http://shantishiatsu.com/wpblog Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:08:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you are pregnant, wanting to be pregnant or are just interested in pregnancy in general there are three books that I will share with you that have inspired me. They helped me as I prepared to become pregnant as well as to allow me to help clients go through ... http://shantishiatsu.com/wpblog/?p=82 My journey to becoming pregnant took three years of preparation. I was preparing all aspects of myself. Most of all I was learning to let go and to find patience with just living in the moment of now. Even as I write this I am learning to find my center ... http://shantishiatsu.com/wpblog/?p=81 A few weeks ago a friend asked if I could attend her birth so that I might be able help her and her husband relax with shiatsu.  I was ecstatic since I had been pondering on whether I wanted to take doula training in the near future or not. She ... http://shantishiatsu.com/wpblog/?p=75 I am sick and it sucks. I had treatments booked, now canceled. A lot of times we want to ignore the cold or fight it like  its WWIII. Doing both won't help you or anyone else. Yes, there are many techniques out there on Google, to help you fight  it ... http://shantishiatsu.com/wpblog/?p=68 Being new to the business world, sometimes I feel like a small fish in a big ocean. That is of course a cliché statement, but true for there are those times that you just don’t feel like you have a unique way of selling yourself in the business world. ... http://shantishiatsu.com/wpblog/?p=60 Once I was finished school I wasn’t sure whether I was going to start a practice or work for someone else. I got a call from a previous coworker at the spa asking if I wanted to work there. I said I would if I could have both my weekend ... http://shantishiatsu.com/wpblog/?p=55 Life at school was intense. I decided to do the program at a faster pace than most of my new classmates, since I wanted to move back home as soon as I could. So instead of separating first and second year I decided I could do 8 classes a week ... http://shantishiatsu.com/wpblog/?p=52 I had a positive connection with my spa manager and we would talk about my future plans. She knew that I wanted to go to school to learn massage soonish and she totally supported me. At that time I was considering going to school for however long I needed and ... http://shantishiatsu.com/wpblog/?p=46 I decided that a poem was the best way for me to describe my first shiatsu experience.  Enjoy! Ocean breath The hum of waves roar from her mouth, calmly. By a simple brush of her hand along the spine. I feel my back let go. Worries drift away. I am in this moment aware.  Silent thoughts release pain as she ... http://shantishiatsu.com/wpblog/?p=32 I worked at Starbucks for 2 years, while also trying to finish the manuscript. During my second year I connected with a regular client and asked her what she did for a career  one day. She said she was a massage therapist. I said oh, neat. I want to learn ... http://shantishiatsu.com/wpblog/?p=16