There's nothing like a good massage. It loosens up your whole body and relaxes your mind.

I was fortunate to enjoy one last week. My masseuse was a woman who was obviously visually impaired but she greeted me with a warm smile and showed me to the room, subtly touching her surroundings as she found her way. While I undressed I wondered what this was going to be like. A woman who could not see the world like I experience it. I felt sad.

As she started to work on my back I fell into a meditative state as she moved, squeezed and pushed my muscles. Her touch was rythmic. Never out of contact with my body she moved about like an artist. I drifted off till she found the sore spots but it was different than other masseuses I've experienced. Most find an area and work it so hard that it becomes sore. She gently feels it and slowy, in a beat all her own, works through it.

When the session was over, I asked her how long she has been visually impaired. She told me that, since birth, she sees shadows but no color.

I left totally relaxed and in admiration of a person who is speaking and seeing life through her hands. It was a unique experience.