I do have a thing for nice sheets. They must be flannel, or high-thread count, no see-throughs, and stand up to about 1,000 washings. I don’t have a thing for laundry. I never want to do it. Yet virtually every night, here I am, slipping into a rhythmic trance as I fold, fold, fold. Most … Continue reading Laundry as Therapy… Ommmmmmmmmmm
I was sitting in my office, with its organic cotton sheets, organic, crystal-clear oil and a drawer full of matrix-shifting essential oils and root extracts when a new client came in. She plopped a bottle of paraffin massage oil on my desk. “I can’t have any plant oils or products on my skin. Is that … Continue reading All good things come from plants.. right?
My nominee for the most forgotten muscle is the tricep. Sight unseen on the back of the arm, it can create finger and arm tingles so gnarly even experienced therapists are convinced it is C6 compression in action. How do we take it for granted? Many times the first basic Swedish massage we learn skips … Continue reading The Forgotten Muscle
Sue Peterson, LMT, NCTMB, continues her series on our blog. Sue has a private practice in Orange County, California. After a few years of practice, I thought I was quite the massage stud. I managed in a six-day week to do about 25 massages, sometimes 30. The AMTA polls showed most therapists reported full-time as … Continue reading How Many Massages Can You Do?