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  1. What Your Body is Telling Your Massage Therapist

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    For those new to therapeutic massage, it can be quite the surprise when your massage therapist asks you about how your digestion has been lately or how many hours you work at a computer a day. Where you may think that the two have nothing to do with your tightened muscles or increase in back pain, your masseuse knows different. In fact, there are a number of health factors that your body and back …Read More

  2. How to Get Ready for a Massage

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    New to massage? We understand the trepidation you may experience when considering booking a massage for the first time. After all, thinking about being in any stage of undress with a stranger does not exactly calm most people. However, understanding just what your massage session entails will help you relax; and a relaxed, calm and open-minded client is one that is more likely to walk away with a …Read More

  3. Beyond Pampering: Why You Need a Massage Today

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    It's not likely that, if you've ever experienced one, we'd have convince you to get a massage. However, for those that believe that a personal massage is just a way to pamper and indulge oneself: think again. Its time to take a real look at the physical and mental benefits that are delivered through massage. Athletes have understood the health benefits of therapeutic massage for decades and incor…Read More

  4. HORSE SHOES AND HAND GRENADES – THE DELICATE STATE OF “ALMOST”

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    Today I was considering the season that lay ahead of me and I hearkened back to a particular event that carried with it a huge lesson.  The event was the Mulholland Challenge and it’s completion, or lack thereof on my first attempt, was a turning point in my mental fortitude as a serious amateur triathlete.  Thought I’d repost this story from April 2011.  After all, some stories, like a goo…Read More

  5. GRATITUDE

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    Perhaps it’s cliche on this Thanksgiving morning to highlight the idea of gratitude, but on day five of my seven day Hot Yoga challenge, gratitude is certainly at the forefront of my mind.  Maybe it’s because the yoga instructors at my studio have all been keen on the use of the word gratitude this week, making it a theme and focus in class, or maybe I’m just feeling a sense of Thanksgiving…Read More

  6. BODY CHECK BLOGGIN

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    Hello Internet Community.  For the first time in LA Body Mechanics five year life, I, David, your master body work specialist will be blogging.  I know, it’s not that uncommon for the owner of a business to blog about the goings on, the specials, the benefits of our service, and our overall sheer simple coolness, but this is certainly a new outlet for me to share with you all kinds of body rel…Read More