Is It February Yet?

January is a crazy kind of month. There's so much frenetic energy around resolutions, finances, shopping, and (this week) the crazy weather. It's easy to think you're missing something if you're not undertaking a Major New Endeavor in January.

If you're not, it's OK. I'm not either. J

I used to. Changes for both my life and work. Diets. Exercise. Meditation. All the usual stuff. I realized, at some point, though that this didn't change my life as I'd hoped it would. It mostly made me anxious, discouraged, and cranky. So I quit doing it and guess what? Things still moved forward and got better (or at least changed) all on their own. Even if I started those resolutions / new endeavors in February. Or August.

There's also all kind of noises in my profession about jumping on the January bandwagon, suggesting if we can get massage therapy on your list of resolutions, we're golden for the year. Guess what? I'm not doing that either.

As far as your relationship with massage therapy, I only suggest this imagination game: imagine how you'd like to feel in April in body, mind, or spirit. (Not how you'd like to fee in December, that's too far away.) Take a moment. Get a good sense of that.

Now ask yourself: can massage therapy help you get there?

Massage therapy can be so helpful in so many ways -- from pain relief to relaxation to living with chronic conditions, -- that the odds are your answer was "yes". Massage therapy can probably help in some way, large or small.

I'm not asking you to make a Major Commitment To The New You. I'm only asking you to be honest with yourself and to be kind to yourself. If you need massage therapy, please call me. I'd love to see you some time in 2014. You know where to find me.