The Caring Palms studio will be closed Thursday, July 12^th (at 1:00pm) through Sunday, July 15^th while Brian is taking continuing education in mediumship. He will be attending Stansted-in-Florida, a four day intensive course focusing on the development of one's personal Psychic / Mediumistic skills.  It is patterned after and taught by tutors associated with the Arthur Findlay College in Stansted, Essex, England. This course follows the same level of quality and the same format as courses taught regularly at the College and gives each student an opportunity to meet and mingle with like-minded people.   

Thai massage is a lot of stretching and pressing, so much so that it has been called forced yoga. It is typically done dressed on a mat on the floor. But since most massage therapists don't want to be closing up their tables and putting down mats, they developed a method of doing on the table.

Thai does a lot of stretches that Caring Palms already does, but while those are intuitive and have to be worked out, these are doing the same things but are more polished.

The Thai routine involves stretching each part of the body (arms, legs, torso, etc.) and then doing palm and thumb compressions along SEN (energy) lines. Because the therapist uses their body to facilitate the stretches, they are on the table almost as much as the client. To reach the positions needed for the stretches that they do, the therapist will be kneeling or perching or standing over the client. Some of these involve leg lifts and shoulder stretches as well as the 'Bow' and the 'Cobra'.

The movements can be completely integrated into other things Caring Palms currently does such as MFR and other fascial (connective tissue) work. (Caring Palms integrated movements from the Auntie Margaret version of Hawaiian Lomi Lomi as needed and will be doing the same with Thai movements.)

One of the people worked on asked why people would pay to be stretched like this. But when she got up off the table and saw how much she could move, she understood.

The Reiki 1 class scheduled for July 14^th has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict. Brian will be attending Stansted in Florida that weekend. The next scheduled Reiki 1 class is Saturday, August 14^th. Please remember, Reiki classes can be scheduled during the week if someone cannot wait for the current scheduled ones.  

• July 14 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm  Canceled  
• August 11 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm
• September 8 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm
• October 13 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm
• November 10 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm  

There is a possibility that the Reiki 3 class scheduled for July 28^th may take place at the Hampton Inn instead of the Caring Palms studio. There have been several people interested in taking this class, and it could expand beyond the maximum number that could be comfortably taught at the studio. (We can comfortably teach six in the studio, but need a minimum of eight to move to the hotel due to the cost of the room.) The hotel is available, but Caring Palms needs to let them know at least one week before the class date. Right now, the registration system will allow up to 10 people into the class. If the 'drop date' for the hotel comes before we do not have enough to move it, the maximum number will be changed back to six.

If you are interested in the class, please register as early as possible as we need to make a decision on the location by Monday morning on July 23^rd. If there is a location change, everyone will be notified by email.

A couple weekends ago, I went out to work on another pitbull, Rooster (or more appropriately Rooster Cogburn of Clay County). Rooster is a one eyed pit that is mostly skin and bones and was rescued by Pit Sisters, the same group that rescued Rilind. Rooster has never had heartworm treatment and is suffering from a really bad case of it, so bad that the vet would have normally put down a dog in this condition. In fact, he couldn't figure out why this dog was still alive.

Rooster Cogburn

But Rooster does not act like he is on death's door. He still has interest in chasing lizards and seems to have the will to live. He is alert, and would be more active, but he is kept to minimal activity because of the condition of his heart. They are currently working medicines and hoping that one of them will help him back to health. They also decided to try Reiki since it seemed to work on Rilind and before him, Friday.

So, my wife and I went to visit one Sunday, and I spent about 45 minutes giving Reiki to Rooster. This dog was such a sweetie. He was calm, and although moved around a bit, seemed to like it, and be willing to take it in. I was told a couple days later that they believed it helped some.

Reiki does whatever the soul of the individual wants it to do. If it wants to heal the body, it will. If it has decided that it is time to travel, it can be that vehicle. So, the foster family is open to whatever it can  

Tinkerbell

do. At least if Rooster decides to move on, his last memories will be of

love. If he decides to stay, then he will receive more love.

I was just contacted about another dog, Tinkerbell, being rescued that looks like she is in as bad a condition as Rilind was when I first saw him. I am waiting for Pit Sisters to let me know when they want me to see her. I think we are all hoping that Reiki will help her as it has the other dogs.

I think I am going to change my title to "The Dog Reiki-er".

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.