Comments on: Who does the healing-the massage therapist or the client? http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/who-does-the-healing-the-massage-therapist-or-the-client/ Explorations in the Theory and Practice of Massage and Bodywork Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:31:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alec http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/who-does-the-healing-the-massage-therapist-or-the-client/#comment-254 Alec Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:15:03 +0000 http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/who-does-the-healing-the-massage-therapist-or-the-client/#comment-254 I totally agree with the last comment. I believe that touch is so important in a society where we are afraid to touch. As a massage therapist I see myself as simply a channel to enable healing to take place within the person I am working with. If someone can feel relaxed and good about themselves after a massage, the process of healing can begin. I totally agree with the last comment. I believe that touch is so important in a society where we are afraid to touch.
As a massage therapist I see myself as simply a channel to enable healing to take place within the person I am working with.
If someone can feel relaxed and good about themselves after a massage, the process of healing can begin.

]]> By: ~ B ~ http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/who-does-the-healing-the-massage-therapist-or-the-client/#comment-253 ~ B ~ Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:31:15 +0000 http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/who-does-the-healing-the-massage-therapist-or-the-client/#comment-253 Thought provoking. Native American belief reflects that anything that makes you better is "medicine", which leaves the door open for healing to happen through varying or even negative circumstance. And, more along the lines of your post, native american shamans do not call themselves shamans . . . those that are healed through their experience may call a person a shaman, but a catalyst for healing does not refer to themselves as a shaman. Instead, it is understood that healing happens . . . it is an option of experience. And while a shaman may facillitate a healing, self-responsibility for healing is implied by the participants interpretation of events. In likeness, I believe all participants in an experience contribute. When it comes to massage . . . I set the intention that I am merely an open channel for the energy or idea of healing to happen, and the receiver determines the end result. I am not a healer. An early and continuous experience of my own is that massage clients often show up with questions or conditions that reflect my own emotional, physical, psychological and spiritual queries or issues thus assisting, often unknowingly, with my own healing and growth. I think the very act of touch is a reassurance that we are never alone in our loves or our losses, and healing is the stuff that fills the gap between the two. Massage is a bit of a journey into both. Best of success to you! ~ B ~ rebelmassage@yahoo.com http://www.massagemsoi.com Thought provoking.

Native American belief reflects that anything that makes you better is “medicine”, which leaves the door open for healing to happen through varying or even negative circumstance.

And, more along the lines of your post, native american shamans do not call themselves shamans . . . those that are healed through their experience may call a person a shaman, but a catalyst for healing does not refer to themselves as a shaman.

Instead, it is understood that healing happens . . . it is an option of experience. And while a shaman may facillitate a healing, self-responsibility for healing is implied by the participants interpretation of events.

In likeness, I believe all participants in an experience contribute.

When it comes to massage . . . I set the intention that I am merely an open channel for the energy or idea of healing to happen, and the receiver determines the end result. I am not a healer.

An early and continuous experience of my own is that massage clients often show up with questions or conditions that reflect my own emotional, physical, psychological and spiritual queries or issues thus assisting, often unknowingly, with my own healing and growth.

I think the very act of touch is a reassurance that we are never alone in our loves or our losses, and healing is the stuff that fills the gap between the two.

Massage is a bit of a journey into both.

Best of success to you!

~ B ~
rebelmassage@yahoo.com
http://www.massagemsoi.com

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