Hawaiian Experience Spa

Relaxation massage at Hawaiian Experience Spa in Scottsdale

In an article today in The Massage Advancer the issue of stress and massage was discussed in detail.  While it may be no surprise to anyone that massage will make you feel more relaxed, you may be surprised to learn that a nice Scottsdale massage may be your proven solution to your stress.

If you are looking for a massage to reduce stress we recommend visiting our Relaxation Page.  There you will find a listing of our most relaxing treatments including the Maui Relaxation Massage, The Stressbuster Relaxation Massage and more.

Hawaiian Experience Day Spa in Scottsdale has many types of massage ranging from relaxing to therapeutic.  Scottsdale massage will never be the same.

Your lymphatice system is your immune system

One of the clinically proven facts about massage therapy is it’s effect on enhancing the immune system.  In a study by the University of Miami School of Medicine (Natural killer cells and lymphocytes increase in women with breast cancer following massage therapy by Hernandez-Reif, et al.) research showed conclusively that massage therapy increases the amount of natural killer cells and lymphocytes in the body.  These cells are a key part of the body’s immune system.

Also see: Can massage therapy boost your immunity to prevent H1N1?

While all massage enhance your body’s immune system, a lymphatic drainage massage is specifically designed for that purpose.  Lymphatic Drainage is a very medically recognized therapy and is used at hospitals through out the world. 

At Hawaiian Experience Spa we offer this treatment which we often combine with a Swedish massage for enhanced detoxification and immune building.  For more information please visit our Lymphatic Drainage web page.

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Picture taken on Maui, HI / Steve Ibach

Hawaiian Shaman are the great healers in Hawaiian culture. Through their unique understanding and views about the universe they have developed many powerful healing practices (such as the original form of Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage) for both the mind and body. At the core of their beliefs are seven sacred principles.

The Fifth Principle: ALOHA – To Love Is To Be Happy With
Aloha is the word for love in the Hawaiian language. Love is happiness and happiness is love; hence the description To Love Is To Be Happy With. Love produces only happiness. Fear, doubt, and resentment produce unhappiness. Fear, anger, and doubt lead to the dark side. Yes, many “beliefs” of the Jedi (from the movie series Star Wars) come from ancient shamanic teachings. How else would they seem so wise?

Fear, anger, and doubt lead to criticism. Criticism is the destroyer of love. Praise on the other hand, builds love and happiness. Your Ku memory cannot distinguish between criticism of yourself and criticism of others or even of things. If you are angry at your car, your body will react as if you were angry at yourself. Your muscles will tighten, stress hormones will be produced, and your immunity to sickness will decrease. On the other hand, if you love your car, you will have no stress associated with it. You love it, you accept it (even if it is kind of beat up) and it makes you happy.

Criticize yourself and your whole body is affected. You cannot be truly happy if you do not love yourself and others. There is enormous power is this principle. If you can change from a cycle of distrust, anger, fear, and doubt about yourself, your job, your spouse, and the world in general, to a cycle of acceptance of others, and love for yourself and those around you, your entire perceived world will change. Happiness will replace sadness; confidence will replace doubt; and joy will replace anger. To love is to be happy with…

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Exercise is essential to muscle health

Achieving a healthy state in your body requires more than massage; it also requires regular exercise good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.  Your massage therapist can relieve muscle tension and trigger points, but if you do not stay fit your muscle disorder is much more likely to return. 

Definition of being physically fit
One definition of physical fitness is as follows: “Being physically fit is having the energy to perform your daily duties alertly and with vigor, while also maintaining adequate energy for leisure activities.”  Over a series of articles this simple statement will be dissected and additional components will be filled in to provide readers with an understanding of what their goal really is when they say they want to be physically fit.

Definition Component #1 – “having the energy”
First, being physically fit is “having the energy…” Energy is the capacity to do work.  You must first have a reserve of energy before you can do any work.  An airplane receives its energy from its stores of gasoline while our body receives it energy from our stores of glucose (sugar) and fats which are produced by the foods we eat. 

