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Holiday
Therapy
News
From
&
 STAR
Tech® Healing & Learning Center
Vol.
XII NO. 1
#19 - Holiday 2005
Greetings to our clients,
students and friends!
This is our first on-line Newsletter, the purpose of which is to share some
ideas with you in an effort to make the Holidays more pleasant and enjoyable for
you and your loved ones. We also want to take this opportunity to let you know
what we are doing. Events, classes and workshop are coming up soon. Learn about
the many Gift Certificates we have available.
This being our first effort to do an on-line newsletter, we hope everyone will
be able to read what has been sent out. If not, please contact me so I know that
there are problems with some receivers.
The
annual WAVM Beacon Santa Telethon will take place Friday through Sunday,
December 9 – 11 at the Maynard High School Communications Center.
For the ninth year, Barry will lead a group of
Volunteer Massage Therapists who will offer FREE massage treatments to the
approximately 150 students who run the Telethon. The students who come from
grades five through twelve do all of the planning, producing, on-air hosting,
camera work, control room work, telephone answering bids and pledges work, and
everything else that is required to pull off an event this mammoth.
Last year the students raised over $56,000 as a part of Community
Newspapers’ Beacon Santa Drive to raise money to help families in need during
the holidays.
Buck-A-Minute Massage
 The
Telethon Volunteer Massage Team will also be offering Buck-A-Minute Massage to
the public as well as to the students. Usually available will be both chair and
table relaxation massage, done through clothing, without oil or lotions. All
money collected will go to the Telethon.
Come by the High School to get a massage Friday evening
8-10 pm, Saturday 8:30 am until
9 pm,
and Sunday 8:30 until 11 am.
There is no need to schedule your treatment before arriving. Just come
to the front lobby of the High School and the next available therapist, or your
choice of therapist, will give you your massage.
Outsiders who are paying Buck-A-Minute have priority
over the students for treatments, so you can be assured you will not have to
stand in line behind twenty students waiting for their massage. You can request
five, ten, twenty, sixty minutes of treatment. Your choice.
TV Show
Saturday
morning at 8 am on Comcast Cable TV, Channels 8 and 10, several of the Telethon
Volunteer Massage Therapists will offer demonstrations of some of the usual as
well as more unusual treatments they offer back at their offices. Volunteer Paul
Whittier, for one, is scheduled to demonstrate Thai Massage.
The last ten minutes of the half hour show will be devoted to a wake up and
posture-enhancing stretching class led by Barry.
Gift
Certificates
Gift
Certificates donated by the Volunteer Massage Therapists will be auctioned off
during the 40 hour Telethon. Gift Certificates donated by Bailey Therapeutic
Massage include two one hour Gift Certificates. STAR Tech Healing and
Learning
Center has donated Gift Certificates for a Private Stretching Session with
Barry, and a Workshop with Barry.
Dealing
with STRESS during the Holidays . . . .
Stress is often a big element of the holiday
season. Stress can ruin what should be a happy, joyful time. Here are some
thoughts on how to manage stress and make the holidays more manageable.
Make a list of the things you
must accomplish.
Arrange the list by priorities.
What is most urgent, or most important? What must be done in order that other
things can be done? Do that first.
Arrange the list by due dates, if
there are numerous deadlines to meet.
Break down large tasks into
smaller tasks. Tackle one small task at a time.
Cross off each done task as it is
finished. This gives a visual and psychological sense of accomplishment.
Breathe. Remember the 4-4-8
breathing method from class? Four counts to bring the breath in. Four counts to
hold the breath. Eight counts to let the breath out.
Do five of these, and your stress will become more manageable.
After over three months of
dread and anticipation, our building at 14 Nason Street has been sold. The sale
went through December first.
At the present time, we are waiting to hear what, if any, changes will be made
by the new owner, concerning the status of the building. Of great concern is the
Learning
Center,
and what will happen there.
A class schedule will not be announced for a January Yoga Class
block until we are certain that the Learning Center will be able to continue to
function as it has for the past fourteen months.
Workshops have already been scheduled through March, and will be
moved to another location if necessary. The Active Stretching classes will
continue as usual until we learn the future of the
Learning
Center.
As you are thinking of gift buying for
the Holiday Season, please consider purchasing a Gift Certificate from Bailey
Therapeutic Massage or the STAR Tech Healing and Learning Center.
With a Massage, Class and
Workshop Gift Certificate, you have no worries about size, color, taste or
calories.
Check out the large selection
of Gift Certificates that we have to offer. There is something here for
everyone.
Once again, as she has for the last 12 years,
Nancy is touring with Dance
Prism's Nutcracker Ballet. She serves as Company Massage Therapist, taking care
of any injuries that crop up in the course of the rehearsals or performance.
Thanksgiving weekend, the ballet was performed in
Fall River. The following
Sunday, performances were given in Littleton.
During the weekend of December 10th and 11th,
Nancy will again be volunteering
at the WAVM Beacon Santa Telethon, as well as being present during the
Nutcracker performances Saturday in
Sudbury,
and Sunday in Worcester.
Nancy does not travel to Dance Prism's final weekend in
Andover because, by then she will be with daughter, Miranda, in South Carolina
doing massage on the members of Columbia City Ballet during the last weekend of
their Nutcracker! Dancer's never turn down massage!
Managing Pain During the Holidays
Pain is often caused by inflammation and stress. Muscle inflammation can result
from tired muscles that have not recovered from work, from overuse and as a
result of an injury. Many Holiday foods
will exacerbate pain.
If you are already in pain, think twice before eating foods
containing ingredients from the list below. They are known to increase pain.
Foods to Avoid
Sugar – stimulates the
production of stress hormones
Caffeine – stimulates the
production of stress hormones
Saturated Fats (the bad fats)
– slow the healing process.
Dairy – can increase
inflammation
Wheat – can increase
inflammation
Chocolate – can increase
inflammation
Alcohol
Foods to Enjoy
Fresh fruits - especially
fresh pineapple.
Fresh vegetables, the brighter
the color, the better they are for you.
Green tea – knocks down
inflammation
Whole grains
Water
Foods containing oregano and
tumeric
Active Stretching for EveryBODY Classes will continue on their regular schedule
through the holidays except for the Monday, January 2nd class. No
class Monday January 2. I understand that some businesses celebrate that Monday
as a regular holiday.
Monday, 7:30 am – Full
Body Active Stretching For EveryBODY
Wednesday, 6:30 pm – Full Body Active Stretching For EveryBODY
Thursday, 9:30 am - Full Body Active Stretching For EveryBODY
Thursday 6 pm – Neck/Shoulder & Arms/Hands Overuse Pain Relief Stretching
Class/Clinic
Your first class is free.
Please
consider taking a class during the holidays if you have not taken an Active
Stretching Class with Barry before.
Nancy Bailey & Barry Bailey
Bailey Therapeutic Massage
STAR Tech® Healing and Learning Center
14 Nason Street, Suites 201-2
Maynard, MA 01754
978 897-0110
(c)
2005 Barry Bailey
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