Massage therapy addresses different needs through varying techniques. A prenatal massage differs from a traditional one: For starters, you’ll likely be lying on your side. Studies have found that moms-to-be can reap both mental and physical rewards from prenatal massage. Massage therapy performed during pregnancy can reduce anxiety, decrease symptoms of depression, relieve muscle aches and joint pains, and improve labor outcomes and newborn health. Other common benefits of prenatal massage include:

• Reduced back & joint pain
• Improved circulation
• Reduced edema (swelling)
• Reduced muscle tension and headaches
• Reduced stress and anxiety
• Improved oxygenation of soft tissues and muscles
• Better sleep

Labor Stimulating massage is designed to help prepare you for welcoming your little one. It’s both relaxing and energizing, allowing you to be your best self upon motherhood. Acupressure induction points on the inner calf and hands are applied along with key reflexology points on the feet. Muscle groups in hips and sacrum are massaged to encourage hip opening.

Pregnancy brings elevated hormone levels and can cause a variety of skin changes, which makes acne and pigmentation during pregnancy a common complaint. Both acne and pigmentation can be treated by your esthetician when using safe procedures & ingredients for pregnancy.

• Oxygen Facial
• Exfoliating Facial
• Deep cleansing

Learn more about Prenatal Facial Options

Helps to soften the belly, soothe the baby and relax you!

Give yourself the freedom to take naps or bed rest as you experience moments of low energy while pregnant. Spa Lé La has a cozy nap room if you just need to get away for as little as 25 minutes, or as long as you need. Let us treat you to some relaxing mellow music, weighted blankets, a body pillow, warm flaxseed pillows for your neck and eyes, and heated beds to induce the sweetest of dreams.

Taking a luxurious bath that doesn’t exceed 98.6F, your normal body temperature, is a safe way to relax while pregnant. In a bath much of your upper body will remain out of the water, making you less likely to overheat.

The Benefits:

• Soothe Those Muscles
• Skin Soother
• Help with Digestion
• Reduce Stress
• Replenish Salt

Emotional and spiritual support – for mother and baby. Reiki supports women through the on-going physical, emotional and spiritual changes of pregnancy; this process helps to prepare them for childbirth. Many moms-to-be report feeling more centered, rested and grounded after a treatment. This gentle, healing energy can therefore be of great benefit to both the mother and her developing baby.

Reiki can safely be used at any stage of pregnancy and in conjunction with conventional medicine and complementary therapies including prenatal massage, prenatal yoga and chiropractic care.

Reiki during early pregnancy relieves many common discomforts such as exhaustion and nausea. Safe and gentle, Reiki will support the mother’s body as she grows and changes, and can give relief to lower back pain, tension in the neck and shoulders and insomnia. The common ‘fog’ of pregnancy is often lifted after a Reiki treatment. Relieved of some of the physical and emotional discomforts of pregnancy, the expectant mother will sleep more soundly and will feel more relaxed and connected with her baby.

The Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut conducted tests in a clinical setting during pregnancy involving the use of just the simplest form of Reiki. These showed:

• Reduced stress and anxiety during pregnancy by 94%
• Reduced pain by 78%
• Nausea and morning sickness reduced by 80%
• Quality of sleep was improved by 86%

Craniosacral therapy assists the pregnant woman along her journey into mothering by releasing restrictions in the body and pelvis to co-create an optimal birthing experience. During pregnancy, one of the primary focuses is to release restrictions in the pelvis to resolve back and hip pain and tension and to prepare for an optimal labor and birth, including promoting optimal fetal positioning. Craniosacral bodywork assists the baby in the womb to have optimal labor, birth and bonding.

Craniosacral supports the pregnant women’s inner resources for health, facilitating global balance in the body, heart and spirit. Through light touch, a therapist can balance the pelvis and uterus in pregnancy to ease and prevent ligament pain, posterior babies and low back, hip or rib pain. During labor and birth, women have obtained profound benefit from midwives and doulas trained in craniosacral therapy who are able to support them with comfort measures to balance and unwind the pelvis, uterus and sacrum. During the postpartum period, craniosacral therapy restores musculoskeletal reintegration, emotional balance and pelvic health and helps alleviate the discomforts of newborn care and mothering.

During pregnancy and delivery, a woman’s body goes through a variety of changes, and in many ways, is in constant communication with the infant. A woman’s body often “knows” what to do, but the stress and strain of delivery complicate the process. Craniosacral Therapy is now being viewed as a means of helping a mother prepare for labor and delivery physically and mentally.

Dry brushing can ward off stretch marks during pregnancy and help in tightening your skin during the third trimester. This is a great way to detox the skin during pregnancy. It assists in reducing cellulite and removes dead skin and impurities.

We start by using a natural-bristle brush to gently but firmly brush your skin in long strokes toward your heart usually, going over each area two or three times. At your belly, we brush in a clock wise motion. It helps detoxify by increasing blood circulation and promoting lymph drainage. Dry brushing stimulates the lymphatic system while invigorating the skin.