Massage Collage

Once in awhile, everything just comes together.  This week was especially exciting for me. 

I’ve been trying to manifest a chiropractor joining our practice for several years.  I haven’t advertised for one; instead I trusted the universe to send me the right one at the right time.  That has happened this week in the person of Dr. Ezra Edgerton, who is also a naturopath.  He’ll be moving into the office the first week of February.  I actually met Ezra years ago at the Sunday music jam.  He plays the heck out of the fiddle too, and especially likes to play along on my Irish tunes, so it’s a double blessing for me to get him to join us. People walking up the sidewalk after hours may hear a jig or two wafting out the window!

A day after I got that news, I received the first copy hot off the press of my new book, One Year to a Successful Massage Therapy Practice (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins).  I wrote the book to give therapists a boost in no-cost and low-cost ways to market themselves. My hope is that it will really help those who are just starting out, as well as “old hands” who might be feeling a little stuck in their practice.

The third glorious thing that happened was snow!  Now, some of you folks who live up north and in the mid-west may be just plain sick of snow by now, but here in North Carolina, we haven’t had a good one since 1993.  I have attributed that to global warming, and I have actually been in fear that it was never going to snow again.  My dog is 8 years old and had never seen snow until this week.  He acted quite prissy about stepping on it at first, but then he really seemed to enjoy playing in it, and so did I.  I look at snow as a guilt-free day off work.  It’s beyond your control, so just take the day off and enjoy it.  I was quite surprised when one of my staff members called me at home to ask a question; it seems that four of my therapists, including one that travels nearly fifty miles to get here, had come to work anyway and were all busy!  They must have all wanted to work worse than I did, and apparently the people who had appointments scheduled weren’t going to let a few inches of snow interfere with their massage appointment.  My husband and I stayed home watching old movies on television.

I feel very honored to be invited to be on this blog.  I first read John Barnes’ book, Healing Ancient Wounds: the Renegade’s Wisdom (MFR Treatment Centers and Seminars, 2000) when I was still a new therapist and I’ve looked back over it many times.  Between Mr. Barnes and the other authors on here, I feel like I’m in very illustrious company. 

We’re all blessed, aren’t we?  We have the best job in the world–helping people feel better.  Every day is a new opportunity to make a difference in the quality of someone’s life.  That’s always been the biggest thrill for me in this business, even more so than the money, to see someone who walked in the door stressed out and in pain walk out an hour later looking like they just got back from a great vacation.  It is just a wonderful thing to be able to facilitate that for people and to go to a job I look forward to every day.  We’re all blessed, and we get to share that blessing in our work. 

Peace & Prosperity,

Laura Allen

p.s.  Go get a massage this week!

Posted on January 20th, 2008 by Laura Allen
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