Beloved: Massage is the world I know best, and to be honest, I come from a background among the "Evidence Based" crowd... where we really lean into the Science side of the equation. But how can anyone practice hands-on healing work without sensing the Magic side as well? Maybe our terms are too muddled; what do we even mean by Magic? ✨ Now, I know some of you are highly trained in energetic modalities with a lot of history... Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, etc., so you know my pain. Communicating among ourselves about the unseen, intuitive side of our work is hard enough. Much less, communicating with potential clients. And out there in the bigger world of Modern Medicine, we're still very much jostling to carve our space for Touch medicine among pharmaceuticals and surgery... I know a lot of very jaded therapists, who carry a lot of resentment. And I don't blame them. They've been under the load of judgement from the medical community, pressure to figure out our place in the wellness market. And even exclusion from energy workers from other traditions! I just don't see how we overcome this and find our own way in our rapidly evolving society... unless we stick together. So, let's make this a space where we lift each other up. Hold space for the unknown. Share strategy and inspiration, the stories you can't tell anywhere else. Because, I believe Magic is what happens just beyond the edge of the predictable. Science has us right up to the edge of what we can replicate and research... and Magic is the power we don't quite understand. The effects we can't always force. The impact we have Beyond what we can explain. So let's make some Magic together ✨ Love, Adele Lafever