tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27901148423034469202024-03-13T21:23:31.102-07:00Kata's Way™ Finnish Teacher in NCkatalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-63629336075035538032022-11-27T13:24:00.009-08:002022-11-27T13:24:40.825-08:00The Big Year 2023!<p> My friends!</p><p>My life keeps evolving, changing and finding it's best ways. I love the change, movement and everything I have achieved. I am constantly in search of a balanced way of living and past 7 years I have put most of my energy to my work. I love that I have been able to help so many of you, I am in awe about how many wonderful clients I have met and how this part of my life came about: I made it work. I was good, I achieved my goals. I am super proud of me!</p><p>All this is about my work in healing business, as a massage therapist. In more recent years (yes, after the covid hit) many of you have learned that I am not only a bodyworker, I am also a Finnish teacher and I dream about getting my book published. Yes, I have 3 passions and I have been trying to find a balance between all three. Balanced is Painless - that is my slogan, so I should be really good at this. Am I? Am I balanced and even more respectfully: am I painless? </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOhPGyjHWnmtgtEIA4E8JIK2vIGu2J_kVdPKepfu6yRnmPhOVaJetxbXLzvfktuwJaj-JAaZDnKWs1757oJOzTZoMWK4JxE0JNoShl2bFskLzPPWpjP2yGNNQQCDDQsrCf2DXbitMBmLEht_sXYo2TqiPAlCanh7sY8szUisbCTU-y8YI3A5GYAE/s1500/IMG-2054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOhPGyjHWnmtgtEIA4E8JIK2vIGu2J_kVdPKepfu6yRnmPhOVaJetxbXLzvfktuwJaj-JAaZDnKWs1757oJOzTZoMWK4JxE0JNoShl2bFskLzPPWpjP2yGNNQQCDDQsrCf2DXbitMBmLEht_sXYo2TqiPAlCanh7sY8szUisbCTU-y8YI3A5GYAE/s320/IMG-2054.JPG" width="213" /></a></div>I have made some pretty big decisions in my life, like to shift my professional life towards healing people and losing a steady income in educational field, or to move to US and start my life completely all over again. The first one I made out of love to myself, since being a teacher in ever more demanding world was getting harder and harder. The second change happened out of love to my family, who wanted to experience the life in US. I made it, I created my own way and found my purpose for living here. <br /><p></p><p>Then, after covid, I found the teaching again. That I can keep teaching the subject that was first love of my life, Finnish Language, in my own terms, create my own curriculums and help my students to feel empowered, skillful and innovative in my own language. That I can be creative with my language in my second home. That I don't have to lose Finnish and my detour to bodywork and healing was the best detour ever, since it gave me a meaning and purpose in my second home country. </p><p>That's life! You get what you give up. So, it is time to let something go, to make room for more balanced and painless life. I am resilient, I am goal-oriented and I am moving forward in Kata's Way. It means that I will give up bodywork. I will not renew my massage license in 2024. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfw-uJIbd7VxisV3X7QB9YK0QBZYOglhUUb1pZeVp1qkjytcJYCYEwowi83BT0M-kv_B7S_t9KnXl1fihzOxX_yQQXDwAeOMZs6Lq7yjn9FQ2_zQ6WhHCJaJcuLQEWkHskYIMP7yUZTlLGIMq6wtmhWj3OsuTNt2CpF9G_2GoB82SDDg0PzxmE5A/s1664/plaa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1664" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfw-uJIbd7VxisV3X7QB9YK0QBZYOglhUUb1pZeVp1qkjytcJYCYEwowi83BT0M-kv_B7S_t9KnXl1fihzOxX_yQQXDwAeOMZs6Lq7yjn9FQ2_zQ6WhHCJaJcuLQEWkHskYIMP7yUZTlLGIMq6wtmhWj3OsuTNt2CpF9G_2GoB82SDDg0PzxmE5A/s320/plaa.jpg" width="208" /></a></div>This is my number 3 big decision in life. I need to be painless and balanced. I need to give up the work that is taking too big of a toll to my body and give time to be creative. From this point on, Kata's Way is more about Teaching Finnish than bodywork. I am flexible and able to make hard decisions. This is my decision. I still have a massage license for 2023, so if you are an old client, you may contact me, but I am not taking new clients for massage.<p></p><p>But I do take new students, so if you are interested in learning Finnish, I am your girl. Read more on top of the page or contact me via gmail (kataopettaja). <br /></p><p>Thank you and enjoy the Holiday Season! </p>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-67031380989322389812022-08-23T04:33:00.003-07:002022-08-23T04:33:33.986-07:00FALL 2022<p> Hello friends!</p><p>How have I enjoyed being in Finland and how will I enjoy coming back home in the near future. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlI0iyVuiLBW0MB5ctseKNVtQ4UIZzoLCnmYnlAHRz39nfpTuFtXmGWSKZBT0_wMv1Sz0LMDrcsNnQnxLHFLv3jaKz62EiZKDiuPQpk_c7OxpdQa136cvw2SF5j04iSmBcxO1_dYjXHXcGHLx1s2mFoSnfRJ73B76g3M44PhfhblK0TioH8s4TIp4/s4000/kimppu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="4000" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlI0iyVuiLBW0MB5ctseKNVtQ4UIZzoLCnmYnlAHRz39nfpTuFtXmGWSKZBT0_wMv1Sz0LMDrcsNnQnxLHFLv3jaKz62EiZKDiuPQpk_c7OxpdQa136cvw2SF5j04iSmBcxO1_dYjXHXcGHLx1s2mFoSnfRJ73B76g3M44PhfhblK0TioH8s4TIp4/s320/kimppu.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I have done some soul searching... ha ha, not really... actually I have had a few AWESOME treatments for myself and I feel like a newborn baby with only a minor shoulder issues. Sitting on a stol in front of the best healer made me realize a couple of things:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">👊 I can not go without the REAL treatment for 3 years</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">👊 There is no better treatment, I have learned the best</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">👊 I simply can not stop doing this</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">👊 I need to go to Finland more often</p></blockquote><p><span> </span><span> </span>👊 I am so good at my work</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">👊but I will work only 2 days a week.</p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUOuPY7WjNo5XrUikqmm_nWPdC3Y2ed0_HKaDWCxphKjRoXepZ_K78XtdL7I1loYwOEApxQNH-817C2aEhLasYP2bpA1sFWr-RKSvqMnUocM93NL8t6jhKE5g2ch3pEv31fBhTZBaFXRDj3MwDOlcRbaZilugVlcBQtPVYi8jIpsH9OLNsyQ_54M/s4032/tampere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUOuPY7WjNo5XrUikqmm_nWPdC3Y2ed0_HKaDWCxphKjRoXepZ_K78XtdL7I1loYwOEApxQNH-817C2aEhLasYP2bpA1sFWr-RKSvqMnUocM93NL8t6jhKE5g2ch3pEv31fBhTZBaFXRDj3MwDOlcRbaZilugVlcBQtPVYi8jIpsH9OLNsyQ_54M/s320/tampere.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />And not to mention how humble I am! <p></p><p>I will be back at work the most <b>Mondays</b> and <b>Thursdays</b> <b>10 - 3</b>. That's it!</p><p>My first day of work will be Thursday 9/8. </p><p>There you go and Kata's Way it the Best, because I am Balanced!</p><p>P.S. I do have Finnish classes on Tue, Thu and weekends! But there are some flexibilities in my schedule if you want to learn Finnish. <br /></p>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-68288354852487897452022-07-09T10:21:00.002-07:002022-07-09T10:21:13.682-07:00Not taking new clients any more!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1Sor0Xwwa-t-rB3aQUioffZlCT51sVACJYysUYYkvt4iP21ugbU9x57pCZXNJ1nn5JIGKglsmJVc5yG8d00azbg8A936dnLBB76jsfXFJHyIKIs5h9n12qNTgLWmjVrtbDpReJunVHMn3yaEq8LY6fHHknhp4wb5yjr5gEKmIYW3VhFCrRe3iCY/s702/happiness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1Sor0Xwwa-t-rB3aQUioffZlCT51sVACJYysUYYkvt4iP21ugbU9x57pCZXNJ1nn5JIGKglsmJVc5yG8d00azbg8A936dnLBB76jsfXFJHyIKIs5h9n12qNTgLWmjVrtbDpReJunVHMn3yaEq8LY6fHHknhp4wb5yjr5gEKmIYW3VhFCrRe3iCY/w300-h400/happiness.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p>I will be home until the end of August. I am not taking new clients 2022!</p>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-86604063346167631342022-05-04T06:22:00.006-07:002022-05-04T06:26:37.097-07:00Hard decisions<p> My dear friends and clients:</p><p>I have been privileged to able to treat you for 8 years. That is not in many ways a very long time period, but looking back, it feels like a half of my life. Maybe I feel that way because the other half of my life started when I moved to US. And that happened 2012. That is whole 10 years. I had no idea where my life would take me in the new country, but overall I think I did good. I feel very much at home in States at the moment although there will always be a longing back home - Finland. I am still more Finnish that American and we just have to accept that.</p><p>I have learned end experienced so much! I have evolved and being frustrated. I have powerfully pushed forward and achieved. I have been disappointed and what is the most important, I have learned to slow down and listen to, not only my clients bodies, but also my own. So, what it my body telling me (other than feeling so inadequate in written English)?</p><p>I have pains and aches like most probably all of us in this age. My back is doing pretty well, but my shoulders tho... they give me constant numbness, achiness and feeling of heaviness. Like, I really have no energy to lift my arms most of the mornings. Yes, I know my routines to help me get going, I know what to do and what to eat for a healthy lifestyle and definitely am not giving up on me. But then I am thinking that if any of my clients would describe the symptoms I am having, I would strongly suggest lessening the workload. At least finding a less strenuous job if nothing else. The question is: do I listen to my own advice?</p><p>I love what I do! There is no other way to say it. I feel deeply connected and such a pride of the fact that I am doing something good; that I am helping, and there is no better feeling than that. I want to keep working!</p><p>But I can not handle it anymore.</p><p>There it is. The sentence that has been lingering above my head for a long awhile. And of course I want to take it back. I don't need to publish this post... </p><p>But hiding won't help me in any way. I already may have ruined my upper back and neck for life and the question is, is it worth it? I truly don't know. </p><p>I don't know what will happen in the fall. </p><p>As of now, my thinking is that I will see how my body adjusts to being work free for 6-8 weeks. I might feel like a new born and (over)book my calendar in September. I may find more Finnish classes to teach, so that I won't have time to treat clients. I may stay in Finland if the climate there suddenly changes to subtropical... I may feel overly energized and finally just use the modalities that are less strenuous to my body. I might truly start my third career and find a living in writing (in Finnish).