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Yay, for I am off to Grimstone Manor, where I shall meet a few of my old massage familiars and many more new ones. It's organised by the same people I trained with 4-5 years ago. I expect it'll be nice to reconnect with that Devon/Bristol scene, something I miss and have been quite disconnected from over the last couple of years. It feels like coming round a circle, as I've been run down over the last couple of years on the massaging/therapy front, not practicing, and declining requests, since activities at the G8 2005, and the self-doubt and energetic weariness which came from that, and difficult events following it. I feel a hopeful circularity to reconnecting with the people who taught me so much on that front, and the energy and attitudes and so on. I expect I won't know many people there, (and due to recent household conversations am cautious about being too friendly and exuberant with people who don't know me), but somehow it doesn't matter. I feel a sense of peace and opportunity and continuity.
I've been to Grimstone before and it's very pleasant. We did lots of dancing and massaging last time. It'll be nice to chill, and have a proper holiday, and all sorts of niceness. Jacuzzi: tick. Pool: tick. Sauna: tick. Organic locally-grown food: tick. Gardens and walks: tick. Massage-friendly people: tick.
I'm getting the last and therefore least desirable room, but I really don't mind - I'm feeling monkish anyway. In my bouncy way ;-) Excited, me!
I've been to Grimstone before and it's very pleasant. We did lots of dancing and massaging last time. It'll be nice to chill, and have a proper holiday, and all sorts of niceness. Jacuzzi: tick. Pool: tick. Sauna: tick. Organic locally-grown food: tick. Gardens and walks: tick. Massage-friendly people: tick.
I'm getting the last and therefore least desirable room, but I really don't mind - I'm feeling monkish anyway. In my bouncy way ;-) Excited, me!