Spiritual health and wellness is the quiet sense of personal beliefs, principles, and values that provide purpose and meaning in life. Self-awareness, self-reflection, self-forgiveness, and a willingness to be tolerant of the beliefs of others help us find harmony within ourselves and with others. ABMP members can earn free CE hours for many of these activities in the ABMP Education Center (search for “Self-care” at www.abmp.com/ce to find these opportunities, or click the links below).
The Sun Salutation is a series of yoga poses performed in a sequence to create a flow of movement and to harmonize the body, mind, and spirit. Sun Salutations build heat in the body and are often used as warm-up sequences for a yoga practice or to start a day off on a positive note. Join yoga teacher and massage therapist, Brian Halterman for this easy-to-use self-care sequence. Please note that no CE is associated with watching this video.
Any massage therapist will tell you that practicing bodywork takes spirit – a lot of it! Burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and spiritual depletion that manifests as a loss of motivation, feelings of cynicism, digestive issues, fatigue, a compromised immune system, and even depression. A key to protecting our bodywork practices is taking good care of our spirits. This series of Massage & Bodywork articles gives us a number of strategies that help us bring the heart back to our work. ABMP members earn 1 CE Hour when they log in to the ABMP Education Center and complete a short quiz related to these articles.