It has been my experience that as time goes on Massage Therapists are drawn to many different modalities which naturally become woven together and are presented in their work. In addition to Traditional massage and Energy Work I have been drawn to Tibetan Buddhism and Compassionate Communication. There is a famous saying in body work, "We keep our issues in our tissues" and I believe that to be true. Through Compassionate Communication I have learned life serving ways of expression and life serving thought processes. I have been incorporating the Buddhist view of Compassion, the willingness and ability to be with pain, my own or others. I have been using breath work and meditation as a way to relax, become present and heal the mind and by doing so the body. I believe a relaxed body can lead to a relaxed mind and a relaxed mind can lead to a relaxed body. This is the next step on my evolving journey to pull my passions together as The Compassionate Touch