BODY & SPA:
Kodo, A Dreamy Technique From Down Under
The traditional massage of indigenous Australian culture honors dreaming, or Dreamtime, and the expanded consciousness it can create. A new technique, Kodo, builds on that tradition, offering clients deep peace and relaxation. With its rhythmic rocking, circular movements, sweeping strokes and aromatherapy, Kodo massage is making inroads at spas throughout North America.
by Naomi Serviss
Cover photo by Riku+Anna
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Create Your Life’s Theme
by Kathy Pike
You are the author of your life story—but to write the story of your dreams and live the life you want, you must move beyond the thoughts, beliefs and patterns that lead you to repeat the same theme over and over.

PRACTICE BUILDING
How to Foil Identity Thieves
by William J. Lynott

Spa Massage News
Spa Star: Gay Jacobsen
TRI Teaches Spa-Massage Therapists
Spa Facts
Treatment Room Service Offerings
Trend Alert

Massage Keeps Kayakers In The Flow

Kayaking is a rapidly growing outdoor recreation activity, with almost 10 million Americans taking part in the sport. Kayakers, from weekend paddlers to top competitors, utilize virtually all of their muscles—and that’s where massage comes in.

Research Reports
Massage Eases Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
Massage for HIV-Positive Children
Spa Therapy for Fibromyalgia

RESEARCH MATTERS
The National Education Dialogue to Advance Integrated Health Care
by Janet Kahn, Ph.D.

Massage as Meditation
by Gordon Richiusa

You don't have to sit silently in lotus position to achieve a meditative state; performing massage can be the key to developing a personally enriching meditation practice.

Student Advisor
When to specialize?
by Charlotte Michael Versagi

Tui Nu
by Naomi Serviss

Tui na is an Asian massage practice rooted in balancing the body's energy, or qi, through meridian alignment, and in harmony with the five elements basic to Chinese medical arts: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Its effects are not always dramatic, experts say, but they are always life affirming.

Touch Therapy Improves Movement, Range of Motion for Clients with Parkinson’s Disease
by Joan Retsinas, Ph.D.

Parkinson’s, a neurological disease, affects more than 1.5 million patients nationwide, and 60,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Massage therapy is recommended by physicians, and sought out by patients, as a means of controlling symptoms and improving quality of life.

Be Well: Therapist Self-Care
Table for Two
How To Keep Working
Go Purple
Awaken Your Senses
Your Turn: Mariah Baesel
Goal kickers
TCM For Allergies
Rodeo Circles

Nature's Spa
Insomnia
by Valerie Cooksley R.N.

A good night’s rest is vital to your health. Without adequate restorative sleep, regeneration is not possible after the day’s activity and your energy is not replenished. Your body also relies upon sleep to heal itself from injury and illness.