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DIY Shiatsu: Intro & Arms

Human touch has been scientifically shown to increase the functioning of your immune system, as has unwinding the nervous system. Shiatsu provides both benefits! Use this video to learn a few simple techniques to apply to your loved ones…
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How do you want to feel?

Happy new year! As I'm looking deep into the eyes of 2018, I'm imagining the great contributions we at Integral Travel can make to answer that question with our Wellness Retreats. Last week a lady from Boston called saying she wanted to…
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A Little Less Talk, A Little More Taksu

It is difficult to take two steps in Bali without encountering an impressive work of art. Stone carvings, bamboo offerings, colorful canvasses, trance-inducing melodies, and delicately designed rice fields make up Bali’s endlessly fascinating…
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The Most Memorable Moment of My Trip to Southern Thailand

My favorite memory from this trip is an image from the classroom at Jungle Yoga. It is the end of our journey, and we are all sitting together in a circle discussing something. The overwhelming feeling is that we are all one, and our smiles…
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Wisely Selfish

In my last entry, I used a phrase that I stumbled across a few years ago while I was traveling in Northern India – “wisely selfish”. This phrase, coined by the Dalai Lama, refers to an ancient teaching that suggests that “one’s…
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Beyond Thai Yoga Massage

“Thai Yoga Massage is but a medium that helps us tap into the universal truths that bind us all together.” How much of your success as a massage therapist do you owe to specific massage techniques that you learned in school, and how much…
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The Message of Massage

As the sun crept up the flanks of the surrounding 20,000 foot, snow-capped peaks, I approached the line of villagers that snaked around the small rural medical clinic in Central Tibet. It was my responsibility to talk to the would-be patients…