bringing about relief from pain, it can also produce profound emotional changes.  It will relieve stress and anxiety and therefore is of great benefit to people suffering from any stress-related disorders.   Massage affects not only the musculo-skeletal system, but the circulation and the meridians, or energy channels of the body, bringing about a sense of wholeness, from which our own healing energies can be released.  It is an ideal accompaniment to other forms of healing, conventional or complementary.