Tag: Massage

  • Massage and the Pain Factor

    Namaste What is pain? Many are turning to Massage Therapy as a means of alleviating pain, which should mean that Massage Therapists know what pain is and how to deal with it. But do they? I’ve long concluded that pain is mysterious. We have gadgets with which to see air, but pain holds exclusive rights…

  • Happy New Year

    Namaste This thing about making it out of the Old Year and into the New Year could be as delicate as moving from one border to the next over a frozen lake. Getting to the other side is not guaranteed. Youth is not a prerequisite. The ice may crack suddenly and the cold hand of…

  • Massage and Scleroderma

    Namaste What if a person who is sentenced to life in prison was allotted a cell that progressively shrunk? Eventually the cell would become so small that he/she would no longer be able to stretch out their limbs. Soon enough they might resign themselves to a foetal position and await their death. But it is…

  • The Negotiator

    Namaste I got mail… Dear Rinalda, Would you consider a massage at the Hyatt towards 20:30 tonight ? Many thanks and best regards. Following day…when I saw the email, I wrote: Namaste. Do forgive me, but I am only now seeing your request for a massage. If you still have need for such, maybe we…

  • The Doctor Said…

    Namaste My dear lady friend with whom I have been working these past few months is showing more signs of improvement as required by her relatives. The one who was shouting: “Oh gawd, oh lawd!” Actually, she has graduated to “Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy.” This more refined way of calling on divine help…

  • Prostate Pillow-Talk

    Namaste I recently got an overseas call from one of my clients.  He was about to make a trip to Trinidad and was checking on my availability for that day.  He was to have arrived shortly after 1pm, so we arranged for a 3pm session.  He later sent a text to inform me that there…

  • Mandate of a Massage Therapist

    Namaste In one of my recent conversations with my mother, she reminded me that she is always praying for me. No conversation is ever ended without blessings being uttered. Same with my father. So here was my Mom, praying that God surround me with His Cherubims. I listened, and agreed. I appreciate all the support…

  • Good Friday Massage

    Namaste I went downstairs to hang out some wet laundry last week and happened upon a hen that had just laid an egg on the concrete. It was not the only one. There were five of them, representing five days of laying…I supposed. The hen belonged to a neighbour about three houses away. I hung…

  • Massage Heaven

    Namaste “Desperate cat!” That’s what I thought when I looked out and saw that the cute white cat had opted for sitting up on the wall near the ripe plantain that I had put out for the birds. The birds had come out in their numbers to eat. A fresh batch hatched recently, so the…

  • Massage Marketing at Trinidad Carnival

    Namaste I rolled over in bed about 10am on Carnival Tuesday morning. I had no plans for the day except to go into Port of Spain after lunch and mingle with the revellers. As I lay in bed mentally debating what’s for breakfast, my phone rang. Massage to be done. Two of my clients who…