Caring Palms is announcing the Holiday Gift Certificate Sale.

Buy 1 gift certificate, save $5

Buy 2 gift certificates, save $15

Buy 3 gift certificates, save $25

Best Deal: Buy 4 gift certificates, get 1 gift certificate FREE!

Gift Certificates are available for massage or Reiki sessions, or massage or Reiki classes. Buy gift certificates for friends and loved ones, or just for yourself. If you have four friends that can benefit from massage or Reiki (and everyone can), you can buy four gift certificates for them, and get one free for yourself. If you are a regular client, you can buy four gift certificates for yourself and get five sessions (this is the best deal going).

The sale is going on now and runs through Monday, December 24th. Gift certificates are available in the studio and can be ordered by phone with a credit card at (904) 246-2206, or by mail with a check. (Sorry, this special is not available at the web site.) What better gift to give to those you care about? Give them the gift of love and healing.

• January 19 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm  Confirmed
• February 9 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm
• February 13 (Wednesday) 10am - 5pm
• March 9 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm
• April 13 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm
• April 17 (Wednesday) 10am - 5pm
• May 11 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm
• June 8 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm
• June 19 (Wednesday) 10am - 5pm
• July 13 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm
• August 10 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm
• August 14 (Wednesday) 10am - 5pm
• September 14 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm
• September 18 (Wednesday) 10am - 5pm
• October 12 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm
• October 16 (Wednesday) 10am - 5pm
• November 9 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm  
• March 2 (Saturday) 10am - 5pm 

The following is a list of currently scheduled classes.  This class is a two-day class worth 12 CE hours for Florida massage therapists.  Each class (unless otherwise marked) currently has a status of 'Scheduled'.  This means that a date has been set, but no one has signed up for it yet.  Once a deposit has been received for a class, the status will be 'Confirmed'.  The current schedule is as follows:

• March 16 - March 17  (Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm and Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm)    
• June 4 - June 5  (Tuesday 9:00am - 5:00pm and Wednesday 10:00am - 4:00pm)
• June 22 - June 23  (Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm and Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm)
• August 3 - August 4  (Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm and Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm)
• August 20 - August 21  (Tuesday 9:00am - 5:00pm and Wednesday 10:00am - 4:00pm) 

All classes are scheduled to be held at the Hampton Inn at Jacksonville Beach, FL.  Should the location change, that change will be on the website and students notified. 

Note: Check with the hotel for special room rates.  

Maximize your results with less effort. Utilize the science of martial arts and apply it to massage. Body Mechanics and Advanced Techniques for Massage Therapists is designed to reconnect the massage therapist with proper body mechanics and techniques showing how to work without hurting oneself and how to apply deep pressure with little effort.  The class being part lecture, part hands-on practice uses theory, stances, centering, and the proper use of body strength from martial arts and applies them to the art of massage therapy.  Students will learn how to focus their energies and use their body to do deep work with less effort and not get hurt.  This class will help anyone to work deeply with less effort no matter if one is 90 pounds or 250 pounds.  This class is for both the seasoned therapist and the new therapist.  It will show moves everyone is familiar with, but in a new light as well as moves many people may not have seen before (which have been taken from Lomi Lomi, Esalen, and other styles).  The idea is not to dictate how to practice, but to show better body mechanics which the therapist can adapt to what they do.  This is true whether they adapt all of it or just part of it.

I was listening to a talk by someone the other day, and they said something I knew, but really had not realized. The speaker was talking about the Law of Attraction.

Put simply, the Law of Attraction states that you bring to you what you spend the most energy on. If you spend your days thinking how good things are going to go, you help create that outcome... you attract good things to you. If you spend your day in fear, you will bring to you the things that you fear the most.

For example, when I do my work, it is in a legal, professional, and ethically and morally correct manner. Yet, if I am constantly afraid that someone will come in and misinterpret what I am doing, it will happen (as it did in another Florida county where a massage therapist and Reiki practitioner was arrested for doing Reiki and charged with practicing medicine without a license). If I put a lot of energy into being afraid, I will attract exactly that to me. If I am afraid that I will get a lot of perverts coming in, I will get that. Instead, I put my energies into bringing people to me that will understand and need my work. Because I put that positive energy out there, I get exactly the type of clientele I want.

The Law of Attraction is the basis of several books and self-help methods including 'The Secret'. You have to put the positive energy out there and keep having faith in it to make it manifest into reality. But it takes time. That is where most people fail.

But one thing the speaker I was listening to said that hit home was that the Law of Attraction is always in effect. It is always working. It is always bringing things to you based on what you are putting your energy into. It doesn't just happen when you really, really want something, or are really, really concerned about something. It is happening constantly. So whatever is going on in your head, with your attitude, you are attracting things to you. So, what is it you're attracting? And if it is not what you want, what can you change? Me, I'm attracting a good end to this year, and a great year next year.

Just something to think about.

by Brian Dean

How often do we take time for ourselves? Those of us with jobs, families, people who rely on us, we find it hard to take a step back and care for ourselves. This is especially true for people in the healing profession. We find it hard to say no when someone is in need. In fact we will help others long before we make the time for ourselves.

In fact, we can't seem to make the time to care for ourselves. And when we do make it, all too often we feel selfish for indulging in some much needed healing. But the truth is that if we let ourselves get too dragged out, our ability to help others diminishes, sometimes to the point of being ineffective. This is true whether it is a therapist giving a massage or someone trying to put a good meal on the table for their family.

Now what started this topic was something I said to someone that I had just taken though a meditation. The words just popped into my head. The first thought I had (after I realized that it would make a good topic for this newsletter) was that it was very profound and true. And that something was this...

The best thing we can do for others... the best gift we can give others, is to be in the best shape possible, mentally, physically, and energetically. That way, when they have need, we are the best prepared to help them. To achieve this, we need to take time for ourselves to heal, to be the best possible, to be at the top of our game, to be what they need.

Interesting huh?

At Caring Palms, we pledge to do the best work we can at every session.  We not only do this to continue to earn your business, but because we believe that you deserve the best care possible every time you are here.  This is true whether it is massage, or energy work, or classes. This is our promise.  This is what we will continue to do.