As of the release of this newsletter, there are a few firm dates, and several questions. All local licensing has been received and the studio is ready for inspection by the state who received the request Friday, November 22^nd. I was told that it takes about a week for them to come out for inspection, so I am hoping it happens early the week of December 2^nd. At any rate, the following will happen...

 

Caring Palms will have Open House Friday and Saturday, December 6^th and 7^th. Caring Palms will also be open regular hours beginning December 9^th. If we have the state licensing, we will be offering massage and Reiki sessions as usual. If not, we will be there to sell gift certificates as part of the annual Holiday Gift Certificate Sale. Classes and non-massage sessions (meditation, energy work) are available as they are governed by local licensing instead of state licensing.

 

During the week of December 2^nd, we will be putting the final touches on things as we can. Currently, the office needs to be set up (and will take a couple days). There is one room that needs to be painted. And there is one room that has been the dumping ground for things that haven't found a home yet. So, all those things need to be worked on before open house. If you want to come by and visit, please do.

Caring Palms is announcing the Holiday Gift Certificate Sale.

Buy 1 gift certificate, save $5

Buy 2 gift certificates, save $15

Buy 3 gift certificates, save $25

Best Deal: Buy 4 gift certificates, get 1 gift certificate FREE!

Gift Certificates are available for massage or Reiki sessions, or massage or Reiki classes. Buy gift certificates for friends and loved ones, or just for yourself. If you have four friends that can benefit from massage or Reiki (and everyone can), you can buy four gift certificates for them, and get one free for yourself. If you are a regular client, you can buy four gift certificates for yourself and get five sessions (this is the best deal going).

The sale begins Thursday, November 28th, and runs through Monday, December 23rd. Gift certificates are available in the studio and can be ordered by phone with a credit card at (904) 246-2206, or by mail with a check. This year, you can get the 'Best Deal  - Buy 4, Get 5' through the website, but you can not mix and match. What better gift to give to those you care about? Give them the gift of love and healing.  

 

 

 

 

Caring Palms hopes that everyone has a safe and joyful holiday.

 

Caring Palms has a Reiki Share the first Wednesday of each month.  A Share is where Reiki practitioners get together to work on each other.  Group Reiki work is done where each person gets time on the table and worked on by several therapists at once.  Any practitioner is invited no matter what lineage they have. 

The next Reiki share is on

Wednesday, December 4th from 7pm to 9pm. 

Note: This will be the first Reiki share at the new location. Please let us know if you will be coming.

If someone had told me that I would be out of my old office and in a new one in a month or so, I would have thought they were crazy. In fact, I would have known they were crazy. Such an idea was so impossible that I could not have believed that it could happen. (And as Yoda said, you can not, because you do not believe.) And if it did, what dump would I be working out of because there was no way I could find a nice place in a good location in such a short amount of time. But then it happened.

 

I found myself looking at being without a studio. I knew this was coming. I had about two weeks to decide whether to renew my lease for three years (this decision happening while I was in Maryland taking care of my Dad) or be out at the end of October. I decided that if I stayed where I was, I would never grow, something I definitely wanted to do. So, it was time to throw caution to the wind and trust   the universe to make it right.

 

I looked around and gave up control. I put it out for spirit to make it happen. Now, while that may sound easy, it certainly was not. When you are a control freak, it is not easy to give up control. There is this back and forth motion that continues through the whole process until finally one side wins. If one holds on too much, they actually lose. If one gives in, they win. Sounds oxymoronic, but it is very right.

 

There were times when I told spirit to find me a place. There were times when I told spirit to get me into this place. There were times when I told the realtor to take the place and shove it, and there were times when I was ready to give up. And then there is now.

 

After two very long weeks of work, and two longer weeks of sorting, finalizing, and moving forward, it is almost where I need it to be. One room still needs to be painted, but that is not the priority. One room needs to be set up and cleaned up from all the stuff that was put in it until we could find places for it. My office still needs to be put together including the computer and client files. There are still rocks that need to be put somewhere and pictures that need to find spaces on walls. But that is small compared to what has been done already.

 

As it stands right now, the studio is ready for inspection. The only question is when this will happen, and how long after approval before we can start working. I'm betting on soon. Hear that spirit? Get the inspector out for inspection early next week, have them approve the place, and make it so we can open for regular business no later than December 9^th. As an Enterprise captain many times said, "Make it so."