Massage and Grief Recovery

When we lose someone we love either to death or divorce it leaves a person feeling like there is a deep hole in their life that just cannot be filled. When it is someone that we have invested a lot of our heart, time and efforts into and suddenly they’re gone, what do you do with all that energy? Many times when we lose someone close to us we have been their primary care giver during their illness investing months or maybe even years into their care. Suddenly not only have we lost our loved one but we have also lost the activity that has filled our life during their care. When this first happens normally the first 6 weeks we feel numb, people are bringing in food, stopping by, calling, sending cards etc. But then that dwindles too. Then the quiet sets in. Anyone of us that has lost someone can relate to all or some part of this. Grief can be so overwhelming that it can cause you to ache emotionally and physically. Massage can help with both. With grief comes the loss of sleep and being able to relax. With massage you get many benefits. The relaxation of course, but the relaxation actually helps reduce the stress and promotes better rest. When we get the proper rest we are more capable of coping. The body holds both emotional and physical memory in the muscles. So by receiving massage it gives the body the opportunity to have a new more pleasant memory which helps heal our spirit. You might think of it as retraining our thought process making us feel more hopeful. Not so alone.
Even though this has been geared more to losing a loved one to death many of the same emotional components come with divorce too.
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