Love What You Do!! Do What You Love.

As we mark time with festivals, birthdays and sacred holidays of all types I am pleased to be moving into my 20th year as a professional New York State licensed Massage Therapist. Yes, two decades on April 20, 2010!!  I emphasize the word licensed because most people who make the effort to get licensed have gone through a rigourous process of education, testing and interning as part of their journey to grow into professionalism.

I must admit there was a time when I felt as though I "should" do something else, because, after all being a massage therapist for soooo long, without evolving into another field is not enough.......right?  As those thoughts crossed my mind I felt them to be neither true nor mine.  I realized they were the voices of others I knew who entered and exited this field and their need to follow different paths because they themselves had judged massage therapy as "not enough".  I; in a sense; tried on their words and felt the judgements as not mine and in my opinion this kind of negativity is never a healthy reason to pursue other arenas. 

So, 20 years later I am still a massage therapist BUT can confidently say that I have mastered the art of massage, am always learning and applying new venues to my practice and LOVE WHAT I DO.  I no longer experience those times of restlessness laced with judgement that I "should" pursue more.  Should remains as a NOT good enough reason to do anything.  I am pleased that I have made a committment to myself and to those people who seek out my expertise for the right reason:  I LOVE WHAT I DO.

Enshrinehealth Dynamics Tip:
Discovering massage was for me a very synchronistic event.  It was the proverbial lightbulb over the head experience.  I had a feeling in my gut of a joyous "knowing" or intuiting that it was right for me.  This was followed by an "effortless effort" as I seamlessly gathered all the required paperwork to ensure my enrollment to the Swedish Institute in New York.  For those of you who may be in career flux, perhaps take the time to meditate/visualize various careers that you may like to pursue and simply pay attention to how your body/gut/intuition feels.  Its like trying on a pair of shoes: you know when they do not fit!  The same simple technique may be applied to anything from relationships to new hobbies. Wherever uncertainty may exist, meditation makes clear.  For further inquiries into meditation please visit Harshada Wagner at  http://www.banyaneducation.com/