Just an Average SKIRT

No surprise that today, our first day of teaching at Lha happens to fall on the International Day of Peace…that’s how this entire trip has been since the day I got wind of it.  Nothing has been a coincidence and all of this was meant to be; falling together seamlessly like it was in place the entire time.  I woke up this morning and thought..Today is going to be a big day.  Today we begin teaching at Lha.

Our plan is to head over at 9am to meet the students.  There are going to be 4 classes total split into 2 morning classes for the advanced students (previous massage training) and 2 afternoon classes for the beginners (no previous massage training).  There are 2 teachers to each class. I am teaching in the afternoon with Louise who is a Swedish instructor from BCMT.  She’s totally cool, diplomatic and direct - good qualities.  I think we’ll make a good team. We are working alongside Jack and Gaye who are teaching the second section in the afternoon.

Last night the four of us met to discuss a general approach for the week.  We will have 18 hours total, 3 hours each day through Saturday.  Our goal is to teach them how to provide a full body Swedish therapeutic massage and show them chair massage on the last day.  We brought over a massage chair from BCMT which is being donated to Lha this morning. We feel that chair massage is a great way for these students to get out into the work force and start making an income immediately.

I’m heading upstairs for breakfast now, Tibetan toast for sure…espresso for sure, maybe the muesli today.  So far, the food is outstanding.  Tonight Tsering is making us a dinner at the hotel.  We thought it could be a great way to meet up with everyone and discuss our first day of teaching.

Pretty fired up, it’s going to be a big day.

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