It’s been too long: too long since I’ve greeted you at my office and asked what it’s like being you these days… too long since I’ve worked with your body… too long since we’ve scheduled your time to come back… too long. I miss you! As much as I wish we could work together in person,… [Continue Reading]
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An Open Letter to Jim Braude & Margery Egan of Boston Public Radio Voicing Concerns Over Re-Opening Massage Therapy During Phase 2/Part 2 in Massachusetts
Special thank you for contributions byEllen Mossman, Beth Baron, and Francesca Genco Dear Jim and Margery, I love you guys. Huge fan! Listen whenever I can, live, and also subscribe to your show on Stitcher so that I can hear it when I miss it live. By listening to you I get to keep my… [Continue Reading]
Time Sensitive: This Saturday (18 April) 1 – 3 PM EDT (10 – 12 PDT)
The International Focusing Institute has invited me to teach a class: At Home in Your Body: Focusing-Oriented Meditation. It’s pay-what-you-can. Saturday, 18 April 2020. Learn more and register HERE! In addition to teaching you ways to feel more at home and at ease within yourself (especially during these anxious-making times), I will be giving a… [Continue Reading]
What’s it like to be you in the world?
“What’s it like to be you in the world?” I ask this of people who come to Heidi’s Table for the first time. Probably, they and I have just met. They have made an appointment so I know their name and phone number and email address, and by now they’ve taken off their shoes and… [Continue Reading]
How discomfort can help you (feel connected to your body)
Keeping the Peace asks: “After a massage I feel very connected with my body. Is there anything I can do in between massages to maintain that connection?” Dear Keeping the Peace, I love that there are people like you in the world, people who want to feel connected to their bodies. Connection is about relationship,… [Continue Reading]
That pain in your neck (feat. Hercules and Atlas!)
I’m going to tell you a little story. It may be a story you know, but I bet you’ve never thought of it in quite this way before. It’s a story that sometimes comes to mind when I am massaging my clients’ necks and heads, loosening up all the tension that tends to accumulate there…. [Continue Reading]
On becoming a massage therapist. My story!
In 2005 I gave this speech at my graduation from massage school. All these years later, I am still happy with my decision to become someone who helps people by doing ‘this special kind of rubbing thing with my hands… kind of like magic.’ Juliette, who first said it like that, is a teenager and… [Continue Reading]
Dear Client, Thank you. Love, Heidi
When you come to my office, at some point before you get on my table I usually ask: “how would you like to feel when you leave here today?“ And then you proceed, pretty much every time, to blow me away. You are so insightful. You tell me you want to experience the quality of… [Continue Reading]