</p><p>I am not able to make the terrifying, long lasting decision of quitting (that is truly how it <i>feels</i>), so I am doing something that is even more scary for me: I am gonna leave it open! </p><p>If you are in my loop, I will text you in September and let you know. Most probably I will still work a day or two every week, but there is a big part of me who wants, finally, to be brave enough to make the bold move: to do something that is just best for me. Just me and nobody else. </p><p><b>What truly is Kata's Way ponders Kata who has always had it her way. Balanced is Painless.</b></p>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-76862143827420879092022-03-16T06:31:00.002-07:002022-03-16T06:31:09.471-07:00Out of office July 20th - August 30th<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiMdVKLhLwHpICmTiRTy9g6wjsqyMkLFRrQA6CLXfYReehEKnqCljvQvWPQASOEVeM-OoYwIBl3VbXbvWkucgGXpxrIpXogGrBZytZQ6iBRAd8n_bLbYt_BN7s3hbqXEPNlc1W6YueBmgnKJZEH0EFzr2C4Fb9MmR13ai7Xv7WqwVCH3wx4ffofVA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="600" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiMdVKLhLwHpICmTiRTy9g6wjsqyMkLFRrQA6CLXfYReehEKnqCljvQvWPQASOEVeM-OoYwIBl3VbXbvWkucgGXpxrIpXogGrBZytZQ6iBRAd8n_bLbYt_BN7s3hbqXEPNlc1W6YueBmgnKJZEH0EFzr2C4Fb9MmR13ai7Xv7WqwVCH3wx4ffofVA=w307-h358" width="307" /></a></div><br /><p></p>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-72819712181294975962021-11-16T09:05:00.000-08:002021-11-16T09:05:05.841-08:00Plans for 2022<p> My dear friends. </p><p>I can't believe how fast time goes. This year has been good to me and my family, but as you all, I am so looking forward to more 'normal' world without masks and travel restrictions. Many of you may know that the covid situation is worsening in Northern Europe at the moment while we are just accommodating the idea of things getting better here. Please, keep your fingers crossed for the situation continuing getting better everywhere.</p><p>Last couple of years should have taught us all to evaluate our lives, lifegoals and thing we want to achieve. It is so easy on the paper when you are pouring your soul into your personal notebook or stamping down the goals and prospects for your company. It gets definitely harder, when you are supposed to put your foot down and tell everybody what you are giving up, doing less and letting go in your life. I am lucky to have people around me who understand my goals of doing less and feeling better. So here are my goals and promises for 2022:</p><p>👉I am rising my pricing 10 % (this happens every 2 years just because I am gaining new skills all the time and also because the life is getting more expensive.)</p><p>👉I am taking every 4th week off even if it affects to many of my regular clients' scheduling. This is because:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8FEu4YN_v6o/YZPkhZ0Kl5I/AAAAAAAAAaE/FIrmLtfkuIweQ_2NDzUqroWHfO-Zt6NpACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/suomiruoat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8FEu4YN_v6o/YZPkhZ0Kl5I/AAAAAAAAAaE/FIrmLtfkuIweQ_2NDzUqroWHfO-Zt6NpACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/suomiruoat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span> 👊I have reached limits of my physical well-being in this profession (average<span> </span>massage therapist works for 7 years, I am starting my 16th year in this profession.)</span><br /><p></p><p><span><span> </span>👊I am also working almost every weekend as a teacher, so off time is desperately needed.</span></p><p><span><span> 👊I am an avid writer and unfortunately I am the type of writer who needs space and time to get to the creative zone. </span><br /></span></p><p><span><span>👉I plan on going to Finland for 6-8 weeks on summer!</span></span></p><p><span><span><br /></span></span></p><p><span>I still appreciate each and everyone of my clients, but it has been a rough journey to get to this point. I will be steady and more slowly working on my Ortho-Bionomy skills, but won't probably apply for any certification in it.<b><span style="color: #38761d;"> I am perfectly happy doing things Kata's Way, since it is painless and effective. </span></b></span></p><p>Have a Happy Holiday Season! </p>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-2237215826245482362021-08-02T12:36:00.002-07:002021-08-08T06:38:30.448-07:00A couple of words<p> First of all, thank you to all my wonderful clients! I have been constantly changing and learning on my path to become a better healer and I could not have done it without you all. YOU are my biggest teachers and an everyday joy. I still enjoy doing what I do the best: helping my clients with their pain.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t1Bc9DnwUog/YQhIojkkzGI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/ynZk4J7G0T4ym-GEDC3F6D8FgidwUOyMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/mina21.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t1Bc9DnwUog/YQhIojkkzGI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/ynZk4J7G0T4ym-GEDC3F6D8FgidwUOyMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/mina21.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>As you know, I have been reducing my hours on 2021, because I have been so fortunate to have been able to teach more Finnish. My work days are, and will stay to be, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The rest of the week is reserved for spacing out and taking care of myself, since on weekends I am busy with teaching. This possibility to use my both professions makes me super-happy!<p></p><p>I am still learning more skills with my Ortho-Bionomy studies, but I probably will not try to achieve any new certificates, since I will always be working my way. I will never say never, but I feel like this is who I am and I can keep adding new skills to my skillset without taking tests or applying certificates. </p><p>This is the second summer in a row that I am not able to go to Finland. That is not ideal, but I am going to take the life as it comes, and keep working throughout the summer. Please, contact me now, if you want an appointment, my September will be very busy and most probably I will not be able to take any new clients then! So, call/text me now, if you want to get to my books, I always will accommodate my existing clients first. </p><p>And about next summer: I am already planning on spending 6-8 weeks home! Keep your fingers crossed for that to become reality and wish me luck in other sectors of my life too; I have some big dreams to (hopefully) come true in the future. </p><p>Enjoy your summer, I definitely am having a good time! This is<span style="color: #38761d;"><b> Kata's Way and it means Balance since Balanced is Painless. <br /></b></span></p><p><br /></p>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-16774056913280748892021-01-11T11:14:00.002-08:002021-01-11T11:14:58.510-08:00Welcome 2021!<p> What a year it has been! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FxD0FIaD-e8/X_yiTh4gnwI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/Bb6thKvB7I8yvvpV1zmyCBpZROcyDtRawCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/harry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1549" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FxD0FIaD-e8/X_yiTh4gnwI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/Bb6thKvB7I8yvvpV1zmyCBpZROcyDtRawCLcBGAsYHQ/w242-h320/harry.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><p></p><p>If I am thinking back I feel like nothing fun or interesting happened 2020, but when I scroll down my Instagram feed, I remember so many good things! Please, do the same.</p><p>In January and February I still went to theatres for great shows and concerts. In the beginning of February the trees were in full bloom anticipating a great spring and I was volunteering with immigrants. I miss that! I also got flocked with these hilarious flamingos on my front yard by Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and got to trouble with our HOA... not the first time. </p><p>My sister was visiting us and we made trips to museums and even Atlanta right before the covid19 stay at home hit. Luckily she was able to get home without trouble and I got bored with stay at home order in March and April. But, I did a lot of studying and even a couple of videos about how to move yourself. Check my Instagram!</p><p>I also hope that you have made your acquaintance to my dear owl Harry. His wife, by the way, is called Meagan, and they both live in the area between my house and Blakeney Shopping Center. I was able to catch a great pics of them this summer. </p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zW0ZnZaN6Ik/X_yiV7xe1wI/AAAAAAAAAWc/5CkVH23bFZEY2ervc1mgsmHR01YfAqkCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/metsa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zW0ZnZaN6Ik/X_yiV7xe1wI/AAAAAAAAAWc/5CkVH23bFZEY2ervc1mgsmHR01YfAqkCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/metsa.jpg" /></a>In summer I was allowed to get back to work, so I still haven't finished all the great, and thick, books that are waiting to be studied... but I did study a lot of Ortho-Bionomy and hopefully will finish my first step - associate degree - this year. Changing your way of living, eating (duh!) or working seems to be pretty tricky: I tend to slip back to my old habits all the time.