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Greetings!
Welcome to the August issue of the Caring Palms newsletter. This month, Caring Palms has a lot of classes scheduled. We have one Body Mechanics class and three Reiki classes. We have Reiki classes of all levels as we are trying to be available for last minute CEU needs for massage therapists. We also have other information for you.
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Classes, Classes, and More Classes
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As the end of the massage
therapist licensing period nears, Caring Palms has had an increase in the
number of students in its Reiki classes.
Although most of these are massage therapists needing continuing
education, many are still regular people wanting to learn this unique style of
hands on healing.
The Reiki 1 class in May saw
five students, while the June class saw six.
The just completed July class saw seven causing the class to be moved to
an empty office in the office park. This
coming Saturday will see a Reiki 1 class with 12 students in it, the largest
Reiki 1 class ever at Caring Palms. And
if that wasn't spectacular, the Reiki 2 class the following week already has 14
people signed up and it is expected that some of the people in the July and
August Reiki 1 classes will sign up as well.
Brian is happy to introduce
new people to the Reiki method of healing, and to pass this knowledge so that
it is more available to people that need it, as well as being able to provide
continuing education to those that want it.
Once the license renewal period is up at the end of August, it is
expected that the number of students will drop off to a normal amount.
Caring Palms does have Reiki
classes available after August and can take students at any time. If you have an interest in learning this method of healing, contact Caring Palms or check out the website.
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| Body Mechanics and Advanced Techniques for Massage Therapists Class Schedule |
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The following is a list of currently scheduled classes. This class is a two-day class worth 12 CE hours. Each class (unless otherwise marked) currently has a status of 'Scheduled'. This means that a date has been set, but no one has signed up for it yet. Once a deposit has been received for a class, the status will be 'Confirmed'. The current schedule is as follows:
- August 15th - August 16th (Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm and Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm) Confirmed
At the Caring Palms Massage and Reiki Studio
This is a comprehensive course that is presented in a friendly, easy to follow manner with the student gaining hands-on experience before the conclusion. Part of the class is lecture with basic exercises that the class will participate in. Part of the class is hands-on practice where movements are shown that the student will perform. Some of the movements will be basic (Effleurage, Pétrissage, etc) with the focus being on better mechanics and deeper pressure. Other movements will be more advanced showing new ways to get deeply into certain areas.
Florida Board of Massage Approved for twelve (12) Continuing Education Hours (CEUs)
Class Cost: $300
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| Reiki Class Schedule |
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The following is a list of currently scheduled Reiki
Classes. Each class (unless otherwise marked) currently has a status of
'Scheduled'. This means that a date has been set, but no one has signed
up for it yet. Once a deposit has been received for a class, the status
will be 'Confirmed'. Any class marked as 'Closed' has basically filled up. (Note: In some cases, one may be able to enter a class marked 'Closed' with permission of the instructor.) The current schedule is as follows:
Reiki 1
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August 1 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm Closed
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September 12 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm -
October 10 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm November 14 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm
Reiki 2
- August 8 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm Confirmed
Reiki 3
- August 29 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm
All classes are open to anyone wanting to learn this unique
method of hands-on healing. The cost for each class is $100 no matter
what level of Reiki the class is for. A 50% deposit ($50) is required a
minimum of seven (7) days prior to the class date (or permission of the
instructor) to reserve a space in the class. Classes with no deposits
received by the deposit date will be cancelled. All class statuses may be
viewed on the Reiki side of the web site under 'Class Scheduling and Schedule
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| Modality of the Month |
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Deep Tissue Massage
One of the most requested styles of
massage is Deep Tissue. It almost seems that everyone wants very deep
work on their muscles, but that is not what they want at all. Most
people just want to feel their massage. The best place to start is to
define Deep Tissue massage.
When muscles become very tight and
stiff, they need lots of pressure to get them to loosen up and stretch.
