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Massage Therapy During Pandemic

It was the night of February 2020 when one of the greatest nightmare of my life happened. I was riding a bus going home after a massage session when I heard the news. A virus which originated from Wuhan, China entered the Philippines due to its carrier and the some places in Metro Manila was put into lockdown. And the rest as they say, is history. Coping Mechanism without Massage Therapy Session At first, it was hard for me to believe what was happening. I had this belief in my mind that the crisis I am facing now will be resolved and everything will be back to normal. However, Covid-19 became a pandemic. What's even worst was that prior to the lockdown, I lost my day job because of a massive layoff. This was the time I told myself that I am going fulltime as a massage therapist but things did not happened as expected  and I could not pursue what I really wanted. But as the days past by, I learned to channel my energy to different things. I made myself busy and productive for a c...

My Journey as a Freelance Massage Therapist

Have you ever thought of what do you want to do in your life? In my case, I did not saw massage therapy coming and everyday I'm still surprised on where my passion in massage therapy takes me.  Flashback: Childhood Go-To Massage Therapist When I was a child, probably about 10 years old, my family members especially my grand mother always calls me if they feel body pains, sick or if they just want me to "massage them." As a child with no background at all on this type of alternative healing, I got annoyed because I knew back then that it was more of a responsibility rather than to make them feel good or to "give back." Yes, as early as 10 years old, massage therapy was introduced to me as "hilot." This is a known Filipino style of massage therapy that uses oil mixes like coconut oil or "baby oil."  Back then, I definitely had no idea about the strokes and proper way to do it. I just use my hands to glide the oil and put pressure by pressing...