</p><p>I obviously haven't been traveling this year a lot, but I have truly enjoyed taking a few trips to Asheville, Wilmington, Kure Beach and even to Savannah. Mainly to have some alone time; the ways of Finnish introverts are peculiar. I seem to need to spend time in isolation with my computer to do some writing. And computer it has been: in August I got a second job as a Finnish teacher which has been wonderful! That's where I come from and my soul is happy to be teaching - and using - my mother tongue. And I will keep teaching as much in the beginning of 2021. </p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_zF0Fq0ux_k/X_yiT9GwpKI/AAAAAAAAAWU/VTSIQhCjUK8xFHuWlUGJJJPGxlE4o8ftACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/magnolia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_zF0Fq0ux_k/X_yiT9GwpKI/AAAAAAAAAWU/VTSIQhCjUK8xFHuWlUGJJJPGxlE4o8ftACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/magnolia.jpg" /></a>One big step was also the ability to donate blood: the restriction around mad cow disease was lifted and I am officially a Red Cross Donor! That makes me feel like I can do something to help in this many ways helpless state of pandemic. </p><p>We all struggle a bit at the moment, right. My way of keeping myself sane and running is the Nature. I am so happy to have been able to enjoy the miracles of trees, roots, ocean, mountains, deer, owl, waves, flowers, changing colors and sparkling blooms here in North-Carolina. We have a beautiful Mother Earth to comfort us and give us strength. Go out and enjoy! Hopefully with a cup of coffee. </p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J95KgAerZoU/X_yiVkZVE-I/AAAAAAAAAWY/ziBYsZjXH6Uu4iMIwIs8wvT4k5qvpSsuQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/luola.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J95KgAerZoU/X_yiVkZVE-I/AAAAAAAAAWY/ziBYsZjXH6Uu4iMIwIs8wvT4k5qvpSsuQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/luola.jpg" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>2021 has had a good start and for me it will a bit more teaching and somewhat less working with bodies. Make sure to make your appointment ahead, my working hours are Mondays 10-4, Wednesdays 9-6 and Thursdays 10-4. Pricing will remain the same as 2020. <p></p><p>My motto for 2021 is<b> Don't Push, Let It Flow!</b></p><p>Welcome to<b><span style="color: #38761d;"> Kata's Way</span></b>, where <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Balanced is Painless. </span></b></p>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-11102522583017401602020-11-12T12:25:00.003-08:002020-11-12T12:28:37.863-08:00I am still here!<p><br /> We are getting to the end of this pretty interesting year. I feel incredibly lucky and blessed because I, and my family, am well and in good spirits. I won't take it for granted. </p><p>I have been able to work pretty much through the whole year and so has my husband; again this is not granted in these circumstances. I have enhanced strict cleaning and disinfecting routines and so far I think it has helped me to stay free of the covid19. But there is never a certainty! I have been tested only once during the year, in the beginning of November, and got a negative test result. I am doing everything I can to keep the things the way they are. Here're my current protocols:</p><p>- I have at least 30 mins between clients so I have time to disinfect the surfaces, face rest and the bathroom between client</p><p>-I wash the sheets, towels, face rests and blankets after each and every use</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C-w4_pq5R2c/WJjYu2K0w8I/AAAAAAAAAJs/wdQD91nBXFswkyU4ntGmfBlbbxaPN-luwCPcBGAYYCw/s600/logo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C-w4_pq5R2c/WJjYu2K0w8I/AAAAAAAAAJs/wdQD91nBXFswkyU4ntGmfBlbbxaPN-luwCPcBGAYYCw/s320/logo1.jpg" /></a></div>-I disinfect doorknobs between clients<p></p><p>-I only see clients that I know; NOT TAKING NEW CLIENTS at the moment</p><p>-I allow even 1 hour cancellation policy if my clients get any symptoms</p><p>-I wear a mask all the time</p><p>-I check my temperature daily and isolate myself if I have any doubt or have met more that 10 people at the same time</p><p>-I do NOT normally visit anywhere else than grocery store, postal office or drive through coffee houses. </p><p>If you know me, you also know that avoiding coffee houses is definitely the hardest thing for me. But I have been strong!</p><p>All the above means that I am seeing less clients than normal, but don't worry, I am also teaching more Finnish. That means that I have made commitments to keep teaching on 2021. Which means that most weeks I am available for massaging only 3 days a week. And that means restricted hours for you. Please look ahead and make your appointments early if possible. </p><p>My goals for 2021 are to stay healthy, keep working and reach the first step of credentials in Ortho-Bionomy. I appreciate each and everyone of you, especially at these times of unknown.</p><p>Let's stay focused and balanced: <b>balanced in painless and that is Kata's Way.</b></p><p><br /></p>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-43057463465672491192020-07-30T11:10:00.012-07:002020-07-30T11:41:00.312-07:00Covid-diary: JulyOh my, what a summer this has been! I have been trying to gather my thoughts and allow some guidance about the future to come up. This summer with covid-19 hanging above our heads has been exhausting, so that a couple times I have been thinking about taking a real break and finding another job. Really, I am also a teacher, so in the beginning of 'this era of uncertainty' I took and passed an exam to teach English as a Second Language. <div><br /></div><div>But here I am, still seeing clients, and that is only because I love my clients, and YOU ALL bring me so much strength and lighten up my workdays! Thank you for that. Still, I have been struggling with my inner momentum and I feel like I have lost the inner knowing of when to push and when to let be. Those of you who know me, also know that I strongly tend to push forward whenever I feel even a little bit uncertain. </div><div><br /></div><div>And there is no adamantly pushing forward when we have a worldwide health crisis on our hands! Every time I open my door to a client, I also crack open my (and my family's) safety and chance to get the virus to sneak in. I am very aware that this virus will not kill us all, and in some ways we should be more worried about the coming flu-season, which might be fierce since we all have been isolating ourselves for such a long time; but in the business of touching people, the spreading is the biggest enemy. I don't know how I would handle the situation, if it came to the reality that I have been spreading this virus among my clients. I am grateful to have stayed pretty much untouchable by it so far, but that could change any time. Literally: any time.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the past few weeks I needed to cancel a bunch of my commitments because of my health issues. At some point I developed almost all the covid symptoms in my head (I kept smelling my coffee about 70 times a day to make sure that I can still smell, and I think that was the only thing that kept me sane), but 'fortunately' the reason of my feeling so ill, ended up being my front tooth. Yes, you read it right, one probably infected tooth made me crazy, so that I frenzied around my house thinking my last will and testament. </div><div><br /></div><div>The anxiety was what made me jump over my head, and I accumulated a symptom after another. When I finally managed to make an appointment with my dentist (I really did not want to bother her in this time), I spent a sleepless night making up scenarios about the first woman that has been killed by the version of covid that ate up her brain (you see, straight root canal to the amygdala). After the (first) dental appointment I felt 2 things: 1. that I just survived from a near death experience, and 2. all my covid-related symptoms had disappeared. Just like that. </div><div><br /></div><div>This tooth has been bothering me quite some time, and we still don't really know if there is anything wrong with it. (It has had a root canal, it has a crown, it has been bite-adjusted like 10.000 time and I do have a night guard to keep it safe.) So why all of the sudden the things evolved out of my reach? I simply got too anxious, my mind was not able to understand and make peace with the current situation and because I am too stubborn to read between the lines, the pain attacked to my weakest spot. I have been giving, caring and releasing my clients anxieties all the while forgetting the amount of self-care this situation needs. And I have never been taking more care of me than this summer; it just wasn't enough. </div><div><br /></div><div>To emphasize the importance of my teeth's wisdom, I will also tell you that the worst time with my teeth I had right before we moved to the States, like a week before the flight I urgently needed a new bridge (to replace one we had built like 6 months ago)... or the fact that when I am scheduled to have a 2 hour crown procedure, it normally takes 4,5 hours. The assistants in my dental office have learned to ask to schedule me as the first client in the morning, because they don't like staying after hours. So, I am pretty humble in front of my teeth and deeply grateful to my awesome dental crew!</div><div><br /></div><div>At the moment I don't know what to think about the fall that's coming pretty soon. Should I pre-screen my clients, have everybody sign an extra waiver, make my clients wear a masks at all times in my house? I don't know. I personally don't feel threatened, but I can now see and feel how the big picture affects us all. I am not immune to the big scare (of uncertainty, financial threat, political atmosphere) and I am willing to serve my clients, but not in cost of my own health! I simply don't understand how the front line workers are managing, AND I also want to be there to support them with my skills when the time to unravel all this comes. </div><div><br /></div><div>I am taking some time off next week, and will schedule at least one week off each month until the end of the year. Make sure to schedule ahead of time, since I can not guarantee all of your regular spots. I am also planning something new for 2021 even if my studies probably won't be in the phase I wanted them to be by that time. My work is evolving, my practice is changing and I am my first priority. I love my work, but that can not be the reason to neglect my own health. I give up now: I can't do it all, I don't need to do it all and I refuse to do it all. Please remember that this is<b> Kata's Way and in my way Balanced is Good, because Balanced in Painless.</b> </div><div><br /></div><div>P.S. If you are interested in what happened to my tooth, I can tell you that it needed an acupuncture session to calm down the nerve and the channel. I have no idea how it worked, but 2 hours after my session I felt the huge weight lifting from my shoulders and the pain in the tooth shifted. It is still a bit painful, but this pain is reconstructive, not threatening and invasive any more. It will be fine. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here; ask them more if you need an excellent care: <a href="https://artofacupuncturecharlotte.com/" target="_blank">Art of Acupuncture </a></div><div><br /></div>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-42617331506199828532020-05-09T12:08:00.001-07:002020-05-09T12:08:36.701-07:00Post Covid-19 DiaryWe are definitely not over covid-19 yet, but I wanted to tell you where I am at the moment, since I am allowed to go back to work with clients who have medical massage referral from their medical or naturopathic provider.<br />
