Tons of stuff
Sep. 29th, 2003 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
confuseacatI just came back from my massage class. We learned a couple cool new things today, like going underneath the shoulder blade and various things to do to the hands and feet. Unfortunately, I wound up with an absolutely awful partner. He had less strength then anyone I've ever seen so I couldn't even feel most of the stuff he was trying to do. When I told him to try a bit harder, I could feel him struggling and shaking, but still could not feel much of anything massage-wise. He was also awful at trying to connect with my body when I was receiving. Being able to connect is hard to explain... if you can connect, several things happen. You can read what the body is trying to tell you, as in what places are tight, how much pressure is good, etc. Connecting also means relaxing yourself and putting yourself in the other person's place... That's even harder to try and explain... and as you can tell, I'm not too good with the whole explanation thing. Well anyway, my partner did none of this. Oh well. I've had very good previous partners, so I suppose I shouldn't complain. I also learned new stuff, which is far more important in the long run then getting a good massage tonight. But I really could have used it. (Massages are fantastic things. They are meant to be given and shared. If you happen to be friends enough with me to see me once in a while, I'd be happy to give you one! Just ask next time I'm around.)
My psych professor is a big sleep researcher. He's lectured for the past week or two only on sleep. I don't know what it was today, but what he was saying finally decided to sink into my brain. Sleep is a necessity, not a luxary. With adequate sleep, I won't even have to stay up late doing work because I'll be much more effective during the day. I'll be better at learning things, remembering things, I'll feel tons better... He had really powerful examples of this. So I promised myself I would go to bed after my massage class and not stay up studying for my 2 prelims this week. That's what I'm going to do right after I finish writing this. I wanted to buy a milkshake tonight after my class, but caffeine in chocolate impedes rem sleep. I also wanted to go stargazing, since it was finally a beautiful night for it, but I'm not. I'm going to sleep. I'm proud of myself 'night!
My psych professor is a big sleep researcher. He's lectured for the past week or two only on sleep. I don't know what it was today, but what he was saying finally decided to sink into my brain. Sleep is a necessity, not a luxary. With adequate sleep, I won't even have to stay up late doing work because I'll be much more effective during the day. I'll be better at learning things, remembering things, I'll feel tons better... He had really powerful examples of this. So I promised myself I would go to bed after my massage class and not stay up studying for my 2 prelims this week. That's what I'm going to do right after I finish writing this. I wanted to buy a milkshake tonight after my class, but caffeine in chocolate impedes rem sleep. I also wanted to go stargazing, since it was finally a beautiful night for it, but I'm not. I'm going to sleep. I'm proud of myself 'night!
