I don’t talk about bunions much as I don’t have a massage therapy technique that directly addresses them. However, as a structural therapist, I take great satisfaction in helping people improve their structural balance for reduced pain, improved balance, and better facility in doing whatever we want to do; even if it doesn’t directly benefitContinue reading “A Cupcake In Her Shoe”
Author Archives: Rachel Creager Ireland
Intuition and Healing Presence
I’ve been noticing something lately. I wonder if you would be willing to share your thoughts on this. What I’m seeing is people who vehemently deny the power of their own intuition. They don’t trust their ability to receive information intuitively, so they go through life making decisions by what other people tell them theyContinue reading “Intuition and Healing Presence”
To Mask Or Not To Mask
With the new CDC guidance on masking, people are wondering how that affects massage therapy and therapists. I found this thoughtful article from Ruth Werner helpful. For those who are not massage nerds who like to read the details about these kinds of things, here’s where I stand as of today: I have had oneContinue reading “To Mask Or Not To Mask”
Revisiting Covid Procedures
I am a member of the professional organization Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals. In a time when the US suffered a lack of clear guidance and leadership, I’ve been grateful that the leadership of ABMP has established recommendations for practicing massage, as well as stating unequivocally when they don’t believe it is appropriate to practiceContinue reading “Revisiting Covid Procedures”
Affirmations
Affirmations are an amazing and powerful way to bring about the life we want to inhabit. Sometimes people struggle to find the right affirmation, however, and don’t find the affirmations that they use to be effective. Affirmations are meant to change our thinking at a fundamental level, and that’s an essential part of how andContinue reading “Affirmations”
Rachel Creager Ireland, LMT 