Well, here we are in 2008.
Happy New Year Everybody or as they say in Hawaii, Hau Ole Makahiki Hau!
This is set to be a big year for us with our first baby set to arrive later this month, or early next. The actual due date is the 6th February but both Tania and myself feel that he/she will arrive earlier than that.
Tania is doing just great by the way and has had very much a ‘dream pregnancy’. Her energy is high and she’s feeling relaxed and looking forward to having the baby here at home.
Here’s a photo I just took of her. 8 months pregnant and just glowing!
As you can imagine, we are both sooo excited about meeting our special new addition soon and we are looking forward to the adventures that lay ahead for the 3 of us or should I say 4 of us - our kitty cat TomTom is the head of the house (or at least he likes to think so).
For those of you who haven’t met TomTom, he’s a 12 year old cat that we rescued from an animal shelter here on the Gold Coast, after his previous owner could no longer care for him. He’s a beautiful boy and likes to hang out with everyone on the courses.
Meet ‘TomTom’ - (He was named ‘Thomas’ by his previous owner and my last name is ‘Thomas’ so we just put them together to make ‘TomTom’)
Anyway, another thing that we are really excited about is our recent decision to continue teaching throughout 2008!
As most of you would already know we had initially decided to take a break from running courses this year so that we could focus just on being parents. I even closed off our website and discontinued our newsletter.
However, throughout 2007 we were encouraged by many course participants to keep on teaching, and that the beautiful environment that we all create here on the courses would be wonderful for the baby.
In truth, the baby has already been enjoying the courses (in Mum’s tum) and has enjoyed many of your warm, massaging hands. It’s so wonderful to see how unborn babies (and babies in general) respond to loving massage.
Anyway, after giving it some careful thought and taking into consideration both the advice and the encouragement we have received from all you beautiful people throughout the year, we have ‘reconsidered’ our initial decision and will continue to run courses throughout 2008.
We know this will be good news for many of you who weren’t able to get onto of our 2007 courses, due to the fact that they booked out so quickly. Yay!
However that being said, our course calendar will be much ‘lighter’ than usual this year so that we have plenty of time to focus solely on the baby, in addition to running courses.
Maintaining a healthy ‘balance’ in our lives is going to be a focal point for us in 2008.
Those of you who know us personally know how hard we tend to work behind the scenes here at Touch Of Aloha. So creating more ‘balance’ between work, play and of course being ‘”Mum” and “Dad” (the most important jobs of all) will certainly be a blessing for us this year!
Anyway, even though we’ll be running fewer courses, there is still plenty of opportunity to participate in the course(s) of your choice or all of them in fact
…provided you put your name down nice and early!
Also, you may have noticed that we have completely updated our website and given it a new ‘look and feel’ and a more ‘user-friendly’ structure.
You’ll easily be able to find all the information you need about all of our upcoming Lomi Lomi, Hot Stone Massage and Spa Body Treatments courses both on the site and also in our updated course information pack. You can check it out at:
http://www.TouchOfAloha.org
Anyway, Tania and I would both like to wish you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2008 and we look forward to working with you and supporting you throughout what promises to be a wonderful New Year!
Aloha, James and Tania
TOUCH OF ALOHA
P.S - If you have any questions at all feel free to send us an email anytime.
P.P.S - Keep visiting this blog as we’ll updating it regularly with more news and massage therapy related content.
http://www.TouchOfAloha.org
