Northwest School of Animal Massage: first day of FUNdamentals
by Christy Caplan
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June 8, 2015 
Vashon Island is where the Northwest School of Animal Massage is located.
This past Saturday was the first day of animal massage training and I couldn’t be more excited to dive into my new life adventure.
A day in the life of an animal massage practitioner:
1) Learning the basic strokes is where we spent the majority of our time – including Effleurage. This is the lightest of the strokes. This stroke familiarizes the animal with massage.
2) Passive Touch: This is exactly as it sounds and I intuitively do this with our dogs all the time! Anytime Shermie, our reactive dog, is anxious or struggling I simply put my hand on the base of his neck. So I’m plugged into Shermie’s energy when I do this and believe me it’s helpful!
What I really learned though – that this is indeed my calling. I love to write and enjoy what I do each day but after just a few hours with this class and instructor that life light bulb went off. I’m ready for a new chapter with the NWSAM program and in July I’ll be back on the right path.
