This is a picture of one corner of my garden just this last year. If I didn't walk the paths and have a look, water, weed and check for pests,  I know it just wouldn't have looked good or produced anything but weeds and bug eaten veggies. Those pesky weeds and bugs will take over when you are not looking.  

On a sunny summer day that is fine for going out to do other fun things besides gardening, I check early in the morning to see if the plants need watering.  With no water to circulate in their systems to keep the plants looking and being healthy and alive, they will just sag, wilt or die.

Breast massage will encourage circulation and lymphatic drainage. Decrease congestion pain and swelling from PMS, menopause, pregnancy, and breastfeeding. Better circulation will increase the health of the breast and the whole body. 

Breast massage is gentle enough to do every day.  Self massage will make you more aware of the changes that occur throughout the month.

Have you had breast surgery? Massage will reduce scar tissue and increase the health of the breast. Daily breast massage will reduce the formation of cysts. 

Taking a walk in the garden takes a few moments to check all is well.
To increase the health of the breast takes a few moments to massage in wellness.

Support your own health and those persons that you care about. Share this easy and most practical self-massage information with your girlfriends, mothers, sisters, male and female persons that you know would like to stay healthy and be healthy. 
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My definition of secondary infertility: The joy of having a child and wanting another one and not understanding why it is not happening when it was so easy the first time. And then you find out that as a woman your hormones are "off".

One thing I know that will work is the Dr. Jonas method. There is an optimum moment every month that your body can be stimulated into  spontaneous ovulation. 

My version of the story.  In the late 1950's Dr. Jonas being a brilliant astrobiologist and great at collecting information and making observations figured out that based on the exact moment of your birth the phase of the moon at that exact degree of the phase of crescent or quarter or fullness would influence your body for the rest of your life. 

An individual's lunar birth moon phase is a day of spontaneous ovulation in women and a day of higher sperm count in men. And the influence of the planets indicates the boy or girl of the potential baby.

Dr.Jonas was nominated for the Nobel Prize for this research. You can visit www.drjonasmethod.com and order and pay for the chart information and read wonderful information and testimonials. Or you could try the free charting from www.astro.com to get your lunar phases chart.

To get a free chart of your personal very fertile days for the next twelve months visit www.astro.com in the extended chart selection and is called lunar phases fertility calendar.

You can choose to have a boy or girl as indicated on the chart by planning conception for the chosen red flagged days.  The symbol above the red flag has the indicator of Mars for male and Venus for female.

I have found a sports app that could be used to find your lunar days. It is set up for sports, and probably for betting on your favourite athlete to win. Athletes will have their best performance results on their moon day. 

So you can get the free app and plug in all the birth dates for your favourite athletes, women trying to conceive, and men needing a higher count in sperm production. 

In comparing the two charts, the sports app indicates only the large flag day, the last day of the four fertile days. Only astro.com indicates boy or girl of each flagged day.

I'm not much of a sports person, but I think there is a rule in every sport for when a score counts. The "ball" has to be in the "hands" (sperm in position to meet the egg) of the girl making the baby before the time expires. Maybe I said that a bit awkward. Maybe what I should say is, if you go up to bat on the fourth day, you might miss that window of opportunity. Play early, play often and win. And when you are under a bit of pressure and stress, have a massage to allow your body to function at its best.

Be Healthy. Stay Healthy. Massage.
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http://www.drjonasmethod.com/index.php?fuseaction=services.infertility
https://www.astro.com/index.htm
​https://www.lunarium.co.uk/iPhone/PhaseDay/
​https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16162447

I gained confirmation and understanding in the idea of trusting and listening to my instincts (mother knows best) when I took a course in 2009 so that I could teach infant massage. I recognized the similar ideas that I had used on my son manymanymany years ago when he was a baby (back in the days before I had become a massage therapist).

My favorite part of an infant and child massage is the playful stretches. My favorite stretch rhyme being; “How big is baby (arms down next to body), So big (arms move up with hands over baby’s head).” Even today, I have lovingly commented, “how big is baby” as my teenage son has grown taller than myself now.

I enjoy meeting the babies, meeting the caring parent(s), and the sharing of the information and ideas that is best suited for each babies' needs.

Parents that I see usually have similar comments and questions. What type of pressure should I use, is there a direction I should work in, what order do I work the sections of the body, how much time, how many times, and what about when (s)he is crying.

The instruction time we have together will give you the confidence to know you are doing the right thing and teach you the healthy touch of massage for your child.

A one on one infant massage class is a nice gift for new parents. When you buy this class as a gift you would be able to get the book and the oil and wrap it with the gift certificate. 
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November 1st, 2013 the Massage Therapist Association of Alberta, of which I am a member, is celebrating a 60th anniversary. 

Massage Therapist Association of Alberta established in 1953. 
Remedial Massage Therapists Association established in 1977.
Natural Health Practitioners of Canada established in 1988.

Massage is not regulated in Alberta. A regulatory colleges exists in British Columbia, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador. For a college to exist here in Alberta the different associations would be dissolved into one. Unity on common ground. The process to have a college for Alberta began in 2004. My optimism says that one day we will be united health care professionals and therapeutic massage therapists.

Left to right: Kim Deering, Loretta Wilson, Sue Waye, Brandy Jaffray, Mikala Martinell, Terri Leslie, Caroline Bitz (27 plus years of massage experience),and Athena Winchester

Earlier this year in May 2013, the eight therapists of Drumheller got together for coffee and a group picture. A celebration of massage in Drumheller. With so few therapists working in town this year I like that we know each other. I have no feeling of competition, the feeling is of the unity of colleagues. 

What keeps our schedules full are referrals  from people that like what we do. People either like you or they don't. There are many people that see all of us. Massage is a very personal experience for the client. It is a privileged experience for the therapist to have the trust and agreement with an individual to touch and support their  healing experience.

Be Healthy. Stay Healthy. Massage.
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