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Benefits of Self-Massage

Healing physically will help you heal mentally. Whether dealing with sore muscles, tight headaches, or general body pain, massages may be a helpful path to recovery. Countless trips to the spa might not be feasible to your wallet, but don’t…
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Mind-Body Connection: 4 Ways to Care for Your Body Holistically

Taking charge of your health and wellness starts with understanding the mind-body connection. You may think that mental and physical health are exclusive, but rather they are deeply connected. Understanding both mental and physical health and…
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Finding Wellness Thru Travel & Eastern Massage Therapies

She’s on a quest to empower and heal. Her story will grab you by the qi. Check out this fantastic conversation between the owner & CEO of Integral Travel, Jessica Van Antwerp and the host of the BioOptimizers Awesome Health Podcast,…
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Unlock Your Body's Natural Healing Powers

Our owner and CEO Jessica Van Antwerp had the great pleasure of being on the High Energy Girl Podcast with Tracee Gluhaich. They had a great time chatting about everything from nutrition, wellness, yoga, mindfulness, and massage,…
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DIY Shiatsu: Back & Legs

Touch has been scientifically measured to make you healthier by increasing the functioning of your immune system and releasing a flood of good hormones into your bloodstream. Learn a simple routine you can practice on your loved ones at home…
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DIY Shiatsu: Intro & Arms

Human touch has been scientifically shown to increase the functioning of your immune system, as has unwinding the nervous system. Shiatsu provides both benefits! Use this video to learn a few simple techniques to apply to your loved ones…
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How do you want to feel?

Happy new year! As I'm looking deep into the eyes of 2018, I'm imagining the great contributions we at Integral Travel can make to answer that question with our Wellness Retreats. Last week a lady from Boston called saying she wanted to…
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Wisely Selfish

In my last entry, I used a phrase that I stumbled across a few years ago while I was traveling in Northern India – “wisely selfish”. This phrase, coined by the Dalai Lama, refers to an ancient teaching that suggests that “one’s…
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Beyond Thai Yoga Massage

“Thai Yoga Massage is but a medium that helps us tap into the universal truths that bind us all together.” How much of your success as a massage therapist do you owe to specific massage techniques that you learned in school, and how much…
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The Message of Massage

As the sun crept up the flanks of the surrounding 20,000 foot, snow-capped peaks, I approached the line of villagers that snaked around the small rural medical clinic in Central Tibet. It was my responsibility to talk to the would-be patients…