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I do not require using gloves or facemask, but feel free to use them if you wish. I will put my mask on when I will be touching your upper body or head, but I won't be covered all the time. I will NOT be using gloves when I touch you, but will wash and disinfect my hands several times an hour.<br />
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I will cancel, and I require you to do the same, if I get any flu or cold symptoms, and that might happen even in the same day. So same day cancellations will be okay until the end of the year.<br />
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With all that I am certain that we will be safe and comfortable to start working with your pains and aches again.<br />
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I also want to emphasize that the time off have had a deep impact in me and my work! I have deepend my listening skills, learned new relaxation techniques and changed my understanding about psoas major (and other hip flexors) muscle quite a bit. This will also change my work, which is an evolving learning process. The more I learn, the more I believe that it is not what I can do for my clients, but what and how the client can help themselves in guiding the body towards more ease and comfort! My body is changing, your body is changing, so what worked last year, maybe won't help anymore.<br />
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I am deepening my listening skills and learning to be quiet. I will demand you to do so too, since <b>my goal is Balance, because Balanced is Painless. </b>Balance of the mind, body, myself and my willingness to help you depends on how much you are willing to help yourself. <b>I am in the right path and that is Kata's Way.</b> I welcome You back whenever you are ready, but don't expect things to be the same.<br />
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P.S. I had such a good results with Zoom-sessions that I will be continuing those! 60 mins and $30 one-on-one Zoom-treament is a valid option if you wish to meet me between the real treatments, or if you are hesitant to leave your house.<br />
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I have been trying to give myself a lot of space to be able to feel where I am. How can I live my life in this limbo which doesn't have an ending date. What am I doing with my life? I certainly haven't been able to do what I love the most, and surprisingly, I have not been able to do what I love the second best: writing. 4 weeks ago (I saw my last clients May 14th) I had very clear picture in my mind, that included a lods of blogging, self-journaling and completed exercises for my creative writing class. Now that I'd have the time! None of those has happened. None!<br />
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Instead I have immersed myself in a lot of studying, starting from Spanish and US Governmental system (yeah, I might consider that naturalization process after all), relearning gastro-intestinal system and ending up to deepening my psychological understanding. I have also been immersing myself into Ortho-Bionomy through several web gatherings that includes self-reflection, support and deepening the various ways of treating my clients. So where all that takes me?<br />
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I have decided that I will come out from this crisis with more resilience and positivity towards myself. I want to keep helping my clients the best I can, and as my top 3 character strengths are love of learning, curiosity and creativity, I will use those strengths to evolve and overcome some of the less strong characteristics I tend to describe myself. I struggle with gratitude and appreciation of what I have, and most of all: self-regulation. The lack of self-regulation in my life does not look like too little training or unhealthy eating, it shows like doing too much, pushing too far and making excuses about self-healing.<br />
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This definitely is not a new revelation, but something I have been struggling all my life, but I feel like I have found a refreshing way of working with it. Being compassionate toward yourself is not something you either have or don't have. Compassion is something you can learn as a process, as a constant reminder throughout your days, like a muscle I have been ignoring, but am now reviving and strengthening. This definitely sounds like my language: I can strengthen my compassion muscle!<br />
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How do I do this? I simply use 3 times 3 exercising every day. I will think 3 positive thoughts about myself every day. Some days I do this more often than the others, but my goal is to catch whenever my thinking starts leaning towards 'oh well, I just have this neck ache, what I can do', and start finding out what I CAN DO about it. That actually is the second step: do 3 good things to yourself every day! (And of course my first good deed will always be that empht cup pf coffee.)<br />
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That sounds simple, right? But it isn't. I need to do 3 good things that nurture my body, my mind and also my emotions every day. Yes, I am damn good about treating my body with the ways I enjoy, but as I keep nagging to my clients, we need to re-educate our body (and the mind and the spirit) to do things that don't feel so natural at that moment. My weaknesses from this perspective are lack of aerobic exercising, mindfulness and something that I call STILLNESS.<br />
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I need to talk about stillness a bit more. It is a very strong principle in Ortho-Bionomy, maybe even the most important, and definitely the one that I have strong feelings about. I have used so many years of my life to learn how to do, how to stretch, how to push or pull and how to be a tool to a change in the body. If you think it, that is the whole western culture's point of view and that is definitely how we have achieved almost everything we actually have achieved. That is amazing. I am so thankful.<br />
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But. If we look at this from a perspective of HEALING, the picture becomes somewhat different. Healing the body is not something I (or anybody else for that matter) can do. Healing is a process of your body, mind and spirit. We don't know what is the whole complexity of the process of healing, but we do know that each individual body (with mind and spirit) has a huge capability of doing so. Ortho-Bionomy teaches me how to be a facilitator of that healing. Which brings me back to stillness.<br />
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When I touch you, I need to listen what your body is telling me, and let some kind of reaction to happen. For that (and for everything to grow) I need stillness, because that pause is actually a beginning of a conversation. If I can't pause myself, how can I help you to do so?<br />
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I have given some thought to the lack of stillness in my life. Yes, I tend to be pretty active person and that is definitely okay, I am not going to try and change that. But when I have a moment, I need to stop and be still. I need to feel what I feel. I need to let myself recognize my emotions, name them and let them go (there is a tool to do that too). If I do that three times a day to STRENGTHEN my 'emotional muscles', I will learn to do so with ease and compassion toward myself. That will tremendously help me to be in stillness with my clients with ease, and save my precious vitality. To keep working, to keep learning.<br />
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The growth is a mindset! The strength lies in a <b>balance</b> of our life's components: working, learning, making a living, seeing friends, spending time with a family and being alone. Laughing. Positivity is a tool I have chosen to help me with my life, and I am appreciating this long pause in my work, because it has forced me to dig in deeper to <b>what makes my life more balanced</b>. And as you know, that's what Kata's Way is all about: <b>Balanced is Painless, and so is Kata's Way</b>.<br />
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I acknowledge this discomfort in my life, because life is a journey. I am growing. I keep nurturing my spirit with some exercising, some stretching, some unhealthy eating, some stillness, some dancing, some shaking, some studying, some boredness, some excitement, lods of coffee and stillness. To be able to be.<br />
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In hopes of seeing you soon!<br />
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P.S. Zoom-classes/treatments are still available, text to set your time.<br />
