How I found BodyTalk.
Ok, lets lighten things up a bit from my last post. It’s STORY TIME!
Four years ago now, a close friend and I started taking COMPLETELY UNPLANNED girls trips (Ennegram 7’s unite)! We decided on a random Tuesday afternoon that the next morning at 4am we were going to Colorado and we’d figure out where to land on the way there. We secured the rooftop tent, packed a few bags, and off we went! Generally speaking we decided to head south, drive around each day and “intuitively” find our next camp spot for the night. We were driving through the San Luis Valley one afternoon after camping BLM land and saw a sign that said “Crestone 14mi turn left”. So, we turned left. Little did we know, the town of Crestone CO is a dark sky community with some of the best views and hiking in the country, the only alpine desert in the WORLD, a destination for those who want to build eco-friendly homes, it contains protected land trusts, mindful living eco villages, and a real sense of community. We never left, the rest of the trip. On the way home, we decided we would come back in September of that same year.
Fast forward three months, I had my yearly Astrology reading with my amazing Astrologer Diane Garvin (Learn more about her HERE). Now, this is not pop culture astrology. This is not something I dove into very quickly and I was very cautious about who I let interpret and read my chart. I do believe that God uses the stars to help guide us in life. I won’t expound any further now, thats a whole other blog….I digress. We were discussing my career, and Diane kept saying to me “Massage fits, but there is something else. You seem to have a gift of insight when you put your hands on people, according to your chart. You should look into Bodytalk”. She mentioned Bodytalk about three more times in passing over the next few minutes. Now because I had NEVER heard of Bodytalk and had been in the wellness world for a decade at this point, I thought she was mis-speaking and referring to a different modality called BodyCode. (Co-incidentally, I had been receiving Bodycode sessions from a dear friend of mine for the entire year prior!) While I valued how Bodycode/emotion code had served me, it didn’t resonate with me to become a practitioner, so I dismissed her advice.
Ok, fast forward again, three months…. it was about a week and a half before our trip to Crestone in September of 2021. Every single day I could not stop hearing Diane’s voice in my head saying “Bodytalk, you should check into BodyTalk.” being the stubborn woman that I am, I tried to ignore this at the time (I know better now!), but it was SO loud and SO persistent that I finally just googled it to see if it was even a thing. Take a wild guess and what happened then….THIS blog was the first thing that popped up on my search results. Now it’s important to understand that I had only been a massage therapist for about a year and a half at this point, and I was already becoming increasingly frustrated because I KNEW there were other imbalances going on with my clients that were contributing to their pain and discomfort, but I didn’t know what to do about it. Bodytalk was able to bridge that gap for me. It’s exactly what I had been looking for, for my clients, and for myself.
Ok its gets better!
So I visited the IBA Website (International BodyTalk Association) to view courses, and get more info. The first course you’re required to take a become a practitioner is the BodyTalk Fundamentals 1 & 2 course. There was a Fundamentals 1 & 2 course being offered IN CRESTONE, CO, on the SAME EXACT WEEKEND I WAS ALREADY PLANNING TO BE THERE. My jaw dropped. I didn’t think twice and immediately enrolled.
I guess you can say the stars aligned.