Deep Tissue is that added pressure that gets way down into the belly of
the muscle to get it to relax. Many times this can be painful depending
on how deep the therapist goes, but all too often, that is what is
required for someone to feel better.
read more
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Circles and Patterns, The Circularity of Life
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by Brian Dean
Everything has patterns, and
most of those patterns are circular if for no other reason than because they
are patterns which means that they repeat.
We live on a ball, a circle. It
rotates in a circle going from day to night and back to day again. This ball also rotates in a circle around the
sun going from spring to summer to fall to winter and back to spring
again.
Life is a circle as
well. We may feel it is a straight line
from birth to death, but it has many revolutions on its path. And even that path is a circle as we are born
from the elements and to the elements we return. Harry Chapin once wrote in a song...
All my life's a circle;
Sunrise and
sundown;
Moon rolls thru the nighttime;
Till the daybreak comes around.
It seems like I've been here before;
I can't remember when;
But I have this funny feeling;
That we'll all be together again.
It describes the revolutions
in one's life, how friends come and go, and come back again. It shows circular patterns in life.
We go through circles every
day. We get up, go to work, and come
back home again. And while this may be
the norm for many people, even in the most chaotic life, there will be
patterns, and those patterns blend into a circle whether they are physical
patterns or thought patterns. We all
have them. We all move in circles.
Years ago, I took a martial
art called Aikido. What I liked about it
was that it was based on nonresistance rather than strength. One did not have to learn how to break boards
or be physically strong. One just needed
to look for the pattern of the attack, and then move out of the way. It sounds simpler than it is (as all things
do), but it worked, and it worked in circles.
You see, Aikido movements are circular while force moves in a straight
line. Force is sucked into the circle at
one point and expelled from it at another.
Circles are nice. The energies of the planet come in patterns
and circles. In fact we depend on these
patterns in things like weather and gravity and movement. Yet the bigger patterns are also dependent on
our smaller patterns. Our energies in
what we do and what we are give to the energies of the planet thus becoming
part of the bigger picture. Energies
push down from the outer reaches of the planet and mingle with our
energies. Those energies then push back
out, mixing with what is there to repeat the process again.
This is a circular cycle,
large energies feeding down to our smaller level, mixing on this basis and then
combining again to move back out to the bigger level. Everything feeds everything else. This is an important concept to realize.
We forget that we are part of
a whole. We may be small, but our
circles interact and complete other circles which interact and complete others
still. Every drop in the pond no matter
how small sends out ripples.
How do the circles we make
interact with other circles, other patterns?
That is what we need to start asking.
What effects do we have on others, on the world? We need to start looking at patterns, and
maybe changing them. We need to see how our energies affect the energies around
us. Are we a force for the
positive?
Everything has a circle, a
pattern. How can we change our pattern
to make better interactions? First, we
need to recognize that there are patterns, and then start noticing them. Once we do that, we can make changes and see
what works best. Then we, at our low
level, our small piece of the big picture, begin to change the world.
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Inspired Poetry
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by Brian Dean (with help)
As part of an exercise in a
mediumship class, we were told to do inspired writing. The following is what came through and was
the inspiration for the article above.
I see the earth rotating.
Clouds flowing across
continents in perfect symmetry.
Colors dance as oceans move.
Weather patterns change,
still keeping the flow.
Upon the planet, creatures
live out their lives, a small part of the symmetry, yet a large part at the
same time.
Their lives moving and
weaving, creating patterns and interactions that build upon the fabric of the
landscape.
Eventually, the patterns
grow, and move, and weave into the very essence of the planet itself, thus creating
the circular shape we see from space.
Outermost forces build inward
and support the innermost pieces of the design.
Innermost forces built
outward to fulfill the whole giving circular flow.
The earth is a beautiful
place.
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| Can We Answer Your Questions? |
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You have Questions? Maybe we have answers.
Each month, we write articles on a variety of subjects. Is there something that you would like to see us write about? Do you have questions that you 'd like answered? Do you have questions on massage? On Reiki? On energy work in general? Submit your questions or requests to Brian@CaringPalms.com and we will try to see if we can answer them for you. | |
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