Times are harsh. What we all really need is a massage. Not just once, but ongoing. Massage isn’t pampering. It isn’t luxury. It’s necessary healthcare — for body, mind, and spirit.

But it’s expensive. Yeah, I get it. At an average of $80 and up per hour, the cost of regular massage is prohibitive for anyone needing to keep close scrutiny on their budget — which is most everyone right now. For others, lack of time, too much distance, or physical limitations may be prohibitive to getting to the massage therapist’s office every week.

But what if I told you that you could have massage for free? For life? Whenever it’s convenient for you? Without even leaving home? It’s possible, it’s do-able. All you need is a friend or family member willing to learn the process with you, and you can become each other’s massage buddies. Oh, and my book. You’ll need that too!

This is the reason I wrote “Sacred Massage — The Magic and Ritual of Soothing Touch.” To place the magical healing power of massage literally into your own hands. I wrote the book during the pandemic, when there was an additional barrier to seeing a massage therapist. Covid took so much from us, particularly at the onset, and spending time around anyone other than those you live with seemed treacherous.

Even if you were willing to take that risk, most massage therapists were not seeing clients. As a massage practitioner myself, I didn’t see any clients before the vaccine became available, and even when it did, only on a limited basis, only outside, only with myself and my client masked. A sudden stop in income was painful enough, but a sudden stop in having access to weekly massage therapy was literal pain — neck, back, arms, legs, feet — everything ached and screamed for attention. For months seemingly never-ending.

“If only we could do massage for each other – not professionally, just from a place of mutual caring compassion.” Well, we could! I just needed to show people how.

In my book, I will take you through the process, step by step, from supplies to techniques to philosophy. I have been a massage practitioner for 25 years, and over the years have created my own unique techniques, which I loosely describe as “deep Swedish,” or simply “soothing touch.” With a buddy, you will learn how to provide a soothing, comforting full-body massage, and your buddy will learn to do the same for you. This won’t qualify you to call yourself a massage practitioner or therapist, but it may pique your interest and open up a new career for you.

Besides learning the actual massage techniques themselves, the book is framed from a magical perspective. Each massage session can be conducted as a magical healing ritual, and I’ll teach you that too, step by step.

Think about the people in your life. Are their elderly relatives who live in assisted living, for whom getting to a massage office would be difficult? How about children, particularly those with “spectrum” issues, who might hugely benefit from an evening massage routine to help calm them before bedtime? Maybe a partner whose work schedule is long and hard, maybe with a commute on top of it, for whom the thought of going anywhere after work, even to a massage office, is just too far a reach?

How about yourself? What are your barriers for getting regular massage? I know that one barrier afflicting many is the belief that massage is just fluff, an unnecessary luxury, something we don’t need… worse yet, that we don’t deserve. I beg to differ with that. Don’t we all deserve soothing, loving touch, care, and compassion? Touch itself is healing. There’s scientific evidence for that. Even more so for mindful touch by experienced hands. You need massage. You deserve massage.

“Sacred Massage” will put everything you need to get started into your own hands. You can get a signed copy directly from me for $25, which includes shipping and handling within the mainland U.S. All you have to do is click on the “Contact Me” button right on this page! I’ll do the rest.

Take your health, and the health of your loved ones and friends, into your own hands. You can do it. I will show you how.