Monday, 12 August 2013

Day 473: Many Hands

Thursday 8th August

I won’t stay long. I’ve just had a massage from 3-6 people simultaneously. Hitting the computer for any length of time is so not on the menu, but you have to admit, if there’s a thing that needs a gratitude mention, that’s pretty high up.

We just spent the evening, after a play and receiving our expenses back (how nice does it feel, though, to receive money, even if it’s your money that you just spent) doing a group massage session. We did partners – there were too many people who wanted massages and weirdly, no other trained masseurs (or maybe one, but he wasn’t very vocal about it). In a group like this, I’d have expected loads!

So, not only did I get to run a group (which I love) but I got to massage 12 people in all, I think, maybe 10, and to show the same number how to give someone a really satisfying massage. We used oils and cream, lavender and rose respectively. People got their backs out and everybody seemed comfortable. One lady had never, in her life, had a massage. This evening, she had two. How lovely is that?

And earlier in the day, we’d had a non-massage five-on-one session where you were touched softly, lowered gently to the ground, touched some more, rolled all the way over and then all the way back. That was just stunning. I loved it. And now this. Erm… thank you?

Today, I found out that someone I like and respect very much is in hospital being treated for cancer. He’s feeling very positive, and it’s still a big and challenging time. I feel like a whole raft of lovely healed and healing juice can be on its way to him, thanks to the world of gentleness and care that happened today. It’s all a huge balance and I’m enjoying the blessings of it today. Strength to you, my friend, and to everyone else facing their own challenges, whatever they may be.





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