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WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE

Tenenbaum, a certified my-
omassologist.
I can now attest to the claims
her business card makes. In-
duces relaxation — yes; reduces
stress — yes; and alleviates pain
— again yes. My sore muscles
were rejuvenated.
It's hard to describe exactly
how you feel after a massage.
When I left, I felt the tension I
had been carrying in my shoul-
ders and neck had evaporated
after an hour of massage.
My massage began with a
neck and shoulder rub, which
was my favorite part. I lost track
of time as my tightness and
stress was rubbed away. Mrs.
Tenenbaum also spent a signif-
icant amount of time doing re-
flexology, a foot massage to
affect other parts of the body.
The result depends on what the
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symptoms of premenstrual syn-
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"My main purpose is
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when they walked
in"

— Madeline Tenenbaum

fort. It's not, however, a
diagnostic tool.
"I look at massage as mainte-
nance service with physical and
psychological benefits," Mrs.
Tenenbaum said. "By relaxing
tense and stressed muscles, a
massage creates a psychological
calm and a sense of balance."
It also improves circulation,
calms the nervous system,
strengthens muscles, enhances
immune system functions and
clears out the mind, according
to Mrs. Tenenbaum.
When she started doing my-
omassology a year and a half
ago, she figured a large part of
her practice would be for stress
reduction. While she does have
clients who come specifically for
stress-related reasons, a num-
ber of women come for relief of
pain (Mrs. Tenenbaum, an ob-
servant Jew, will only accept fe-
male clients).
During a massage, Mrs.
Tenenbaum tries to tune into
her clients' needs by focusing on
nonverbal cues and by detecting
muscle tightness. Before she be-
gins, she will ask her client if
there is a specific area that
needs attention.
"My main purpose is to make
people feel better than they did
when they walked in," she said.
Some of her clients come once
a week and others come month-
ly. Mrs. Tenenbaum goes for a
massage once or twice a month.

"Once a week would be great,
but financial and time con-
straints don't make that possi-
ble for most people."
Massage therapists typically
charge between $40 and $75 an
hour. While some make house
calls, Mrs. Tenenbaum works
out of her Southfield home.

Yoga

I walked into my first yoga
class with a negative attitude,
but a high level of curiosity. It
seemed like more and more peo-
ple I know are being turned on
to the "powers" of yoga.
I thought there was some-
thing esoteric about sitting cross
legged and chanting. So I
dragged my mom with me and
the two of us enrolled in an
eight-week class through West
Bloomfield Community Educa-
tion.
During the first class, we of-
ten exchanged funny glances
that meant "What are we doing
here?" or "This is too weird." I
also think we put some pressure
on ourselves to be able to do all
the yoga positions correctly the
first time.
By the second or third class, I
cast my inhibitions aside and be-
gan looking forward to the
Wednesday night sessions.
The class helped me increase
my flexibility, taught me to re-
lax and begin to master the tech-
nique of abdominal breathing (I
still think the chanting is a lit-
tle weird, but I've learned not to
focus on it). •
As I paid closer attention to
my breathing, making sure
breaths came from my abdomen,
it helped me to slow down and
relax. I often use yoga breathing
during the course of my day, par-
ticularly in rush-hour traffic.
Matt Egrin, a yoga instructor
at the Center for Yoga Relax-
ation and Health in Southfield,
finds that people are interest-
ed in yoga for a variety of rea-
sons. While stress reduction is
a common response, so is gain-
ing flexibility.
Yoga, which has a physical
and a meditative side, has
evolved since it was first devel-
oped thousands of years ago. At
first, it was just meditation, Mr.
Egrin explained.
"The physical part only de-
veloped so that the yogis could
sit in meditation for a longer
time," he said. "The meditative
side of yoga allows you to focus
on your breath, which natural-
ly tends to focus your attention
on the present moment. This
prevents mulling over the past
or worrying about the future and
produces a calming effect."
Mr. Egrin suggests to his stu-
dents that they begin doing yoga
for five minutes a day. "They
typically find that five minutes
will turn into 10 minutes and
then 10 turns to 15," he said.
"The more you do it the more