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One topic everyone seems to talk about is sleep, and how they aren’t getting enough, or some other problem with it.   They are awake at night when they feel they should be sleeping.   They wake up tired, or they get sleepy during the day.   They use the weekend to catch up on sleep.   And there’s really nothing like a good restful night’s sleep, is there? There are different types of insomnia.   One is not being able to get sleep at all.   Another (my former specialty) is waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to go back to sleep.   Slightly different is waking up too early in the morning (1-2 hours before it’s time to get up) and not being able to go back to sleep.   I’ve had this problem for about the last year, waking up at 4am or 5am and not able to go back to sleep.   Then by 10am I’m tired. If you’re having trouble sleeping, you’re not alone.   48% of people report some trouble with insomnia at least som...

In any conversation about massage, I start by calling it bodywork instead of massage because when you say massage, people make unfortunate jokes about happy endings. To begin, I have learned over the years, from recommending bodywork, that massage is not for everyone.   Some people just don’t like to be touched, and massage is not for them.   No worries! I have been very privileged to receive a great many massages in my life.   When I lived in San Francisco, I knew one massage therapist very well, and she used a variety of techniques on me.   Thus began my learning about different massage techniques:   shiatsu, Swedish, Hellerwork, hot stone, reflexology , chair massage (at work!), aromatherapy massage , trigger point massage, breathwork and others which I have benefited from but whose names I have forgotten.   It was, after all, 20 years ago.   If you have any questions about types of massage, leave a comment and I’ll respond. Now ...