Tag: Pregnancy

  • Intimate Relationship Abuse

    Namaste How can Massage Therapy be of any help to women who suffer from abuse?  After a few minutes of persuasive conversation from a friend, I accepted an invitation to participate in a group chat about domestic abuse.  She understood that my contribution might have no straight line to the issue at hand, but she…

  • Back Pain

    This occurs due to strained muscles in the back and could come about due to stress or bad posture. For some it is just a matter of age, as statistics show that adults over forty have some disc degeneration which reduces shock absorption, create muscular imbalance and poor flexibility, misalignment of the spine, ligament and…

  • Lymph Drainage Massage

    Namaste Got mail. Subject: Why me? Good night, An update on what’s going on in one part of my life. I recently noticed a pain in my left breast. I decided to visit a Doctor (Public Hospital…worst service ever). He examined me after asking a few questions and prescribe some pills after concluding that my…

  • Glitches

    Namaste Getting back to that prayer meeting…  A member was asked to give a brief exhortation that night.   Brief was disregarded.  I am always fascinated at how in the name of being enthused by the Holy Ghost, one does as one pleases at the expenses of others, some of whom obviously had time constraints and…

  • Beneficial Baby Massage

    Massage is a nurturing activity that allows us to continuously send conscious and subconscious messages to the receiver of our love for them, of our desire for them to feel better, etc. For example, when you are feeling down in the dumps and someone hugs you, you immediately feel better. The hug feels like a…

  • Infant Massage and Postnatal Depression

    During the months that I played babysitter for the circumcised baby, his mother was allowed supervised visits to breastfeed him in the evenings when she got home from work. It was a bit awkward at first. Baring her breast to feed her infant seemed the equivalent of her getting naked and I was terribly embarrassed…