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<br />katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-69347131101301753882020-02-13T09:10:00.002-08:002020-02-13T09:10:42.118-08:00Gut-Brain -ConnectionDid you know, that our gut is the largest immunological organ of the human body (320-430 square feet) which means that 80% of the immune system cells are located in the gut. The information between gut and brain is a 24 hour dialogue through gut-brain axis, that is, vagus nerve (with a help of the blood circulation). This connection is a big part of the autonomic nervous system and functions as a security alarm to inform us when something is wrong in our body. (If you eat something inappropriate or dangerous, your gut makes you throw up.)<br />
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Our gut is full of bacteria, viruses and other microbiota which produce neurotransmitters and metabolites. Those are the important substances that do the actual communication between gut and brain IF there isn't too many barriers to overcome: stress, harmful bacteria, inflammation or restrictions in blood flow. Can you see now why I am so interested in this? As a trained bodyworker I can definitely help you with the <b>circulation</b> AND <b>reducing stress level,</b> if I keep the bodywork and pressure of my touch in the right level. What I am mostly interested at the moment is HOW ORTHO-BIONOMY CAN REORGANIZE AND EMPOWER THIS SYSTEM AND THE GUT-BRAIN AXIS.<br />
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This huge communication system has now a name:<b> Enteric (nervous) system </b>and a bunch of scientist are looking for the cure to ADHD, autism, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's with the new information about gut flora and our individual bacterial fingerprint. There is still so much unknown about the subject, but we do know that stress reduces the information flow by reducing the amount of serotonin and dopamine. If our body in stressful situations (injury, cancer, depression etc.) does not secrete enough of these transmitters <b>and</b> the gut-brain axis is blocked, the situation gets even worse and our body's healing powers can't really kick in. The latter I can help you with Ortho-Bionomy!<br />
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Ortho-Bionomy is very light form of treatment, but it really helps in various conditions. For me it means <b>tuning in deeper</b> to really listen your body and it's messages, and if you already are my client, you have experienced some bits and pieces of it. It is a HUGE advantage in my tool box and next year I will hopefully have a certificate to show that. The best news here are, that with Ortho-Bionomy I can treat you in some situations that for safety reasons so far I have refused to touch you (acute or severe pain, right after surgery or osteoporosis to mention a few).<br />
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Contact me about your unique situation and we can plan accordingly! If, and this is a big if, we decide that your treatment plan is to have plain Ortho-Bionomy Sessions, I will give my special student pricing for 2020 (25% off of packages 5 or more).<br />
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I love learning and helping you in your individual path of healing! I'm so proud to tell you that this is<b> Kata's Way</b> and it means that <b>Balanced is Painless,</b> but also because Balanced Gut means Better Functioning Brain, and Empowering your Immune System makes all the difference.katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-29482308056386397472019-12-13T10:43:00.000-08:002019-12-13T10:44:20.552-08:00Next step2019 has been a great year after all! I'm back on working 4 days a week, because I just need to. First of all, I have plenty of clients who I love, and there seems to be more waiting to get in. How great is that. Secondly, I am so exited about learning new stuff that I want to practice every day!<br />
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As I have mentioned earlier, I'm in a learning process of a new style called Ortho-Bionomy. It has deepened my understanding of human body; it's structure, function and how all different systems intervene and connect to each others. I kind of already knew most of the stuff from my school in Finland, and because I have been working as a massage therapist over 10 year now, but Ortho-Bionomy has opened my eyes to feel and understand the connections in a new level. There is so much to learn!<br />
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Human body is not just muscles and bones, as we know, so we can't treat just those layers. We have plenty of knowledge about lymphatic drainage and myofascial release techniques as well as how cellular tissue or nervous impulses operate, and my training has always tried to get deeper into all this information. Now I feel like Ortho-Bionomy is truly giving me practical tools to do this! All I need to do, is learn to listen.<br />
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At the moment I feel like everything is about <b>how </b>to meet my clients' body, and then decide what level of that body to work with. It feels like I have finally grown not only eyes, but also ears on my fingertips, so that I can detect what is needed. And as you know, it's not always what your brain want, sometimes we need to work in a completely different level to release the tension on an effected area. I can always keep pushing the tissue and force the trigger point to open, but in that case we have simply over-ruled the nervous system and compromised the healing process. Healing happens in certain order that is individual, and who am I to decide how your body heals?<br />
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I am swimming in the deep waters of learning how Enteric nervous system functions and more importantly: how we can help it! Of course I knew the importance of Vagus Nerve, but only in past couple of months I have UNDERSTOOD the significance. Think that we can support our nerves by creating order in digestive system or that opening brain-gut-axis can affect how we feel and support the hormonal balance. For me this is truly amazing and eye-opening!<br />
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I am sure you will be hearing me explain these new discoveries and also my frustration with so much new stuff to learn to! I am so happy to keep learning and being inspired by this. My professional framework stays the same, but my understanding of this line of work has already deepened my skills a lot and shift is happening: I won't have any idea about what's going to happen in each and every session, but this works in so many ways. My goal is to be worth it and be the best supporter to Your health in your current situation!<br />
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That is, has been, and will be <b>Kata's Way</b>, and that my friends, is Balanced and Painless, but <b>only if I can stay Balanced and Painless</b>. There will be more time off 2020, but also so much deeper understanding of the world we live in. There are so many possibilities, alleys and paths to dig into. For me, this is the only way and I am honored to share it with you!<br />
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I want to wish you Merry Christmas and a Very Special Year 2020. The new decade.<br />
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<br />katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-48985422235174490452019-11-02T14:50:00.002-07:002019-11-02T14:50:38.858-07:00New Pricing 2020!Hi you all! Today I'm here to tell you about my big decisions for 2020. Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere nor will I reduce my working hours. I will still be available for my clients for 30 hours every week Monday through Thursday. Check my hours on the right column of this page!<br />
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As many of you already know, this year I have been studying a new treatment style called Ortho-Bionomy. These studies have not really changed the way I work, but the way I think! And it has been mind blowing. At the end of this year I can proudly say that I have already been studying this style over 70 hours. That's two full weeks of training, a couple of lectures, but especially hands-on practicing under the eyes of my wonderful teacher Jessica Marks from Happy Body in Asheville. That's a lot! But even that is only the beginning. Stay tuned!<br />
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I call my own style <b>Kata's Way,</b> and my motto is <b>Balanced is Painless</b>. I stand by this 100 percent. I have had my massage license in North Carolina for 5.5 years and during that time I have helped hundreds of clients! I have been able to bring back the mobility to the ankles, helped my clients rehabilitate several painful shoulder issues, kept my loyal clients running their marathons, opened up rib cages and diaphragms to serve better with voice production and got rid of several golf and tennis elbows among other issues. I have several weekly appointment slots for Neuropathy clients to vote for my treatment as the best way of keeping the neuropathy related pain away. I don't even know how many spines have been balancing themselves after my special seated vertebrae treatment sessions. Even scoliosis can be helped with this treatment! And the list goes on.<br />
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I am constantly keeping my eye on the <b>therapeutic</b> massage field in Charlotte. I follow (even try out occasionally) several Massage LLC:s and Inc:s and their pricing. I know that in the Spas you need to pay somewhere between $130-160 per hour, and that is not at all who I compete with. My competitors (including terms like therapeutic, advanced therapeutic, integrative etc.) charge anything between $70 (for membership) to $100 per hour massage. Advanced therapies (like Rolfing) are $130-160 per session.<br />
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So here is goes: my new rate for <b>one hour treatment is $95 with cash/check/Zelle and $100 with credit. </b>For my most popular appointment for <b>75 minutes</b> is will be <b>$115 </b>cash/check/Zelle.<br />
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I did it!<br />
