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…
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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,…
Welcome to my new website
Welcome to the new website for Clare Baker, Massage Therapist. I hope you like it. I’m not sure if you’re supposed to do this in a blog, but I’m going to anyway …. Huge thanks to Brian for all the…