I am not a flexible person, in either the figurative or the literal sense. The only thing I do worse than bending at the waist is adapting to change, but for the next sixty minutes, except for breathing, these are the only two things I will be doing. The Thai yoga massage practitioner at Natural […]

One doesn’t want to brag, but according to the bottom of my foot, I have excellent sinuses. My feet would also be the first to tell you that my hips are limber and that I do not currently suffer from chest congestion. It’s nothing I’d mention in a Christmas letter, but to the reflexology practitioner […]

At some point during every massage, I lose the will to speak. This came as something of a surprise, as it hadn’t been listed on the McHenry Massage website as one of the various outcomes one might expect from a massage. Improved circulation, yes; temporary loss of speech, no. More interesting still is that it’s […]

“So,” said the woman who would be my therapist that day, “why are you here?” It was my first massage, and I had no idea how to answer this person. I’d gotten hung up on the same question a few minutes earlier while completing my patient-intake form: What is the reason for your visit today? […]