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The Presence of Stillness
Gateway to Inner Wisdom and Guidance by Giorgia Milne & Mary Reis The uniting principle underlying any activity is stillness. As paradoxical as it may seem when our lives are filled with busy-ness, it is the stillness that makes all the activity possible. Just like a...
“Thoughts from the Road”
Headed into 2018 Pete Whitridge BA, LMT justaskpete@mac.com Welcome to the NEW YEAR! I hope this finds you healthy and happy as we begin 2018. I have been on the road extensively over the past two years. I had the honor to teach at the AMTA National Convention in...
Ortho-Bionomy for Self-Care
By Luann Overmyer LMT Ortho-Bionomy Instructor At the age of 19 I had a motorcycle accident that left me with 6 broken ribs, a punctured lung, a lacerated liver, a torn hepatic ligament, and 3 compressed fractures in my spine. I was in a coma for hours and arrived at...
A Greyhound To Gainesville
by Dar Mikula It’s December in Buffalo and a mixed blessing for us in this City of Good Neighbors. The warm glow of red and green holiday houselights reflect the crisp season of cheer in the freshly fallen snow, and meanwhile the bitter wind is ripping its way across...
NEW! Sports Massage Advanced Training
Is sports massage something you are ready to dive into? Do you love working with athletes? Do you have clients with challenging soft tissue injuries and chronic pain that you want to help? Do you want to have new doors open to you? Our Sports Massage Advanced...
Focus On Maternity Massage
by Leslie Stager My friend has a busy sports massage practice. She works with pregnant and non-pregnant clients often doing deep tissue work in hip adductors, hamstrings, calves, and quadriceps. One day we were discussing pregnancy massage adaptations -- sidelying and...
Who Will Teach Us To Give Birth To Our Souls?
by Mary Reis “Who will teach us to give birth to our souls, to be life-giving creative centers of energy instead of death-dealing centers of inertia?” —Camille Campbell in Meditations with Theresa of Avila I came across this quote at the beginning of...
Don’t Let One Failed Exam Stop You: A Graduate Tells Her Story
by Kendra Ostrander I had first arrived to Gainesville late January 2014, a week before I would attend the Florida School of Massage. My uncle was attending at the time and talked highly of this magical place that not only allowed, but encouraged, students to be...
Finding A Way: Three Women Share Their Night Class Odysseys
By Dar Mikula Kelley Gonzalez was 16 when she got pregnant. A teenager out on her own, she moved to West Palm Beach, got her GED, and never worked less than three jobs. However, before she left Gainesville, Gonzalez drove by the Florida School of Massage and saw the...
Sports Massage Therapy
It can be a common misconception that massage therapists solely work with over-stressed clients in spa settings. The trained hands of a massage therapist are needed in a variety of settings, one of them being the facilities and events of athletic teams and...