Tag Archives: massage

Abandoning Hope and Beginning Again

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Last Wednesday, while preparing to step into the bath, I took a quick glance in the mirror. Then I took a second glance. A vein that I had never noticed before had sprung up dark blue on the left side … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Revelations

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Massage therapists, we worry about burning out our hands. In school, we are greeted with a barrage of horror stories: tendonitis, carpal tunnel, ganglian cysts. And sure enough, the first six months I was in practice, I had tingling from … Continue reading →

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The Limits of Limitless Healing

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

At fourteen years old, my spouse, Joy was the victim of a catastrophic accident while riding her bicycle. Her face bore the brunt of the impact on the street. The left side of her face was scraped off by the … Continue reading →

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Code Names and Living a Double Life

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

I once worked with a woman who had two names. One was for work and one was for home. While her given name was very floral and feminine, her chosen professional name was positively…feral. I completely understood this compartmentalization, and … Continue reading →

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