Focus for the period: 10 March - 6 April

Over the period 10 March - 6 April what should you be focussing on in your massage?

You should be aiming to

• Give and recieve a minimum of 4-6 massages every week
  
  
• Be peer-assessed on a minimum of one massage each week using the form that is titled
  Preparation for Practical Block 3.
  If you lose your peer assessment form, or wish to print further copies, you can find copies of the forms here.

In your massage treatments you should be considering

• The entire massage process.
  It's best if you treat each session as if the person you were treating were a paying client. How would you set up the environment, how would you greet them, how will you pay attention to medical screening, etc. We will be covering this in Fundamentals of Massage (starting this Wednesday) from a different perspective.
  
  
• Which anatomical structures you are massaging
  

Week starting 3/3/08 - Regular practice

Hi all,

By now you should have all been doing some massage at least.
You should probably aim to give and receive at least 4-6 massages a week, so some work needs to be put into networking with your classmates, and lining up those friends who are probably on your case already.

You should also aim to be peer assessed by at least one person every week. It's good if this can be your classmates, as they have a deeper understanding of massage than non-massage people do, however it's also important that you give massages to and receive massages from a range of people.

Your next practical block is looming. Irene'll be taking you all weekend, and we're sure you'll all enjoy the next stage of the journey....

David