Category Archives: Bodywork

Is it time for massage to embrace touch?

Posted on November 11, 2011 by David

Which profession should hold the keys to the storehouse that contains all of  the world’s  knowledge about human touch? Besides bodyworkers, is there any other (legal) occupation with more practical and theoretical knowledge about touch? I don’t think so and … Continue reading →

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Successful Businesses Start With Conviction

Posted on November 11, 2011 by David

For an entrepreneur, conviction is where it all starts. An exciting idea enters your brain and gets your juices flowing. You can’t stop thinking about it so you start testing the idea out in conversations with friends. After that reality … Continue reading →

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Quality Control Through Katas

Posted on August 1, 2011 by David

When I first began developing chair massage sequences in 1982, one of my students was also a student of Haruyoshi Ito, who had introduced a Japanese movement form called Shintaido to the United States and Europe during the mid 1970s. … Continue reading →

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July 21, 1911 – Happy Hundredth Birthday, Marshal McLuhan

Posted on July 21, 2011 by David

The author of The Medium is the Massage, Marshal McLuhan, deserves a space in the massage almanac for the positive PR impact he had on the early days of contemporary massage, not to mention my life. In 1967, the year of … Continue reading →

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Globalize your website

Posted on July 4, 2011 by David

“What do you call someone who speaks three languages?” Trilingual. “What do you call someone who speaks two languages?” Bilingual. “What do you call someone who speaks one language?” American. OK, OK. It is an old joke that is, fortunately, … Continue reading →

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