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I STILL offer 5-10% discount for series of 3 or 5. My treatment is still FULL ONE-ON-ONE time with you. My treatment includes: massage, range of motion exercising, stretching, stretching guidance, essential oils, infrared heat, whole body analysis, balancing the nervous system, neural opening, lymphatic massage, myofascial release, deep tissue massage, trigger point therapy, whole body integration, structural and functional analysis to mention a few. All these and some more in each and every session! Without an extra charge.<br />
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I am so grateful to be doing this. <b>And this is Kata's Way.</b> It is Balanced, it is fun, it is evolving and extremely good for you. Welcome to the best possible treatment.<b> Balanced is Painless. </b><br />
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Here's link to <a href="http://www.katasway.com/p/where-do-i-do-it.html" target="_blank">full pricing list.</a>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-49371958421631270912019-09-19T06:29:00.001-07:002019-09-19T06:29:48.510-07:00Let's treat your wrists - but ankles first!So many of us have some numbness, tingling or even pain in our wrists. The more you need to use your computer, especially the mouse, more prone you are to any trouble in your wrists or in your thumbs. If these symptoms are left unattended for a long time, you could have ended up to a diagnosis called the carpal tunnel syndrome. While I certainly hope that you are seeking my help a long before you have that diagnosis, there is something worth trying before scheduling that surgery. The surgery should be ultimately the last choice and there won't be any harm done, if we try to resolve your 'tight' wrist in <b>Kata's Way.</b><br />
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You know that wrist is connected to forearm. Hah, that's what I learned at the massage school. In my work that simply means that the first step to take care of wrists, is to treat the forearms, and the second step would be making sure that also the metatarsals (the bones on hands) and fingers are working the way they should. When we have proceeded to this point at the my treatment, it means that I have already opened the lymph on the forearms, discovered what is going on in your flexors, extensors and rotatores of wrist and most probably we have also done some movement therapy for your elbow to make sure that this hinging joint is functioning without any restrictions.<br />
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But wait a minute, before we can truly open up the lymph channels on forearms, they need to be opened on an armpit and chest. While I do that, I also check the tightness of your pecs (chest muscles) and their opposite forces which would be upper back muscles and shoulder rotatores. That actually means that I need to treat your upper back and spine, before we can concentrate to the forearms and wrists. If you, like all the rest of us, have a slightly forward leaning posture, we should work on that before we proceed to the arms.<br />
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At this point I'll ask you again (it's on the questionnaire) or you just got reminded that you have actually have some discomfort in your low back. So, we'll take a quick look to that and find out that left and right side of hip muscles are kinda imbalanced and left (or right) hamstrings are awfully tight. While I work those hamstrings, I also notice same side lateral tightness in calf and we end up talking about how you broke or sprained your ankle several years ago and since that the one ankle has been looser or tighter or in the wrong position or shins has been aching or something else.<br />
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So, we make the treatment plan and start from that imbalance in the ankle and treat the shins, quads and hamstrings the next time. The third session is all about hips and some work on legs to be sure. On the forth session we concentrate to the spine and keep working on the posture in sessions five and six. Then, when you come back for the seventh time, we finally get into that forearm, which actually has already been so much better and numbness has already been dissipating significantly. I will still work with your arms, forearms and wrist for a couple of sessions, since we truly want to get rid of that pain and discomfort for good.<br />
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b0pfufa3WCI/V0XncOcbhbI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/DNm1ey5x_ykrIC2-bNNg983RnUTaHRtcQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/blogger-image-1371888010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="321" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b0pfufa3WCI/V0XncOcbhbI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/DNm1ey5x_ykrIC2-bNNg983RnUTaHRtcQCPcBGAYYCw/s320/blogger-image-1371888010.jpg" width="214" /></a>Basically this is my work with you: we'll start from somewhere, but eventually we need to touch every part of your body to make sure that different parts function in sync. Sometimes everything goes this smoothly, but many times I have told my client after the third session that we have reach the point where I'm not sure I can help you. And then I will do that again after the seventh session, if I still feel that I'm not delivering what you expect. This simply means, that treatment is a negotiation where I do my share and you do yours. I will give you my honest opinion and explain what I've accomplished and what leaves me questioning my abilities to help you in your current situation.<br />
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There is no guarantee in the bodywork, but as a therapist I will always try to find the underlying cause and you may discontinue the treatment plan whenever you feel like it. That is the way I work! My way in Painless, effective, different and time consuming, but it works. I don't deliver the schemed sessions since I never know what will happen ahead of time. So many times I have told a client that today we will focus your shoulders and then I have spent 60 minutes in the hips. This may seem that I don't know what I'm doing (half of the time I don't actually), but it also means that I have the skills to listen to your body and its needs. That's how we get results.<br />
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Welcome to <b>Kata's Way! It's Balanced </b>(whenever I am Balanced) and <b>it's Painless</b>.<br />
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That's the simple goal.<br />
<br />katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-79015142426971345692019-08-05T14:25:00.000-07:002019-08-05T14:25:49.932-07:00How did I get here?The schools are getting ready to start a new semester, which means that it's time for the new cycle, the beginning of the (school) year. This is the time when I want to buy a new calendar even though my current one is valid until the end of this year. The beginnings have always been important and powerful times for me; I love fresh starts and creating something new gives me such a joy and feeling of being in a center of things.<br />
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This past July has very much felt like a new beginning in my professional career. Here are couple of the reasons for these feelings: first of all, I have got a several new clients in July and that always refreshes my way of thinking. I love the challenge, and resolving some physical issues together with a client just feels extra good! The second thing that comes to my mind, is the fact that I (finally) got over the hump of turning fifty. I know it's just a number, but for some (hormonal) reasons, the past year has been pretty harsh for me. I have been struggling with some imbalances and it took me too long to figure out that not everything can be solved in the physical level. I have been taking care of me, I have been exercising, I have had a somewhat healthy diet and my family is here with me and everybody is ok. Still, I was exhausted, grumpy and in the surviving mode. Finally I decided to do something about it, and accepting hormonal (organic and natural) supplement has helped me to feel like me again!<br />
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The third thing that affects my life in every day, is the fact that I am Finnish! That might sound like a no-brainer, but the roots of the identity are pretty deep in me. You know, I am a Finnish teacher and my training for a massage therapist was not just that, it was the Traditional Finnish Way of holistic, therapeutic bodywork and multi-dimensional treatment. Being a Finn is my brand, my identity and my way of living. Back home I didn't ever think about it, but I had my colleagues and my professional networks to think things over. I was a part of the community in which everybody supported each others, and gave feedback or boost whenever you needed. I lost all that when I moved to the States. I re-created myself and my work (which wasn't easy) and I still take a huge proud of everything I have accomplished (like being able to write this post, which yet isn't without mistakes, but I get my message out there pretty easily) in the past 7 years.<br />
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That just brought me to the fourth circumstance: I have lived here for SEVEN years. I have already lived one big cycle in this second home of mine. That became very clear this summer when I spent four weeks in Finland being a tourist. Me - a tourist - in my own country! Every earlier visit that has felt awful and heartbreaking, like something gnawing slices out of your soul. But all of the sudden in summer 2019, for the first time, that was okay. I was able to give up an outer layer of my identity to make space for something new to emerge. I can be Finnish living in the US and I don't have to give up what I have learned even when I am starting to learn something new. I let go my pretty obnoxious adolescence and dug deeper into my soul. I found myself eager to return back home, to my current life, in the US.<br />
