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When you come in for a treatment, changes are you’ll be given a form that has a bunch of questions for massage clients on there. You might be tempted to give short answers…but I encourage you to elaborate whenever you can. The more information we have as practitioners, the better your treatment is going to be. [Read more…]
This has been quite a common question from my clients/patients in the last few years of my practice. And it’s a really important one for us to discuss. The future of Thai Massage and Thai Yoga Therapy looks promising, but what it holding us back right now? [Read more…]
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I know – standing in line is such a riveting topic of discussion. Stick with me for just a couple of minutes though, I promise to add value to your stance. [Read more…]
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And he couldn’t be more right! Out of our 5 senses, our ability to sense touch (also called “haptic” sense) is the first one to develop as we’re a growing foetus. Biologically this speaks to its primary importance of touch in life, over and above the other senses. [Read more…]
I don’t know about you guys, but I sit at a desk waaaaay too much and so my neck is one of the first places I collect tension in my body. In my practice I have observed that a vast majority of people also experience this tension. [Read more…]
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It’s important for you to know that weak musculature is something we all have in different regions of our body, and so I’m not intending to insult you when I tell you you’re weak. I’m weak too – we’re on the same page! With that disclaimer, let’s discuss why you’re so tight all the time and what you can do about it. [Read more…]
Forget flowers. Forget jewelery.
It’s time to give something a little more meaningful than the stereotypical gifts. It’s time to open up the doors to giving something more of yourself this year. You’ll want to give something that can’t really be purchased, and something that will last much longer and create deeper bonds between you. [Read more…]
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So often we hear of these things called “knots” and scar tissue falls under the umbrella of that label. But do we really know what it is? [Read more…]
It’s a common practice today to place significant emphasis on belly breath, or more appropriately termed “diaphragmatic breathing”. I anticipate that much of its focus is the result of the popularization of yoga. In and of itself it’s a great practice to ensure that your [thoracic] diaphragm is moving well and aiding in a natural breathing cycle, but as with many things in life, leave it to humans to take it too far. [Read more…]
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