The Birth Partner Toolkit w/Julia Blencowe! Now you can register!
Do you want to learn to be even more excellent to your pregnant partner? Come and learn:
- Some basic but awesome massage techniques for common pregnancy woes and for active labor
- Comfort measures for labor (use them at the hospital or at home!)
- Positions for labor and birth
- Self-care for partners
I'm excited to be teaching this class with Julia Blencowe, a birth and postpartum doula in the community who has been providing emotional support to families around their healthcare choices since 2010. She became a doula in 2014 and focusses on helping families stay emotionally and physically healthy during labor, birth and the entire perinatal period.
Where: Cambridge Health Associates, 335 Broadway in Cambridge, MA
When: August 15th 10:00am-12:30
How much: $85 per couple
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THIS CLASS
New Class coming in August!
THE BIRTH PARTNER TOOLKIT with Julia Blencowe COMING IN AUGUST
Do you want to learn to be even more excellent to your pregnant partner? In this class we'll learn and practice basic "bread-and-butter" massage skills and some excellent comfort measures to use during labor. We're still figuring out what we'll be teaching, how you can register and what the flyer will look like, but the class will definitely be August 15th, so save the date if you're interested!
Last-minute appointments are available today
Due to some cancellations and regulars who are traveling, this afternoon/evening has a big open bunch of appointments. Have you been meaning to come in? Did you wake up with your neck feeling stiff this morning? Maybe these appointments are waiting for you!
Information for Massage On Snow Days
Hello Readers!
I hope you are weathering the snow and the cold and the narrow sidewalks and the endless digging. I know that trying to have a schedule-as-usual with the arctic vortexing around us is difficult, so I wanted to let you know how I plan to work with big snowstorms for as long as they keep happening this winter.
If You Have A Massage Scheduled On A Big Snow Day:
If you have a massage scheduled on a day that the weather forecast worries you, it's easy to cancel your massage online with no problem 24 hours before your appointment. In citywide-shutdown conditions (when they close the T and the government tells us all to really stay home), I will shut down too. For snow days when the T is still running, I plan to be at the office. If you don't cancel your appointment and conditions are worse than you thought and you can't make it in safely, I can reschedule your appointments more last-minute for severe weather. Just call me at 617-797-6995 or email abi@abiharper.com as soon as you know you can't make it, and we'll find a different day for you when travel is safer.
If You Live Close By And Want A Massage On A Snow Day:
For clients who are happy to be out on foot (or snowshoes or dogsled), I'm starting a snow-day massage standby list. Maybe you'd like some ease and relaxation and stretch for your shoveling muscles or your snowbank-vaulting muscles, or your falling-down muscles? I expect cancellations today (Monday) and if you'd like to be contacted for a last-minute massage appointment, please email abi@abiharper.com with your email address or phone (whichever you think you're more likely to notice quickly) and what kind of times you might be interested in. I'll contact people in order of response and whoever confirms first gets the appointment!
Be well, stay warm, and lift with your legs.
Gift Certificates are 15% off with discount code SUNSETISLATER
Hi readers! Here it is, my once a year massage discount. Get it while the gift certificates are hot off the press!
Looking for a last-minute gift that says "I care about your health and well-being this holiday season"? Give someone you love the gift of therapeutic massage! You'll get 15% off all gift certificates purchased between now and December 24th 2014. Massage makes a great local-economy-supporting, artisan-supplied, fairly-produced and environmentally-sound gift that takes up almost no physical space in someone's home. The discount code is SUNSETISLATER because I'm just so excited to not be lighting candles in my office to cast out the gloom at 3:30 anymore.
Alternately, maybe your loved ones need a hint about what gift to give you for the holidays? You can forward this to them to let them know that massage gift certificates would make you really happy. It's an easy and thoughtful way for them to show you that they care, and I'm happy to include personal messages (include them in the "note" field as you're checking out and I'll use my best handwriting) and mail them directly to the recipient in an attractive blue envelope.
One last thing, it is completely legit to buy yourself a bunch of gift certificates at this more discount rate and use them through the year. Every year there's a handful of people who do this to make massage more affordable, and I'm so happy I can offer this once a year.
Click here to go to the gift certificate store.
One fine-print note: This offer can't be combined with any other discounts.
August & September Special: $70 Massages for Teachers!
Back to school? To celebrate the yearly in-flowing tide here in Cambridge, I'm offering all full-time educators massages at the student discount price through the end of September. During this especially hectic time of year, scheduling massage is a great way to build in your self-care. Let your teacher/educator friends know!
Free Resource: My favorite free guided meditation files online
I recommended using guided relaxation meditations for clients who have a hard time relaxing enough to fall asleep, or to have something to counter stress for people who don't have time to go to a yoga class or make time to exercise. A guided meditation is something you can do right now! Many are under 10 minutes! You can just put it on and play along if it feels good to do, and then it's over and you're done and maybe you feel a little more manageable, or more ready to fall asleep. Here are some of my favorites:
The MIT Center for Health & Wellness has produced a whole bunch. Some files are just relaxing music, some lead you through a visualization for performance or relaxation, some are gentle yoga or breathing instructions.
20% off all gift certificates through the end of the year! It's already happening, people!
Hi folks! Here it is, my once a year massage discount! Get it while the gift certificates are hot off the press!
Looking for a last-minute gift that says "I care about your health and well-being this holiday season"? Give someone you love the gift of therapeutic massage! You'll get 20% off all gift certificates purchased between now and December 31st 2013. Massage makes a great local-economy-supporting, fairly-produced and environmentally-sound gift that takes up almost no physical space in someone's home.
Alternately, maybe your loved ones need a hint about what gift to give you for the holidays? You can forward this to them to let them know that massage gift certificates would make you really happy. It's an easy and thoughtful way for them to show you that they care.
You can buy massage gift certificates in person, either at my office or by running into me on the street, or you can use the internet here
Sunday Massage Appointments Now Available
If you've had problems in the past fitting a massage into your schedule, please know that you have been heard. This is a trial run through November while I check for sustainability. Sunday afternoon appointments are sitting open on the books, waiting for people who can't make it in on weekdays. I'm excited to see you!