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    Emotional Release- Is it safe? What does it look like? Why is this common while receiving massage?
    Eileen Dickinson, LMT
    • Nov 12, 2019
    • 3 min

    Emotional Release- Is it safe? What does it look like? Why is this common while receiving massage?

    Dr. Laura Markham, my favorite parenting expert says that "the more 'reactive' you are, or the more easily you get 'triggered', the more old emotions you have in your backpack, signaling you that they're waiting to be processed." The emotional backpack is what Dr. Markham calls the unprocessed emotions we've been holding onto in our body. She says that "any emotion that felt too vulnerable to process when we first felt it might be stuffed in our emotional backpack." Now, when
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    Do I have to take off ALL my clothes?!! And other first time massage therapy client concerns.
    Eileen Dickinson, LMT
    • Feb 26, 2018
    • 1 min

    Do I have to take off ALL my clothes?!! And other first time massage therapy client concerns.

    #massage #massagetherapyeducation #massagetherapy #westhartford #westhartfordct #westhartfordcenter #wellness
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    Fight or Flight vs Rest and Digest
    Eileen Dickinson, LMT
    • Feb 13, 2018
    • 1 min

    Fight or Flight vs Rest and Digest

    #massagetherapy #wellness #westhartford #simsburyct #mindfulness #massagetherapyeducation
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    Ingrid and Eileen Talk Massage, Touch, and Self- care
    Eileen Dickinson, LMT and Ingrid Kania, LMT.
    • Jan 14, 2018
    • 1 min

    Ingrid and Eileen Talk Massage, Touch, and Self- care

    Learn some self care tips! Get to know Ingrid and Eileen who are super excited to share what they know about massage, touch, and self care.
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    Eileen Dickinson, LMT
    • Nov 17, 2017
    • 2 min

    Massage Therapy as a Mindfulness Practice

    Is Meditation for me? I have always loved the idea of meditation. As a gal with years of non-stop thoughts and worries, meditation sounded like peace from the chaos of the mind. Yet I believed it was basically a brain shutdown. I thought, “how can meditation be for me when I can’t stop from thinking constantly? I’ll never learn how to meditate!” A few years ago, a psychology professor of mine introduced me to the book Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat Zinn. This boo
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