By Mary Reis Why do we love the things we love?  Or the people we love?  My son, before he could even talk, LOVED earth moving equipment.  When we drove by construction sites I would hear him in the back seat, grunting like a chimp, “Ooo, ooo,...

By Pete Whitridge Lee and I hope that each of you survived both Hurricanes Helene and Milton without much damage and that your life is returning to balance.  We’re grateful that our home in Fort Pierce was undamaged but so sad about the hundreds of homes and...

By Pete Whitridge Welcome to autumn in Florida. Lee and I have recently been traveling in our RV, using this summer to take workshops for personal awareness and to deepen our connection. Much of this personal journey applies to my work as a massage therapist...

So it’s that time again! We are one year away from the deadline to renew our massage license, that means we need to be thinking and planning for completing our continuing education requirements. Do you have a plan? Do you know the requirements to renew? Remember all...

By Josie Davenport Philosophy of Life by Josie Davenport - 1979 FSM Transcripts “Though we are born with individual talents, and the processes of our lives make us different, we all share the same basic human needs - we need to feel connected to the earth and to other...

By Mindy de Wilde (Rohrbacher), L.Ac  For the first four years, my massage practice was going well overall. My clients left their sessions feeling relaxed, grounded and typically with a decrease in pain. But occasionally clients’ pain was stubborn, on-going and I felt...

By Mary Reis In the Touch of Presence® School for Biodynamic Studies, the Biodynamic Cranial Approach is a specialized form of craniosacral education.  Giorgia Milne teaches here in the United States as well as in Europe, Australia, and Taiwan, with Gainesville...

By Ariela Grodner Those of us who have chosen massage therapy as an occupation probably have noticed that sometimes there is a conflicting element in charging money for something as sacred as holding space for someone's heart. What we do is also very valuable and on...

By Pete Whitridge I am so enjoying the New Year! Lee and I are at home in Fort Pierce for the first time in 16 years; very different to be here in Florida rather than at our cabin in the Ozarks. We decided to put our beloved little sanctuary on the market...

By Dean Juhan (with note from Frank Merillat) From Frank: Deane Juhan is one of my favorite teachers, I have been studying with him for well over 20 years. He combines a very deep understanding of the workings of the movement body, he wrote Job’s Body : A Handbook for...