Class Notes Day 6, Fri 2/9 - neck/face, working without a bottom sheet covering table

"All manner of wondrous things are possible."

Taylor Swift - Ellen told us about Taylor Swift, her financial success, the greatest recording artist of all time, and her positive influence on the world. 

Who am I?
Who is the authentic me? Live that version of me fully.

Osho wrote - 

"When you are silent with no dialogue within, you create a space - an infinite space - where the divine guest can come. This is the only invocation. This is the only prayer."

Silent day of no voice until 6:30 supper
every Friday will be silent

once each year all of Bali goes silent - Hindu celebration throughout Indonesia

Nyepi the entire island goes dark, silent, and inactive - even the airport closes

     starts Monday, March 11th, 6:am 
Melasti begins 3 or 4 days earlier, thousands of Balinese dress in white and go to the ocean for purification ritual

Ogoh-ogoh paper mache monsters - raucous parades on Nyepi eve

Bali has moderate Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians all living peacefully together - respect and love

We walked around the room, meeting one person at a time randomly, making eye contact and seeing both that person and myself - one eye in, one eye out - without talking, making sure we greet every person in the room.

Will do that every Friday as a way to let go of differences that arose during that week.
Much of it became hugging (20 seconds), touching hands, kissing hands and foreheads, crying, laughing, humming.

Blessing from Balinese Priestess, Ibu ???
Balinese blessing for long life and good health

Stood in a circle, one at a time silently waiting. She splashed holy water twice on my head, I put my hands together, palms up, with right on top in a cup form, and she splashed water which I drank, then two more times. She splashed a fourth time and I wiped my hands up my forehead and over my head. She pressed holy rice on my wet forehead (a few grains), then tucked a flower behind my right ear. 

After completing that round of the entire class, she did another round. She placed several grains of holy rice in my right hand, I ate 3 grains one at a time, then she hugged me and we bowed. She smudged and had incense burning on her silver tray as she did this. Then she went out of our door and blessed the building and group before she left. 

She spends all day spreading blessings. Very slim, very dark, brilliantly white slim dress, long black hair, silver tray. I don't know if I can take her photograph. I hope I can. She's amazing. 

Back to massage - 

Wipe off our client's feet before we start so we don't drag scratchy stuff in oil

Start by matching my breath with the client's breath -

    But what if they are breathing fast???

Supine position, bend client's knees and laterally rotate femurs on pillow

Upper shoulders/neck:

on BARE table with client supine

slide hands/arms under the back - rake up

use client's body weight so it's on work on my part

neck traction from base of skull

flow across to delt area

apply pressure toward foot on one shoulder which will rotate head also

rock the head

scalp massage - use my whole body, not just static sitting and using hands

massage part/crown of head with thumb pressure - leaning toward client's feet

    not just using my hands, but my body weight as I rock forward and backward

pull client's hair to pull scalp away from skull, stretch tissue/fascia

Face: 

"long stroke" from forehead over sides of cheeks to jaw

massage cheeks, lateral edges of jaw

ears

block sound with cupped hands

block eyes with cupped hands

then disconnect hands from client

replace eye cover

do final disconnect and leave the space

CLEAN WITH VINEGAR/WATER - it takes the oil right off!

Timeliness -

be efficient and effective

you have to choose what to do and what not to do