I came to Massage because of my mom. I didn’t know it at the time, and for years I would have said it was because I hated retail, or because I loved helping people. The anatomy is fascinating, and being able to help people feel less pain in their bodies is a kind of drug. But if I go deeper, it’s because of my mom. My mom was the youngest of four, the child of abusive alcoholics. She was sexually assaulted early in life. She had surgery for scoliosis in high school and didn’t

We often think of relationships as something that exists outside of ourselves — partnerships, friendships, family bonds. But maybe the most important, most enduring relationship we have is the one we so often overlook: the relationship with our own body. It’s time to start seeing your body not as a machine, not as a project to fix, but as a person — one who has been with you through everything. Introducing the “Personhood of the Body” When you’ve spent years disconnected from