How I know what muscle to work on...

Well, I just know most of the time. I listen to what people tell me, watch how they move and don't move their budy and I have a good idea of where to start looking. A good portion of the time, I'm in exactly the right spot.

I read the book, "Blink" and got a sneak peek into how people make snap decisions and why sometimes they are the perfect decisions, and when they aren't. I highly recommend this book. Absolutely fascinating!

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell


My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Busy! Busy!

This week has been full of bodywork and art! I have barely had time to even think about posting.

I have a few new anatomy and massage books I want to gush about, so look for that post soon.

As always, when we are busy, make sure to call in advance for a spa or massage session. Same day appointments are unlikely, but occasionally you can get lucky. I had a 5:30pm scheduled for today that canceled, and then someone who called this morning got lucky and took that spot.

This weekend is the Little Red Studio's 24 hour Art-a-Thon. I will be there working on new aromatherapy blends and spa products, as well as a clay and dance performance that came out of a spa session! Feel free to come by and see what all us wacky artists are up to.

I hope you are getting a chance to get out in the sunshine. Remember to take care of yourself and stretch when you go play outdoors!

New (to me) Book

I love books and often peruse the book sections of thrift stores or second hand bookstores for gems. I just finished reading a book called The Body's Edge: Our Cultural Obsession with Skin by Marc Lappe. Ph.D.

It's an older book, published in 1998, so some of the attitudes and information is a little outdated. But anatomy info doesn't go out of date in 10 years. We just aren't evolving that fast. While I haven't learned anything radically new in regards to the skin's anatomy, I have gained a deeper understand of it's form and function. A fascinating correlation between the skin and the immune system was riveting. The theory vacillated between the idea that the skin had it's own immune response system and the skin as being part of the immune system. Also, the section on Psoriasis was very interesting, especially where he delves into possible reasons why psoriasis was once a valuable adaptation.

Unfortunately, it has a terrible bias against popular American culture trends in tattooing and body piercings, while being respectful and deferential of other tribal cultures' practices in the same vein. Here is where I confess that I didn't read the last few chapters, the bias became annoying. My recommendation would be to skip the last third of the book. The first half to two thirds was incredibly informative.