Over the past few months, I have been trading bi-weekly Pilates classes for massage with one of my colleagues. The private sessions on the Pilates Reformer machine have been helping me in multiple ways, includingContinue reading
Category: Acceptance
Don’t be Afraid of The Block
I first started practicing Yoga in 2007 or 2008. I was introduced to it via my cousin, who had started attending a beginner’s Kripalu class just down the street from me. After the first class,Continue reading
A Message for the New Year
In my integrated treatment sessions, I will sometimes pull a card from The Soul’s Journey deck, created by James Van Praagh and widely available. I am not always called to pull a card during the sessions,Continue reading
Ever Evolving
Change is the one constant on this planet. It is also perhaps the one thing most sentient creatures abhor above all else. Change is uncertainty. Change is unease. Change is something we spend a lotContinue reading
Giving the Gift of Massage… or Not (?)
As someone in the service industry generally and a Massage Therapist specifically, I meet a wide and varied spectrum of individuals. They are all at different points in their life, experiencing different things. Some comeContinue reading
When “No” is a Complete Sentence but No One Listens
When people become aware of Self Care as something they need to be proactive about, they get all kinds of advice. Some of the big ones include: “Put your oxygen mask on before you helpContinue reading
Unconditional Positive Regard
When I started my training for massage therapy, one of the first things our teachers did after getting us all introduced and comfortable with each other was introduce the idea of Unconditional Positive Regard (UPR).Continue reading