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So here I am. I am creating a new community, learning new style and having my life in order. We don't know what future holds, but at the moment I am full of positive energy, ready to conquer my career to the next level. Everything is changing while everything in my core self stays the same. I will be working next 20 years and future will bring us stronger and deeper <b>Kata's Way</b>. Still, that is the best and the most effective treatment that I have (or will) ever learned, because it's all about<b> the Balance</b>. I might have found a momentary balance in my personal life, in my physical body, in my work and all these other circumstances we call Life.<br />
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I am going to enjoy this Balance as long as I can. In my work I do sometimes know what I'm doing, but what's more important: when I have no idea what I am doing, my client's own ability to heal takes over! My job is to keep balancing. And taking care of myself.<b> Balanced is Painless</b> and sometimes life is too. Let's enjoy these moments!katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-75205799900341663532019-07-01T10:59:00.000-07:002019-07-01T10:59:30.677-07:00Happy Summer!I am back to Charlotte and back to work. My vacation in Finland was amazing! The weather was perfect, lower 70's with sunshine and I needed my (friend's) umbrella only once. The first week I was wearing my (sister's) wollen socks, but after that: pure joy. Well, and a zillion mosquitos in some places..<br />
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I have eaten all the Finnish food I have been craving, most of all fresh strawberries, Karjalanpiirakka (Carelian pastries) and Finnish hot dogs with Finnish mustard. The mustard is important, I don't really like hot dogs, but I do love the smell of burning them on fire. Did I mention mustard? And Beet Salad! Homemade goat cheese! Freshly harvested 'new' potatoes with pickled herring! Fresh pike perch from the lake!<br />
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I met so many friends from the different phases of my life and sat in the Saunas. All different kind of Saunas: smoke saunas, wood heated saunas and electrical saunas. Once on a floating sauna with hot tub where jumping to the lake was refreshing! Sometimes alone on my own pace, but most of the time with a bunch of friends, giggles, wine or cider and laughter.<br />
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I picked flowers from the ditches and meadows. I enjoyed sunsets and a full moon with a sun. Midsummer up North is always spectacular! The northern nature in June is something to look forward to: green, greener and greenest. I will be posting pictures in my facebook page and Instagram, so make sure you follow me!<br />
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On summer time I usually work 3-4 days a week but will take a couple long weekends to spend some time with my family. I am happy be back home in North Carolina and especially happy to sleep in my own bed.<br />
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Text or call to get to my books and remember that this is <b>Kata's Own Way and it's Balanced as well as Painless. </b>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-9191486248776731422019-05-28T16:37:00.000-07:002019-05-28T16:37:58.643-07:00The Big 2019<br />
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<span style="color: black;">It looks like the year 2019 is a BIG ONE. In so many ways. Let me
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<span style="color: black;">Right before Independence Day 2019 it will have been seven years
since my family, including me, moved to the United States. SEVEN years. In the
mysterious life of mine, and so many others, seven year cycle is an important
and meaningful period of time that marks change, renewal and (self-)reflection.
That is how it has always been for me. As many of you also have been reminded
(not that I have been complaining too much, right?) that I just had a big
birthday, which really didn't go as planned, yet I survived. I'm not saying
that I feel old, but I am experiencing that this life of mine has brought me so
much more understanding and maybe even wisdom, but it sure has introduced me to
some stiffness, longer recovery time and funny hormonal changes. But let's not
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JIlshTgD7Rg/WWOSzfqZYOI/AAAAAAAAAK0/aFYJWE3vpaI2AkHffNQVwLiQtmavODPkgCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/unnamed%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JIlshTgD7Rg/WWOSzfqZYOI/AAAAAAAAAK0/aFYJWE3vpaI2AkHffNQVwLiQtmavODPkgCPcBGAYYCw/s320/unnamed%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="180" /></a><span style="color: black;">Most of you know me as an energetic and straightforward, but also
creative and enthusiastic person, and those of you who are close to me, also
know that I can be pretty introvert at times. But, more than anything, I do
need something to be excited about, to be able to thrive and go forward. That
excitement has been missing for a couple of years and I have been trying to
tell myself, that this period of calming down is desperately needed. Maybe it
was; I needed my time cocooning and gathering my thoughts, since something
strong and powerful is evolving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I need the change to stay alive! That's the truth, so I'm happy to
be in the beginning of a new cycle. I am creating a new, better, less
sustainable way of living and working. It will include some self-reflection,
but even more recilience and perseverance towards me and my own ways. I know
what I'm doing and I will learn to do it in a less wearing way. My inner
turmoil and learning process will have some effects to my clients: I will
upgrade my skillset this year and raise my rates next year. I will bring more
ease to my work, lessen the pressure I have taught myself to use and be more
perceptive to my clients needs. That will not work for some of you, so I truly
won't mind if you decide to find an another therapist (I will recommend one for
you if needed).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I need to do this for me, to keep learning, to find the passion
that was lost for awhile. I want to keep some variety in my work (like
extremely interesting neuropathy work and frozen shoulder protocol), but my
style of working will definitely lighten up and have more and more pieces of
Ortho-Bionomy. Some of you won't experience any changes since I already have
changed some pieces of my protocol, some of you will experience the big shift
in their treatment plan, an all this happens because I can't physically keep
working the way I have been past years. I just can't!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">With my new style there's going to be some days that nothing seems
to be working, and there will a lot of explaining what I do. It's actually
pretty funny; I need to talk myself through some pieces where I usually tend to
start pushing and forcing the tissues, verbalizing seems to help me keep
focused at this point of learning process. Feel free to tell me if you need
your relaxing time on my table to be quiet. I promise to do my best.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I will definitely explain more later, there is so much to learn! I
feel like my whole belief system needs to be changed in a way. But nothing will
change, that's the beauty of this treatment. I will always do my best to help
you in your issues and aches. <b>This is Kata's Way and that means
Balanced is Painless. </b>Let's make it painless for me too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">See you in July, I'm off to Finland for a month.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-30820640530438384372019-01-17T08:22:00.002-08:002019-01-17T08:30:20.451-08:00Welcome 2019!Hello everyone!<br />
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I have updated my web pages (finally) to 2019 and here is some things I want you to notice:<br />
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My hours are <b>Mon, Tue, Thu 9-4</b> and <b>Wed 12-6</b>. So, hooray, Mondays are back in schedule for a moment. I don't know for how long.<br />
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I will be <b>out of town April 15 - 18. </b>I have a good reason to get away for a week, but I don't want to be reminded of it. Yes, I'll have A BIG BIG BIG b-day. But life goes on...<br />
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...because, I am beyond excited to go to Finland for the month of June! I'll be <b>out of town June 2019</b>. Can't wait. It's been two years, so it's time to go home and make sure that I don't forget my roots and my language.<br />
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I have started a huge learning path to become an excellent healer with Happy Body and Jessica Marks in Asheville. I will add some wonderful listening and calming abilities to my handwork in the future years. I need this so much and in so many levels: I'm finally excited to have found something that'll profoundly teach me something new, but staying in my own mind set. And I have found like minded, passionate and supportive group of other therapists to help me grow. The style is called <b><a href="https://www.orthobionomy.net/" target="_blank">Ortho-Bionomy</a></b> and it really doesn't change the way I work, it changes the mindset I put to my work. My treatment will still be called<b> Kata's Way, because that is my way, and it's completely Painless and Balanced. </b><br />
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And remember, I can help you or your loved ones with variety of issues, here are some examples:<br />
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<a href="http://www.katasway.com/2018/08/neuropathy.html" target="_blank">Neuropathy</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.katasway.com/2017/08/how-to-treat-frozen-shoulder.html" target="_blank">Frozen Shoulder or any Shoulder problem</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.katasway.com/2017/03/plantar-fasciitis.html" target="_blank">Plantar Fasciitis</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.katasway.com/2017/01/lets-talk-about-head-and-neck-ache.html" target="_blank">Head and Neck Ache </a><br />
