I’ve been waiting nearly half a year to take the sports massage course offered by the New Zealand College of Massage. This past weekend was the first of two weekends that make up the course. I can’t say that I came out feeling rejuvenated or relaxed, but I did develop a new sense of excitement for massage, and a new sense of respect. It wasn’t at all what I was expecting. Instead of learning out to get into muscles that are rock hard and make them relax, we learned to realise that relaxation isn’t a necessary goal. Through that, we learned to think about the effects of our actions and what we want to achieve.

The next weekend is nearly a month away. There is a lot of reading to get done in between now and then, and an opportunity to put this to practices. Any volunteers probably know how to get in touch with me already…