In order to use the energy, however, we must have an efficient system of converting the energy to work.  The potential energy in a tank of gasoline may be very significant, however, if the engine has mechanical problems we may not even be able to get started in the morning, let alone make it through the entire day with vigor and alertness.  Additionally, if an airplane has more potential energy then it has the capacity of using, the energy is just extra weight and is not useful.  Similarly, an obese person has an enormous amount of potential energy in his body.  Each pound of fat can produce about 3,500 calories of energy, however, carrying all of that extra energy is inefficient and actually detrimental.  Unlike a polar bear that has to accumulate vast quantities of stored fat so he can live off it during hibernation, it is not healthy for humans to have significant fat stores.

Therefore, one of the first goals of getting fit is to eliminate the excess fat.  By converting fat to muscle we take extra and unproductive weight fat mass and convert to a useful muscle mass.  Unlike fat, muscle has the useful ability to use energy so it can sustain itself and can help carry an extra load such as the load you put on it each day while working and playing.  Carrying an extra 20 pounds of fat is like carrying 20 pounds of groceries on your back.  It is a reserve of energy that is unnecessary and unproductive.

Hawaiian Experience Spa is more than a fluff and buff day spa.  We provide a complete range of services from exotic and relaxing spa treatments to serious medical level massage.  The spa is great for special occasions, regular “every month” massages, and injury and pain treatment.

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The Second Principle: KALA: There Are No Limits

Skydiving Kaua'i / Courtesy Freda Feliciano

In the Hawaiian Shamanic belief system, this is taken very literally: NO LIMITS. If we live in an infinite universe, then infinite possibilities and realities must exist. The limitations in our reality are our own doing and can be overcome when we realize that all limitations are artificially created by ourselves. This principle can go into some very deep aspects of the Hawaiian Shamanic belief system, however, for our purposes we will bring this down to a more practical level. Read the full article

There is no other day spa in the Phoenix area that performs traditional Lomi Lomi massage like Hawaiian Experience Spa.  If you want to really experience a Lomi Lomi Massage and are in the Phoenix, Arizona area, call us at 480-661-2991 and make an appointment for a Lomi Lomi massage.  Hawaiian Experience Spa is located in Scottsdale but is only minutes from Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, and Fountain Hills.

Coffee Scrub by Malie

Many day spas and resort spas offer treatments designed to fight and reduce cellulite.  These anti cellulite treatments consist of body wraps, body scrubs, massages and more.  Some spas also sell cellulite reducing creams and other products that are designed to help you fight cellulite at home.  Before we discuss the effectiveness of these treatments it is important to first understand what cellulite really is and what causes it.  Read the full article about cellulite treatments

If you are in the Phoenix, Arizona area you may want to visit Hawaiian Experience Spa in Scottsdale for a cellulite busting treatment.  We offer several treatments that are both fun and enjoyable in themselves, and have cellulite busting properites.  To view our list of celluite fight treatments visit our Cellulite Page.

The First Principle: IKE (pronounced E’-kay): The World Is What You Think It Is.

Is the glass half empty or half full? Is the rain good for plants or bad for swimming? We all create our own reality with how we look at answers to thousands of questions like the two above. An example of creating one’s own reality can be found in many training manuals for professional sales people. Because of the constant rejection (almost no one wants to speak with a sales person, at least at first) good sales people study the art of self motivation. Sales people create their our own way of looking at the rejection. For example, sales people calculate how many “No’s” they receive on average before they get a “Yes”. Then every NO is money in the bank. If a sales person knows she needs 10 “no’s” to get a ‘yes”, she can thank people for saying NO because each “no” is one closer to a “yes”! It is all a matter of perception.

Countless self motivational and self improvement books… Read complete article

At Hawaiian Experience Spa we perform the “temple style” of lomi lomi massage.  In this style we observe the seven sacred principles and include several ancient customs and practices.  You will note during your next visit that one principle is painted above each door in the spa.

For more information visit our lomi lomi page.