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I hope to see you soon, my pricing will stay the same for 2019. Book your appointment now, I am always happy to see some new faces with some new challenges for me to figure out!<br />
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This is going to be a great, and busy, year. (So busy that my voice mail does not keep up. If I don't call you back, please try again, my voice mail has kept some messages from me.)katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-38525780294355928462018-11-26T07:48:00.001-08:002018-11-26T07:51:54.980-08:00Some changes that happened 2018Most of you know, that last summer I was forced to move out of my office pretty suddenly. Since I had no time to search for a new, reasonable priced space, it was an easy decision to move back to my home office located behind Blakeney Shopping Center. I am honored to keep working with all of you at my house and the space is all ready and comfortable! I still have my Chi-machine for your convenience and on 'cold' winter time I will be also offering an Infra Red Heating Pad as a part of your treatment.<br />
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My work hours are <b>Tuesdays 9-4, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9-6.</b> Yes, that means that I will NOT be working on Mondays any more. This wasn't an easy decision, but it was necessary. 2019 I will most probably bring some Mondays back to my schedule, but that's still depending.<br />
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I have also started new studies in Happy Body that is located in Asheville. I'm constantly working on making my life, and work, easier, so this is part of that. I will be posting more about Ortho-Bionomy, when I learn a bit more.<br />
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For some of you it has come as a surprise that I also teach my language, Finnish! That is actually my original profession and I am so pleased to keep up with that too. At the moment I have 5 eager students who I meet weekly, so freeing Monday is giving me another weekly day off. Which I need.<br />
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I wish you all a wonderful Holiday Season! I will be working until 12/20/2018 and then again 1/2/2019. On Christmas time me and my family will be enjoying a staycation with books like How Brain Works, What is Neuropathy, Movements of the Skeleton and A Practical Manual to Ortho-Bionomy ... sounds fun!<br />
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Remember that it's still <b>Kata's Way</b> and that means that Life needs to be Balanced because only <b>Balanced is Painless</b>.katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-412896374277744122018-08-03T11:03:00.000-07:002018-08-03T11:05:24.034-07:00NeuropathyHello my friends!<br />
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It's August and the beginning of a new season is on the door. I don't know about you, but I'm ready to buy new calendar, some notebooks and binders because the fall is calling. Maybe it's because I have been a teacher for such a long time, that in August I start preparing for a new (school) year?<br />
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Well, I don't need a new calendar at the moment, nor have I purchased new gadgets, but I am full of excitement after a couple more lazy months. Today I want to talk you about Neuropathy!<br />
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As you already know me, I won't give you a complete picture of the ugly and very, very uncomfortable disorder, that's your doctor's job, but I will tell how I have been able to help my clients who suffer this condition. Neuropathy can be not only painful, but also very disturbing with numbness, tingling, cramping, twitching, over-heated or restless legs and feet. It can be all of those at the same time.<br />
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There is nothing I can do to help with inflammation of the nerves or your (pre)diabetes, or other causes of this condition, nor can I promise to make your feet painless. But I do promise to:<br />
- bring flexibility back to your tendons and muscles on your feet,<br />
- help your ankle to function in it's best<br />
- open up your peroneal, tibialis, gastros and soleus (meaning calves) muscles<br />
- make sure that flexors and extensors of the feet are equally strong<br />
- open up each and every joint, muscle, tendon and ligament connected to metatarsals and<br />
- make your feet feel good!<br />
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<b>When all this is done, many of my clients have been able to stay painless 5-15 days in a row! </b><br />
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So, neuropathy is one of the rare cases when I need you to come see me weekly at least for 6-8 weeks and pretty frequently even after that, because we need to keep peripheral blood flow going and help the lymph climb up towards the heart manually. Clients with neuropathy also need to keep seeing me frequently; some clients stay symptomless with monthly treatment, others need the 30-45 minutes treatment every 2 to 3 weeks.<br />
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I hope that you are not suffering from neuropathy, but if you are, don't hesitate to contact me and get same help! <b>We can figure out together if Kata's Way can help you. And Kata's Way is painless, very relaxing and effective. </b>katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-15960092811551072622018-05-15T14:05:00.002-07:002018-05-15T14:07:26.006-07:00Summer is here!I’m sorry that I haven’t been writing anything for a long time. But on the other hand I’m not, since not having time to put on blogging simply means that I have been busy. I’m so thankful for having many new clients and excited to have been able to share my new location with my dearest clients of all: everyone who followed me from Ballantyne Village first to my home office and now to my current location. I’m so blessed!<br />
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Yes, I’m still taking in a couple new clients but eventually I will go to a bit lighter schedule for the summer time. I won’t be working on most Mondays (unless you’re my family), so please book ahead if you know your schedules and want to keep your regular appointment times. I will not visit Finland this summer, but I’ll have my family visiting me, so I have cleared 2 weeks off of my calendar: June 19-22 I will be visiting NYC and July 2-5 taking my family to the beach. The rest of the July and beginning of August you can book your appointments Tue-Wed-Thu 9am-5pm.<br />
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I don’t see any big changes in front of me at the moment but steady work load at the current office. I’m surrounded by 3 wonderful therapist who are specialized in the breast health and helping us to find our optimal health and wellbeing. We are proud to announce that we offer excellent Reflexology Sessions by <b>Caterina Jones </b>on Fridays at my room! She has changed my life (the first session throw me to a pretty interesting detoxification process, oh boy) and I can wholeheartedly recommend her services to everyone. <br />
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I’m also discovering the wonders of Feldenkreis Method to keep my body going. <b><a href="http://www.possibilitiesinmovement.com/" target="_blank">Paula Alonso</a></b> has showed me a completely new way of using my poor body (and yea, I thought I already know how my body functions, but again: oh boy), so maybe there’s a new alley for me to investigate workwise when I’ll get over this enjoyable being just a client phase.<br />
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So, being busy feels good but so does the summer heat! I hope that you all will have a wonderful summer and whenever you need me, remember that <b>Balanced is Painless and that’s Kata’s Way</b>!<br />
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Here’s my scheduling link: <a href="https://appointmentswitheffiespurlin.as.me/schedule.php?calendarID=1756236">Kata’s Way</a>. See you soon!<br />
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<br />katalmbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986826760941877758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790114842303446920.post-63245381606997000782018-03-12T06:44:00.000-07:002018-03-12T06:44:32.765-07:00Out of town 3/26 - 3/30I am pleased to tell you that I have been busy in my new office and I just love working there! I have already learned new things and gotten wonderful, caring and helpful new colleagues.<br />
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Also our Pilates classes on Tuesday afternoons are going well (if you are interested ask me more, we can accommodate 1-2 more health enthusiasts to our semi private classes) and I’m beyond happy to work at the place where there is The Infrared Sauna for me and my clients to use (it has NOTHING to do with the REAL thing, but it’ll keep you warm nonetheless).<br />
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I’m fortunate to have some more spots for new clients, but next couple of weeks are pretty much booked, because I will take some vacation time before Eastern. I’m counting the days for my best friend from Finland to come for a visit and we’ll make a girls’ trip to St. Augustine and Savannah the last week of March.<br />
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My next openings are the first week of April, but if you really need some balancing before that, shoot me a text and I will let you know if there’s a cancellation. I’m waiting for a spring to get here since that’s my favorite time of the year! Hope to see you soon and remember that <b>this is Kata’s Way and that is Painless because the Balanced is Painless.</b> Enjoy your time!<br />
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