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First Official Art Showing
Thank you to Quiet Oaks Hospice House for inviting me to be on their ‘Featured Local Artist’ wall for the month of December. What an honor. 💝 This morning my hubby and I put up the “Flow of Life” art showcase pieces along their 21’ wall. It’s made up of some original paintings on canvas and others that are prints of photos of my originals artworks. During the month of December, residents and their loved ones can view the pieces and escape momentarily into the various scenes of Minnesota nature, hopefully adding an extra sense of peace to their day. Anticipating putting together this exhibition for Quiet Oaks inspired me…
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Contrast Baths
I learned this ‘trick’ way back during massage school, in Hydrotherapy class. It has stood the test of time in effectiveness to remain one of my top favorite self care, at-home treatments! Contrast Baths! It works like this… Fill one kitchen sink with Ice Water, the other with comfortably Hot Water. Dunk your hands/forearms/elbows into the Ice Water as deeply as you can for as long as you can, up to 2 Minutes (this one’s intense, remember to breathe!). Then, switch to the Hot Water, dunking hands/forearms/elbows as deeply as you can and enjoy for at least 1 Minute, but no longer than 2 Minutes (even though it’s tempting sometimes).…
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Rice Experiment (and side-experiment) Week 7
Holding Steady! Love Rice is still very sticky, with a pinkish color; perhaps slightly deeper pink this week than last. Hate Rice continues to be fluffy and white, showing some signs of stickiness. The mold on the bottom of Indifference Rice seems to be very slow-growing, not much difference noticeable there this week. The following stream-of-thought follows the basis of the Rice Experiment, aka, that the cooked rice is reflecting what the vibration of the water it is steeping in is doing to it… It is said (by Dr. Masaru Emoto) that “water speaks to what is in the mind”. A reflection of our thoughts. We as humans are made…
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Rice Experiment Week 5 & Vicarious Stress
Vicarious De-Stressing
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Rice Experiment Week 3
Indifference is showing the first visible signs of the experiment.
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Maple Syrup flavored Christmas Spirit
I was blessed this holiday season to witness pure Christmas Spirit flowing from a client’s heart space during their massage session. 💗This client and their spouse had recently purchased and gifted items of a list of basic needs to a local family in dire need. The joy and love that this act stirred within my client was palpable. As this beautiful client told me their story and shined with the kind of joy that only comes from a truly altruistic act of kindness, I felt my own heart resonate and swell with vicarious joy! Wow, that’s powerful! After they told their story, we began their massage. Right away, I was…
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Massage and Art
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