Author: Xerlan

9/31 in the 31 in 31 blogging challenge. Sure hope you are all enjoying this. So today I went to class. I did actually recognize a couple of therapists that I had met before. So I did know someone there, sort of. It was still quite different than being at a class at an AMTA […]

This is the last of my “What If” series and the 8th in the 31 in 31 blogging challenge. Tomorrow I am going to class. I am going to class for the next three days. It will be the first time in a long time that I will be in a class and I will […]

This is the 7th in the 31 in 31 business blogging challenge. Hope you are enjoying the ride! Sometimes I think we just try too hard. We try to do too much. It is challenging to be a human being when you are spending so much time being a human trying. Sometimes I feel like […]

Welcome to the continuing blogging challenge. Here is number 6! Massage Therapists are using their forearms and elbows more and more these days. Maybe I am old school. Sometimes that isn’t a bad thing. I do try to be open minded and keep learning. Sometimes I just get stubborn though. If it is working, I […]

#5 of the 31 blogs in 31 days blogging challenge and another in the “What If” series.   What if I pop? It happens sometimes during a massage, a popping occurs. In 26 years of practice thousands of pops have occurred on my table. It isn’t what my intent is, nor is it in my scope […]

I hope you have been enjoying the blogging challenge so far. This is the fourth of 31 blogs in 31 days and a continuation of the “What If” series.                 What if massage clients who requested Deep Tissue really wanted something else and didn’t know how to ask? Good thing I have always done a […]

This is the third of the 31 in 31 Annual August Blogging Challenge and the second in my “What If” series. What if we could begin to understand that depth is subjective? Massage should not hurt. Deep tissue work need not be painful. Manual therapies performed correctly will not leave bruises. Can we all agree […]

This is the first in a series of blogs I am calling What If. These are things I think about and clients ask about frequently. So this will hopefully clarify a few things or at least let you know this Massage Therapist’s opinion. Someone asked me once if I did reflexology. I said no but; […]

Last August I participated in the First 31 in 31 Blogging Challenge. I really enjoyed it. I know many of you did as well. I met some amazing Bad Ass Blogging Massage Therapists and had a great time. Along the way I wrote a lot. I hopefully began to improve my writing and got some […]