Receiving Care: Resting Into the Art of Being Held

So often, we think of self-care as something we must do for ourselves, another task to add to the list, another ritual we must remember, another thing to tend.

Yet massage is different.

Massage is not about doing, but about allowing.

It’s about surrendering into the truth that care can be shared, received, and carried for you by another.

When you rest into a massage, you are not only tending to tired muscles…you are stepping into a living practice of receiving.

This is the heart of massage: not another act of self-care, but an invitation to let yourself be cared for.

Massage as Co-Regulation

When two nervous systems meet in safety, the body remembers something ancient: we are not meant to carry it all alone.

In the presence of trusted, nurturing touch, your body slows, your breath deepens, and your heart finds its rhythm again.

This is called co-regulation—your nervous system borrowing steadiness from another until it remembers how to rest in its own balance.

Massage offers this kind of gentle re-patterning.

It reminds your body how to release the tightness it has been gripping, how to soften into presence, how to receive the gift of being held without condition.

Massage is not only a treatment—it is a sanctuary for body and soul.

Rest in Care With Me

At Essential Elevations Massage Retreat, I create space for you to step away from daily demands and truly surrender into care.

Your session is unhurried, your needs are honored, and your whole being is welcomed.

For those who long to take it deeper, I invite you to experience an overnight massage retreat.

Imagine arriving to a cozy, rustic space where the pace slows.

You receive a deeply restorative massage, then linger in the afterglow—no rushing into traffic or back to responsibility.

Instead, you rest, journal, sip tea, and allow the care you received to continue weaving through you overnight.

Morning greets you gently, with time to stretch, breathe, and enjoy a nourishing breakfast before re-entering the world.

This is more than self-care. It is being cared for.

Affirmation: I allow myself to rest in care. I am safe to receive. My body remembers ease.

If your heart feels the pull to rest, to be held, and to rediscover your own softness, I would love to welcome you.

~Brandy LaRae