New Testimonial for Swedish Massage

"If I was my cat I'd be purring right now. Feels like you've stretched me right out and put everything back where it should be. You seem to know my body, just what I need, you're perfect for me. You seem to really get in there, not too light, firm but never painful. Wish I'd found you years ago. "

Ms Audrey Langhorn, Wray

Celebrating One Hundred Facebook Followers with a Prize Draw

I recently got close to 100 likes on my Facebook page. I'd seen a while ago a few pages who had given a gift to their hundredth follower, and thought it was a good idea, but then had what I thought was an even better idea - a prize draw! Then all my followers would have an equal chance to win something, my longstanding supporters as well as the new ones.

I decided to offer:
First prize - 1 person will win an hour massage or Reflexology session of their choice FREE. Runners up - 2 people will win an hour session HALF PRICE.
  with 3 names selected at random from my local followers.

Well I publicised the fact I was going to do this which got me some new followers, which is great. Then when I got to one hundred, the prize draw, and 3 lucky and happy winners!

It felt good to celebrate my first 100 followers like this, I'll definitely do it again when I get to 200, and I think I might do something similar when I get to 150 even. :-)

If you'd like to sign up for more regular updates than I do here, including news, info on looking after yourself and increasing your health and wellbeing, and occasional special offers, go to https://www.facebook.com/Holistyx and click 'like'.  :-)

New Discount Scheme! - Loyalty Cards

I am no longer offering discounted packages for 5 weekly, fortnightly or 3-weekly appointments pre-booked and pre-paid in cash. Instead, I am bringing in a loyalty card scheme so all my clients can be rewarded with discounts for ongoing custom, regardless of how frequently you attend, and without having to book and pay for treatments in advance.

A session of an hour or less = 1 stamp
A session of an hour and a quarter or more = 2 stamps
You can choose whether to use your stamps when you get to 8 stamps, for 25% off, to wait until you have collected 12 stamps and get a 1/2 price treatment, or until you have a full card of 16 stamps to receive a treatment absolutely free.
For example
- If you came for a full body massage once a week, collecting 2 stamps a week, it would only take you 8 weeks to have a full card and on the 9th week your massage would be completely free.
- If you came every 3 weeks for a back massage, it would take you 48 weeks to get 16 stamps and receive a completely free treatment, that's 11 months. So you might choose to trade in your card at 8 stamps (that would take 5 1/2 months) for 25% off or at 12 stamps (which would take 8 months) to get a half price treatment.

My recommend a friend offer is continuing - £5 off your next treatment when a friend has a treatment on your recommendation.

New Testimonial :)

"I started having treatments with Ceri at Holistyx because of a recurring back problem. Since that time my body has thrown up many and varied challenges which Ceri has always met with empathy, interest and skill. She always reviews my health every session and tailors my treatment to suit. In addition to managing my back better I would usually have up to 4 chest infections a year but have only had one in the last 12 months. My work is often very stressful and Ceri addresses this in my treatments too. I look forward to my treatments with Ceri and consider them to be a really good investment in maintaining my physical and mental wellbeing."

Kirstie Gorman, Lancaster

Price List 2012

Happy New Year! Here's my new price list for 2012:

Swedish Massage


Indian Head Massage


Reflexology


Aromatherapy

Festive Season Availability

I hope you aren't getting too stressed out by all the pressures of the season!

This week I am available as usual. Ie Monday I was at Concept Hair and Beauty and on Thursday and Saturday afternoons I'll be at my Therapy Room in East Road (follow the links for location details and photos). I'm now fully booked tomorrow but if you fancy a massage or Reflexology de-stress on Saturday (perhaps after facing the shops!) or you'd like to treat visiting friends and family (I've had a few people request that, you lovely lot) I am available. Perhaps with some Frankincense for a festive yet deeply relaxing effect!

Next week I will be available on Friday the 23rd of Dec instead of Thurs 22nd. For urgent treatment, I would be available on Saturday 24th Dec - Christmas Eve.

Between Christmas and New Year I will be taking a week off for the first time in 6 years - really looking forward to it!

First week of January I think Concept will be shut for the Bank Holiday on Monday 2nd of January, but if you would like an appointment on that day let me know and I will check if I can do so at East Road. If you are feeling rather sluggish and worse for wear after overindulging in food and drink, I can provide a de-toxing treatment to help your liver recover, and get your pep back!

