Three months have passed, and my first quarter of massage school is in the history books. Good intentions to blog often about my adventure quickly gave way to the reality of an intense and challenging curriculum.
With only three classes (Anatomy & Physiology, Massage Fundamentals and Ethics & Communications), I thought I’d breeze through with plenty of other time, but instead, I was challenged and engaged in ways I haven’t been for years.
From a trip through human anatomy, learning every bone and it’s landmarks for hooking muscles, to every muscle and where it is, what it’s called and how it feels on different people, different bodies, I was engaged in complex and varied subject matter coupled with interpersonal interactions that would push the boundaries of even the most friendly and outgoing of personalities.
And pushed my boundaries were. Sometimes uncomfortably, sometimes with more ease, but always resulting in a greater experience of my hidden whole. Thank you OSM.
In that intense fire, kind of like high school and law school, I found some amazing friendships forged with stellar classmates who inspire me when I’m down and encourage me to fight for this world by their very presence. Coupled with the staff and teachers I’ve met already proficient in this love-based industry, I feel blessed and grateful to be here, now, with them.
I enter my second quarter with more seasoned expectations, a renewed admiration for the power of studying early and often, and a passion back in my daily life that is as rewarding as it is scary. Hold on world, I’m studying, integrating and redesigning my BioSense Suit for upgraded love-touch functions. I’ll be with you (in full) shortly.
I still don’t know where this course change is going to take me, a process truly difficult for an ex-control freak to take, and I do worry about starting out in a new and often misunderstood industry.
But my heart glows when I do this, and as a good friend reminded me today, I’m actually right where I belong.
Perhaps I can get my hands to glow next! :-)




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