Heartful Touch in the news
My career as a massage therapist and CranioSacral Therapist is highlighted in a feature story posted online by the Lehigh University Alumni Association. I am
My career as a massage therapist and CranioSacral Therapist is highlighted in a feature story posted online by the Lehigh University Alumni Association. I am
My thriving business just had an unexpected boost this first week of July 2022 when two women at different times saw my business placard outside
Thank you to my clients for making June 2021 my most successful month ever in terms of earnings and number of client sessions. I am
December 2012 “Now that is what I call settling in and hitting the ground running,” wrote my friend Eric Vazquez on Jan. 13 when I
Sept. 24, 2012 Last night I dreamed I was bowling. I had a similar dream one night last week. On one level, this is not
March 12, 2012 At 7 this morning, along a six-mile round-trip loop from Asbury Park to Belmar, I ran between the sun rising over the
December 2011 In 1979 I read a novel, the title long gone from my memory, in which the protagonist, a young man living at home
Easton Mountain, Aug. 13, 2011 He saw Jesus in my eyes As we gazed and touched that chilly afternoon We paired
December 2010 … I started quiet and slow with no surprise. Then one morning I woke to realize I had a good thing going. That
December 2009 What started in 2008 as my timid re-emergence in the realm of public singing grew full force in 2009 into a series of
May 2009 Sometimes a singer, like an actor with a particular role, has to study and practice and mature before his abilities match the technical
A look back at 2008 Hibernation to expansiveness, letting go to reclamation, wariness to open-heartedness — 2008 was a study in contrasts. My year started
Technique of the month: Massaging the scalp A female friend my age (51) recently remarked that she can’t imagine having her hair done once a
2007 has been a year of waiting and anticipating. Waiting for the cold to arrive in an unusually warm early January. Paying high home fuel
In my bathroom, alongside the monthly Daily Word booklet of inspirational passages that I read each morning courtesy of the Unity Church, is a large
Begin again. Those were the last words — or at least, in the haziness of time, the gist of the actual last words — of
I don’t remember when I first started thinking about going to massage school. Certainly in the first few years after I started receiving massage on
A 54-year-old client wants to spread the word about the importance of men age 40 and older getting a yearly PSA test to check for
The new year often brings renewed efforts to work out, to shed some unwanted pounds, to eat better. To that list, I invite you to
What an expansive and contractive year. Like the rising and the falling of gasoline prices (a major element of all areas of my life, and
When I was a child and thought about the future, my limited imagination only projected to the year 2000. It was a faraway yet easy
One of the perks of being a touch therapist is the ability to connect with longtime friends in different, deeper ways. And so it was
The beauty and challenge of The Heartful Touch, and the satisfaction to be gained therein, is to tailor a session that meets an individual’s needs
The thought arose again as I was taking James Waslaski’s five-day Orthomassage Intensive in Portsmouth, N.H. I wrote about Waslaski’s work in my November/December 2004
Working a full-time job as a newspaper copy editor forces me to choose my vacation days for the coming year in December so as not
In the morning, after we’ve cleaned her cage, after she’s had her out-of-cage time and her bath, after she’s gorged herself on cheese and seeds
Letting go, moving on, reaching out: In a time of war and terror, high prices and natural disasters, these are mantras to live by, this
I never did run the 2005 Clifton High School Alumni Track Meet. But I have started working with a personal trainer. In the May-June Heartful
Last summer, while driving to Boston to serve as a teaching assistant for an Upledger CranioSacral Pediatrics workshop, I popped into my car CD player
After almost 11 years away from the sport, I’ve begun running again. I stopped in September 1994 when torn cartilage in my left knee cut
For the second year in a row, I’ve neglected my exercise routine in January and February. Hibernated is more like it. The frigid temperatures outside
It’s the beginning of 2005, a time to thank returning clients, welcome new clients, and plan for my continuing education courses. First up is Clinical
It took a course in neuromuscular therapy during my enrollment at the Somerset School of Massage Therapy in 1997 to bring my massage work into
The following appeared in the May 26 issue of the Times Herald-Record. I am sitting in the fire hall of Milford Square, Pa., at the
From Aug. 12-15, 2004, I served as a teaching assistant at a CranioSacral Pediatrics Workshop outside Boston. On the third day, the three dozen students
The following essay was originally published in the Times Herald-Record on Sunday, May 29, 1994. It won me third place in the feature-writing category of
In May I took a three-day Orthomassage workshop taught by James Waslaski. In June, I served as a teaching assistant for a CranioSacral Therapy II
As a former runner and current walker, hiker, swimmer and massage therapist, I know the value of healthy feet and legs. So it was with
It was a hectic nine days. On April 23, I attended a concert at Carnegie Hall in which a friend sang with a choral group
The sun is lingering longer in the evening, the rays are imparting a bit more warmth, and the dawns are earlier and bursting with brightness.
As I pore through my Heartful Touch records in preparation for filing my 2003 income tax forms, I look over the name of each client
For 24 years, until arthroscopic knee surgery and persistently painful iliotibial bands led me to give it up, I sped through life as a long-distance
I love stay-at-home August vacations. When it seems that much of Montclair has taken to the roads or is down the shore, I walk uptown
Massage, like many other healing modalities, promotes overall good health rather than cures any specific symptom in a single session. Utilized as part of a