Let's start off with life/school/work, shall we?
So where am I? In life, I am pretty okay. The fabulous exhibit in Times Square contract I was offered last week gave me a call and said they were "going in a new direction." So pretty much, thanks, but we don't need you anymore. I was kinda surprised at how relieved I was to receive that call. Even if I wasn't taking classes full-time and working other jobs part-time, I can't say it would be possible to gather everything on that list and make it look good in the 3 weeks I was given. Luckily, I think the production company knew that and decided to go with a less extensive exhibit and found a warehouse that had almost everything they wanted. So in the end, it worked out best for everyone. Yes, I don't get to earn some money and I don't get to get my name out there. But I made the decision to go back to school and to let something else compromise that would be a mistake.
Oh yeah, I also have 2 tests in class, 2 midterms online, and 1 hands-on evaluation in the next two weeks. Something would have been dropped and I'm paying to take those tests. So failing is not an option. I think I will have to look a bit closer at my schedule before I agree to any major work in the future. I tell ya, balancing work and school... not as easy as you would think.
Speaking of school, we successfully turned the body over and worked on the back and the back of the legs this week. BTW, yes, the back of the legs includes the butt, otherwise known as "gluteal cleavage". I was a little worried about having some guy/girl touch my butt. I mean, the chest, the pubic area and the butt are the "sensual areas" of the body (the ones associated with sex). Up til now, we have been VERY careful about keeping those areas covered at all times. Now, we were actively massaging it. The concerns were short lived though. There is nothing sexual about having your butt massaged by a therapist. It was all about the muscle, and let me tell you... it felt awesome having those muscles worked. You find you hold your tension in the weirdest places sometimes. :) Jelly-legs were everywhere.
The back was the day we were all looking forward to. We all wanted a serious rub down, with the tests just done, more tests coming up, whatever was happening in our personal lives, and the holiday season approaching, we could use some relaxing (for free!) Unfortunately, I was quite disappointed. Now, the first day you should never judge. We are all learning a new technique, no one is good, let alone perfect. But we are a month into school, with over 64 hours of just hands-on massaging. By now, we should have a pretty good idea of what a bone feels like and what a muscle feels like. We do not massage bones. We do not push on bones. I doubt my partner will ever forget that you do not work the ribs after my impressive fish-flop against the table. I'm just happy I didn't give him a foot in the face like I almost did on "Feet" day. :)
"We are not Jesus. We are not healers. I wish I was a healer. God, I could make a fortune!"
That sort of tickled me at the time. Can you imagine having the ability to lay your hands on someone and heal them, just like that? Can you imagine the choice of charging for that service or just doing it for free? In today's society, could you get by not charging money? That led to me picturing Jesus charging the sick to heal them. Kinda funny when you think about his image and his abilities. Then I realized that's pretty much what doctors today are doing, except it's no guarantee you'll be healed at the end. It's not as funny now.
Don't get me wrong. I do use a chiropractor. I do use herbal remedies. I still use doctors for various ailments, especially when the cure can't be found thru herbs or muscle work. I am all for modern medicine. I got LASIK; you can't get much more modern than that, considering the laser work and the antibiotics and pain pills and eye drops you have to take after.
But at the same time, I do think about how doctors are (often) the only people we can go to to be fixed. And the horrible amount of money they then charge us for that fix. But then there is the flip side. Doctors today have to be taught, learned in the field. They gather debt, expenses, etc. What if you had that talent naturally? No lessons needed, just pure ability.
Jesus (if you are one to believe it) was able to lay his hands onto someone and cure them. Massage therapists, while similar, are no Child of God. When we lay our hands on someone, we are not healing. We are helping. We are helping by using a person's body to work with itself, not against. We are all about creating homeostasis; bringing the body back to it's stable level, the level where the body is most comfortable and functions the best. We like that level.
As Frank Herbert said, "There is no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves."
Let's finish with some new fun facts, shall we?
- Every human has cancer cells in their body. "Having/getting cancer" is when they mutate, affect our body and we take notice.
- The name of our hamstring comes from the slaughter house. It is the tendon that butchers would hang the pigs up with.
- The styloid process of the temporal bone is the most fragile bone in the human body. However, it is tucked in between our skull and mandible (jaw bone), so breaking it is very, very difficult.
- The styloid process of the temporal bone is what martial artists push against when they pull up under the ears to disable their opponent. The pain can be intense due to high nerve count in that area.
- The 11th and 12th pair of ribs (your bottom most ribs) do not connect to your sternum at all. They are "floating" ribs. All other ribs are connected to the sternum with cartilage.
- The urban legend of people having their floating ribs removed to be thinner is just an urban legend. No doctor would be allowed to remove the ribs for cosmetic reasons. Ribs are there to protect our organs and removing them would compromise that protection.
- Your coccyx bone is 5 bones fused together and serves no purpose in the human body. It is also known as your tailbone. *Personal note, anyone who doesn't think we evolved from animals should take a good look at the coccyx and consider how it's possible that it could not have come from a tail.*
- Humans have one 1 saddle joint (2 in the body). It is the joint that allows us to have opposable thumbs, meaning our thumb can touch all our other fingers.
WHEW! Long post today. That's what I get for putting it off 'til the end of the week. So as I say, cheers people! And stay limber.
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