Too Much Goodness - 20 Massage in 2 Months (Massage #9 continued)

Inspirational rock art in Room #3 of the Well-Being Center for Health on Hill Street in Monroe, WA

I had Massage #9 with Aiden at the Well-Being Center for Health.  Although the focus of the work has now shifted from shoulder and neck to feet and ankles, as Aiden pointed out, “It’s all connected.”  Aiden massaged my feet ankles, legs, gluts, midsection, shoulder, and neck carving out an anatomical trail that may begin to uncover any connection between what is hidden in my feet and what has emerged in the neck and shoulder area. 

                                                                                                                

On the way from feet to neck, Aiden stopped to check in on something called the QL muscle or quadratus lumborum, a muscle shaped like an irregular rectangle. The QL connects in the waist area the lowest rib, the iliac crest (curve at top of the pelvic bone), and transverse process of the lumbar spine (bony knobs projecting off of vertebrae in the lower spine). When Aiden pressed into my QL muscle, I felt a sharp sensation in my groin.

I assumed that the muscle connected somewhere in this area but Aiden indicated that that is only where the pain is referred. For instance, he said, he feels any sensation from his QL in his stomach and that pain from the same tight muscle will be felt differently in each person. I found this interesting as it seemed to signal one way we can each experience the body differently and how each person’s unique energy can interact with the body. The tightness in my QL was so intense it was all I could to breathe through it. Accordingly, I had no opportunity to discover the emotional contents. Maybe next time!

Thanks to the amazing work done by Richard in helping to move the past life memory out of my neck, Aiden, like Jennifer before him, was able to massage my neck with ease. A welcome development after 42 years of trepidation over having my neck touched! Although the emotion was not intense, during Aiden’s massage I was aware of more defenses coming to the surface in my neck along with flashes of some not so pleasant images like my head hanging in a noose!  (My poor neck, it may have seen it all!)  Perhaps more past life memories will come in time.  If this is the case I will be ready!

In truth, I have never had a bad massage at the Well-Being Center for Health. In this massage marathon, each therapist has demonstrated skill, compassion and an ability to use their gifts to unravel one more piece of the puzzle. Within this, my experience with Aiden was unique.  As I dressed and walked out of the massage room I felt literally encased in a cloud of warmth.  I felt light and happy to the point that I had to sit down. “Too much goodness. He did something to me,” I muttered as I sat in the lobby collecting my thoughts.