Class Notes Day 10, Wed 2/14 - Flow, Timing, Boundaries

"Be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides."


For what it's worth, I feel better today. I fell asleep at 7:30 last night, I think it was. Woke up in the wee hours, wrote, went back to sleep. Walked into class with a better mind-set. Anyone who thinks this class is a piece of cake, a walk in the park, or any similar idiom is wrong. 

On the other hand, I don't think I've been this physically healthy in years. Did I say that yesterday? Well, it's true. It's amazing what a difference less than two weeks can make in a person. 

Class - 

One Billion Rising
Learned about "One Billion Rising" - song "Break the Chain"
https://youtu.be/fL5N8rSy4CU?si=hKMZzsT7XBNKxmti
to end violence against women

Sound bath
Students all supine on the floor like spokes on a wheel with our heads in the center
Eyes closed, relaxed
Teachers moved slowly around the circle of our heads playing various "instrument" - chimes, drums, wood percussion instruments, wind instruments, etc.
and a visiting didgeridoo was the very best part
the vibrations are amazing as they go through your whole body

"exit ramps" (fingers, toes, crown) include shoulders and hips
be sure to return to the body very close to where you exited

traded for an hour each with freedom, no demo
"you have the hands of a caregiver"

Focus
Flow to specific area back to flow back to specific

If you are pressed for time in a session, whatever you're doing, just do less of it

Rob does only 75 or 90 minute massages

Contracts
The time of the massage is a contract you make with the client. If you run long, you are breaking the agreed contract. DON'T DO THAT!
This is an area of difficulty for me - maintaining time boundaries
If the client wants additional table time after massage has started, "x more minutes will cost $ - are you okay with that?"
"It's my career, my income"
"I have to take care of myself - financially, energetically, and physically"
If I'm the one who wants to extend the time without charging the client more, ask the client if they are okay with changing the contract regarding time only

Timing of massage is a professional boundary. Honor it. 

Dual relationships

Make sure you have all your needs and desires met outside of your office - social, personal, sexual, emotional. 

Book - "The Educated Heart: Professional Boundaries for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers" - Nina McIntosh

Arousal vs. desire

Erections may be triggered by the parasympathetic nervous system

https://www.osho.com/osho-meditation-resort#

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