Massage increases healthy blood flow throughout the body, waking up all your cells and getting your brain back into action. After a short 15-minute workplace massage, employees become more alert, attentive to detail and show increased rates of productivity. Fatigue is often linked to muscular and mental tension. Sitting for too long and not moving are serious causes of a host of ailments. Having a regular on-site massage programme gets people moving – just by having to move to another room as well as having a massage.   

Tense bodies are less agile; tense minds are more rigid and less likely to find creative, innovative solutions. Often our work requires us to focus and concentrate. It can be very tiring doing this day in and day out, and in the end takes its toll, creating stress, burnout and eventually illness. We also know that intelligent compassionate touch is a powerful way of calming a stressed, tense nervous system. It might only take a few minutes, but a 20-30 minute massage allows us to return to work with a clear head so we perform better, stay engaged, and avoid mistakes.

The behaviour that we see happening around us creates the culture of our workplace. Aside from the impact of the physical space, the way we see people being treated tells us if we should feel safe and relaxed, or under threat and on edge. So when we see our colleagues having their specific concerns addressed, being listened to deeply, and being touched with intelligence and care (all of which happen with workplace massage), we relax, more of our personal resources are directed back to doing good work, building trust, and enjoying a healthy happy culture at work. Skilled, professional massage makes employees happier, and happier employees make for better workplaces. It communicates a culture of care, corporate wellness and models healthy relationships and generates optimism.