Massage as a therapy is not being taught in massage schools. This in itself is a travesty because of what massage therapy may do for most anyone in pain.

TL called for an appointment. "I'm in school for massage and am so frustrated that I am already a graduate and haven't learned anything about therapy or body work. I've heard about your work and want to experience what you do."

Having done massage for 10 plus years while working intuitively means that information comes very naturally and I've learned not to ask questions, I just use it. Just like a computer expert knows how to elicit information from her computer, the human body responds to an expert touch and gives up its information easily. This may include but not be limited to: Knowing when a body is going to respond to treatment and when it won't; knowing when a body is directing me to another area making it easy to find the mother of all pain: knowing when to switch gears and try another approach to working out the pain when the body doesn't respond to the approach currently being used. All of this happens in an instant and the client experiences a total relaxation effect. Along with this it is imperative that there is no exchange of energy which would drain the client and make them feel like a wrung out dish rag at the end of the treatment.

Massage is not something you do to another person. Massage as an art form is asking the body's innate intelligence to cooperate with the practitioner and allowing the body time to respond.

TL came in for her massage. "What are you doing now?" "That feels so different!" and "I feel taller! How did you do that?" Laughing and offering my explanations of what I do that is different from what she learned in school, we talk about what the schools have been unsuccessful in teaching and can only be learned when a therapist works intuitively with the body intelligence. Many successful therapists rely on the unique blending of science and intuition.

Therapy or Body Work is indeed an art form. Unfortunately, therapy is not always taught in massage schools because the students must be so focused on passing State Boards.

With this in mind, it is my intent to teach massage therapy to Licensed Massage Therapists who have already passed State Boards so they may better concentrate their efforts on learning techniques for precise pain reduction.

TL understood my concept and after experiencing what massage as a therapy can do is eager to learn more about her profession and her potential in an undervalued and mis-understood therapeutic art form.

Massage Therapy works when most other therapeutics do not. Yet many still do not know this, nor do they trust it. Even the licensed massage therapists working in the profession may not know what they are capable of being and doing for others. I intend to change that.

Merida J. Raines is the owner of Wind In Her Hair, LLC whose mission is to guide you into your own inner journey to health, success, and self-fulfillment by helping you to develop your awareness of subtle energies and awakening to and trusting your intuition.

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