The little Boy and his Mother, it will blow your mind!

I was in the New York Film Academy Cafe, and this mother and boy (about 4 years old) walk in the cafe. I was just doing some homework, when I glace over at the boy and his mother, who are now deep in conversation. The Mother is telling the boy a story, and she is getting really really into it. Using hand motions and scary eyes and lips to add dramatic effect. Every time the mom did something new with her hands or face, the boy would gasp, and scream, and sit there in AWWWWW. He could not believe what was unfolding in front of him. The words coming out of his mothers mouth were soaring through his brain like hypogriphes in hogwarts. His eyes were glued to everything the mother was doing; completely and utterly mesmerized by the magic of the story. I could have sat there and watch it all day. Seriously, what could make life more worth it than that!!

Also something else I feel needs to be shared with the world today. This is called the most brilliant use of a certain muscle we don't use often enough. It's called the play muscle. We are told, as we get older, not to use that muscle. It gets shut off and we sort of forget we even have it. What i am about to reveal is an example of what it feels like to use your play muscle, and let your imagination take you somewhere you never dreamed possible (okay that might be a little dramatic) But you get what I mean.

This will blow your mind, literally!!

Get ready to learn something you never thought you could ever understand. Take it away Rachelle!!

The 11 laws of Neurology have been split up and matched with 11 different teams in the MLB!! Enjoy the comparisons, they will blow your mind (pun intended, haha) Mind...get it, cause it's about the brain, and neurons, and stuff. Right, okay, lets get right to it!

Division # 1 - blue jays - bell's law - my favourite and easiest to remember --> massage along the spine gives strong sensory stimulation (the blue jays doing well in their division, making good trades for the future gives me a strong sensory stimulation along the spine)

Division # 2 - new york yankees - i love them and hate them and i know a lot about them because they are always the most popular team - highly effective but use their money to get what they want a lot of the time - hilton's law --> determing whether pain from the joint itself, the muscles around the joint or skin over the joint can be diffecult because stimulation of each area will affect all parts. As for the yankee's, they have all around talent on every single part of the field and lineup. you think that their strong point is hitting but then it ends up being their closing pitching that you can't get one single hit off of in the 9th inning (so, the joint is their hitting but the muscles and skin are also connected to the teams success - which is the fielding and clutch pitching)

Division # 3 -Kansas City Royals - worst team in the league (as far as I know), boring to watch --> law of unilaterality (light stimulation remains fairly localized in response to massage) - they don't have any real ability to make a difference in the overall standings. you hardly hear about them unless you are from the local area, otherwise they only have light stimulation to the rest of baseball fans.

Division # 4 - Tampa Bay Rays. They have been a sleeper team until the last three years when people realized that they had made a lot of good choices/trades with their young players. Anyways, Hooke's Law (method's that lengthen tissue must be intense enough to match existing shortening and then slightly exceed it to create change). The Rays, match the team they are playing against almost every time until the 8th or 9th inning when they exceed the opponite just slightly and end up winning the game (clutch homerun/hit/baserunning).

Division # 5 - Boston Red Sox. No doubt one of the best teams in the league BUT they often don't make the playoffs because somewhere down the season they lose focus and lose a few too many games. This is like Cannon's Law of Denervation (an injured area may hyper-react to all sensory stimulation even after it's healed -- a cold, stress, can't sleep -- and previous injured areas flare up like a surgical wound incision can be very sensitive). when the red sox lose focus it is like how the body can hyper-react to all sensory stimulation because of a distraction, injuries, etc. which causes the team to get irritated with each other, mad that they are losing, etc.

Division # 6 - Seattle Marianers - Weber's Law (for massage method to change sensory perception, the intesity of method must match and then just exceed existing sensation). Kinda like Hooke's law so maybe I should have picked a team like Phili or Yanks but i can't help but think of Cheif Weber from grey's anatomy and that he is from seattle. haha.

Division # 7 - LA dodgers and LA angles - these two teams are from the same city but different divisions (one is from the national and one from american league so they could end up playing each other in the final). They are matched with the Law of Symmetry, Intensity, and Radiation (all clumped together in my notes because they have a similar implication for Massage which is by increasing levels of massage intensity, a bilateral effect can be created even if only one side of the body is messaged --> useful for massage to painful or injured areas, massage to unaffected side, painful areas can be addressed without receiving direct work). These two teams push each other to be better even though they are not directly important to each other. by one team increasing levels/intensity of play, they create a bilateral effect by helping the other team start to play better too. If one's hurting/losing, the good play of the other team can get them to start playing better.

Division # 8 - Texas Rangers - now this team made the finals last year but from what I was watching, it looked like this team barely had to lift a finger to get there. it seemed like it was easy as pie. So this is connected to the All or none law (Bowditch's Law --> work and techniques used do not need to be extremely intense to produce a positive response. Just need enough sensory stimulation to begin the process). The Rangers didn't have to be too intense to be able to get to where they wanted, which is the world series (their positive response.

Division # 9 - Philidephia Phillies - this team has the best starting rotation in the league (Jeff hamels, cliff lee and roy halliday). This will no doubt be a winning team. I relate them to the Law of Facilitation (body likes sameness, which produces habitual patterns. After a pattern has been established, less stimuation is required to activate response) because the philies got a taste of winning last year and they ain't going back to losing - after they acquired cliff lee, it will require less work of jeff hamels and roy halliday (makes the job easier or less stimulation) but they will still have the same pattern in place (winning) beacuse it will get easier and easier to win.

Division # 10 - Baltimore Orioles - another losing team that just can't seem to get their act together since Roberto Alomar left:) They are connected to the law of generalization (this response must be avoided if possible. It is importatnt to keep invasive massage below intensity level that causes a general body response). The orioles want to avoid being an embarrassment (mind you they are in the same division as the yanks, red sox, rays and blue jays) so they try to stay below a certain intensity level instead of trying really hard and then just end up losing anyways because all the teams in the AL east are better (general body response)

Division # 11 - Arndt - Schulz Law (to encourage specific response, use slower/gentler methods, to shut off a response, use deeper methods). Cito gaston was very passive, slow, gentle, kind with his players, which had a huge affect on his players. They respected him and wanted to play well for him (a specific response). On the other hand, if he would have been more invasive, angry, shovanistic methods of coaching he would have lost their respect, the team would have been divided and nobody would have wanted to play for him (inhibits/shuts off response)

Bet you never thought that was possible. Well, thank you Rachelle for you insight. Who wouldn't want to get a massage from massager thearapist who can talk about neurons like that.

Well, good luck too all as you continue to warm up and use you play muscles. Do whatever it takes to use it this week. My challenge to you all!!

Sending out much love, light and laughter. Catch it and use it all week. My gift to you, and then pass it on:)

Cheers!

TBC...