment using a time-tracking productivity app to see what habits set most productive employees apart. What they found was that the ten percent of employees with the highest productivity surprisingly didn’t put in longer hours than anyone else. In fact, they didn’t even work full eight-hour days. What they did do was take regular breaks.

So even if you are worried about productivity, scheduled periods of stillness and rest are still the ultimate way to go. (Specifically, 17-minute breaks for every 52 minutes of work, if you want to apply the exact science).

The brain depends on downtime to process information, consolidate memory and reinforce learning. In stillness, your brain is actively internalizing and evaluating information for you. A study by Duke University regenerative biologist, Imke Kirste, found that two hours of silence per day prompted cell development in the , the brain region related to the formation of memory, involving the senses.

When your brain is idle, you can tap into your inner stream of thoughts, emotions, memories and ideas. When you give yourself stillness, you are giving your brain the opportunity to understand your internal and external environments and gain perspective— something that is vital for overall wellbeing.

These periods of calm can allow self-reflection on where we are headed, why we’ve chosen that path, what we can do better and how to make the journey more meaningful. In an increasingly distracting world, stillness is an overlooked resource that is always at our fingertips.
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Merry Christmas!
We hope you have a fantastic festive season, we look forward to seeing you next year X