Classes are done!

WCU

Western Carolina University

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Super Peg

This doesn't bode well!

Scan me...

Yet another. Double wrap, glass beads.

Closure view

Can be wrapped 3rd time for a bracelet (Sm - med wrists).

Finished anklet. Aventurine & Young Jade.

Hematite

Wrap (Chan Luu style) Bracelet

Working on my first wrap bracelet (AKA Chan Lu Bracelet).

You've GOT to be kidding!!

Ain't he grand?!

Summer!!!

oh... waiter!

Waiter Rant by Steve Dublanica

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Very Entertaining. Teaches you much about the Dining world and how to be a better customer!

I highly recommend.

I read "Waiter's" blog for years, the book is just a continuation of that fun.



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Here's Waiter's Blog!

Look who's visiting in my office this morning.

Who woulda thought on a spur-o-the-moment visit to Goodwill I'd score a Hiroshige poster!!!

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Can you see me now??

Holy Moly!!

Kimberly the Giraffe

My wonderful students!

Here's what you've been listening to!

Blooming Yucca (that's not an expletive)!

I found a box! I found a box!

Rollin' rollin' rollin'

Evolving

Evolution of my mandala... This is fun!

truly awesome flash mob...

Wells Fargo Flash Mob -- Times Square

Uniform of the day: You Rock My Stripey Socks!

Sounds hideous but it's Freakin awesome!

My charming niece Madison!

What do u think? Appropriate footwear??

Look out, Celts! I got my tartan today!!!

"... but I'm just not Getting it!"

I believe that learning massage is akin to something of a spiritual journey. And my best advice is "Relax and Let it Happen".

This is especially true when learning the aspects of Myofascial Release. MFR is a SLOW and sometimes seemingly boring process to allow the body to 'unwind' fascially. Sometimes it takes a lot of concentration and patience to actually FEEL the process. Most of the time, it's best to just Trust yourself and your intentions and let the process work.

Believe me, I had a hard time trusting myself and allowing things to just work... in the beginning. And there are times still when I get frustrated and impatient. But I have to 'step back' and take a breath. I think to myself, what's the problem, Peg? Is the body not responding on Your schedule? They seldom do, you know. Just do what you know to do, do the work and Trust that the body will do ITS job.

Bodies want to be well. We just nudge them along a bit.
Homeostasis is a state of balance in the body and it's where the body wants to be.

I say over and over, intention means so much... intention is Everything. Norman Vincent Peale called it The Power of Positive Thinking.
With intention, all the forces of the universe can align to make even the most impossible, possible.

Our intention, as massage therapists, is for the Highest Good for our clients.

With that intent always present in our minds... HOW can we go wrong?
Relax... let it happen.



In regards to Myofascial Release and other techniques that affect the connective tissue of our bodies, Gil Hedley has a wonderful video about, what he calls, "The Fuzz".

If you want some great insight into your our bodies stiffness, aches and pains, please watch it:
http://www.gilhedley.com/ghvideo.php



"Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer."
— William S. Burroughs

Japa mala I got today at Aquarian Bookshop!

"one must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation."

another Eat Pray Love quote...

"People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s personalities. Who wouldn’t? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But that’s not the clever trick. The really clever trick is this: Can you accept the flaws? Can you look at your partner’s faults honestly and say, ‘I can work around that. I can make something out of it.’? Because the good stuff is always going to be there, and it’s always going to pretty and sparkly, but the crap underneath can ruin you."

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I can relate...

This is a quote from Eat Pray Love . I FEEL this quote to the core of my very soul, it is me! Or perhaps it used to be me. I'd like to say I've learned my lesson and I'm living for me now. I hope I am... but I suspect this is still very much me. Hmm.

"If I love you, I will carry for you all your pain, I will assume for you all your debts (in every definition of the word), I will protect you from your own insecurity, I will project upon you all sorts of good qualities that you have never actually cultivated in yourself and I will buy Christmas presents for your entire family. I will give you the sun and the rain, and if they are not available, I will give you a sun check and a rain check. I will give you all this and more, until I get so exhausted and depleted that the only way I can recover my energy is by becoming infatuated with someone else."
— Elizabeth Gilbert

Lunch break

haiku du jour...

snow frosted bushes
mother nature plays her game
springtime paradox
~

Late March and it's FREAKIN' Snowing!

Breakfast Heaven!

flickr this!

Check out this photographer!

insomnia...

Wide awake again
prisoner of the night
Dawn brings salvation
~

A fave snackie!!

Symbols galore!

Artistic Awesomeness...

This piece of ART is by Danny Grant, a friend of mine.
And he GAVE ME A PRINT!!! It will be framed and on my wall in a matter of days!
For the uninitiated, it depicts the interior of the anterior lower leg. It will be a tattoo for one of my favorite people (not to mention, one of my favorite students... shhhh, don't tell her).


For more wonderful pieces and info on his work... check out Danny Grant's site at:

http://www.madebygrant.com/

I just love anatomical art...

Anatomical Apnea by *stuntkid on deviantART

now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!

Is your packaging wasting brand equity?

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Very interesting blog post. I'm so in awe of Tom Szaky!
Go TerraCycle!

Bite Me Widget

Can it be?? - Fallin' For You

OH.... MY......

This is the most sensual scent I've ever experienced!!

Or should I say... SCENTUAL? ba dum bump!

Bought some last night at a new store in my village. I really bought it for myself. I'd massage a client with it if requested but it's very powerful and I will probably cut it with a carrier oil but OH YUM.

It may even be an aphrodisiac (at least it is for ME). And it fits my mood of late. I've got something new on my horizon and he's Oh So very sexy... mmmmm.

if I haven't said it yet... HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This is an heart-felt assessment of MY condition... that is all!

My new year's resolution is to keep drama OUT of my life... at least as much as possible.
I'm leaving any pain and loss behind me and I'm starting new. I'm concentrating on my ability to help people heal their bodies and on my ability to pass knowledge along to my students. It is the path I was meant to take and I'm damned good at it ... I truly love it.

As I looked back at my life and my psyche , I know that not only do I strive to help people with their physical bodies I also wish to help them heal in every way. I guess that's the goal [curse?] of any healer. I've wanted to be able to fix everything and I have to realize that's not possible or even desirable in every situation.

I have a problem of not being able to say 'no' most of the time and it stretches me very thin... this I'm striving to change.
I have a problem of believing too readily. I'm not gullible, but I do tend to take people at their word... I will strive to step back and look at the situation a little more objectively.
I have a problem of thinking actions by others reflect their feelings for, or opinions of, me... this is egocentric... I'm striving to change this as well.

A friend told me the other day that she wished I had "someone" in my life (she's happily married). I said I have lots of people in my life. Yes, she was talking about a "partner/spouse/whatever". I'm not sure why she thinks I need such a thing. THAT would not be the way to simplify my life! If I think about it honestly, I don't WANT a spouse... been there. I don't WANT to have to compromise that much. I like my life.

I guess I'm just trying to simplify my life as much as possible.

Over the years, friends come and go but I've noticed the true friends always stay.
When I love... I love forever, no matter whether the person is around or not.



"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle". ~Plato