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====== On the importance of access to care and what massage can do for the politically persecuted ====== | ====== On the importance of access to care and what massage can do for the politically persecuted ====== | ||
- | I am a caregiver with a special concern for the welfare of people actively engaged in the defense of a good fair world. Hackers-who-care, | + | I am a caregiver with a special concern for the welfare of people actively engaged in the defense of a good fair world. Hackers-who-care, |
There is not much that I alone can do in the face of so much pain, but I still intend to do it, fueled by echoing convictions and gratitude. With the collective initiative Hacking With Care, of which I am part, we hope to be be able to achieve yet a bit more in bringing a variety of care to these people as we go along, and hopefully inspire others to do the same. There would be more to be said about that. For now what I would like to do is to simply describe what it is that I do, the benefits my actions can have for the well-being of the people I have mentioned in their specific contexts. I hope that my brief description can speak for itself and illustrate the importance of such care finding its way to them. | There is not much that I alone can do in the face of so much pain, but I still intend to do it, fueled by echoing convictions and gratitude. With the collective initiative Hacking With Care, of which I am part, we hope to be be able to achieve yet a bit more in bringing a variety of care to these people as we go along, and hopefully inspire others to do the same. There would be more to be said about that. For now what I would like to do is to simply describe what it is that I do, the benefits my actions can have for the well-being of the people I have mentioned in their specific contexts. I hope that my brief description can speak for itself and illustrate the importance of such care finding its way to them. | ||
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From the layers of the skin, muscles, tendons, connective tissues and bones I contact, the effects of my massages communicate themselves to the other systems in the body, all interconnected. Namely the cardiovascular, | From the layers of the skin, muscles, tendons, connective tissues and bones I contact, the effects of my massages communicate themselves to the other systems in the body, all interconnected. Namely the cardiovascular, | ||
Although not designed (at my level of qualification) to treat pathological conditions, these massages can work well as auxiliaries to medical care (the ideal situation being indeed working as a team). They can help alleviate the discomforts of certain conditions, potentiate recovery, and before that, they can even be instrumental in preventing pathologies. Generally, they aim to nurture the natural capacities of someone to self-regulate and regenerate; to sustain life's capacities to sustain itself. | Although not designed (at my level of qualification) to treat pathological conditions, these massages can work well as auxiliaries to medical care (the ideal situation being indeed working as a team). They can help alleviate the discomforts of certain conditions, potentiate recovery, and before that, they can even be instrumental in preventing pathologies. Generally, they aim to nurture the natural capacities of someone to self-regulate and regenerate; to sustain life's capacities to sustain itself. | ||
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I also would like to mention the capacity of a massage session to gently carve an alternative space and time out of the typical difficult daily experience, and, in the case of detention, to maybe, maybe make for a temporary regenerative escapade where there isn't any such possibility in sight. Most importantly, | I also would like to mention the capacity of a massage session to gently carve an alternative space and time out of the typical difficult daily experience, and, in the case of detention, to maybe, maybe make for a temporary regenerative escapade where there isn't any such possibility in sight. Most importantly, | ||
On another level (possibly more abstract to some) I also work with the fact that as a human being I am a natural element, and I intend to convey this element of nature, with me everywhere I operate (with my intentions, the products I use...) especially where it might be achingly lacking, for example in confined, highly technological, | On another level (possibly more abstract to some) I also work with the fact that as a human being I am a natural element, and I intend to convey this element of nature, with me everywhere I operate (with my intentions, the products I use...) especially where it might be achingly lacking, for example in confined, highly technological, | ||
Needless to say all of these benefits can be very interesting to compensate for, harmonize, and even reverse (if need be), the effects of the other forms of pressures, | Needless to say all of these benefits can be very interesting to compensate for, harmonize, and even reverse (if need be), the effects of the other forms of pressures, | ||
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The trouble is, for the people I am worried about here, stress is seldom a temporary condition but rather a chronic one, for “the world is in a chronic pain, not me” as one of them rightly put to me once. And so in a world where injustice and abuse take no break (a fact they are all indeed very aware of), it is difficult to pause, and practically impossible when one's life or others lives are on the line, or when there are never ending legal battles. In that context, practically any form of competent trustworthy care that makes their way to them is clearly no luxury and should by all means be facilitated. | The trouble is, for the people I am worried about here, stress is seldom a temporary condition but rather a chronic one, for “the world is in a chronic pain, not me” as one of them rightly put to me once. And so in a world where injustice and abuse take no break (a fact they are all indeed very aware of), it is difficult to pause, and practically impossible when one's life or others lives are on the line, or when there are never ending legal battles. In that context, practically any form of competent trustworthy care that makes their way to them is clearly no luxury and should by all means be facilitated. | ||
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For some, not only is it difficult to pause, but it is also very complicated to just access care, due to a number of reasons related each time to the specificities of a given context. It can have to do with isolation, lack of resources, or issues of trust, to name a few. | For some, not only is it difficult to pause, but it is also very complicated to just access care, due to a number of reasons related each time to the specificities of a given context. It can have to do with isolation, lack of resources, or issues of trust, to name a few. | ||
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