shiatsu – Luro Massage

Black-and-white thinking

April 27, 2025 by Lukas Rowland

Close-up black-and-white photo of the inner left wrist held horizontally. To the left of the joint is a tattoo of a yin yang; the black dot is a solar eclipse, and the white dot is a full moon.

It is easy to get pulled back into black-and-white thinking, but where do we go from there? Shiatsu is a modality made for balancing energy and opposites, yin and yang.

Metal to water

February 16, 2025December 9, 2024 by Lukas Rowland

Winding metal stairs as seen from above, covered in snow, mostly hiding their red colour beneath white

As autumn gives way to winter, we move from metal to water. Special promo for bookings made before New Year’s! Fee increase reminder.

Cutting the loop

February 16, 2025October 7, 2024 by Lukas Rowland

A desaturated view of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge from below, featuring metal girders and rivets at right angles and diagonals supporting the distant concrete structure above

How I get stuck in (and find ways to cut out of) Waiting Mode, and a brief introduction to Metal.

Grounding and nourishing

February 16, 2025September 4, 2024 by Lukas Rowland

A handful of leaves from an inch plant rest on an open palm above a sink. The leaves are striped purple and green with a glittery sheen to the plant fibres

Summer is ending, and Earth is the element of late summer or of seasonal transition. Promo code good through September 30th. Housekeeping notices.

Pride in the season of Fire

February 16, 2025August 18, 2024 by Lukas Rowland

A saturated close-up of paint on rue Sainte-Catherine in Montréal depicting an inclusive Pride flag: purple ring on a yellow field for Intersex inclusion; three chevrons in white, pink, and blue for trans inclusion; two chevrons in brown and black to represent queer people of colour; and the traditional six horizontal stripes in purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red

Thoughts on the social aspect of the Fire element as Pride comes and goes, and reflections on how to best maintain your own social battery.

Motion

February 16, 2025July 18, 2024 by Lukas Rowland

A view of sunset seen through the trees at NDG's Confederation Park. At the bottom right, a view of the pool through a fence

Motion can seem like a little or a lot: how much do you need to balance your life? Can you do it on your own, or do you need some assistance?

Here comes summer

February 16, 2025June 24, 2024 by Lukas Rowland

A bonfire on a sandy beach sends sparks into a dark sky

Summer has arrived in full heatwave, a rough transition into the season of Fire.

Wood and anger

February 16, 2025March 17, 2024 by Lukas Rowland

Each phase of the Wuxing has its emotion, and Wood’s is anger. How do we express and relate to this feeling?

Water to Wood

February 16, 2025March 9, 2024 by Lukas Rowland

Trees on either side of a body of water, with some reflected in its smooth surface. Above, a cloudy sky

As winter transitions to spring, we move from Water to Wood in the Wuxing