my 'personal' experiences

I've had chances to work in spas,day spas and hands on work in massage school. I'm very thankful for all my experiences in every place Ive been. One reason i chose to go into therapy was to help people on a personal level. (for example) when someone goes to the Doctor for treatment,it should be a relationship established their. The Doctor has to make his client feel comfortable,and the client has to have trust to make this relationship work.
When i was little i always wanted to be something like a hero to people who needed help...I'm sure we all did. When i went to school for massage,my teacher taught me how to look at the client as a human being. *not a women,not a man* but a human body. A person with feelings and emotions. She taught me ethics,techniques and focusing on the clients needs. I remember a client and advanced student of my teacher was receiving a massage treatment. Right before the treatment was finished the client was shedding tears. It was almost like tears of sorrow and joy all in the same. Later i learned that the client lost her husband a few months earlier,but she never had a chance to grieve or let him free. The client said the massage helped her release the stress and griefs she had unknowingly suppressed. This also applied to me as well. Since the age of 18 I've suffered with manic-depression disorder,and every since i had the chance to study and practice holistic therapy it helped me in areas that medicine hadn't reached. So after seeing how serious it was for people to let go of stress,i wanted to be there to help people. What better hero to be but this!