Also, as a follow up about Christmas Gift Vouchers, its not too late! If you are worried about the Christmas post, you can come and buy one from me at either of my locations on the days I am there, if you arrange a time with me to make sure I am in, as well as through the post as I detail on my webpage.

Happy Holidays / Merry Christmas and a very Healthy, Happy New Year!

Ceri

Christmas Gift Vouchers

Can you think of one of your friends or family who would really enjoy, appreciate and benefit from a massage or some Reflexology, but might not treat themselves to it?

Or, are you struggling to think what to buy someone? Maybe they seem to have everything they want, or you'd like to get them something a little bit different rather than the same old same old?

For a thoughtful, special, quality Christmas gift, how about buying them a Holistyx voucher?
Vouchers are valid for 12 weeks from the date of purchase, the expiry date is given on the voucher.

To purchase a gift voucher, please email, phone of facebook me if you like with the following details:- Your full name, address and telephone number.
- The name of the recipent - the person the gift is for.
- Their address if you would like me to send the voucher directly to them, plus any message you would like to me to include.
- Their contact number if you would like me to ring them a couple of weeks before the expiry date to remind them in the event that they have not yet booked an appointment.
- the amount of the voucher (you buy them the time, they choose which treatment they want to use it for)
£17 for a half an hour session (eg arms and hands)£22 for a 45 min session (eg back massage, legs and feet massage)
£27 for an hour session (eg Reflexology, Indian head massage, or back, neck, upper chest and shoulders massage)
£32 for 1 1/4 hr session (eg Extended Reflexology or Indian head massage or Swedish full body massage)
£37 for an hour and a half session (eg an Aromatherapy full body or Swedish full body intensive massage)
£42 for a 1 3/4 hr session (eg full body Aroma luxury massage)or for £10, or £15 towards a session.
I will tell you my mailing address, and you can send me a cheque for the appropriate amount.

Then I will post you or the recipient the voucher as soon as I receive your cheque, in an envelope printed with my own little tree design.

NEW! Indian Head Massage Back Special.

I am really excited about this new session, developed with a client who asked me to combine Swedish Back Massage with Indian Head Massage. I really love it! So does one of my regular clients who tried it and now has switched to this as her regular session. It costs £37 and takes an hour and a half to get your whole upper body really well worked and deeply relaxed. First you lie down on your front on the couch for deep work on whole back using both Swedish and Indian techniques, really working on any knots and areas of tension. Then you turn over (covered with a towel) for Swedish work on the upper chest/neck/shoulders, and Ayur Vedic pressure points on face and scalp. Then (with a velcroed towel wrap) you get up and sit on a chair for full head massage and hair stroking, followed by more work - Indian style - to any remaining tension or knots in the neck and shoulders and then going down the arms. Finishing with the chakras and energy field being balanced and grounded. Come and try it out - phone me on 07888 692803 and book today!

PS - there is more information about Indian Head Massage here. :)

Location Change - Goodbye Healing Hands, Hello East Road!

Isobel Hamid of 'Healing Hands' closed down 'The Bridge Clinic' next to Skerton Bridge on the 27th May. I've been renting a room there for 2 1/2 years and have grown very at home and fond of the place and was sorry to see it go! Isobel is now at Riverway House just round the corner, with both her 'Healing Hands' practice and the 'Ultima Physio' and 'Altissima Training' parts of her work that she had been developing at Total Fitness gym before its sudden closure.

As I have been working at Concept Health and Beauty on China Street on Mondays since October last year, I initially explored the idea of using the treatment room there on my other days (Thursday and Saturday). Sonia, the Beauty Therapist who is there Tuesday to Saturday, initially thought we could work round each other, but she has become so busy lately she realised it just wouldn't work out. So, I decided to have a look around at other options and ... I have found somewhere REALLY nice!

More info to follow soon!

Federation of Holistic Therapists Lancaster Local Support Group - update

Most local people will probably have heard that Total Fitness was suddenly closed a few weeks ago. That left my joint-co-ordinator, Isobel Hamid , without a venue for her training school, and us as a group without a venue for the FHT Lancaster Local Support Group. Our March and April meetings have therefore been cancelled. Isobel has got a new place at Riverway House and thanks to FHT member Sarah Bowers, Nurse Complementary Therapy Co-ordinator at the local St. John's Hospice, we have got the go-ahead to use the main lounge/ education room in the Hospice for the support group. It is on on the A6 at Beaumont Bridge - Slyne Road, Lancaster, LA2 6ST.