Ear to Tampa Bay
the co-chairs for Preserve Vision
Florida’s 40th Anniversary Person of
Vision Award Dinner honoring H. Lee
Moffitt in Tampa…..Marie Beaty,
board president, Vicki Robinson,
treasurer, and Suzy Gizzi, all of
Dunedin, are the co-chairs for “Rock
the Runway,” the Dunedin Youth
Guild’s annual luncheon and fashion
show by MJ Fashions & Gifts in
Dunedin.....Lucile Casey is chairing
“Soar into Spring Fashions,” the GFWC
Clearwater Community Woman’s
Club’s 48th annual luncheon fashion
show in Belleair, featuring Patchington
fashions and Daisy Grants for local
charities…..Kathy Wilder of
Clearwater, a longtime volunteer with
the Suncoast Hospice Foundation’s
board of trustees, foundation board,
resource development council, capital
campaign core, the ball and fashion
show committees and more, recently
received the Association of Fundraising
Professionals’ Gayle Sierens
Volunteer of the Year Award.....Ernest
Simmons of Dunedin’s 5 ¾-inch by 3
¾-inch Stillwater Spoonbill prizewinning
MASSAGE LOWERS
STRESS HORMONES
By Deborah Karlan, L.M.T.
We know that massage can feel
good, but did you know that it
has been scientifically shown to
affect your body chemistry? According
to research done at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles and Touch Research
Institute in Miami, it was found that a
single session of massage caused biological
changes. Volunteers who received massage
experienced significant decreases in levels
in blood and saliva levels of the stress
hormone cortisol, which controls the body’s
fight and flight mechanism. Volunteers
also had an increase in the lymphocytes,
the white blood cells that help the immune
system. Both deep and light touch massage
affected body chemistry. However, lighter
touch therapy produced greater increases in
the hormone oxytocin, which is associated
with feelings of contentment. In addition,
massage can eliminate muscle pain, flush
toxins from lymphatic vessels, and soothe
your whole system.
Amy was experiencing job stress and
muscle pain from tension. She worked
at a desk all day, causing her neck and
shoulders to be so tight that she had limited
range of motion and was getting daily
headaches. Sometimes her arms and hand
were sore and stiff. Her doctor prescribed
muscle relaxers, and although they did
help, she was still experiencing problems.
I treated the trigger points causing her
headaches, neck and arm muscle tightness
during weekly massages for four weeks.
She improved each week. Bimonthly
massages have kept her free of tension
and pain with an excellent range of motion.
Massage can help you extend your working
abilities and increase job satisfaction by
removing muscle tension and pain.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Deborah Karlan, L.M.T.
has been a massage therapist and colon
hydro-therapist for 41 years. Her Wellness
From Within office is at 2158 Drew St.
in Clearwater. Her information website is
dkarlan.com. For questions and appointments
and to find harmony and balance with massage,
please call (727) 641-8979.
FL License MA4487, Est. MM27138
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acrylic painting was acquired
for the Miniature Art Society of
Florida’s permanent collection during
the society’s 44th annual International
Miniature Art Show in Tarpon Springs,
which was chaired by Lynnette
Vaughan of Tarpon Springs and
showcased 660 juried artworks by 155
artists from six countries and 33 U.S.
states. Other Tampa Bay area award
winners included Cathleen
Martinetto of Indian Rocks Beach,
Chieko Bromley of Tampa, Lynn
Wade of Brooksville and Carol
Grice-Curran of Valrico’s oils on
ivorine; Charles Rowe of Crystal
River and Carly Rockwell of Spring
Hill’s acrylics; and Helen Mathyssen-
Dobbins of Tampa’s pastel.
…..Bonnie Strickland, owner and
broker of Strickland property group,
Sandra Braham, president and CEO
of Gulf Coast Jewish Family and
Community Services, community
activist Carol Fisher and
philanthropist Linda Marcelli and
Bernice Smoot, founder of Saint Wall
Street, were named this year’s Five
Fabulous Females at the annual
luncheon of the Academy Prep Center
of St. Petersburg.....Mary K and John
Wilson of St. Petersburg arranged
with Warner Brothers for a special
preview showing of Aquaman, their
son Patrick Wilson’s latest movie at
a theater in Tampa after returning
from attending its premiere in
London, England. 9
Sharon Coil, a retiring 25-year director at
the College Fund of Pinellas County, was
thanked for 25 volunteer years by fellow
director James Cordea during the scholarship
support group’s annual luncheon in Largo.
Heather and Patrick Donoghue enjoyed
a reception for the Dunedin Fine Art
Center’s Circle Lounge group, which
was catered by Heather and Chef
Brian and their Palm Cafe at the center,
where Patrick is a board member and
is sponsored by Heartfire Wealth in
Dunedin, where he works.
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