What does movement mean for you? “If we understand that movement is life, then we can also recognise that movement is not about calorie burning, body shaping, goal achieving or simple athleticism. All of these things may really work for…
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Gentle
Gentle That word gentle popped into my head when I was thinking about work recently. I got to thinking what I meant by it. Conscious that it might mean something different than would normally come to mind. Less is more….
Connection With Ourselves
Connection and disconnection If you have read my previous couple of blogs, you will know already that I have recently been exploring how I can become more visible in my work in a way that works for me. In doing…
Meet the Makers
What a time. Unprecedented. I started this blog yesterday. Only once it was finished did I contact the people I have mentioned to check they would be ok with their inclusion. In doing so, I now know some have already…
Words
Words …. Words are important to capture someone’s imagination. These days it is never more important to do this quickly. For a business, this means choosing words carefully. It is vital that the reader gets the information they need as…
Learning from 2019
Learning from 2019 Blog attempt Day 8! I spent ages writing a post a few days ago. It was random, disjointed and crap (frankly). Having aborted trying to make it coherent, I decided to write about what jumped out at…
Massage for health and well-being
Massage for health and well-being …….. What do I mean by that? This sentence can mean many different things. Our bodies are a delicate balance of systems, feelings, hormones, stimuli, influences both inside and outside of them. And what is…
Relaxation massage
Massage is wonderful for de-stressing and promoting general well-being. Touch has long been used to facilitate healing and express care. It is an intuitive thing we all do, a hug to soothe someone in distress, the rubbing of an injured…
Anatomy (and a little about Da Vinci)
I was recently exploring my book of Leonardo Da Vinci’s anatomy drawings. I love this book because it feeds both my enthusiasm for the human body and for ‘illustration’ (if I had my time again, an illustrator would be one…
Challenge and inspiration
And so the new year has arrived, in fact is well under way. This year, I will have to face my fear of how to make technology work for my massage business! If you have read my blog about designing…
Hot stone massage treatments
The minute I received my stones, that was it! Beautiful, smooth, varied in their shape and colour, I formed an attachment to them immediately. Mainly consisting of basalt, the stones have been formed from volcanic lava over significant periods of…
The power of building a website!
I have recently started the complex task of building a new website. This presents me with all sorts of challenges that result in me burying my head in the sand! However as I began to write the copy for it,…