Free massage on national stress awareness day

Victoria Chao of Health First in a massage chair

A local healing centre is offering business people a free massage on 5 November in support of the 10th annual National Stress Awareness Day.

With increasing pressures from the global financial crisis and the everyday challenges and strains of modern life, stress builds up and undermines our ability to cope. This year National Stress Awareness Day is focusing on the pressures we create ourselves - in particular the 'worrying' habit.

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