Comments on: Tis the Season of Gratitude http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/presence-matters/2007/12/21/tis-the-season-of-gratitude/ Reflections on Body, Mind and Spirit Sat, 17 May 2008 10:00:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: Suzanne Scurlock-Durana http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/presence-matters/2007/12/21/tis-the-season-of-gratitude/#comment-72 Suzanne Scurlock-Durana Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:50:33 +0000 http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/presence-matters/2007/12/21/tis-the-season-of-gratitude/#comment-72 Hi Marilyn, Thank you for your comments. As I travel and teach I hear things like this from other teachers and therapists all over the country. I appreciate your putting it into words. May your journey continue to be fruitful and meaningful. A warm hug, Suzanne Hi Marilyn,
Thank you for your comments. As I travel and teach I hear things like this from other teachers and therapists all over the country. I appreciate your putting it into words. May your journey continue to be fruitful and meaningful.
A warm hug,
Suzanne

]]> By: Marilyn Chantrill http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/presence-matters/2007/12/21/tis-the-season-of-gratitude/#comment-68 Marilyn Chantrill Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:25:15 +0000 http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/presence-matters/2007/12/21/tis-the-season-of-gratitude/#comment-68 Aloha Suzanne, I just finished teaching a class of Hawaiian Lomilomi massage. I had an experience that reminded me that as therapists, teachers or whatever we may be, that we are put in places at certain times to help others in ways that we do not even have a clue of the need that we may be helping to fulfill. I had a student tell me that she had experienced events recently in her life that had her puzzled as to what they meant. After teaching the class the importance of keeping a healing presence around them and how to accomplish this presence, this student told me a few of the experiences that had happened on the island of Kauai. She had been feeling disrupted and lost as to what she was to do with her future in bodywork or anything else in her life. Then while on the island, she had many spiritual experiences that really touched her. They were enlightening, but confusing. In talking with her further, she said that when I had talked about a “healing presence” and how this presence allows us to heal as well, it helped to disperse some of the confusion and was able to understand more of the experiences. Another student had been having some bad experiences with a fellow student in the massage school that was actually becoming a major legal situation, and was very scared to even continue her schooling. She had felt very impressed to take my class and did. I had no idea as to what had gone on previously until at the end of the class. Then she told me the situation and that this class had been a healing and empowering experience for her. I was overwhelmed when I had heard these experiences and how they thanked me for helping them in their own individual situations. I was only being myself and doing my best to teach the importance of being present, grounded to all the energy of life around you and how it can empower and guide us in whatever situation we may find ourselves in. I am learning that we are all a piece of a greater puzzle. The people that we are honored to come in contact with are in need of the piece of the puzzle that we have the opportunity to share. I am grateful for the opportunity to share my piece of the greater puzzle to all who I come in contact with. Hugs, Marilyn

Aloha Suzanne,
I just finished teaching a class of Hawaiian Lomilomi massage. I had an experience that reminded me that as therapists, teachers or whatever we may be, that we are put in places at certain times to help others in ways that we do not even have a clue of the need that we may be helping to fulfill. I had a student tell me that she had experienced events recently in her life that had her puzzled as to what they meant. After teaching the class the importance of keeping a healing presence around them and how to accomplish this presence, this student told me a few of the experiences that had happened on the island of Kauai. She had been feeling disrupted and lost as to what she was to do with her future in bodywork or anything else in her life. Then while on the island, she had many spiritual experiences that really touched her. They were enlightening, but confusing. In talking with her further, she said that when I had talked about a “healing presence” and how this presence allows us to heal as well, it helped to disperse some of the confusion and was able to understand more of the experiences. Another student had been having some bad experiences with a fellow student in the massage school that was actually becoming a major legal situation, and was very scared to even continue her schooling. She had felt very impressed to take my class and did. I had no idea as to what had gone on previously until at the end of the class. Then she told me the situation and that this class had been a healing and empowering experience for her. I was overwhelmed when I had heard these experiences and how they thanked me for helping them in their own individual situations. I was only being myself and doing my best to teach the importance of being present, grounded to all the energy of life around you and how it can empower and guide us in whatever situation we may find ourselves in. I am learning that we are all a piece of a greater puzzle. The people that we are honored to come in contact with are in need of the piece of the puzzle that we have the opportunity to share. I am grateful for the opportunity to share my piece of the greater puzzle to all who I come in contact with.
Hugs,
Marilyn

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