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Save our Hands! Brown Hand Center of Austin

Posted on May 23, 2011February 22, 2020 by admin

Save our Hands! Brown Hand Center

Reflections on the Austin Licensed Massage Meetup on May 5, 2011, in the office of Andres Lerner, M.D. and Rebecca Zupo, LMT, Financial Counselor of The Brown Hand Center, Austin
The Austin Licensed Massage Therapists were warmly welcomed by Andres Lerner, M.D., and Rebecca Zupo, LMT, at the Brown Hand Center in northwest Austin on May 5, 2011. Once we comfortably settled in, we participated in an informative guided tour of the hand center. Continue reading “Save our Hands! Brown Hand Center of Austin”

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Pain Management Tips

Posted on April 10, 2010February 22, 2020 by admin

Ariana Institute offers online and onsite Pain Management continuing education courses for massage therapists. These courses are approved by the National Certification Board as well as the majority of states within the US. Please visit https://arianainstitute.com/ce-online/ for registration and details.

Pain Management Tips – Pain Management Through Touch

Generally speaking, pain is the body’s way of letting us know we are not well.
Pain can be occasional, acute or chronic, dependent on whether the person has had an accident, is suffering from musculoskeletal dysfunction or musculoskeletal degeneration or lack of movement or mobility.

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The Benefits of Prenatal Massage

Posted on April 3, 2010February 22, 2020 by admin

Ariana Institute offers online and onsite Prenatal Massage continuing education courses for massage therapists. These courses are approved by the National Certification Board as well as the majority of states within the US. Please visit https://arianainstitute.com/ce-online/ for registration and details.

Prenatal massage offers a wide range of physiological, emotional and psychological benefits such as: Continue reading “The Benefits of Prenatal Massage”

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Successfully Marketing Massage

Posted on March 27, 2010February 22, 2020 by admin

PRACTICE BUILDING TIPS

Take time to create a clear vision of what you want and need based on your values.
Think about tangible and tasteful ways to cultivate referrals, increase your presence in your client’s lives, and fill your practice, all the while staying true to your values and principles
Examine how attitudes about money, value, socioeconomic class, and the age-old clash between commerce and healing, can affect your ability to truly useful to those you serve.
Appreciate what you have. Focus on what you’re grateful for in your life. Continue reading “Successfully Marketing Massage”

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History of Reflexology

Posted on March 20, 2010February 22, 2020 by admin

Ariana Institute offers online and onsite Reflexology continuing education courses for massage therapists. These courses are approved by the National Certification Board as well as the majority of states within the US. Please visit www.arianainstitute.com for details.

Reflexology has been used for more than 5,000 years. History suggests that foot reflexology was used by the ancient Egyptians, Chinese and Japanese. The most concrete evidence of the practice of Reflexology in ancient cultures was the discovery of the wall painting shown below depicting the practice of Reflexology in the tomb of Ankhmahor (highest official after the Pharaoh) at Saqqara, which is also known as the Physician’s Tomb. This Egyptian wall painting is dated at the 6th dynasty, about 2330 B.C. Continue reading “History of Reflexology”

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The Origin and History of Reiki

Posted on March 13, 2010February 22, 2020 by admin

Dr. Mikao Usui, Founder of the Usui System of Reiki

Ariana Institute offers online and onsite Reiki Levels One, Two and Three (Master) continuing education courses for massage therapists. These courses are approved by the National Certification Board as well as the majority of states within the US. Please visit www.arianainstitute.com for registration and details.

The origin of Reiki can be traced back thousands of years ago to the ancient cultures of India, Tibet, China, and Japan. This technique was rediscovered in the mid-1800s by Dr. Mikao Usui of Japan.
Dr. Usui, Japanese theologian, and a missionary, was the founder of the Usui System of Reiki. He was born August 15, 1865, in the village of Yago in the Yamagata district of Gifu prefecture, Japan. Dr. Usui had an avid interest in learning and devoted his energy to his studies. Continue reading “The Origin and History of Reiki”

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History of Aromatherapy

Posted on March 6, 2010February 22, 2020 by admin

With origins dating back 5,000 years, Aromatherapy is truly one of the oldest methods of bringing comfort and balance to a person’s life. Continue reading “History of Aromatherapy”

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Ethics for Massage Therapists

Posted on February 28, 2010February 22, 2020 by admin

SOCRATES

Socrates (469 BC – 399 BC) was one of the first Greek philosophers to encourage both scholars and the common citizen to turn their attention from the outside world to the condition of man. In this view, knowledge, having a bearing on human life was placed highest, all other knowledge being secondary. Self-knowledge was considered necessary for success and inherently an essential good. A self-aware person will act completely within their capabilities to their pinnacle, while an ignorant person will flounder and encounter difficulty. To Socrates, a person must become aware of every fact (and its context) relevant to his existence, if he wishes to attain self-knowledge. He posited that people will naturally do what is good if they know what is right. Evil or bad actions are the result of ignorance. If a criminal were truly aware of the mental and spiritual consequences of his actions, he would neither commit nor even consider committing those actions. Any person who knows what is truly right will automatically do it, according to Socrates. While he correlated knowledge with virtue, he similarly equated virtue with happiness. According to Socrates, the truly wise person will know what is right, do what is good, and therefore be happy.

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