Massage is a time-honored method of alleviating stress, as is the ancient art of crafting origami swans out of midterm exams. Ace relaxation with today’s Groupon to Advanced Bodyworks at Northway Plaza in Clifton Park. Choose from the following options:

• For $25, you get one 60-minute Swedish massage (a $50 value).
• For $30, you get one 90-minute Swedish massage (a $75 value).
• For $35, you get one 60-minute deep-tissue massage (a $70 value).
• For $45, you get one 90-minute deep-tissue massage (a $100 value). <p>

Owner John Mitchell brings a decade of fitness training to Advanced Bodyworks’ soul-soothing panoply of therapeutic massage sessions. Healing hands sheathed in massage oils or lotions span the entire body during Swedish massages, cycling through a muscle-melting medley of gliding strokes, robust kneads, and Morse-code tapping techniques. Ideal for promoting relaxation, the light to medium friction central to Swedish massage may also decrease anxiety and alleviate tendon tension culled from competitively curling cinderblocks. Alternatively, deep-tissue sessions target chronic patterns of pain, opting for intense strokes designed to penetrate multiple layers of muscle and mend the stricken connective tissue below. Multiple sessions of massage therapy may also aid in purging hazardous bodily toxins and fostering increased range of motion.