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Greetings!
Welcome to the January issue of the Caring Palms newsletter. This is the first newsletter of the new year (and it is coming out late, go figure). This month we have two confirmed Reiki classes scheduled, some announcements and an article for you.
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Thank You
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This past year has been an
interesting one for Caring Palms. While
the economy has been bad, and all too many small business have closed, Caring
Palms remains open and willing to help you when you need it.
Thanks to you, the clients,
Caring Palms is still here. And although
sessions have been down, changes in massage licensing regulations brought in a
huge amount of students last year. The
people that kept coming, and the students looking to learn new things have kept
Caring Palms afloat.
And for that, we thank you.
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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
January 9, 2010 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm Confirmed (Note: one can take this class and then advance to the Reiki 2 class on January 30th.)
- February 13 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm
- March 13 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm Confirmed
- April 10 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm
- May 8 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm
- June 12 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm
Reiki 2
- January 30, 2010 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm Confirmed
Reiki 3
- February 27, 2010 (Saturday) 11am - 5pm
Note: I promised to teach another Reiki 2 and Reiki 3 before the end of the year, but with the holidays coming up, there just is not enough room in the schedule.
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 canceled. All class statuses may be
viewed on the Reiki side of the web site under 'Class Scheduling and Schedule
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Esalen-Inspired
A beautifully landscaped grounds
overlooking the Pacific ocean is the home of the Esalen Institute in
Big Sur California. The institute has a center for the arts, a
center for theory and research, lush gardens, natural hot springs,
and massage. While the owner wanted it to be known for the arts and
research and such, Esalen became known for its unique style of
massage.
Californians are very laid back when
it comes to massage. Esalen became known for doing massage without
draping (as long as the client was comfortable with it). There were
times even when the therapists wore nothing because they were
comfortable with it. At one point, when the local licensing board
became aware of this, they told the therapists that they would have
to wear something or be licensed under Adult Entertainment.
While they do Esalen in California
with little or no draping, it can be done within most people's
comfort levels. Sometimes creative draping is needed to keep a
person covered, but it can be done. Minimal draping is best, but
full draping can be used.
read more
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Caring Palms on Facebook
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Caring Palms Massage and Reiki is now on Facebook. Become a fan.
Get all the announcements of events and classes. Enter into the discussions. Talk with other fans. Just do a search for 'Caring Palms' and go to
the page. From there, you add pictures,
join discussions and become a fan.
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Announcing the HHEA
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Last month, a new non-profit
corporation was started called the Holistic Health Education Association, Inc.
(HHEA). The HHEA is a professional
network of holistic healthcare practitioners whose purpose is providing education
and public awareness of choices in alternative healthcare. The creation of this association has resulted
from awareness that true health can only be regained or maintained more
effectively when all options for healing are known and utilized. Most people are well aware of what Western
medicine can do for them, but know of no other options when that fails, or
performs below what is expected. There
are many types of holistic alternative healthcare that can work with regular
medical treatment, oft times improving the condition of the patient
dramatically. All too often, most people
find alternative healthcare when Western medicine has failed them, and it is
too late. It is the purpose of this
association to educate the people of the community so they see all of the options
when faced with problems. The association
feels that having more information will allow people to make more informed
decisions on their treatment. Initially,
the association will be promoting health fairs where people can come and learn
about holistic healthcare. As Caring
Palms has long been a supporter of holistic healthcare education, all events
will appear here in this newsletter.
Caring Palms is also a member of this association and hopes that you as
readers support it as well.
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Brian to Attend Mediumship Seminar
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This month, Brian will be
attending a special seminar by Eamonn Downey, a psychic medium from the Arthur
Findlay school in England. Brian has been taking ongoing classes in
mediumship which along with the psychic development training taken a few years
ago has been adding to his ability to help others. He feels that any training in these realms
increases his intuitiveness which guides him to give each individual the
specific work that they need the most.
Because of this, Caring Palms will be unavailable the evening of Friday,
January 22nd, and Saturday, January 23rd.
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Caring Palms Now Offering Life Coaching Sessions
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While the primary focus of
Caring Palms has been massage and Reiki, Brian has been doing whatever he can
to help people through difficult times, to help them calm, focus, set
goals. It was brought to his attention
that these are primarily the traits of a life coach. According to Webster's...
Life coaching is a
future-focused practice with the aim of helping clients determine and achieve
personal goals. Life coaches use multiple methods that will help clients with
the process of setting and reaching goals. Coaching is not targeted at
psychological illness and coaches are neither therapists nor consultants.
This is what Brian has been
doing. Many life coaches use an array of
methods including hypnotism. While Brian
is not a hypnotist, he does offer meditation as a way of getting to the inner
self and making changes. Brian works
intuitively to help find a person's needs, and point them in the right
direction. It is the same intuition that
guides him through massage sessions, finding what each person needs the
most. His tools include meditation and
energy work (including, but not limited to Reiki).
If you feel you have a need
for something like this, call Caring Palms and set up an appointment.
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New Year, New Purpose
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by Brian Dean
Each year we hear the same
thing... it is a new year, filled with new promise, time to make
resolutions. And each year we break
those resolutions.
Well, it is a new year. And that new year is as yet uncharted. It is filled with promises and
possibilities. It can be a year of
wonderment. It is truly up to us.
How will we look at the new
year? How will we approach it? Instead of approaching it with half hearted
promises that we know we won't keep, why not change our focus, our purpose?
What is it this year that we
truly want to accomplish? Where do we
want to go? Who do we want to be? That's right, we're asking questions, as
before we can truly know what we want, we have to ask the question. But the answers to those questions leads to
something else... setting goals. Having
goals puts us on a journey, or a series of journeys.
Those journeys that we go on
help us grow, give us focus, just like having the goals gives us purpose. By doing realistic goal setting instead of blind
promises, we have a reasonable chance of reaching those goals, and achieving
what we truly want. But isn't that the
idea anyway? To create a goal and reach
it?
By looking at it as goal
setting we do much more than we do with blind promises. We set a goal. Then we figure how to reach it. We decide a path to take. We follow that path. While we do that, we grow. Eventually, we succeed, and reach our
goal.
So, as you set forth in this
new year, make some goals. Go on some
journeys. Redefine your focus, and have
purpose. And may love and light be with
each of you as you do.
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Caring Palms Promise
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At
Caring Palms, we pledge to do the best work we can at every session. We
not only do this to continue to earn your business, but because we believe that
you deserve the best care possible every time you are here. This is true whether it is massage, or energy work, or
classes. This
is our promise. This is what we will continue to do.
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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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