Sometimes life has interesting twists and turns. This summer when I went to look at what workshops to take to advance my yoga practice and teaching skills nothing appealed to me except the Neuro Soma  workshop in Charlottsville VA. So I really didn’t want to attend but I felt guided to do so. So if I didn’t what was the point of waiting for guidance?

So I took the workshop and immediately saw the value of Thomas Griner’s work and wanted to get a neuro soma massage. Sorry not available in New England.

The path then leads to me getting a Massage Licence (LMT) for merely a years worth of study. So I begin to look at Massage schools and find I have a serious case of sticker shock, 12 thousand dollars minimum. Execept for The Massage School in Acton MA which is $5600 with no accreditation, however you can get a licence to practice in Massachusetts and take the national exam.

So the lesson is whether the cheap place is the right place? The process is to wait, and meditate until I am sure of what path to take. I’ve reduced the choice to 3 places: the cheap place, the status place or the place close to home. The close place I haven’t visited yet. The status place is fabulous, the people are fabulous, the facilities are very nice but the price and location are challenges. I can take a loan, but loans have to be paid eventually, so there is no grant, I am too old, educated and wealthy to get a grant ( the wealthy part is kind of humourous ). Driving home I got to see the future of commuting to the status place or the cheap place and this certainly added to the potential appeal of the close place. I will go to the close place next week to check it out.

Once again I need to revisit: Is this all really on my path? If it is the money, commute or time doesn’t matter. If it is on my path I need to join it.

I’m now at the end of summer and I have signed up for the cheap place. The reason is that I feel guided that this is the place for me. I really wanted to go to the close place because it was so new age and so I fancy myself to be. But the long and short of it is that I am past 60 years old and I am only looking for part time massage work. This make the lower price of the cheap place very appealing. The cheap place is also much smaller and more entrepreneurial than the other more corporate places.

Interesting also is the affirmation that the LMT was the way to go. I have several opportunities (clients and establishments) ready for me to begin. This is how I feel that the path is right. Yoga chose me and now massage is choosing me.

Next on the path is Personal Training. So much for a relaxing retirement.