Aims and Objectives
The Magic of Massage ("MoM")
In ancient Japan, a recently married young woman had, according to custom, moved into her husband's home where his parents also resided. After a while she visited a Buddhist monk, and, with tears in her eyes, expressed her frustration with her mother-in-law who was constantly bullying her.
She was so desperate that she asked the monk to teach her a way by which she could gradually kill her mother-in-law without arousing any suspicion. The monk replied that he knew the perfect way for her to achieve her aim, and set about teaching her a form of massage through which she could gradually kill the old woman.
A few weeks later the same young woman returned to the monk in a state of great agitation. The monk inquired whether his method was working, and the woman immediately begged him to show her how to undo the harm that she might have done. The monk feigned surprise and asked what had brought about this change of heart and mind. She answered that, after a few weeks of regularly massaging her mother-in-law in the way that he had taught her, she had grown very fond of her and now they both loved each other very much.
The monk then smilingly explained that it had never been his intention to show her a way to hurt anybody, quite the contrary. He had taught her massage to bring them both together, thus creating love and harmony in her family life.
She was so desperate that she asked the monk to teach her a way by which she could gradually kill her mother-in-law without arousing any suspicion. The monk replied that he knew the perfect way for her to achieve her aim, and set about teaching her a form of massage through which she could gradually kill the old woman.
A few weeks later the same young woman returned to the monk in a state of great agitation. The monk inquired whether his method was working, and the woman immediately begged him to show her how to undo the harm that she might have done. The monk feigned surprise and asked what had brought about this change of heart and mind. She answered that, after a few weeks of regularly massaging her mother-in-law in the way that he had taught her, she had grown very fond of her and now they both loved each other very much.
The monk then smilingly explained that it had never been his intention to show her a way to hurt anybody, quite the contrary. He had taught her massage to bring them both together, thus creating love and harmony in her family life.
My aim is to create balance, good health and harmony within the community and working environments. In 2011/12, around 80% of new work-related conditions were either musculoskeletal disorders or stress, depression or anxiety, and statistics show 1.1 million working people were suffering from a work-related illness.
My objective is to introduce a Nurturing Massage treatment into the community and the workspace. My intention is to practise Seated Acupressure Therapy (SAT) as 'Instant Calma', where and when it is needed, to which ever level of workforce or community area requires attention. As a weekly treatment, allowing people to "switch off" for between 10, 20 & 40 minutes, you will find the benefits to be amazing. You only have to mention the words, "Would you like your shoulders massaging?" and the instant expression of enjoyment is pure proof that what I am able to give, is worthwhile and very much needed, especially within the stressed-out world we presently live in.
More and more people it seems, have stopped communicating, they are barely acknowledging one another on a day-to-day basis and either have no physical contact with another person, or have too much stress-related contact, which can be physically, emotionally and mentally draining. One example is Care Workers in the home and within the special needs educational and therapeutic training sector. Who cares for the Carers? The office worker sat in front of a computer all day, drained mentally, trying to find the energy to get through that afternoon "dip" between 2pm and 4pm. In fact, EVERYONE is in need of a little nurturing boost to their system, whenever or wherever it is needed. These are the people I would like to reach out to.
I hope I have inspired you to want to not only change, but to do something about it, now, rather than later.
"Reach out and touch",
with love,
Suzana XX