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"My work is deep, but not too deep. I LOVE giving massage."
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Irene Poole, NCTMB 
Deep Tissue Massage
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About me and my work ... As early as my teen years I had the urge to massage my friends. I could be seen on the band practice field rubbing shoulders, both in high school and in college (late 1970’s/early 1980’s). It took almost two decades, however, for me to recognize that practicing massage/energy-work would be my calling in life. In my twenties and early thirties I focussed on finishing my B.A. (in history) and then raising two sons. It wasn’t until my mid-thirties that I realized that my life-work would be using my hands (the part of the body Gemini rules) to heal, and not until my mid-forties that I learned to incorporate more and more the use of energy work with the deep tissue work I’ve been practicing since 1995. I consider my work much more than just massage. I have been a life-long athlete and have specialized in working with people recovering from injuries, from sports and from life. My interest earlier in my career as a bodyworker was injury evaluation and treatment: after finishing massage school I completed and became certified in the Benjamin Advanced Training in Injury Evaluation in Treatment in 1996. Since then I have taken hundreds of hours of additional courses in Myofascial Release, Touch for Health, and most recently Zero Balancing. Because of my increased interest in recent years in integrating the body’s energy with its structure -- as well as a long-standing curiosity about eastern healing principles as well as eastern philosophy -- I began the study of Zero Balancing (ZB), and am enrolled in the certification program of the Zero Balancing Health Association. ZB is a hands-on technique that gently realigns the energy body with the physical structure. It was developed by Fritz Smith, M.D. (also a doctor of osteopathy and a licensed acupuncturist, as well as a student of Rolfing, yoga, meditation and Eastern philosophies) in the 1970’s, and continues to attract students world-wide. Much more information is available on the ZB website: www.zerobalancing.com. The physician who encouraged me to get my first massage, thereby unknowingly launching me on my future career-path, and from whom I first experienced truly holistic health care, has this to say about ZB: Fee: $65/hour Length of treatment: up to you, usually at least an hour, but shorter and longer massages are common.
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