At Firefly Massage we don't offer 60 min appointments. This is because, unlike that of a traditional spa, the work we do is a slow, intentional, whole-body approach to healing. The world around us demands a fast pace that sets our minds and our bodies on edge. We begin to feel overwhelmed. We start to tense our muscles, clench our jaw, and inch our shoulders up to our ears without even realizing it.

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Slow = CALM. We find that when we slow down, you slow down, too! This triggers an activation in your parasympathetic nervous system. You step out of fight or flight mode (that you probably don't even realize you're in) and you start to relax. Your body begins to feel safe enough to let go; of tensions, of emotions, and of stress. In turn, your body begins to aid in it's own healing & you leave with a bigger breath and a tiny little glow growing inside of you.

We firmly believe this way of letting go leads to longer-lasting results & the need for fewer appointments in the long-term, but it also means we can't cover as much ground in one session. This means that even in a 90 minute massage, we don't quite manage to cover the full body. Our bodies are so interconnected, even in ways we've yet to discover. Sometimes, when we overlook that one spot on the back of your leg at every session because we are simply running out of time, it means we are missing a key part of the puzzle. And when our intent is to take a full-body approach to healing, we need to cover as much of the body as we can! If our appointments were shorter, everyone would lose the magic of slowness, and it would be like slapping on a band-aid when what we need is a tourniquet.

So, why should you take the slow approach, if the fast approach covers more ground? Because there is magic in this way of letting go that leaves you feeling better than ever.